Did you stumble across the site, or were you referred? An interested webmaster wants to know.... :D
Thanks for visiting, stay a while and join in!
Invitation ;D
"Finest kind." :D
Introduce yourself in this thread, if you'd like. Tell us who you are, where you sail, what kind of boat owns you, and maybe what your cruising plans are - let's get to know each other. :)
Yo ho ho, nice looking site here.
I just dropped by the Ariel Forum and saw the link here. Good idea!
I'll be back!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
T'was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hook
With snowflakes a'landing, asleep with my book
When up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff
"I've been boarded!" I thought, and I tried to be tough
Then down the companionway hatch came a dude
He was dressed like a nut and I thought, "I'm so screwed"
But he laughed and he hummed as he surveyed my junk
So I figured he must be the resident drunk
His eyes were lit up like a junkie on speed
But he gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I need
Like rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghy
And some kind of fancy electrical thingy
I knew it was stolen but I wasn't telling
I just hoped he was giving and wasn't just selling
And I poured him a grog which he downed with a wink
Then I poured one for me (Lord I needed a drink!)
Then he staggered above to the dark snowy night
As I peeked I beheld an incredible sight
Eight tiny dolphins and a beautiful sleigh
And the dude hopped aboard and prepared to make way
The dolphins were ready to power the sled
But the guy raised a genny and mains'l instead
With a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breeze
And called to the dolphins, now swimming with ease
"Hey Stalker and FEMA and Cancer and Nixon!
Or Stinky and Pepper Spray, Mason, and Dixon!
Or whatever your names are, you cute little fishes,
Here's to every last sailor, my best Christmas wishes!"
As he sailed away leaving a wobbly wake
I hoped he had not many stops left to make
He got close to shore and he soon was aground
But the dolphins proceeded to pull him around
And I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight
Happy Christmas to all... and to all a goodnight"
Link from the 'Ariel' (http://www.pearsonariel.org) site.
Ariel link
Iceman
Greetings, I post this in the correct place this time.
Good timing on my part to see the grand opening of this site. Looks to be interesting I will add my 2 cents from time to time.
I am located in The SF Bay Area. I am still a fairly new salior, about 6 yrs. My first boat was an Ariel. I just sold her to another new sailor this summer.
more elsewhere...
I have yet to make any long passages but have plans...
Howdy gang... I'm Adam, and I live on Ramrod Key in the FL Keys... I've done a fair bit of cruising... currently between boats but am going to look at a 27' Albin Vega this afternoon... Previously cruised on a 29' Morgan (not O/I type) and a 35' Coronado (little too big, too much maintenance)...
Interested in hearing from others in my area!
Adam
Welcome aboard, Adam! :) Glad to have you here.
Those Vegas are supposed to be some good cruising boats. They were one of the types I was looking at when searching, based on recommendations of a few people I know who have done some extensive cruising aboard boats both large and small. I hope she turns out to be a good one for you. :)
Hello everyone, I'm Jim. I live in North Pole, Alaska....yes, really! I just brought Amorous, my Columbia 29, here from the Chesepeake this past spring and will launch her in Valdez this coming spring.
Someone posted the url on the "Renegade cruisers" site.
Plastic Classics Forum (http://www.triton381.com/forum)
Cool! <== (Pun intended) ;D
Valdez, AK from the Chesepeake?!? I am thinking there is a story there. Looking forward to heaing more!
How did you get (the boat) up there>?
Hi, Jim!
Hey, since your from North Pole, do me a favor? Have the fat guy in the red suit bring me another knot of hull speed, and 5 more degrees to windward when pointing. :D
Oh, and a windvane, too.
I've been good, I promise. ;D
Welcome aboard!
Hey Folks,
I have a Cal 2-27 in Marina Del Rey. Wife and I like sailing over to Catalina (Two Harbors) and the channel islands. Adam are you the same Adam from Lat & Atts? Thought you were on a job cruising. Anyway good to hear from you. Looking forward to chattin with you all.
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This morning it looked so nice out I thought I'd leave it out.
S/V "Tina Marie" Cal 2-27
Adam,
Are you the Adam from Lat & Atts board?
Skipper Dave
Posted on Lats & Atts board.
Skipper Dave
Iceman here from Middlebury Vermont
New owner of Voyager 26
New name of vessel will be Kaikoura, once weather warms up and letters will stick to the hull
I have owned too many boats
and lived aboard a couple of them
Here goes
Coronado 25
Jet 14
Lightning
J22
Tartan 30 (lived aboard for 5 years in New Bern North Carolina and for a summer at Block Island Rhode Island)
Pearson Commander, for sale
Windy 9800 stinkpot (lived aboard for 2 years)
Voyager 26, Maybe the last?
Wife and I did intercoastal from Lake Champlain to New Bern
with both the Tartan and Windy boat
Grew up at New Jersey shore..Many trips to Block Island and surrounding areas
I also worked 3 (6 months contracts) down in Antarctica
Wife did 1 season
Im an electrician by trade
More info as replies to this start evolving and rum strts flowing
Ice ;D
I wanted to say "Thanks!" to all of y'all who've already joined, and to those of you who've spread the word about the site! Yesterday, I figured that by now there'd be me and a couple of friends here, while instead there is 10 times that many members already, and much better postings than I would have expected!
I am very pleasantly surprised to find that there is interest in a site for "Small boat, Long distance" cruisers like us. What we want to do seldom gets notice in any of the glitzy publications, all too often we seem to fall through the cracks in the dock of what most people think of as "the cruising lifestyle". Here's hoping that more like-minded folks find out about this place, and join us in the near future. :)
I do want emphasize that I've been really pleased at the content I've seen posted already, on only the 2nd day since the site went "live" - keep up the good work! ;D
Props to "Captain Smollett" (John) and Triton218 (Jason) for helping out as Moderators!
Please let me know what you'd like to see here - I've tried to give this vessel a shove in the right direction, but if you think the helm needs a little correction, don't be scared to say so. :)
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
welllllllcommmmmmmmmmmmmme
Alaska... makes me cold just thinkning about ittttttttttttt
Didereaux is the handle. I sail a Cape Dory 25 (disquised at pesent as a fishing smack), mostly in and around Galveston Bay. Mainly a solo sailor.
That's what I'm still trying to figure out! I think I was "gang pressed" to here!
I mean I was minding my own business, working on my boat, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and all that, and then I heard a noise and suddenly, saw stars and blacked out!
When I came to, here I found myself, hungry and thirsty, unceremoniously dumped on the floor with my clothes torn and dirty and bruises from rough handing all over me. I'm still stuck here trying to find my way out! For some reason, the back of my head hurt!
Shut up and ROW! >:( >:( >:(
Hello to all here. I have just registered abd posted one pic of my boat. Hope to explore more when time allows. I have owned Triska my Alberg 29 for 3 years. She is presently located in Tacoma Wa. I sail with the Lats&Atts group here in the PNW. I found your site through a post there.
www.latsandatts.com
welcome
Welcome. I heard good things about a Cape Dory. I had thought of one myself...
Saw it on L & A and Renegades BB's.
Nice board so far. Keep up the good work.
Alan
Welcome aboard, Alan! :) Glad you are here. :)
Dougcan - "Gang pressed"? I'll show you "gang pressed", you _Moderator_. ;D
'Bout time you showed up and started posting! Where's the R, she oughta be here too, right? :)
Hello and Welcome, Didereaux!
Which version of the CD25 do you have? I looked for a 25D back when I was shopping, but there were none to be had. I'm glad now that I didn't find on, being perfectly happy with the Ariel, but those are some shippy little vessels. :)
We had some transient through the marina earlier, two couples on 2 CD's - a 30 and a 25. Of course, I had to row over in the dinghy and introduce myself when I saw them tied up on the transient dock and recognized what type of vessel they were. :) Older couple on the bigger boat, youngsters on the smaller one. They'd been cruising in tandem since they'd met earlier in the year, and were southbound after a summer up on the Chessy. Nice folks, nice boats.
Hi Jack!
*Very* nice boat! I'd love to see one of those in person. There was a Whidby (sp?) 30 in the marina earlier this year for a couple of months, which were also built in Canada, but are a much older Alberg design.
The man could draw some sweet lines. ;D
Quote from: Amorous on December 20, 2005, 04:01:28 PMAs for the fat man, he and I are in presently in negotiations regarding wind vanes and cabin heaters so might I just suggest tightening the cunningham and sheeting the main to windward a bit further?
Well, I guess proximity does have its rewards...
/me grumbles as he pulls out the handy billy...
;D
CapnK
I did spend some time in Charleston Sc one year after Hugo on the Tartan 30..Stono River Marina to be exact..It was January I think
Maybe you can move my previous post to another spot so members will read it?
Ice
Jack Tar here. My wife Ruth and I sail out of Tacoma Washington. Our Yar boat is an Alberg 29 with Blue hull. Hope to see you on the water.
On a link from posts in www.latsandatts.com
Ahh a fine vessel the Cape Dory line is. I have a good friend with a 28 called Sea Dragon.
Links list ?
Is Washington close enough LOL. Albin Vega. Great boat if you can find one in decent shape.
Gee thanks! :)
Only problem is so far there's nothing to modeate! ;D This is a great crew we have here so far!
R just got Inet in her place, She should be coming here any day now!
Cheers and thanks for the grog! (hic!)
Yep, same Adam as from L&A.... I don't think the Albin is going to work out, I was in line behind another buyer...
real bummer... he was willing to owner finance and the delivery would have involved going out past my canal markers and bringing it a few hundred yards to my dock!!!
Oh well, fingers are still crossed!
;D
CapnK,
I have the true(grin) CD-25, the boat that made the nmae for Cape Dory org! heh
The All CD's are designed by Carl Alberg EXCEPT the Cd-25 which is a George Stadel design. Was originally the Greenwich 24 built by Allied. When they folded they sold the mold to the newly formed Cale Dpry company.
The CD-25D is a much later addition and a much different boat, fights break out over which is the better of the two. heh The Stadel boat has a slightly narrower beam, and the motor is in a stern well, the D has a small inboard diesel and wider beam as well as more headroom.
Ted Brewer in last months Good Old Boat picks the CD-25 and the Folkboat as his favorites. The Cd-25 is built tough and can sail rings around the 25D, however because of publicity from such as John Vigor the 25D is usually the one that is listed as the most 'off-shore-ish'.
Anywho, it all boils down to the fact that several of the best small cruisers ever built was done in the 60's and early 70's and by a handful of designers.
Personally I think the old West coast built Pearson Triton is hands down the toughest little boat ever built on this side of the Atlantic. Of course I wouldn't turn down a Vertue 25!!!! ;)
thanks for asking,
Didereaux
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H. L. Mencken
Hey Iceman -
I tried to move your above post into the SB/LD topic, but the only way to do so was for me to start a new thread there with your name, and cut and paste that post into it. So, why don't you go ahead and do the same, so that it's under *your* name and not mine. lol :) You need your own thread anyway, right? :D
Welcome aboard, Jack!
Didereaux,
Great boat! There was one in my marina when I frist bought 'Faith' home (1964 Ariel).
I should have taken a picture, at one point both boats were tied up next to each other on the end of the 'T' dock. From the deck edge down, the looked to be the same boat.
Several people noticed the similarity.
George Stadel & Carl were definately of the same school.
She ought to sail at least half as well as my Ariel ;)
Will do after Christmas
Iceman
Fortunately, Cap'n K made a post to the TSBB, which has been sorta rare lately. I guess there might have been some method to his madness????
Anyway ...... I happened to see it and thought hmmm.... haven't seen that before, better check it out ..... and here I am. Just one of those happy cowinkydinkies :)
s/v Faith
Are you the same s/v faith that did the big trip on the Commander posted on the Ariel website
If so Great
If not invite that crew to join us here and share their journey here as well ;)
Ice
No, would love to make the trip though.
Different boat, same hull.
They did that aboard the Pearson Commander 'Faith',
Mine is the Ariel 'Faith'. The Commander has a larger cockpit and a smaller cabin.
Here is the link to the log of the journey you are refering to, (http://www.geocities.com/sjfaul/Sailing.html) a great read!
Hi there!
Found this Forum yesterday and joined up today. Finally - a place for us 'small fry'! ;D ;)
Although I am from a long line of sailors, I am new to the Cruising Life. My SO bought a 1978 Columbia 7.6 (S/V Milenka[/i]) in August and we have been happily refurbishing her when we aren't out sailing the Chesapeake with her.
When we're not busy reading about sailing, overhauling Milenka or out on the water, we also like to camp and Swing Dance, but not at the same time, as dirt wreaks havoc on two-tone dancing shoes! :o
Long range plans are to learn what we can on The Bay for a couple or three seasons and then go for some blue water cruising and live aboard, when we find the right vessel for it.
Looking forward to learning and sailing away into the sunset! ::)
Kailyst
Dude, put some blades on that hull, you'll be IN ;D
Hi all,
Merry Christmas from the Great White North.
I am excited that there is finally a forum developed for the serious small boat cruiser.
This is my 4th year as a full time live aboard. My home port is Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - that's the far west end of Lake Ontario.
I sail a Columbia 8.3 (I'll save you getting out the calculator - that's 27'2").
Each year I cruise the Great Lakes, mostly Lake Ontario. I have cruising plans to take my boat to the Caribbean in 2 years. I admit to flip flopping between sailing my more than capable coastal cruiser or buying something in between 30 and 40 ft.. The downside of course is every dime I spend on a larger boat is taken from the cruising kitty. Would love to hear pros and cons from folks who have done it.
Happy Holidays to all
John
Don't believe a thing Adam says.
And yes I am following him to correct any impression that he is worth listening to. ;D
LOL, Ice -
Amorous, the Worlds First (and Only) Liveaboard Iceboat/er. ;D
I gave you a good karma click for that one Otis :)
Geaux Tigers!!!!
Small world> I use to live in Milton. Been in the states since 1957. Ended up purchasing an Alberg made up there by Nye Yachts.
Happy Holidays from Canada, the southern coast of British Columbia, to be more accurate. I was born and raised in Maine.
I am a retired commercial pilot. Sea planes were my favorite. I have lived on and owned 4 sailboats and many other boats and planes.
