WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATUS?

[CharlieJ]

 ;D

Like my 1961 Seafarer? Frank- here anchored in Pipe Creek, Exumas

[lance on cloud nine]

yes Charlie - when you think about all the steps it took to conceive, build, and deliver your sweet ship to it's first owner....and to repeat it over and over. Its just a great accomplishment.

[cap-couillon]

Suffering through another winter....  8)

[lance on cloud nine]

Nice pic Cap!
2 random thoughts on this cold gray Indiana day....1) small cruising boat makers should consider making the front mooring cleats bigger from the start, with beefy backers so that they would actually hold up long term for anchoring. along with a standard short bow sprit...to both hold an anchor and tack an A- spinnaker. Aftermarket are almost always flimsy I think.   2) I was thinking about my ever growing attraction to small cruising boats....when I first started I thought I would work my way up size-wise over time...but then I came across sailFar and listened to you guys and it rang a lot of truth bells in my head....but what really sent me over the top...was when I first got a smart phone and slowly started to understand its capabilities. To think that suddenly you have navigation, all your books, albums, banking, camera in the palm of your hand! Its not a phone, it's a portal. Makes travel in a small boat so clutter free and such a pleasure!
Anyway, that's my current status. Hope you all are having some fun!

[CharlieJ]

Totally agree on cleats, both  bow and stern. Tehani originally had a single surfboard style cleat on centerline on her bow and a 4 inch same style each side aft

She now carries a pair of 12 inch Herreshoffs on the bow and a 6 inch each side astern. All have very heavy, spread out backing plates

Here's the bow cleats- Bronze

[lance on cloud nine]

my quick current status>>>when I am reading people's stories about boat ownership and my eyes read the phrase "we are considering moving up"......my brain hears it as "oh, they want to downsize, good for them".

[lance on cloud nine]

here is a little table I slapped together out of construction scrap, that spans the cockpit of my O'Day 23 using no legs. This has worked out really well for us...allowing 2 people to lean back against the cabin, and stretch out with their legs beneath. The next one I make will be wider and a better fit, as I wasn't at the boat when making this one. Also we have found we can make an inexpensive, and quickly removable fiddle for a camp stove using a section of threaded rod with wingnuts. Hope you all are having some fun. Come on Spring!

[Frank]

Neat!
Looks like your lil buddy is patiently waiting for his coffee 😃😃

[lance on cloud nine]

yep! he knows there is bacon in the cooler.

[K3v1n]

The Com-Pac 23 is for sale as we ready our new boat for the water. Hoping to get to the marina this weekend to wash and wax the hull. Mast gets stepped on April 15th with a launch on April 29th!

[lance on cloud nine]

Nice! What is she?

[Frank]

CD 28???

[K3v1n]

She is a 1985 Cape Dory 26. It's gonna be the perfect size for us. :)

[Frank]

Congrats!!
Pretty boat!

Love the simplicity of an outboard!

Edit to say: and shallow draft too!!

[lance on cloud nine]

We would love a bunch of pictures of that 26! Did having the Compac 23 (after having had a 30) change your outlook on smaller boats? Can you share any thoughts on that. Would be most appreciated!

[K3v1n]

Never did have a 30 footer. The Cape Dory is our largest boat yet. The 23 was great but no standing headroom. I think the CD 26 will be the perfect fit for at least the next few years. There is talk of a 30 footer someday but right now the costs out weigh the need. :)

[lance on cloud nine]

I am sorry Kevin - my mistake - I confused you with another sailor that had a catalina 30 prior to a Com-Pac 23. Have a great time with your new ship!

[K3v1n]

S/V Dorothea is in!

[jotruk]

Looks great I know that you will have a lot of fun, Fair winds and following seas

[Phantom Jim]

This is the way all our boats should look.