My current boat is ideal for me at this time in my life. I can handle all phases by myself. I am married but my husband is not enthusiastic about boats so I sail mostly by myself. I bought her new in 2002 and immediately headed up the B.C. coast by myself. The following January, I hitched her to my pick up and headed for Florida. I was away for 7 1/2 months, exploring the Abacos. The following summer I hauled her back to the Cheapeake for the summer. She sits in my driveway at the moment.
I will leave her there and am heading to Utila, the Bay Islands of the north coast of Honduras on Jan 4th. I be gone for Jan/Feb and maybe longer. I'll do some sailing and diving down there.
I have varied experience crewing, cruising and flying. I am excited about finding a site with some serious small boat sailors who have a sense of humor and are kind hearted. I already know some of the members from other sites and we are off to a great start.
Adam,
I thought you were my neighbor here in B.C. Nooo???? :-\
I saw the link on Renegades, checked it out, signed up, and posted the news to L&A. This site has some good folks on it...some I already know, the rest I hope to.
I spent part of the fall up in Eastport Maine... had to come back home before it got cold!!! :)
Quotehad to come back home before it got cold!!!
Wise man. ;D
Hi Adam,
I was thinking of Alex in my previous post. The last I talked to you, you were settling in for a cozy winter in Maine. Did I mention that I am FROM Maine. I am glad you were able to spend the beautiful autumn there and then got out while the gettin was good.
B.C. is too cold for me. I am heading for Honduras to do some sailing and diving during Jan/Feb.
This appears to be a great site. Welcome Aboard. I just arrived a couple of days ago.
Hi Sarah -
I spoke with some of your countrymen yesterday, transients who pulled in for the night on their not-so-small, just-bought-at-Annapolis-last-year Catalina 47'er. They were bummed out, though not bitter or too overly angry - their boat was stored on the hard in Jacksonville, NC, and had gotten hit by lightning 8 months ago, and *they were never notified*. :o They'd gotten down to the boat intending to set off for 4 months in the Turks/Caicos and DR, and found that *everything* aboard which had a transistor or resistor was fried. That was 6 weeks ago. They are now 4 days into their trip, headed to Lauderdale for the last of the repairs before an abbreviated winter trip. I hope that, even though it is shorter than they had hoped, their trip is one of the best they've ever had.
Anyway, I'm glad to have such a talented and experienced person as yourself aboard! I hope you'll start a thread down in the SB/LD area, and post some of your stories and experiences for us to read and question you about. I'm sure there will be interest about how you've set your boat up. How many miles have you put under her keel? Sounds like a lot of them already, in the not quite 4 years you've had her.
Last, maybe when you are down in Honduras you'll occasionally think a warm thought or two about those of us in the more frigid more northern latitudes (like I do for Amorous, lol). :)
Merry Christmas!
Hi Kurt,
Thanks for the welcome. This looks like a great site. I am enjoying it very much.
Do you have room at your marina for a PDQ 36 catamaran? I have
relatives in Charleston and may just meet you one of these days.
I thought I might be a good (or bad ::)) influence here as I am a woman well into her 50's and "weird" enough to go for it, still. :D
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL,
Sarah -
AFA the PDQ cat: yes, we do. Disclaimer: I don't *own* themarina, I just regard it as mine, since I live here. ;D lol
In fact, IIRC it was a PDQ of about 36' LOA which was tied up on my dock for over a year, and which left the marina just a few short months ago. There are 200+ slips here, mostly stinkpotters, so another sailboat is, to my mind, always welcome. :)
Come on up! ;D
You are Free to be whatever type of influence you want to be, as long as you post some pictures and answer questions about the stories you write... :P ;D
CaptK,
I have about a half dozen jpegs of my trip in the Abacos 3 years ago. I thought I would wait until I return from the Bay Islands of Honduras and post them all at once. Then I won't have to figure out how to post them twice :-[. I think Santa is getting me a digital camera after Christmas. I have a love/hate relationship with computers. I only learn and use them as much as I HAVE to to get by.
just curios...how do you manage the refridgeration problem...and did you ever have a problem obtaining ice during hurricane season?
I live on Cape Cod, and recently purchased an Irwin 30, which I've fallen in love with! I plan to cruise Rhode Island to Maine this summer. My long term plans are to sell my house and purchase a GulfStar 50 ft Ketch, and cruise the Caribbean playing music!
I'm a boomer and we partied in 60's, we're going to have a huge party during our retirement! Don't get me wrong, I'll be living on a budget.
Yours for a fair tide!
Bill
EVERY ONE TAKE NOTICE: ALL WILL BE A.O.K.BECAUSE......"ERIC IS HERE"HURRICANE JEAN OF 2004 DESTROYED THE MARINA WHERE I WAS FOR 5 YEARS...OUT OF 60 BOATS ONLY 10 REMAINED AFLOAT...MINE IS ONE OF THEM.THERE IS STILL SOME COSMETIC REPAIRS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE WELDING ON THE MAST.SINCE I BOUGHT THIS BOAT NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL IN 1999 IH HAVE BEEN MOTORING ALL OVER THIS COAST.NOW I AM IN A SMALL WELL PROTECTED MARINA IN DANIA BEACH FLORIDA.I WILL BE HERE FOR SOME TIME TO COME.THERE IS NO LIVEABOARD HASSLE...ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CAN DO SO WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE.
Quotetheir boat was stored on the hard in Jacksonville, NC,
Sadly, there is pretty much one place that could be and is consistent with the kind of goings on there. Many horror stories coming out of that yard :o (really probably true anywhere).
Another advantage (IMHO) of small boats. Less likely to be tempted to turn over the maintenance to 'experts' in yards who are more likely to screw things up..... while charging you top dollar. But I digress........ ::)[/color]
hello all...Frank here from Ontario Canada. This is my first post although I think I'm member #2...Xmas and 3 teens = very little time right now. Great to have a dedicated site for small boat voyagers to share thoughts and ideas !! First off...best of the season to all the other small craft nuts out there.Hope we all have lots of great adventures in 06 !! Kurt and I both sail pearson ariels...great lil boats ! Plan to sail to Bahamas (Abacos) in mid jan to mid march this year.Will be 3rd trip to Abacos and 5th adventure in the gulf stream.If time permits ,we hope to sail south to the Exumas for a change.I have JUST retired so finally have extra time...hope to sail west coast .. Vancouver erea next Aug and Sept. looks beautiful !! Thanks again Kurt and merry xmas to all
Hello all....
Jeff here in St Petersburg Florida...(at least until summer of 06...then it is off to Kemah TX) The boat is a 28' Caliber sloop. I am looking forward to making the trip across the gulf over to the Houston area. I am outfitting the boat as we speak. I am glad to see this site taking off. It is nice to chat with other owners of smaller vessels. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Quote from: Kailyst on December 22, 2005, 12:48:34 PM
Hi there!
Found this Forum yesterday and joined up today. Finally - a place for us 'small fry'! ;D ;)
<snip>
Welcome aboard, Kailyst! Glad to have both of y'all here, I hope you enjoy the site and maybe even larn sumthin to boot. :D
I have a couple friends who *just* sold their "C-7.6 Widebody Supercruiser", they bought it several years ago. They knew a little about sailing when they got her, so I went with them frequently back then until they were comfortable aboard her. We had some good times onboard. :)
Good to hear about you and your SO and y'alls plans, looking forward to hearing some tales about your Chessy adventures. ;D
Quote from: Solace on December 22, 2005, 04:22:17 PM
Hi all,
Merry Christmas from the Great White North.
I am excited that there is finally a forum developed for the serious small boat cruiser.
This is my 4th year as a full time live aboard. My home port is Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - that's the far west end of Lake Ontario.
I sail a Columbia 8.3 (I'll save you getting out the calculator - that's 27'2").
Each year I cruise the Great Lakes, mostly Lake Ontario. I have cruising plans to take my boat to the Caribbean in 2 years. I admit to flip flopping between sailing my more than capable coastal cruiser or buying something in between 30 and 40 ft.. The downside of course is every dime I spend on a larger boat is taken from the cruising kitty. Would love to hear pros and cons from folks who have done it.
Happy Holidays to all
John
John - Welcome! I'm sure your liveaboard/coldwater cruising skills ;) will suit you well in here. :) The only way I would get a bigger boat would be if I found a first mate/first mate found me (personally, I believe the chances of that happening are similar to those of a snowflake falling on and extinguishing a bonfire on July 4th ;D), and even then it would probably still be only 35' or under.
My advice? What you have is perfect, you have 4 years aboard her shaking out the wrinkles, she's paid for and you obviously like her - stick with it, and Go ASAP. ;D
If you come down the East Coast on your way to the Carib, you'll have to stop in on the way down and we'll have a few beers and some hot wings. :)
Quote from: billtrumpet on December 24, 2005, 06:23:03 PM
I live on Cape Cod, and recently purchased an Irwin 30, which I've fallen in love with! I plan to cruise Rhode Island to Maine this summer. My long term plans are to sell my house and purchase a GulfStar 50 ft Ketch, and cruise the Caribbean playing music!
I'm a boomer and we partied in 60's, we're going to have a huge party during our retirement! Don't get me wrong, I'll be living on a budget.
Yours for a fair tide!
Bill
Fair tide to you also Bill, and Welcome! Looking forward to reading about your "downeast" cruising adventures this coming year! :)
Offhand, I can think of no better occasion for a huge party than to celebrate retiring from the rat race. :D Have fun, keep 'er in the channel, and watch out for the Coasties! ;D
Quote from: starcrest on December 24, 2005, 07:36:43 PM
EVERY ONE TAKE NOTICE: ALL WILL BE A.O.K.BECAUSE......"ERIC IS HERE"
LOL, Eric. I feel better already. ;D
Good on ya surviving those hellicanes. Been through a few myself, safe and snug up in my litttle hurricane hole. No Cat 4's while aboard yet, that is one experience I hope *NOT* to ever have! :)
Quote from: Frank on December 24, 2005, 11:44:04 PM
hello all...Frank here from Ontario Canada.
/me pipes Frank aboard
Welcome Frank! We have a few "Arielista's" ;) among us, I'm sure you know "s/v Faith" as "camos" on the Ariel board, also ebb and c'pete are here. Glad to have you, and looking forward to hearing about your cruises onboard your own "personal favorite boat" of mine. ;D
Quote from: PegasusRider on December 25, 2005, 12:04:55 AM
Hello all....
Jeff here in St Petersburg Florida...(at least until summer of 06...then it is off to Kemah TX) The boat is a 28' Caliber sloop. I am looking forward to making the trip across the gulf over to the Houston area. I am outfitting the boat as we speak. I am glad to see this site taking off. It is nice to chat with other owners of smaller vessels. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Jeff - Welcome! Tell us more about what your preparations and plans are sometime, sounds like you are going to be having a *fun* summer! :)
I was surfing through my regular hang out, when I came across a thread regarding this site, (posted on the Lats & Atts).
This is an interesting and good looking site from what I have read so far. However, unfortunately we do not really qualify, or should I say, we fail to meet the criteria of this site, as we had out-grown our 27' Aloha a few years back, and stepped up to a forty foot Pilothouse Cutter for cruising the PNW. So... if you don't mind , I'll just hang out here occassionally, (we won't fit into any of the 30' slips so I'll drop the hook over by the entrance to the bay, once we're settled, we we'll stop by in the dinghy...lol).
Ron
S/V Amor D'oro
Hello and Merry Christmas to all.
I just recently found this site.. I am enjoying reading the posts so far... I reckognize a few names from another board... looking foward to some good sailing conversations.
I hope that you have room for us, we won't fit into any of the thirty foot slips. We had a 27' Aloha for years, then stepped up to our current forty foot Pilothouse Cutter rigged Sloop.... sorry for barging on in, ... I'll just drop the hook well back from the channel and stop by for a visit in the dinghy.
We cruise the PNW from Victoria BC. to Ketchikan AK., and all points in between. Looking forward to a circumnavigation in about four years....
"We" consist's of my "First Mate" Jane, and our "Midshipman" Logan, age 13.
I grew up sailing with my parents along this Coast, in a Cal 27'... so I do have an appreciation for the simplicity that is associated with a shorter LOA.
Welcome aboard, Ron. :)
Don't worry about the big boat - it's not a problem, plus, like you said, you have plenty of time in smaller vessels. I'm sure you'll be able to contribute, hang out, and tell a good yarn now and then like the rest of us. :)
Hope you are having a good holiday!
Cool Site!! I'm looking forward to visting it often. I'm not much of a writer but i love to read posts from all sailors anywhere. I knew I was going to be a sailor back in "68" when I sailed a Sunfish about 5 mi past the breakwater in Hilo and when I got back the coasties told me I needed a bigger boat!! :)
Congrats ;D
Adam,
I did a Google Earth for Ramrod (Summerland Keys) and since I know nothing about the Keys can you tell me what it is like to live there. You look to be about 100miles from the mainland, if thats what you call it. Looks like a boaters paradise. What in the way of employment etc.
Dave
Hi there! I am a big fan of small boats! I grew up on the Jersey shore and did the big gray bluewater Navy trip for twenty years. I am now on my second boat- 1983 Hunter 25. We are sailing around the St John's River here in Jacksonville Florida and love it! We are exploring the coast and taking our time without breaking the bank! I learn so much from everyone's posts that I will say thank you in advance! :)
Hello! New to both the site and lifestyle, I'm actually in the process of looking for my first boat. I came across the whole live-aboard idea about a year ago right after I got out of college and was quickly getting um... distraught by the cost of apartments in my area and was looking for a potentially less-costly way to live on my own (though not likely cheaper, but surely more fun). Ever since its been something that sticks in the back of my mind and I've been slowly getting into the learning process about boats. Living Aboard and cruising is definitely now one of my life goals (long-term travel always has been anyways) so what better time than the present to get started?
While not a complete and utter novice, I might as well be. The only real boating experience is canoeing and a small-boat sailing course back in boy scouts and the small, maybe 12ft, stinkpot my frat had (house was located on Lake Fenton in Michigan). I've also gotten my PADI open-water diver certification through the Scouts, something I wish I had kept doing but alas, school, bills, and my racing hobby (SCCA) kinda sucked up the funds.
So anyways, i'm hoping to locate a small, towable sail boat or runabout by spring or early summer of '06 to get into the swing of things and test the waters (pun intended) of the Chesapeake and gauge how well I really like this stuff. In the meanwhile, hopefully I wont ask too many stupid questions and try to be an information sponge. :)
Yea mon, aire. I and I weclome you. Cool runins
Anyone ever tell you, U look like Bob Marley ;D
Changed it to something a bit more humorous then. :D
Hello all
I see there are a few folks on here I know already - For the rest of you dont believe a word they say, unless its good ;D
Welcome Capt,
Know you from Lats & Atts glad to see you here. I came over myself just a few days ago and really enjoy it. Makes it an even tighter knit family of 30' and under folks. Let us know what kinda boat size where...all the goods.
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This morning it looked so nice out I thought I'd leave it out.
S/V "Tina Marie" Cal 2-27 (Featured Boat Lats & Atts Oct. 05)
I sail a Cal 25 that I consider MY boat - I also buy and sell boats so I may have others at any given time. Right now I have a SanJuan 23 that I'm going thru and hope to have it ready to go in a few weeks.
I sail on Grenada Lake in Grenada MS as a 'home port' and travel to the MS Gulf Coast and north FL for beachcat races a few times a year. I have also skippered boats for a charter company in Costa Rica doing day sails with upto 16 pax on a CSY 44 or a MacGreggor 36 Cat.
The picture was taken during Adams visit here and is a little beach that you must have a boat to get to - the boat takes 5ft of water to float and I think it is only 6ft from the beach (there is a drop off right there you can actually stand next to the boat and reach into the cockpit for a beer)
the boat in the foreground is a friend of mines - its a Hunter 23 with a wing keel
Welcome aboard, salty, unicorn, and skier! Glad to have you here, hope that the site and the company are both fun and informative. :)
Wait - is that a bomb!
RUN!
;)
Welcome aboard, teach! :)
Greetings:
I live near Charlottesville VA and own a 1978 Paceship PY26. Great boat. We, teen daughter and wife, sail the Chesapeake out of Urbanna on the Rappahannoc River. Haven't done much long distance sailing. The longest sail being a 3 day trip from Herrington Harbor (near Annapolis) to Urbanna about 150 miles. My neighbor,a seasoned sailor and boat builder, held my hand :)
It was an absolutely fabulous trip and I'm now addicted.
I'm setting up my boat for easier singelhanded sailing and hope to continue exploring the Chesapeake and possibly further afield in the future.
Oded
Hello from an Ex-Pat American living in Brasil. I like this site and it's something that has been needed for a long time.
I'll be away for a few days but, when I come back, I'll try to contribute some sailing stories, tips, and tricks.
I've lived aboard boat from 5 to 32 feet and sailed boats from 8 to 77 feet. I'm a semi-retired writer and have had articles published in a few sailing Mags. I'll share those and excerpts from my book, "So You Wanna Be a Sailor?"
Looking forward to meeting and greeting, having some grins and giggles.
As we say here,
Até logo,
Jim Smith
How great to find a forum for us small boat owners. Thanks for doing this for us.
I have a 28 foot Cape Dory, Ambuscade, and I love her.
I don't have big boat envy and didn't care when I was the smallest and slowest boat going down the intracoastal last year. I made it from Norfolk to Marathon.
My plan was to go on to the Bahamas but family responsibility got in the way so it was put on hold. Ended up trucking Ambuscade back to Virginia after spending Hurricane Wilma in the marina in Marathon.
This year it will be the Chesapeake Bay and then who knows.
When I visit other folks big boats I sometimes think wow look at that space but then think, look at all that stuff to worry about and fix. No thanks I'll take my cozy little boat that is a size I feel comfortable handling.
When I can figure out how to post a picture I'll post one of my little beauty.
Slman, Jim,
Welcome Aboard.
We are so lucky to have you here. Your experience, sense of humor and style are a great addition.
I am flying down to Utila and staying at Tony P's resort for a month or more. I depart Jan 4th. Tony said I can use his Santana 37. He has a broken back so he can't use it himself.
I am sorry I am going to miss you posts for the first month. Enjoy this upbeat, enthusiastic group.
Hi nemona,
I've been thinking about moving my boat to Norfolk. Two questions: can you recommend a marina and have you experienced any problems with military areas. Is it ever a problem keeping an adequate distance from all those Navy ships?
oded kishony
oded kishony:
welcome. Urbanna !!! WoW. I grew up there part-time. Spent a few times at the Oyster Festival. My family was from Saluda. Never thought I'd hear that town's name here. I was not into sailing while there as a child. I was there a couple of years ago and looked at it with new eyes...
Great new BB. I sail a Catalina 30, in and around the Puget Sound. Her name is "Carnaby Street " and she gets all of my money. I love gadgets, so she decked out with all sorts of thing that eventually won't work. LOL We have quite a fleet of smaller boats in the sound, so I'm sure the word will get around. Fair winds.... ;D
Urbanna is awesome. I love that place but wanted to bring Amorous to Alaska or I would still have her there. The town is great. The people are great. The marinas and yards are great. So ssshhhh.
Welcome aboard Oded, Nemona, and Seanshine! We have a good group of folks here, sounds like y'all will fit in just fine. :)
Oded - 150 miles on the Chessy sounds pretty long to me. :) Good way to start!
Nemona - I used to sit in high school and draw your boat instead of doing classwork. :) Until I "discovered" the various 60's Albergs, CD's were my favorite boats. They are still in the top 5. :)
Seanshine -
QuoteI love gadgets, so she decked out with all sorts of thing that eventually won't work.
LOL! Ain't it the truth! :D
Hi CapnK,
Wonderful group of folks-it's great to find a like minded group with such diverse background, experience and knowledge.
I've noticed that several members sail with animals. We take our beloved cockapoo(cocker spaniel/poodle) named Koko on our day sails. As we expand our range we will have to housebreak/boattrain her. I'm wondering what advice folks may have for us. Where's the best place for this discussion CapnK?
oded kishony
Welcome aboard, Jim! :) Good to have you here. :)
Have to ask - was it a typo, or did you really liveaboard a 5 foot vessel? ;D
Looking forward to reading some of your work!
Oded -
You could start a thread right up here in the "sailFar.net Discussion" area. Good idea for a topic! :)
Oded, did you buy that Paceship there in Urbanna? Possibly from a guy named Roger or robert or something like that? If so, I know your boat. Nice.
Hi Amorous,
I bought my boat on Ebay(!), it was on the hard at Herrington Harbor North near Annapolis. I sailed her from there to Urbanna, about 150 miles in 3 days with the help of a very capable neighbor. But I know the boat you're thinking of. Mine is the same model. I like the Paceship PY26 it's a heavy boat, that handles well, stiff yet nimble, forgiving but fast and very comfortable below, with lots of room and well laid out. Last year I was going to change marinas but decided not to. I went back later to visit a friend and discovered that had I taken that slip my neighbor would have been the other PY26. How did you like Dozier's? I stayed with Urbanna Yachting Center because our slip is easy to get in and out of and the view is wonderful, but I'd like to find something comparable that's cheaper-he hiked up the price pretty steeply last year. I guess most Marinas are getting hit with higher fuel and insurance rates causing them to raise their slip fees.
oded kishony
skipper dave this is Eric aka starcrest.I lived in ventura and marina del rey for about 15 years 1978 till 1993.I came here to south florida and found employment after only 2 days, am employed in the allied health field.I can tell you rite now that the boating scene is much more relaxed over here with far less red tape beaurocratic shull bit.after being pretty much up and down the east coast from cape canaveral to where I am now in dania beach I have never once seen or heard of a "harbor patrol',or its associated harraslements.I will tell you that the water here is here shallow,its warm and clear too.depending on where you go its far less expensive to keep a boat in a slip.It varies from one area to another but the amount of marinas here is plentiful.in the last 6 years I paid as little as 147 dollars per month for a 30 foot liveaboard slip....I should say 1/4 slip as the slips are not the same.its more like a med moore.that was in the marina that got destroyed in lake okeechobee,and yes you can get there from either coast of florida by water.I then had to move to another slip on the coast for 450 per month,then I moved to a slip in dania for 180 per month but that was a haul out yard where you had to be out of the yard by 8 pm for insurance reasons.now I am at a marina rite down the street where its 10 bux per foot per mont ,65 for electric,they dont care who or how many sleep on board day or nite.very relaxed.one more thing this marina is about a mile inland and you must be dismasted to get here as there are several fixed bridges..but this is not always the case..una cosa mas...si usted quiere venga aqui es muy importante por se habla mucho espaniol.I will return to california on my next return trip from hawaii
While I was in the water in urbanna I stayed at the town docks, it was cheap and most of the people were nice. i had amorous pulled and she sat in the yard at dozier's for over a year until i could get back there to get her. both the town docks and the yard were relatively cheap ($100 or so). The yard at dozier's has been taken over by two young men who are doing a really great job. they call the yard CAMBROOK Boatyard and their names are Scott and Noah.
Amorous,
If you were using Urbanna as home base where did you like to go to, what were your favorite destinations and how long did they take? I was thinking of going over to Tangier Island and Smith Island next summer, have you ever gone there? I'm figuring a 3-5 day trip with a couple of days layover. Tangiers seems like an interesting place to visit especially since you can only get there by boat!
oded
I'm new to here, but I have been a lurker for a few weeks, just did not have the time to post anything.
I am planning to try and cruise to Bahama, from NC, but right now my plans are on the back burner while I get some medical attention that I should have done awhile back. (oh it's just a little back ache..must have slept on it wrong...5 years later it's just a pulled muscle, I am sure it will go away! lol) anyhow, I want to try a get a project bayliner 270, to refit and load it down with supplies, a dry place to sleep during the rain storms, and go. the rest I can do as I go along. I have designed my own out board, using parts from almost any mrine salvage shop, and powered by an air cooled lawn mower engine. it will be very easy to build, cheap and rugged. the best thing is it will be fun to build and you can make the shaft length almost as long or shart as you like. I figure I can build one or two, and if they work as planned I'll build kits that you can buy and add youer favorite power head, and lower unit, and you assemble it like a model car. that should help me build a little cruising kitty, or atleast get folks interested in go places by boat. lol.
anyway if anyone has a cheap junker boat 24-28' that can be restored with a lot of elbow work, at a very cheap...as in junkyard price.. drop me a line. it sure would help me get a head start on my adventure.
thanks,
Bill
Bill
send me your contact info to my yahoo IM or email same ID as here I have a line on one or two boats
Ebay is chock full of such boats after all these hurricanes. I'm waiting for the salvagers to start selling the fittings, winches, deck hardware, etc. that's flooding the market right now.
oded kishony
Hello from North Carolina. My wife an I sail a Coronado 25, "Home Alone". We have had it for almost 8 years and have only sailed in N.C. waters and still have not did them all. We usually do a 2 or 3 wk trip each year as our long trip. However I just retired last year (2005) so that may change. Home Alone lives in Oriental, NC and we live in Fayetteville, NC, 3 hours driving time we try to make 2 trips a month in the good weather and one in the winter. Just got back last night from a great weekend ended 2005 and started 2006 onboard.
Thanks,
my contact info is hearsejr@yahoo.com or yall can give me a hollar 919-751-8992. I was not able to walk for a little while, but I'm getting alot better, and even repaired a couple of old 6 speed cruiser bikes, and ridden one nearly three miles yesterday. ofcourse that is after a shot of cort-a-zone in my lower back and about 2 days of laying in the floor balled up like a used sock, awaiting the the pain to stop. for me that 3 miles was about like walking on moon.
I'm really looking a clunker to repair. I can work on it with out to much trouble, just can't sail anywhere other then a few hours at a time.
Thanks,
Bill
Welcome to the site,
Don't know where in NC you are, but I know of a few boats right now... Not sure what junkyard prices are to you, but there is an O'Day 28(?) that needs a new interior bulkhead, and other TLC that is floating at the end of my dock. Probably could be had for less then $500.
There is a Grampian 26 that you could probably get for less then $2000. Other boats slightly higher are an Alberg 30, An Oday 25.
Flea-bay does have some great deals, (watched an Alberg35 go for $855 last month). Few are in this area.... for whatever reason.
Another option is to walk around boat yards, great deals lurking in forgotten corners.
I'm in Goldsboro N.C., but I am willing to travel some. sort of pressed for time, though. I have on average around 6-7 doctor visits a week.
wow a 28'er is the size I was dreaming of! I have a few sheets of plywood and alot of huge chunks of scrap wood and trim....even have some foam for cushions and heavy duty cloth, some electronics and safty gear, 2 good anchors and chain rode. a couple of good compasses, fiber glass cloth, and resin, and some inside lighting and a set of nice runing lights.
if that O'Day has a good deck, hull and rudder, I have almost every thing else on hand.
The deck felt good, the big turn off was the bulkhead (deck steped mast, so this is more then cosmetic). The boat has had water inside, and has turned the (non marine) OEM wood laminate covered plywood bulkhead to mush.
The hardware is largely there, the boat had an A-4 at some point, but it has been removed and there is a part of a broken outboard bracket on the transom.
It is up for 'sealed bid' but I bet it does not go for more then $500. You should plan to see it before you bid, as it does need a lot of work.........
sounds like it might be about what I'm looking for. where is it located? does it have a wooden beam for a compression post? not that realy matters, just wondering if it's a 25'er or 27-28..
thanks,
Bill
Welcome abaord, Sid! Great way to start off the New Year! ;D
Lost Sole,
Welcome Aboard. There are many neat pilots here as well as sailors. You'll fit right in.
Welcome. I was in Oriental a year ago...nice place!! I just retired too....here's to more sailing time and a boost to lifes adventures !!! Have fun !!
Re reply ' Lost Sole,
Welcome Aboard. previous qoute 'There are many neat pilots here as well as sailors. You'll fit right in. ' ........ as well as 'lost souls' or at least souls that wanna get lost !! It's the journey not the destination!!! Have fun!!
oded kishony's home port - Urbanna
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ah memories...
Thanks for the welcomes.
This looks like a great Forum.
Looking forward to finding new friends/ Sail/ Flying buddies.
Lost Sole
Welcome aboard, Lost Sole! :)
Clarification needed about your name: Are you a misplaced boat floor, or a flounder which can't find it's way home? ;D
Welcome aboard, hearsejr! Good luck in your search! :)
thanks, I'll get someting. I'm just down on my luck not being able to work yet and my brother wrecked and gave away my first real boat.
Bill
Happy New Year! Capt Kurt informed me of this site and I already love it. I stayed up past my bedtime last night reading entries from everyone. I have already emailed this site to some of my friends!
I live in Tallahassee, FL and have a 1988 Compac 27/2 named Pixie Dust. She resides in Panama City, Florida. I have always been a water girl, but just learned to sail in 2000. I bought her 2003 and we have become best friends! I usually single hand. I have 2 sets of friends... those that get seasick and those that own their own boats. I cannot get enough of the water. I travel with my job, so it gives me an opportunity to sometimes work from my cockpit. I think I actually sleep on her more than in my own bed at home.
I have made an executive decision to take a sabbatical in 2006 after hurricane season and head south, ultimately ending up in the Bahamas. I am planning on 6 months to a yr... leaning towards the year. ;). My boss does not know that yet so sshhhhhh!
I do like my beer cold... so I purchased an Engel Fridge and today my solar panel arrived!! That is how I plan on keeping my fridge working. Simple is good, but I can only simplify so much.
I look forward to chatting with you all. Lots to learn!
The Miami Boat show is in Feb and I am trying to tie work into being there. If anyone plans on attending, let me know.
Welcome aboard, Connie! :) Glad to have you here, hope this crew of "small boat weirdos" ;) can help you with questions and/or info for your Bahamas trip. :) Carve yourself a space out for pictures in the Gallery if you'd like. (We are getting a good assortment of boat pics here, I'm digging it. :D )
About that Engel - if I was to go with a reefer, those have always been the most intriguing to me. They seem to have low power requirements, and a great reputation for durability. Maybe you'll be able to post a review for us down in the Grear Here section soon. :D
So far I love it! Works great and yes! low drain on the batteries. I was surprised at how much I can pack into it. I love to cook and eat on the boat, so this it is important to me to have food! It keeps my attitude good. My philosophy is you don't have to eat poorly just because you are on a boat.
I highly recommend it!
Sorry I missed your call on Christmas day- new cell phone and it didn't show missed messages like the old one, so I didn't even see the voicemail til yesterday.
Looks like a good site. I think I'll like it, and I'll definitely be here often, much to Laura's chagrin ;D
Of course, when she sees it, she'll probably be here too.
Saw the thread on pressure cooking bread and cakes- Laura has some input on that when I get her on here- she (we) do that often.
Hey bud- How do I set up a profile?
Hi Charlie!
Welcome to SailFar.Net and it's good to see you here!
If you click on your name on the left side, it will bring up a basic profile and since it's your profile, you will have some additional choices in the menu on the leftside for you to edit it however you like!
It will be good to have you here!
Well then, start a thread and tell ua all 'bout the Engel. :D
I had to go look at them today, it looks like the best "bang for the buck" would be the 35 or 45...
Howdy, friend! :D
Great to have you here (both of you, eventually ;)), Welcome aboard! :D
The site has really taken off well (Thanks, everyone!), we already have a great group of folks here, as you can see. Your experience - both the cruising and the boatbuilding/woodworking experience - will surely be a boon and an asset. :) And, once Laura starts sharing some recipes, well... ;D
Be sure to make a place for y'all and Tehani in the Gallery! Put a couple of those "before" pictures in there, too - it is so inspirational to see what y'all had to start with, especially seeing how she looks now. :) sailFar folks - wait'll you see *this* boat! CJ and Laura resurrected her in fabulous style!!!
Didja get the Profile figured out with Doug's help? Let me know if there is anything else that raises questions.
Good to have y'all here. :)
Hey all... Dan here. I am from Alaska originally, then did 20 years in the Marines, now I bought a '87 Tartan 34-2 that I sail around the NC coast. I am figuring to head south when my slip lease in Oriental runs out in Jun 06. I singlehand and my boat responds wonderfully to me.
s/v Wandering Star
Welcome aboard, Dan! :) On your way south, plan a stop in lovely Georgetown, and we'll dinghy over to Front Street and quaff some beer for a proper send-off! :D
Charlie, I just checked out your Gallery picts and I am soooo impressed. AWESOME job on the boat. She is a beauty. I look forward to reading your postings. You obviously know what you are doing!
Thank you- but always bear in mind when you look at Tehani- I'm just half a team. Laura did a very large part of that restoration. She finished and installed ALL the interior trim for example, did all the fairing and sanding prior to painting on the topsides, bottom, decks, cabin, etc. Plus painted the interior and sewed the cushions and pillows
So when you say "you" that ALWAYS means both of us. :)
SWEET!! What a team you make. That is awesome that you both share in the passion. That makes it a double blessing! She does beautiful work too!! Talented team you are!
CJ & L are like some hive-mind, telepathic, Star Trek-ish boat building alien - "There is no "you" in "we". lol ;D
I do agree, "It" did a great job bringing Tehani back to life. :D
hehe
Here's a direct link to "Tehani's" Gallery page (http://sailfar.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=20), with lots more pictures.
And here are two pics, before and after, so y'all can easily see what we are talking about. Amazing, isn't it? ;D
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Beautiful boat Kurt
What kind is it and what year
Real Nice
Ice
Thought I would add my info here since I didnt when I first got here
I sail mostly on Grenada Lake - 60,000 acres in central MS - with a few trips to the MS Sound and FL Panhandle for beachcat distance races each year. Current boat that I consider MINE is a Cal 25 of 76 vintage, although I usually have two or three others that I am refurbishing to resell.
I mostly daysail with a few overnites or long weekends thru out the sailing year (boat goes in around March and out by Nov due to the HUGE swing of a Flood Conttrol lake) I'm hoping to do a couple of distance races on the mono this year providing they are held (Biloxi to Pensacola) and I have two big trips planned for this year (one is Hawaii to Tahiti and the other Hawaii to Japan) with the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Other adventures include: Working on a cruise ship and skippering a daysail charter boat in Costa Rica. I like to do just about anything around the water (kayak/canoe, SCUBA, etc) Mountain Bike, and adventure travels.
Yo, Capt T,
You must let me know how the voyage goes from Hawaii to Japn, details. Thta is my ultimite goal! FYI, If you are planning to spend any time there or just want info on the area and sailing, there is a Sail Japan website. Two infact. If interested I will send you the 411 on it.
Shazam!!!! ;D
Impressive work Team Tehani! ;)
These trips are with the PVS and we will be doing a one month coastal trip once we arrive displaying Hokulea at various ports. The trip will leave HI and head SW to the Marshalls and thru Micronesia and on to Japan reversing the route used to populate the islands - it's about a four month trip - give or take a week or two
I'll be making a post on the SB/LD Cruisers part, telling about us as soon as I can. But in the mean time-
Tehani is a Rhodes designed Seafarer Meridian 25. She was built in Holland in 1961, hull #10. 3'3" draft, 7 foot beam, 17'9" waterline. 2300 iron ballast keel, 5300 pound dry displacement.
Sails very well by the way.
Yeah, just like that!. My route plan also. I will be going with Lady Zen back to her home.
I had figured 3-4 wks to Hawaii, then a break for 2-3 weeks, then on to the Marshalls, another break, then to Micronesia, Yup another break, then on to Fukuoka. With the plan to stay there for a couple of years. Explore the islands, etc. Then MAYBE back to the states, going the northern route with the winds. But who knows, maybe head down under.
On our trip there last year, we met a couple who had sailed from the neatherlands to japan, via New Zealand. They had been there from some 15 yrs. Also they sailed Hong Kong and the other Aisan isl.
Nice boat the had/have, but not a small one.
Hey CJ,
So glad to see you over here. Your boat and you two are a perfect fit for this site. I''ve been here off and on for a while, mostly just lurking and hoping I can learn a bit here and there. Seems that most here have a different sort of experience than I've been around before ...... this is a good thing. :)
Rik
Hey All,
TonyP here (3819 on the Renegade and L&A board). Sarah just turned me onto this site and I'll be bookmarking it and checking in. I live on Utila, a tiny spit of rock in the Western Caribbean, and wouldn't be anywhere else. I have a Santana 37 that is in the middle (or somewhere) of a total refit. I also have a hotel and a real estate company here that Sarah is enjoying to her fullest. <g> (she likes my internet at the office ~ lol)
I look forward to seeing who I know here, and hope to learn more about what the heck I'm doing with a 37 foot boat... ;D
3819
Welcome aboard, Tony/3819! Glad to have you! When a sailFarer might need a tiny spit of rock in the Western Carribean to stay on, we'll know who to call. :D Maybe I'll be stopping in there on my way south in a few years - it seems more and more likely that I am going to coast hop down that side on my way to the Canal.
(sailFar folks - here's a map to show you where Utila is - looks really neat!) (http://www.aboututila.com/TouristInfo/GettingHere.htm)
Boy, I sure hate it for you that you have to live on an island like that. It must be wonderful horrible. Tell you what - I'll trade places with you, because I am such a "giving" soul... ;D
Tell Mrs The Edge that we all said "Halloooo!". :D
Welcome aboard Tony!!! We look forward to hearing from you. Man, what a heck of a life you must be living. Awesome!
We are all drooling over here in the states.
Welcome aboard Tony! Or should we call ya Hopalong? :D
How's the leg? Hope it's healing up well.
Is Sarah taking your boat out at all?
Thanks for the kind welcome aboard. Yeah, life is tough unless you decide to live it, <g>, then it's just a helluva ride...
I'm busting my butt trying to get the new web page up for one of my gigs, so I've not had much free time at all, but I wanted to check in and get a feel for the board.
Sarah seems to have fallen in love...
With Utila.
She's out and about everyday strolling from here to yon. She hasn't even made it into the pool yet, just enjoyed a few drinks at the pool bar. I don't think she's in any hurry to go anywhere just yet.
I've offered her my Santana 37, but she has some reservations about taking it out alone, so I'm going to find her a ride with one of my friends, 'cause I can't get back aboard mine yet. Soon, I hope; the leg/hip is healing well. All things in time (but less if you REALLY push it!)
3819
Sorry, I did not see this thread at first, so I will repost my original post that gives a bit of history of me showing up here. I am an old fellow and a late bloomer to sailing. I have traveled all up and down the eastern seaboard on power boats as only part of my fulltime work in the marine industry for 38 years this up and coming summer.. I have always enjoys the mid atlanitc regions of the east coast and watched many small craft anchored up for the evenings but was never able to do so myself working on a time frame all of the time.
We have all of our children grown now, and as so many other people are slowing down and accessing what is important to me and my wife and thats time together with the water. We have always enjoyed it as a family and could not think of doing anything else at this time but to continue on this journey, so to speak.
We did the country part and rv stuff with the kids, but its just not the same as smelling the different "colors" of what exists on 3/4ths of our planet.
Just last year,, I knew that I wanted a sharpie type hull that will allow the convenience of dealing with the extreme tidal changes along the eastern seaboard, the west coast and panhandle of Florida, so we built own own smaller version, 20 foot, and learned to sail it, using a spritsail rigging, that draws six inches, with the board up, and now we are in the process of building a larger version in 23 foot, with a working type cabin on it, for several reasons, one being the ability to tow is easily and to launch it in remote areas that we may wonder into along the way for the long distances from our home in North Carolina.
So thats part of our story now, and will be enjoying the ICW at our leisure in the next couple of years, between some work schedules and we will be looking foward to seeing parts of our country that we use to truely blow by while being paid for it. Great site from the short time of reading
Welcome Tony and Coastal
Tony I plan to head your way latter this year - a friend of mine has a place on Roatan. I'll make the hop and come visit if you can show me a place to get a kold beer
Howdy Coastal- welcome aboard. Enjoyed the phone call. Sorry about the "other" problems.
Folks- Coastal is a long term boatbuilder and does a helluva job. And a nice guy to boot. Wait'll he posts a few pics of his little boat :)
Thanks Charlie, but you are continuing to show your kindness. My vessel would be considered a castaway vessel to many of these folks hulls, something they may find abandoned along the waterway, that they would take shots of, with the sunsets in the background, or makes those dime store picture frames photos. ;)
Quote from: hearsejr on January 03, 2006, 12:57:45 AM
sounds like it might be about what I'm looking for. where is it located? does it have a wooden beam for a compression post? not that realy matters, just wondering if it's a 25'er or 27-28..
thanks,
Bill
Pretty sure it is a 28' Oday, the sealed bid ends on the 23'rd. It is here on the New River. I can try to remember to snap a couple photos for you tomorrow if you want.
Welcome aboard Coastal Cruiser.
Let me know if any of your trips down the ICW in NC will pass the New River.
That's a great shot in your avitar BTW, :)
How did you come about your login? Are you in the funeral business or collect them?
Thanks, will do, as I have a cousin down that way that has a second house on the river.
nope I had a 67 caddy hearse for a hot rod, and I was always called JR, because my dad was named William h Leggett, my Brother was Williiam Lee Leggett, and I was named William H leggett jr...my grand dad was William Lee Leggett.....so I was known as Jr... hearsejr was my screen name from ever since I got my first PC back in 1996. I also the pres of a hearse club for hearse owners around NC, and in like 10 or 15 hearse clubs all around the the U.S... I figure it was a decent, easy to remember name and kept it.
Bill
Welcome, to the new folks from the left Coast. :D
I just found it...Does your boat have to be a certain size here? Sincerely, F'n'J
The idea of a group of 'small boat-long distance' sailors is the concept (30ft and less)....however if ya love boats...love voyages....and your boat is bigger...we won't tell anyone"wink wink" welcome aboard PS I'm curious ..the "FnJ" ?? The reason I ask is on our boat I'm Frank and the ist mate is Judy LOL
Hi Frank and all. thanks for the cheery note. Our first sailboat was an O"Day daysailer that we capsized under full sail the first time we took her out!! (I still made it to work that night) Then we had a great, sturdy Coronado 25 for a few years, until we got a great deal on a rock=solid 30' Lancer that we lived and cruised on for 7 months. That was going to be our last boat until we got an offer on an IP31 we couldn't refuse...
Yes, we are Felix, Fearless Captain, and jo, usually willing first mate ::)
Quote from: felixsail on January 15, 2006, 02:26:35 PM
I just found it...Does your boat have to be a certain size here? Sincerely, F'n'J
Welcome Felix,
No, I don't think it as as much about size, as attitude. ;) 'less is more' and the refusal to believe that one needs a 45' boat to venture beyond the breakwater....
The attitude and the dream.... :)
Being a little nuts helps too ~!! ;D
Welcome Coastal Cruiser! If you are ever in the Panhandle, give me shout. I am in the Panama City area but have also spent time back and forth from Carrabelle area.
Looking forward to seeing the pics of your boat.
So where is CapnK these days? Inquiring minds want to know.
Nosy people do too ;D
I was wondering the same thing :-\
Maybe he purchased a new boat... 40fter and left for the islands ;D ;D
I over heard him saying something to the effect of "that Devil triangle thing is hog wash..and just to prove I'll row through it in my dingy with no charts"..and then he jumped in a row boat and headed east....I didn't have the heart to tell him the row bow boat wasn't sea worthy, and leaked like crazy. I hope he made it. :D
Bill
Welcome aboard, Felix!
Craig/Faith said it all. :)
Glad to have you here...
I were off in Charleston ever the weekend, for my bro-in-laws birthday.
Now I'm back, and thanks to you all, there are a million and one sailFar posts to read and answer... :D
Awesome. :)
Welcome aboard, Coastal! Glad to have you here - and if CJ says you build good "botes", you must! :D
Also, my marina is on the ICW, so if you are ever down near Georgetown, let me know, it'd be nice to meet y'all. :)
Thanks folks. We maybe coming to the panhandle area in June for the B.E.E.R cruise deal, and if that doesn't seem possible we may do the first of April deal with Capt. Craig, I guess some of you guys know. My Admiral requires some long range planning because of her job. I get down to Georgtown. passing through by land, quite a bit. I have done the boat show there, and give those folks a great big pat on the back from a simple fellow. From my perspective, that was the best run and most friendly boat gathering as any one up and down the coast.
I see a lot of familiar friends on this site but for now I'll be reading and monitoring unless anyone has a direct question.
Boat - Westerly Berwick in the final throes of refit for full time liveaboard and cruising at Port Townsend WA. Former boat a Westerly Centaur.
Location - Boat in the Pacific NW, legal address is Jacksonville FL and I'm working on a freighter at 7S 77E (Diego Garcia Atoll) in the Indian Ocean.
Experience ----getting ready (why I'm working of course) to head out for the third ...or is it fourth time. So far no circumnav's but I did make it New Zealand on previous trips.
Usual Status - Single Hander but on occasion doublehand/single watchstanding - that job is currently open.
I get to the internet two or three times one week out of three. Strange job rotation but it pays well so I'm not complaining.
That's it...JT and Cap'n Teach et. al can tell the real stories. I'll deny them later.
Michael
Welcome Aboard Michael - Have you seen anything other than the ship on this trip?
Hello everyone,
I've got about a year and three months to go before I'll be moving aboard for good. The pyrat ship is a 1960 Pearson Triton, 28.5 LOA. She is currently in the process of getting in shape for the big cruise which will start in the upper Chesapeake Bay, then snake down the ICW to Key West and from there, to just wonder the Caribbean for a while. After that who knows, the plan is to have no plan.
Small boat cruising should prove interesting. I have a friend who is cruising the Caribbean in a 35 footer and he tells me he is ofter the smallest boat in the anchorage. Life should prove interesting on the Triton.
At present, I am a geologist, landlocked in Pennsylvania Steeler Country. I have a dunker Stevenson Design 17' gaff rig weekender that my wife, kids, and I build last summer. I am now planning my next build that will allow me to island hop the Spanish main during the summer months, then full time once I quit punching the clock in 20 years or so. I think my next build will be 27-28' so I can pull her home instead of bringing her up the Mississippi. But for now I am a small boat on small waters that enjoys reading your stories as I pick up the pearls of wisdom.
Wow! Buncha new folks today - Welcome everyone! :)
Coastal - send me a message some time when you will be coming through G-town and will have a spare few minutes. We'll meet if you'd like. The Wooden Boat Show is, I think, our claim to fame here, since there just ain't much else to claim... ;)
Michael/Se Langt - Excellent! Glad to have you aboard - I think you'll be posting from farther away than anyone else, but then, you are probably used to that particular distinction... ;)
Joe - Arr! When you do head south, you have got to pull in here, so I can drool on your Triton. ;D (Alberg Rules! ;))
Rockdoc - You've found the place! Besides a bunch of us small boat crazies, we have a few darned good boat builders here, so you'll also have the opportunity to "talk shop" and network, if you'd like. :)
Glad to have all of y'all here. :)
CapnK,
It would be my pleasure to stop by for a visit. Albergs are hard to beat. The first time I saw the Triton, it was love at first sight. I remember reading somewhere that you should always take a look back at your boat when you are leaving her. Not because you forgot something, but just because the sight of her takes your breath away. The Triton does that for me.
Thanks for the welcome Capt, glad to be aboard. Wasn't sure your take on home build skippers. Did I hear "wooden boat show"?
Howdy Rockdoctor.
I built a Weekender for a customer a few years ago. It was shown at Strictly Sail in Chi in 2002 IIR. The owner then took it to a classic boat show in Sturgeon Bay Wisc and the boat took first place in the under 20 foot category. The plaque is hanging in my shop :D
I assume you know about the Messing-about site?
http://www.messing-about.com/forum/
Many there on the Main forum are building or are sailing Weekenders.
Quote from: Rockdoctor on January 20, 2006, 12:18:14 AM
Thanks for the welcome Capt, glad to be aboard. Wasn't sure your take on home build skippers. Did I hear "wooden boat show"?
Yep, still testing the waters here, but there are some others that suffer from that affliction. ;D
good lord, I had a NASTY case of the wooden boat disease last year... I spent a month up in "Down East" Maine.... saw some BEAUTIFUL boats...
thank god I got out of there before it became permanent... Maintaining a wooden boat down here in the Keys and Bahamas would be a nightmare!
I had a 1909 42' wooden trawler.
That cured me of any desires to ever have a wood hull ever again!
Ahoy CharlieJ. congrats on the award, it really is a beautiful boat design.
I do visit that site often, as well as byyb.org, which is made entirely of weekend builders. We have mess abouts a few times each year. I want to broaden my horizons a bit. And from what I understand, you need a few wood boat builders around for "atmosphere" anyways. I found that building is a great family activity, and stress reliever, and if I had production boat, I would never know if they did a bad job, but doing it myself.. I know ;)
I do not think that your statement pertaining to owning a 1909 wooden trawler, is a fair statement of labeling a complete industry that is actually thriving on the rebirth of wooden hulls, most if not all one-offs, or even knock offs of basically extinct hull designs.
New technologies and methods, are also keeping alive many of those 1909 hulls, with much less maitainance than ever before, eliminating many of the processes that used to be required in the upkeep fo those hulls.
Whether or not, the costs are more or less, is not as much of an issue in my reply, as much as some of the issues of owning a fiberglass hull, are real and costly when it comes to the repainting of the hulls, and the blister problems that exist, a very serious issue for the whole fiberglass industry.
Now I do agree that the fiberglass hulls can do a lot without additional care short term, but still is limited to long term neglect, that is required for the traditional hulls in the water, but alterntive methods of cold mould building of one offs, are being implored to create multi million dollar vessels, many being purchased by pretty smart and successfull folks, a long ways from dummies on the water.
Most will average over ten years of boating experience before they have turned back to wood or composite hulls, and will lay out some serious funds for something with wood in it.
Dougcan- I'll have to agree with Coastal. There are wooden boats and then there are wooden boats. You have to be specific.
The 35 foot (cold molded of Western red cedar) trimaran I built and launched back in the early 80s is still going strong and passing insurance surveys with flying colors 30 some years later.. It should , with normal maintenance, continue to do so for years.
Travis's boat, Pilgrim is a composite boat- you've seen pics. That boat should out live both Travis and I. His sons or grandsons will be sailing her years from now, PROVIDED they repair dings and nicks when needed.
But I also have to agree that bringing one back from years of neglect is far easier with a glass boat than with a wooden one, particularly an older one constructed plank on frame. Coastal will tell you that THAT is no simple task, once they've been badly neglected.
The big killer no matter WHAT material, is neglect.
There is a lot to be said for a hull that you owned that dates back to the turn of last century, in 1909. Heck take a look around us all at the many ten year old cabin cruisers, under 30 feet, and look at the condition of them after people get totally disgusted with them and sit them out to pasture. And take a look at the value and the amount of work involved to bring them back to like new condition. Heck take a scroll through the listing prices of these hulls, most under 10 grand, fully rigged and in top shape. For me personally, I like something that no one else has, and like to tinker with it.
The steps are pretty much the same, just the actual type of work for a ten year old neglected cabin cruiser is a bit different. BUt that does not make them any better, IMHOP. its just that most people are more familiar with waxing or placing a coat of paint on the neglected gelcoat, but the steps are the same with both materials.
One thing for sure, even thought it may take a bit longer, a repair on a wooden or composite wooden hull can be done and never know it, with less work than a repair or patch on any fiberglass hull, unless you do redo the entire surface finish, as that patch will show up in six months.
But at the end of the day, its no different than what most folks are familiar with, and fill comfortable with.
And really at the end of the day, being on the water in what any of us enjoy, is what counts. Most of these comments would be the topic of discussion over cheese and wine at the anchorages for me, anyway, or margaritas at the pubs. But then again, most of us are ashore, land bound, so we must discuss it through cyberspace. ;)
Hi all --
I've been enjoying the new site and reading your introductions. I haven't sailed far but look forward to learning from those who have. My biggest adventure, so far, was an aborted attempt at Bimini from Ponce Inlet via Homestead that was turned back at Port Canaveral due to weather.
Lazy Susan is a 1987 Nimble 20 kept on a trailer at my house in Deland, FL. She's a canoe yawl with 7'9" beam and a sharpie hull drawing 11 inches with the board up and 4'7" down. I've owned her for three years, now, and she's my first boat.
Paul
Welcome Wildman!
Why didn't you trailer down to Homestead or the Keys to start your trip?
What time of year was that? I'll probably only cross again in small boat (under 30') in the summer... somehow, all of my crossings have been between November and February...
Adam
welcome Paul ..The Nimble 20 is a fine lil boat...would be an exellent Bahamas boat to explore all the shoal draft spots....and there are TONS of them over there!! Wait for the right window...have a good VHF so ya can keep up with the weather while there..take as big an anchor as ya can and have fun !! It's not majic...simply use your head.The Abacos are great. What model Nimble 20 do ya have??
Welcome Wildman & Rockdoctor..... ;D
Frank/Adam - At the time, my tow vehicle was a fairly radical woods truck (73 International Scout) which towed at 40 mph with white knuckles :o I'm convinced that the odds were better for making it there in one piece in the boat. The attempt was in April and the plan was to meet up with a group of trailer sailors in Homestead for the crossing. Spent three days at anchor on the ICW just south of the locks with 30+ winds causing us to miss the rendezvous. It was still an adventure, but we took the ICW back home.
I am Ed(sailorman)and the admiral is Connie. We sail a Catalina 250 (wb) on Lake Lanier, Ga. (near Atlanta.) Our prior boats: Siren 17.5, Columbia 29 Defender. We bought the 250 to trailer to the coast and to the Florida keys. We spend our vacations in the Ft. lauderdale area and in Key West. My dream is to haul the boat to Key West and spend a week sailing Key West and visiting the bars. Oh, I am a home brewer; award winning porter (Tri-state Brew-off). I do like good beer. We have not made the sailing trip yet as work and family issues have come up all at once. We plan, save our money and get the boat ready. It will happen.
Hifolks!
My name is Kregar. I work in Tallahassee, Florida, but live on Ochlockonee Bay (about an hour commute).
I am currently boat shopping.. I have found a beautiful 1970 Irwin 32 Classic that is in pristine condition.. Only four owners! Fully documented from the original purchase! Also, I was expecting a headroom down below of 6' 1"... Instead I can actually stand up! I am 6 ' 5", so I am shocked! She has really been taken care of. She is ready to sail today! I can buy and learn to sail at once.. A few things to do in the salon.. But, I will hopefully learn my fate over the next 30 days..
I love reading all of the postings on this site and hope to be able to contribute in the near future!
Kregar
While waiting out a snow storm, I came across this Forum that sure looks interesting so I joined. I have a Cape Dory 25D and I sail out of Noank, CT. I've already seen some posts by Didereaux, a regular on our Cape Dory board. Don't listen to him tell you the 25s are better than the 25D!! ;D Dick
Welcome Aboard Dory man!
Both are great boats, I was made up to a CD 25 once and they are an awful lot like my Ariel. Sure would appreciate some pics of your 25D in the gallery, would be nice to compare.
Thanks, and again, Welcome Aboard!
Ditto that, Craig. :)
Welcome aboard, Dick! Leave the snow outside when you come in though, please, as I'm allergic to it... ;D
I managed to create an album (Dream Weaver - Cape Dory 25D) and post a few pictures. I'm just getting used to the website but it seems awesome. Finally a site for the little guys! I'm not the most computer literate guy in the world but posting the pictures was actually pretty easy. I can't wait to get to know everybody.
Dick
Karma pop!
Glad you like it, and that its working well for you! :)
I just joined today and I'm already glad I did. But I may have to take a few weeks off from work to catch up on all the threads.
I have owned a Cape Dory 25D for 3 seasons and I absolutely love it. Being on the Cape Dory board (which is excellent by the way) is an everyday ritual. My home port is Noank, CT at the mouth of the Mystic River.
After three seasons and numerous trips into Long Island Sound, Shelter Island, NY, and Naraggansett (sp?) Bay, I've decided I love this size boat and don't need anything bigger. She's really seaworthy and there is plenty of room below for my wife and I or for me and a sailing buddy. I especially love her when I'm painting the bottom or doing the teak because of the size. She's also easy to handle alone.
I've managed to post a few pictures to my Dream Weaver album, something I've not been able to figure out how to do the CD board yet (my fault not theres).
My wife will be happy to hear I have another sailing site to keep me out of trouble. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Dick
Wow! ;D
Gettin hard to keep up, but it seems that everyone is going to have their own unique perspective and experiences to share. AWESOME. :D
So, Welcome Aboard to: Rockdoktor, Wildman, Sailorman, Kregar, and DoryMan!
Hope I didn't miss anyone! :)
Welcome to the mad house Doryman. GREAT group of folks here.
Hello,
Brent from Jacksonville, Fl and I sail an Ultimate 24. A sportboat with actual room down below. I cruise as well as race the boat.
Brent
Wow over 100 members now!
Although I did not see that many intros... :)
8) Welcome from the left (best) *ducking* coast ;D
I just came across a quote about sailing that is very fitting for this board. The author cruises and I mean cruises on an 22' Falmouth Cutter:
"You can only be in one place at at time so look at all the extra room you really have!"
Zen: How can you tell the total number of members? I obviously new here and just feeling my way along in the dark.
Dick
Dick:
bottom of the forum page tells all...who, how many, etc
Quote from: Zen on January 25, 2006, 06:53:11 PM
Wow over 100 members now!
Although I did not see that many intros... :)
8) Welcome from the left (best) *ducking* coast ;D
I have been back out here for a week now. Here is what I see.
I was born and raised here. I am a rare 'native' here. I have been struck by a couple of contradictions. I am on a hillside in Marin, and can see quite a bit of the water from where I am. There are lot's of boats in marinas.... but not so many on the water. >:(
The weather all week has been PERFECT. There has not been the ton's of wind I remember. I was on Angel Island yesterday.... expecting to see lots of boats out.
I only saw a couple. There ought to be a law.... ;D
The local weather spirits must be pleased to have a local in town. Before you got here we had 2 weeks of rain. It was suppose to be raining now, but it seems it will wait until you are back in route to the east.
Surprising Angel Isl was not busy. I would have thought folks would have jumped at the chance to enjoy the good weather. Sunday was the bomb in the East bay too bad we could not have hooked up.
ps: lunch was also the bomb and more for me ;D
oh, as well as the cutie you missed out on meeting who purchased my Ariel,
c'est la vie :D
??? ???
hey!!
How come there are over 100 members...
and only 16 photo albums in the gallery... ??? ???
hmmmmmmmm...
NANP (Not A Nice Person, aka "Boar") here, new to sailing and this board . . . how new?
So new all I have so far is the fever! ::)
Taking the requisite lessons and sessions this year; hoping to find the right boat this winter or the following spring: Pearson Ariel and Cape Dory 25 are at the top of the list, but in the end, one supposes, it will come down to the best available boat at the time.
Live on the Texas Gulf Coast, and it hasn't escaped my notice that there seems to be a mighty convenient circle of coastal cruises, daysails, and island hops surrounding the Gulf of Mexico/Carribean. Bet I'm not the first to realize that, either! ;)
I've been lurking/reading for a few weeks. Great board!
NANP/Boar
Where on the Texas Gulf coast? We keep Tehani in the Port Lavaca city marina and live almost on the shores of Matagorda Bay.
Welcome aboard Brent and NAP/Boar! GLad y'all found us - pull up a chair and join right on in... :D
Zen and Craig - you guys met up out in Cali? Kewl! :)
Quote from: CharlieJ on January 27, 2006, 07:18:09 PM
Where on the Texas Gulf coast? We keep Tehani in the Port Lavaca city marina and live almost on the shores of Matagorda Bay.
I'm a bit south of y'all, Charlie . . . down in CC, here.
~Boar
Quote from: CapnK on January 27, 2006, 08:27:01 PM
Welcome aboard Brent and NANP/Boar! GLad y'all found us - pull up a chair and join right on in... :D
Oh, and a belated thanks for the welcome, CapnK. I'd like to express, as well, my profound relief at having found a "cruising" board NOT dedicated to extolling the virtues of getting shitfaced drunk in exotic locales, or to posting nekkid pics of one's overweight and/or surgically modified significant other online . . . lol. I name no names! ::)
NANP
"Zen and Craig - you guys met up out in Cali? Kewl! "
well it was our plan, but the Universe had other plans :'( :D
Quote from: Zen on January 28, 2006, 05:55:50 PM
"Zen and Craig - you guys met up out in Cali? Kewl! "
well it was our plan, but the Universe had other plans :'( :D
Next time, for sure. Thanks again for the invite.
?
Ahhh - I think you have me confused with someone else. :)
Calibers are nice, but I'd get an Alberg 35 first. :D
FWIW.....
I did not believe it. ;)
Added on edit..... 'Not that there is anything wrong with that kind of thing.... :o
::)
;D ;D ;D
Hello from Texas. My husband and I just bought our first boat, a 1982 Ericson 25+. We are pretty much beginners at this, although we have sailed on opb's over the years. Right now our plans are to gain as much experience as possible and get the boat in condition for exploring the ICW. After that, who knows...
We are really happy to find a website dedicated to smaller boats and look forward to a lot of good reading.
Quote from: CapnK on January 28, 2006, 10:25:23 PM
Ahhh - I think you have me confused with someone else. :)
Calibers are nice, but I'd get an Alberg 35 first. :D
YES!!! :)
If I were going for a bigger boat, it would definitely be an A-35. It was love at first sight when first saw my Triton sitting at the dock and a year later she was mine. The A-35 looks just like a bigger Triton without the forward facing ports on the doghouse step. Carl did know how to design a beautiful boat.
I remember reading somewhere that you should always look back when leaving your boat, not because you think you forgot something, but just because she takes your breath ways.
Haha- Kurt- The Texans are arriving :)
Jesa- Where are you located?
Hi,
We keep the boat in Clear Lake and sail Galveston Bay (when there is enough water...during winter we pretty much slip-sail as the water gets blown out of the lake by northers). OTOH, we get quite a few boat projects done this way.
LOL, seanshine. ;D Good topic change.
Joe - you are right - always want to be looking back on the way away from me vessel. :)
There was an Alberg 36 (yes, I typed that right) at my old marina - I was told one of 7 made, Carl's last design. She was supposed to be up for sale by now, the owner told me he was gonna ask for about what a CD that size would sell for. It was one bigger boat I would *not* have minded having. :)
Welcome aboard, jesa! Glad you found us. Jump on in! ;D
An A-36, now that's something I didn't know. I did a quick search on Google and found this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/1964-ARDELL-SAILING-SCHOOL-AD-ALBERG-36-SLOOP_W0QQitemZ6590592981QQcategoryZ14055QQcmdZViewItem
Joe -
If I remember correctly what I was told by the fellow who owned it:
It was Albergs last design, and was made by a small company in Canada that went out of business after producing only the 7 that he said were made.
Back then, I Googled it too, and wasn't able to turn up much info on the boat or the company which made them. She did not have the raised cabin trunk of the Ariel, Triton, A35, etc..., it was a Cape Dory-style, all one-level affair. Looks almost identical to the CD36/Robinhood 36. In fact, I'm wondering if sometime between CD stopping production, and Robinhood starting it again on the 36, if some other company didn't give it a go?
Dunno. Beautiful boat, nonetheless. :)
Cap,
From looking at the pictures it looks kind of like an A-37 cabin-wise. My Google results had a number of hits that were in French, so the majority of these boats may well be in Canada.
You are right though, she is a beautiful boat.
Hi, All
Looks like this place is really taking off; last time I was here there was only the home page!
I live in Ashland, Ohio and trailer sail a Montgomery 17 and have a Tartan 26 project boat sitting in the driveway, where I'm making serious inroads towards the record for "slowest restoration". For a bit about them, I have a small web page at www.todspages.net
Here's to a good, sucessful forum!,
Tod Mills
Good to "see" you!
Tod! Hey bud!
Welcome to the reason I haven't been emailing you lately! ;D Glad you're here - you saw sailFar before it *was* sailFar - lol... :D
Welcome Tod!
I expect you'll like this site! I know I do! :)
Thanks for the welcome, gents!
I'm still working out my preferences; anyone have any tips for seeing the new messages all consolidated?
Great work, Kurt!
Tod
At the bottom of the home page there's the 'last 10 posts' I bookmark that and check if often.
Oded Kishony
Hey Bill,
Saw elsewhere that your wooden boat deal fell through. Sorry to hear abou that, sounded like a great boat.
Remember the O'Day that I told you about? There were no bids on it, I bet you could pretty much just come and get it if you want it. I can PM you with the contact info if you are interested.
The boat needs a lot of work, but if you are looking for a project.....
Quote from: s/v Faith on January 02, 2006, 10:57:15 PM
Welcome to the site,
Don't know where in NC you are, but I know of a few boats right now... Not sure what junkyard prices are to you, but there is an O'Day 28(?) that needs a new interior bulkhead, and other TLC that is floating at the end of my dock. Probably could be had for less then $500.
There is a Grampian 26 that you could probably get for less then $2000. Other boats slightly higher are an Alberg 30, An Oday 25.
Flea-bay does have some great deals, (watched an Alberg35 go for $855 last month). Few are in this area.... for whatever reason.
Another option is to walk around boat yards, great deals lurking in forgotten corners.
Ahh CJ, sorry, I should have made myself clearer on "wooden boat"!
What I had was a clinker build 42' Trawler, powered by a Detroit 3-71. That cured me of clinker build boats.
Replacing all the oakum was no fun! Not to mention trying to finding myriad leaks, and keeping the hull pumped out while the boards swell ups and so on. I finally gave up on it when I realized I just didn't have enough money and time to restore the trawler properly, and lucked out when I found a buyer who was willing to pay my asking price for it so I was out only a few thousands. To be fair, I did learn a lot working on that boat.
I do like other kind of wooden boats though, and I would love to build a weekender one of these days, I have the plans for 4 different "wooden" boats, three are the Stevenson Projects boats, "Weekender", "Vacationer", and the "Pocket Cruiser". I also have the plan for the Bolger "MicroTrawler".
Cold molding is good too in my book!
The weekender is a nice build, and is very forgiving especially if you use epoxy. It is a well tested design and has a nice following of friendly folks that will help you along the way, and even come to your house to help you build. The stressed-skin is very strong and is great for protected waters. It does have a flat bottom and is unballasted. Because of that, she will pound unless you load the bow with batteries. Another design that you may like is the B an B yacht design Princess 22. It has a similar building technique, v-shaped bow, alot more room and a cat-ketch rig.
VERY little similarity between the build of the P 22 and the Weekender. I've built one of each and am currently building a Core Sound 17 for a customer. That boat builds differently than either.
The Weekender is basically a chined construction. Uses 1 x 2 chine logs at both the chines and deck edge. The bottom panel , deck and sides are all glued and screwed to those chine logs.
The P22 is a variation of the Tack and Tape method ( stitch and glue, whatever it's called by the designer) the sides are very temorarily screwed to the bottom panels and then the chine joint is formed via fillet and two layers of 15 oz bi-axial tape. Then the screws are removed, chine edge rounded and glassed over. No wood in there at all.. There IS a deck edge chine log that the deck and sides are fastened to.
The Core Sound is another variation where you build a "Butterfly" from pre cut panels, glass them together at the edges in specific spots, then force the whole thing up and closed, where you then tape. It's all stressed skin. Takes a bit of room to lay out the butterfly and pull it together.
A friend of ours sailed his Weekender during the BEER Cruise in P'cola 2 years ago. They were rafted to us during a small tropical depression that blew through, but the boat handled the more open waters just fine.
It IS an unballasted boat so you must be careful with it. The P 22 carries 400 pounds of lead in her keel.
Sorry about any confusion, I am comparing the build techniques to that of another build by George Buehler
The weekender can be built using stitch and glue. Mine has logs, PL glue, and epoxy fillets as well as 2 layers of 10 oz tape. The whole works is covered in vectra. My build is overkill but I used it as a teaching tool
Now I am building the 26 and to me they seem like cousins when compared to my George Buehler. Of course there are many more steps to the 26. I look at the 26 plans and I know what to do, The Buehler puts me in a chair for a while. I am not totally accepting of stitch and glue yet but the design seems sound and Carla at B and B is confidant its a capable cruiser.
So are you building the 26 from B&B?
I've sailed on the P 22 with the owner. That's quite aboat. We sailed in company on a weekend trip last fall and part of the trip was in reefing winds. The P22 handled jsut fine. I personally think that Tand T is as strong or stronger than chined.
Coastal- I just started the Princess 26, nothing worth reporting yet. I think it or the 22 should have been my first build. The weekender construction can be modified and experimented with, because of that , I find myself less disciplined and fairly cavalier in changing the design, although I am trying to avoid that. Few 26 builders are out there to bounce ideas off of yet.
My Buehler experience gave my the philosophy that I am building to sail, not to sit in my garage building, so I am more prone to use materials that are local, and inexpensive, in order to expedite the building process and get her on the water. If the hull lasts 10 years, just build another one and appreciate the fact that you have sailed the last 10 years on the cheap after a 2 year build as opposed taking 10 years for the funds to be able to budget the build. There are trade offs either way I go. B&B does/may not share that same philosophy as I am sure do other builders. But builders seem to be rare on this site, which is what I like about it. Few if any discussions about marine grade vs. ACX vs. MDO. I like to build though, if I hadn't, I buy a Hunter 25, and I almost did for under $20k. I liked that boat
Okay, I will not chastise you on your materials, and what may or may not be any philosophy of the B&B group. But as far as building small craft, I and Capt. Charles, and Admiral Laura can bounce some things off of you in another thread that may not make any smarts now, but will down the road may be of some interest, no matter what your plans maybe for long or short term use of this or any other hull... WOW, I guess that was a mouthfull.
Applause to you Coastal. I have researched designs, pros, cons, history and philosophy of builders. There is yet to be a unified theory of building so we all pick our path, and make peace with ourselves I guess, knowing we may never know. A new thread would be nice to bounce ideas around.
What design is your sharpie?
Howdy, folks. Caught y'all talking about my Princess 22 that Charlie J. built for me. I live in the Oklahoma City area right now, but spent about 40 years sailing the Texas Gulf coastal bays.
Pilgrim, my P22, was built for the purpose of sailing that shallow water. And she does it well :). I'll be pulling her down to the BEER Cruise in Pensacola this summer. Right now, she is patiently waiting under a tarp for warmer weather.
Catketcher
I think that your name give me the answer to my question, but, how to you like the Cat-ketch rig on your 22? I hear she is quick to set up and easy to single hand.
Hi all!
This post is a little late, as I didn't read all the headings when I got here!! So I have a few posts already. My apologies for not introducing myself earlier.
I sail out of Urbanna and Deltaville,Virginia on two Columbia boats. Primary is a 1977 Columbia 8.7 Widebody, and my playboat is a 1965 Columbia Saber, 33 feet with a 6 foot beam, that I restored in my driveway.
I also have a second Saber that is waiting for a complete restore, and a 1978 CS27 that is awaiting a new layer of glass on the hull. (Delamination don't ya know)
I'm late to the sailing life, 54 years old, married, do most of my sailing alone. My wife is okay with the sport in theory, but isn't much into it, in reality. She does most of her sailing vicariously.
My hope is to refit my 8.7 for some extended offshore cruising. I need to upgrade all my rigging, update my electronics, and learn to navigate. Aside from that, I'm ready to go!!
I've been sailing now for about two years, and I'm having a ball, both sailing and rebuilding. I've already met several of the list members, (via the web) and look forward to talking to everyone over time. It looks to be a great group, with lots of varied experience, and personalities.
Well, enough said, so:
Fair Winds,
Larry Wilson
Welcome Larry,
Glad to have you aboard.
I bet there is a story behind your user name... ?
Wow what an interesting site. As a happy owner of a Com-Pac 19 XL, hull number 588 I'd just like to say hello from frozen Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. USA.
That is the "thumb" where going east a about 4 miles lands the sailor in Lake Michigan. And going west 6 miles lands the sailor in the bay of Green Bay.
What a wonderful place to sail out of.
I have some pics of the boat named Comfort and Joy and once I understand how to post pics I'll download, upload? some.
Holy cow! We even have spel check! Thumbs up here. Have you noticed?
Two words...THE + IRS = Theirs...as in not yours...happy 15 Apr 2006 soon.
Actually I'm done.
Well all most done. Q? What kind of movies do pirates like? Arrrh, Arrrh, Arrrh.
LOL skip. ;)
Rockdoctor, I like the cat ketch rig. Easy sail handling with no sheets to adjust when tacking to windward. The sprit-booms are new to me, never having sailed a boat with them. They are self vanging, so you don't need a vang tackle. If I was going to leave her in the water most of the time vs. on the trailer, I would make some wishbone sprits for convenience of sail handling. You could then drop the sails into the hammock below the wishbones, kinda like having lazyjacks on a boom footed sail.
The hull design is very stable. I've been out in some pretty strong single reefed conditions and never taken water over the rail - 'course, she is pretty high-sided, lol. Charlie's comment when taking the helm for the first time was, " Steady as a church.".
I was a sort of doctor of rocks once upon a time (studied geology at The University of Texas back in the '50's.
Isn't there always a story? It's too long to post here, but it's a quick read, if you click on the geocities link, or cut and paste, whichever works.
Thanks for the welcome!!
http://www.geocities.com/radicalcy/
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/radicalcy/my_photos
Above is a link to my hundreds of on line Columbia Yachts photos
hay S.V. Faith,
I'm interested in any info you have. if it's floatying then taht is a big PLUS.. means there isn't alot of leaks in the bottom. lol.
thanks,
Bill
Bill,
Went and took some pictures for you, as I said on the phone last night this is a project boat.
The mast is still there, there are controls and instruments for an inboard but there is not one installed. There is a bracket on the transom (broken) where an outboard appears to have been hung.
The interior bulkhead is completely rotten, and will require replacement. The chain plates appear to have leaked, and the rot begun there.
There are 3 or 4 sailbags below decks, and a bunch of 'stuff'. Did not look into them, they are wet, and whatever is inside has been for quite a while.
Google Oday 27, the layout is pretty good for it's size.
There is an ice box, alcohol stove, and sink in the galley. There is an installed marine head, and a separate sink in the head.
I will post the pictures this evening.
kewl thanks. I'll owe ya one. I searched the yachtworld, for pictures. it seams that the 27'ers are really beamy. I have already found a local supplier for stainless wire rope, but I will need to order the fitting for the ends. I have found a high priced outboard bracket too.....still looking a cheaper one, lololol.
thanks for the help
Bill
Hey finally got around to checking out your site. Enjoyed meeting you at Neal and Darlene's dinner. Sorry I crashed early, I was beat.
Looks like you have a nice group of people here.
Hope it warms up soon, ready to do some sailing!!
Just wanted to say hi.
Ken
Some pics...
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27a.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27b.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27c.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27g.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27e.jpg)
(http://www.sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10014/normal_OD27f.jpg)
Heck, thats not a disaster from the shots. Sweat equity and some time. Half the battle of something that floats by itself, as it seems to be doing, its already 2/3rds done. I wonder what is keeping any rain water out of it now?
hay that's not too bad. I had a few motor boats that were a lot worse when I started, and wasn't worth as much when done. bringing it back is just about as much fun as sailing sometimes.
it seems alot of the O'Days had the same condition with leaky chainplates, and deck fittings, so I'm sure there is some helpful hints somewhere out in cyber world. lol.
thanks,
Bill
Hi Ken!
Good meeting you too, glad you came to the website - this *is* a good group of folks. :) Jump on in on the ongoing discussions - the more the merrier! ;D
Keep in touch, next time I'm down in Chas maybe I'll stop over and visit you on your boat, or vice versa if you get back up this way sometime... :)
Sounds good Kurt, Here's a pic of my boat when I was in the Bahamas.
I'm here! And glad to be. What a nice site. Thanks for having me.
I am in North Carolina and I see that there are a few more of us on here. I singlehand a Precision 23 which is one the hard right now while i do some long awaited maintenence...going through major sailing withdrawal in the meantime. Anyone need crew? LOL
Kokepelli, Great to have you!! This is a great site with good info and good people. Jump in and start posting. Glad you found us!
Ken- welcome aboard. Beautiful pic of your boat!
Thank you Pixie Dust...glad to be here! I've had a hectic week though so haven't had much time to be back...I will try to jump in very soon with more postings.
I do appreciate the welcome!
You say you have a Precision 23 on the hard. I take it that you are having work done. I have found one on the west coast of FLorida. But is it possible to look at your hull since its closer than Florida? And if so could you tell me the boatyard of its location?
Well, the "boatyard" is my yard! LOL...I am doing the work myself...repainted the bottom and now I am planning to rebed the deck hardware as soon as the weather lets me.
Why do you want to see the hull of a 23? Where are you?
Welcome aboard, Kokopelli! I hope that sailFar will get you through these (on the) hard times. :D Jump on in!
Thanks CapnK...I guess if you aren't sailing the next best thing is to be talking about it with other sailors!
I know what you mean about the sailing withdraws..lol.
I had them for like 6 months now, and I started looking at anything that once had a sail. I am going to pick up my new SouthCoast 22 Sunday and if things are as they were told to me, I'll be sailing in two or three weeks....with or with the cast on my bum leg! lol.
good luck with the leg...and that's wonderful about the boat....enjoy it and hope you are sailing very soon!
thanks, I wonder....what if I just tried to sail the SC-22 home?..lol.
Bill
Welcome aboard, Skip! Good to see you here from the CPYOA! :) That is pretty pretty country up there in the "thumb"... :D
Welcome Skip,
We have another person here with a com pac it's Connie with Pixie Dust. I think hers is a 27. Anyway welcome..
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This morning it looked so nice out I thought I'd leave it out.
S/V "Tina Marie" Cal 2-27
Welcome aboard Skip! Yep, I have a Com-pac 27/2. Love my boat. I sail in the panhandle of Florida. This gal needs her warm weather. :) Was in Brunswick GA this weekend and saw a sister to my boat named Mo-Jo. Went back x2 hoping to talk with the owners, but they were not on her.
Glad to have you and look forward to your picts in the Gallery!
The website below is a tutorial, step by step for Irfanview which can be downloaded free to help get the pict sized right etc for posting. Hope this helps.
http://www.deadzoom.com/member/nktower/tutorials/IrfanView_Tutorial.htm
Been checking out the site when time permits - got an early start today and bandwidth working fine :-
I have a dream - Circumnavigate the 2 Americas, not necessaraly all in one or on my own boat - currently stuck with the NW Passage - may have to continue later.
Am now in Cape Town South Africa sorting out some personal stuff - hopefully crossing the pond this year to buy another boat to continue. Found a lovely lady and am attempting to introduce her to the life... Time will tell
Was keeping track of my interesting stuff via my newsletter "The Epistle Logs"
on my website www.freewebs.com/krissteyn/
Next adventure is a canoe trip down the Zambesi for a week !
Waiter Waiter, There is a Hippo In My Beer !
When I get time , I enjoy the postings and format here...
Permission to board Cap'n,
Just came across the link to this site and so 'ere I am.
I have a Com Pac 16 and hope to get my first season sailing this spring. Of course that's after I get all my repairs completed. ;)
Permission Granted! Welcome aboard K3v1n! Another Com-pac owner! Cool. I have the 27/2. Always repairs in the wings on every boat. Just make sure you split the work time with sail time. :) Looking forward to your postings. Lots of nice people here.
Connie,
Saw the pictures of Pixie Dust...Looks Great and bigger than a 27ft. Oh and that captain is a real hottie too.
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This morning it looked so nice out I thought I'd leave it out.
S/V "Tina Marie" Cal 2-27
LOL Skipper Dave. Capt is really a "hottie" during the summers here in FL...no pun intended. 8)
PD is really roomy below. Allows me to store lots of food and wine. ;)
HI gang,
CharlieH here. Snowbound on the shores of Lake Erie.
Have a 1983 Holder 17 and a 1974 Hunter 25. The hunter will be my sailfar vessel, though the Holder has carried me quite far already!
Charlie
Howdy Charlie- welcome to the site, since Kurt is traveling.
Folks- wait'll you see the job Charlie is doing on that Hunter.
Welcome CharlieH! We look forward to seeing the boat modifications! Wishing you some warm weather with a melt down soon! 8)
Hey K3v|n ;) Good to see you here, I remember your name from the CPYOA. Jump on into the fray! :D
CH! Man, I was just up your way for a few days - Man is it ever *cold* up there! :D The bluepoxy Hunter is going to be an admirable boat for you to sailfar in/on! :) Go ahead and make yourself an Album for her in the Gallery if you'd like, then the rest of the folks here can see all the work you've done and will do yet. :D
I recently happened on this forum. I working on a long term refit on my 1960 Pearson Triton that can be seen at my web site:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jrhensonjr/
The site has not been updated in some time, and it always seem like I don't get to often enough.
Joe
Welcome to the board Joe. Your Triton is one year older than our Rhodes Meridian 25.
Have you found the Triton board as yet- also known as Classic Plastic? You probably have, but in case not here's a link
http://www.triton381.com/forum/
Charlie,
I have been there a couple of years now, but am new to this one.
I have enjoyed seeing the photos of your restoration/refit on the Meridian. Very nice!
Thanks,
Joe
Thank you sir. We've had fun doing her. The boat restoration is an ongoing project though as I'm sure you'll understand :)
By the way- that looks like extremely nice work on self draining frames on the cockpit lockers. Not an easy job that.
Thanks,
I'm glad to have it behind me.
Joe
Welcome aboard, Joe! Like me, you have a boat the same age as yourself. This begs the question: Synchronicity? Maybe that we-n-our-boats were born the same year was/is some sort of plan? (Hmmm, stop me from sinking into the metaphysical sea... ;) )
;D
Looked at your site - that's an "interesting" take on the bow pulpit modification that the previous owner had! ;)
Also, saw you are a pilot - lots of those here on SailFar! You are in good company...
Thanks! I appreciate the welcome.
Joe
I see my mentor has joined the forum here ;)
s/v Seraphim , Yokuso Bill-san Konnichiwa
Aloha Shakabrah !
Don't be shy just jump right in ;D ;D
There's a few new folsk around here lately - Welcome, y'all! Good to hear from you/have you here. :)
Hi everybody, I recently found this site through CapnK's reappearance at the renegade cruisers site. (I gleaned some terrific tips from his old Epiphany site, back when I was sailing an 18-foot Marshall catboat with no power or electronics.) It's great to find folks who are fascinated with traveling large distances in small sailboats.
I've got a 1982-built Cape Dory 25D that I moor in a small saltpond on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, she's not in the water right now, and I left some port holes open to air out the cabin--we've just had a week of rain. I hope everything's OK!
My special interests are: sailing older, traditionally designed boats--preferably smaller ones, finding inexpensive, non-high-tech ways to do that, and just plain sailing.
I've only taken one long trip in my boat so far--60 miles in one day, about 75 miles in two days--in each direction. On that trip I discovered that my old autopilot didn't work, and I realized that I needed to perfect a way to let the boat steer herself under sail, at least for a while.
I guess this means that another interest of mine is sheet-to-tiller steering, since I don't think a windvane system is in the cards for quite a while.
Maybe I'll try to start a thread on that subject in the appropriate section of this board.
--Joe
Welcome Joe!
I think there is a section already on that.
QuoteMy special interests are: sailing older, traditionally designed boats--preferably smaller ones, finding inexpensive, non-high-tech ways to do that, and just plain sailing.
And what might those traditionally designed boats be? I have that sickness too. ;)
Hi-
My name is Dan, and I sail in the Buzzards Bay region of Massachusetts currently. My partner is a Telstar 28 trimaran named Pretty Gee, named after the woman I married.
I am in the process of prepping PG for some longer passages, and post articles about the different projects and trips on my blog. I invite you all to read it.
I was introduced to the sailfar.net site by Zen, one of my blog readers. Thanks Zen.
Dan
Welcome, Dan!
Which side of Buzzards Bay do you and Pretty Gee sail out of? I'm in Cataumet, in Squeteague Harbor.
--Coastal Cruiser said:
And what might those traditionally designed boats be? I have that sickness too.
Well, anything that looks like a boat. I realize that's a highly technical term, but I don't know how else to put it. You know, boats by Herreshoff, Lyle Hess, Crealock, Alberg, Chuck Paine, catboats, schooners . . .
Somehow I suspect there are lot of us on this board.
--Joe
P.S. I haven't figured out how to do quotes on this board yet.
Quote from: Oldrig on May 17, 2006, 09:28:42 PM
Welcome, Dan!
Which side of Buzzards Bay do you and Pretty Gee sail out of? I'm in Cataumet, in Squeteague Harbor.
The Pretty Gee is docked up on the Acushnet river, north of the hurricane barrier and the Pope Island swing bridge. She's a fairly untraditional design, being a trimaran. :D
Speaking of traditional designs, I helped the Emma Kay, a black and red, 14 ton steel schooner launch from my marina the same day we put the Pretty Gee in the water. It was blowing about 15 knots that day, and turning a 14 ton boat around using just dock lines in that kind of wind was fun. Of course, I had a vested interest in getting the Emma Kay out safely.... one of the boat she would have blown down on was the Pretty Gee. The Emma Kay is moored in Fairhaven.
;D
Ahoy & Welcome Dog Days, I see you slipped in here ;D
Quote from: Oldrig on May 17, 2006, 09:28:42 PM
Welcome, Dan!
Which side of Buzzards Bay do you and Pretty Gee sail out of? I'm in Cataumet, in Squeteague Harbor.
--Coastal Cruiser said:
And what might those traditionally designed boats be? I have that sickness too.
Well, anything that looks like a boat. I realize that's a highly technical term, but I don't know how else to put it. You know, boats by Herreshoff, Lyle Hess, Crealock, Alberg, Chuck Paine, catboats, schooners . . .
Somehow I suspect there are lot of us on this board.
--Joe
P.S. I haven't figured out how to do quotes on this board yet.
Joe-
What's the name of your boat. I've been helping some people out at my marina, with a Cape Dory 25 named Aja. I was wondering if that was your boat... be a funny coincidence if it was.
Dan
Hello. I am not a true sailor. I have power boated for 32 years. My wife needs some creature comforts and has been exposed to genertor cruising. I do want to buy a sailboat with a cabin on the boat that will fit on a trailer. I will be boating in the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Alabama and over to Texas. What would I need to look for that will take the unpredictable winds in the winter cold fronts in that region?
Dan;
is this one of Pretty Gee's sisters?
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/bayshaolin/Loc%20Lomand/trihull.jpg)
Nope, that's a Farrier designed trimaran, probably a Corsair. The problem with that design is that the amas tilt up when folded, and leave the hull-deck join in the water. It also means that you need to put hull paint on the topsides of the amas if you have to store the boat with the amas folded. That's probably why the boat is on a lift. The other two problems with the Farrier ama design are that it requires tools to lock the amas in position (a wrench and several bolts) and the amas fold in the same axis as the major torsion forces on them work in.
The Telstar's amas require no tools, just using two line clutches for each ama—one for the net and one for the ama itself. The lines work to hold them in the closed or open position. Also, when the amas fold on a Telstar, they do so by swinging forward and then tuck back under the hull—but the amas stay in the same orientation as they would be when they're extended.
Welcome aboard, Capt BC. :) Congrats on your conversion... ;)
Reading about you and your request, I immediately thought of the Nimble boats. Here's one for you to look at, although it is admittedly about the finest example of one that you'll see, due to how much work Ray put into fixing Seaweed up...
Seaweed (http://seaweed.thebilge.com/)
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As an aside to Dan and Zen, I like the thinking behind the Telstars folding ama setup much better than I do the Farriers... :D
Opps....
Did I bump this?
Sorry. ;D
Linked from Com-Pac owners forum. Great site. Looks like this one will be, too.
Glad you found us Paul,
Welcome aboard! You should see a bunch of folks you know here from the Compac site.
Hello all. I like the board however I didnt see a newbie section to say hello. I am moving today to Lake Murray, Columbia, South Carolina. I have been assigned to the hospital on Fort Jackson. I will be there no less than three years. I would love to meet some fellow sailors and get the lay of the land. I am currently boatless but it seems San Juan 21s are the popular boat on the water there. I am interested in racing and just hanging out on the water.
TS
Hi TS,
Welcome both to the board and to central SC. I am over in the Lugoff/Elgin area. I lake sail Lake Wateree and, of course, travel to the coast.
The SJ21's are active in the area. If you want to learn racin', hook up with Dick Dommell - he's been a SJ21 National Champ, iirc, and I believe he calls Lake Murray his home waters now. He might be a member of Lake Murray Yacht Club, or one of the others on the lake.
There are also a few accomplished SJ21 racers still active on Lake Wateree (the Wateree Sailing Club used to be home to Fleet 36, but it is not very active anymore). Check out
Wateree Sailing Club (http://www.watereesailing.org)
for some more info; I was, for a brief time, Commodore of that club, but am no longer involved with it.
Finally, Lake Wylie up the Rock Hill area offers another opportunity for sailing. I've sailed on that lake twice, but EdD could give better local info there.
Let me know if you want to crew or need crew sometime; all I need is an excuse to hit the water. ;)
Welcome TS :)
TS,
Welcome to South Carolina and also to this site. You are, in my opinion, in one of the best inland sailing locations in SC. Lake Murray is a great sailing lake with lots of sailing clubs and friendly people to sail and socialize with.
Captain Smollett's home lake is Lake Wateree, about 40 miles north of Columbia on Interstate 77. Some may argue but I find it not quite as good as Murray for sailing, but still a very nice lake with lots of undeveloped shoreline.
Then there is Lake Wylie, my home lake (near Rock Hill, SC). It is not a great sailing lake...but it is close to me. Like most of the lakes on the Catawba river system, it is long and narrow. Swirling winds, over developed shoreline, too many power boats, but other than that...well, it gives me my "water" fix.
If you are planning a trip up this way, let me know & we'll get together for a sail. Hope you enjoy your stay!
EdD
Quote from: EdD on August 01, 2006, 08:11:57 AM
Lake Wateree ... Some may argue but I find it not quite as good as Murray for sailing, but still a very nice lake with lots of undeveloped shoreline.
Like Wylie, Wateree is long and narrow, which makes for some challenging sailing unless there is a strong, favorable dominant wind (from a front passage, for example). Ordinarily, you get lots of wind shifts, and there are several constrictions in the lake the can be difficult to get around unless conditions are just right.
The NICE thing about that lake is the relative lack of boat traffic; though it is getting worse now, in the past, we have been out on summer weekends, even holidays, with surprisingly few motorboats on the water. Ramps typically involve no-very little waiting.
I've not sailed on Lake Murray, but it is my understanding there is a TON of motorboat/jet ski traffic; it's on the 'developed' side of Columbia, with Irmo, Lexington and several other smaller towns nearby. I guess I need to drag my boat over there some weekend to see how things are first hand.
Howdy!
Just a quick hello from George. Going to be stuffing ourselves into a Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 soon for some cruising. Just around here in the Chez for a while but perhaps next fall down the east coast and to the Abacos, then winter on the Treasure Coast.
George
Welcome Aboard George!
The Dana is a great boat, I had one in the slip behind me for about a year, and often admired it.
Glad to have you aboard, enjoy!
Welcom!!!
The Dana is a great boat, it's listed in John Vigor's "20 small sailboats to take you anywhere"
What year is your boat? Have you made many changes? How long have you owned it?
oded kishony
paceship py26
charlottesville,va
Ahoy George
She belongs to Kerri really but we are planning some cruising on her. She's a 1984
No mods yet but I have plans...
George
Stumbled into the site from another link...can't remember which one. Good site...I'm enjoying the reads.
George/TBG - Welcome aboard! Glad to have you both here (assuming of course that you are serving as Kerri's "proxy" here... or are you just her "doxy"? ;D ).
Post some pics of that PSC when you get the chance, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see her... :)
And whaddabout the Lucky Dolphin? Or your new other boat? There are other "fleet commanders" like yourself here... ::) 8)
Welcome aboard George...and the Dana is a great little boat... very solid...
If you're Kerri's doxy, we don't really need to know... really...you don't have to tell us. ;)
I heard I was here... ;)
Kurt FYI I am now in Norfolk, probably heading back south come November. Hope to see you again.
Pam on the Pamdemonium (Norsea 27)
Hi Pam, and welcome to Sailfar.net. :D
Hey there Pam :)
Good to hear from you, good to know that you are still out there and enjoying yourself. :D Norfolk? What are you doing all the way up there, hiding from 'canes? ;D ;)
The Delezynski's on their NS27 just weathered Hurricane John in La Paz, Mexico. Sounds like they made it through just fine.
Cool, get in touch when you come down! I'm in the same place as when you were here before, so I'll keep an eye out for you here or over at the anchorage. :)
Hi Kurt
I am continuing to do the travel nurse thing. Norfolk/Va Beach is pretty fun area, and the pay is much better than down there...more cruising kitty money, ya know?
My contract ends here mid-October, I don't know where I am going next. This area is a good place to hide from the hurricanes too. Ernesto blew like a large puppy but brought a ton of rain and flooded downtown.
Take good care.
I was down in Newport News for a wedding on Labor Day weekend... .what a pain in the butt that Ernesto was. My first two flights got canceled, and when I finally got to Newport news, the airport looked like something out of a "B" horror movie.... only emergency lighting...
Will look for you later this fall then, Pam. :)
I've read of a lot of folks up on the Chessie who had to deal with the surge/rain flood - sure do like my floating dock! ;D
The latest on hurrycane season '06 is that it would seem to be pretty much over with. If true - that's just fine with me! :)
Hello, my name is Adam and I'm a sailor. It's been three weeks since my last sail.
I currently sail the upper Chesapeake in my Seafarer 24 (I'm berthed in Rock Creek off of th Patapsco River).
Am I planning on sailing to some exotic locale? No, unfortunately not. The real world (including a real job, and most importantly, a real wife who is not all that thrilled with spending long hours under sail) keeps me pretty local. But I am committed to doing a week or two cruise every year. And in the meantime the dream lives on.
Hello Adam, welcome to SAA. You are among friends here ;D
Welcome Adam... I plan to be down in the Chesapeake area for a longer cruise next summer... so I'll have to keep you posted. ;)
Hi, Adam. :)
I'd imagine that most of the general population would consider just one weekend aboard our-sized boats as 'long distance' travel, much less spending a week or two aboard at a time. So -
Welcome to our minisule percentage. :D
Thank you, thank you.
Yes, this does seem to be a group of similar mind to my own. I'm glad to be here.
I'll probably be adding some discussion soon as I try to decide if my boat stays with me; or if I change to another. The size is fine. She handles fine. But I don't find her all that attractive. And I'm not sure if I really like the layout (it would probably be better in a 27-28' boat). Lot's of work is required if I keep her (I got her cheap. Cheap means it needs work). But, there she is and I wonder at the effort required in finding something more suitable to my eye.
(http://webcdi.com/files/active/0/1899_small.jpg)
With luck I'll be able to buy a home with enough land to start construction on the boat that would truly suit me. Whatever that may be.
For the past couple of years I have been somewhat in love with the Selway Fisher Black Swan (http://webcdi.com/files/active/0/1921_small.gif). It is only 22 feet long; but it is big for 22'. I've been very tempted to talk to the designer and see if it couldn't be stretched to 26-27' or so. I think this would be about the perfect size for me. I really do like the looks of this boat. And I wouldn't mind getting back into a gaffer (my first homebuilt was an unbalasted 16' "Weekender" gaffer designed by Stevenson Projects. Fun, but a little too small and not seaworthy enough for my sailing habits.) They really are a lot of fun to sail. There is a performance penalty to windward; but downwind gaffers rule!
I also recently checked out the bateau.com Vagabond 26. (http://webcdi.com/files/active/0/1922_large.jpg)(http://webcdi.com/files/active/0/1923_small.jpg)It has much more modern styling and I like the way the interior is drawn.
Both of these projects are of a complexity level to allow completion within a reasonable period of time; but capable enough to suit my dreams of far off shores. If I where to decide to build I would definately keep my Seafarer 24 until launch time of the new boat. If I decide that building is too much for me to do at this time (or more likely a year or so from now) then maybe (maybe!) I'll change boats.
I don't know. My seafarer really is a great sailor. I guess, though, that there really isn't any need to rush to a decision.
REALLY interesting to see the differences between your Seafarer 24 and my Seafarer Meridian 25.
(http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1162863153.jpg)
The 24 bears a resemblance to a C+C 25,Mirage 24 or a Northern 24.....all 1/4 ton racers back in the 70's.....it may well have been designed to compete in that class
Good eye, Frank.
Adam - What year was Godot built? Before I saw Franks pic, something about her reminded me of the Contessa 26 - perhaps the sloping cabin trunk. I'd like to see one of those Black Swans - they could give Flicka's a run for their money in the "saltiest looking small boat' contest. :)
Godot was built in 1973. The sloping house was called the "futura" cabin. They also had a more traditional style doghouse. The Futura offers standing headroom in the main part of the cabin, while I believe the traditional styling didn't.
It's interesting to compare the specs (as lifted from Sail Calculator Pro v2.72 at http://www.image-ination.com/sailcalc.html). The Contessa and SF24 are very similar in LOA, LWL and beam; but the Contessa is 32% heavier. The Contessa has a better Capsize Ratio (if you believe in this measurement), although the SF24 is still below 2.0, which is widely considered the margin where a vessel is reasonably safe offshore. I've also included the Meridian and Mirage 24 in this chart, just for the sake of comparison. You will notice that Charlies Meridian far exceeds either the SF24 or the Contessa 26 in Capsize Ratio and motion comfort, and displaces slightly less than the Contessa. It is also almost a foot narrower than the SF24 which would explain what appears to be a smaller interior (and also the lower capsize ratio, of course). The Meridian also beats out everyone in motion comfort.
| Contessa 26 | Seafarer 24 | SF Meridian 25 | Mirage 24 |
| LOA | 24.41 | 24 | 24.53 | 23.6 |
| LWL | 20.72 | 20.75 | 17.46 | 19.3 |
| Beam | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.98 | 8.5 |
| Displacement | 5183 | 3920 | 5036 | 3700 |
| SA | 296 | 257 | 244 | 312 |
| Capsize Ratio | 1.71 | 1.98 | 1.63 | 2.2 |
| Hull Speed | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.89 |
| SA/Disp | 15.81 | 16.54 | 13.29 | 20.87 |
| Displ/LWL | 260 | 196 | 422 | 230 |
| LWL/Beam | 2.8 | 2.66 | 2.5 | 2.27 |
| Motion Comfort | 25.33 | 17.95 | 29.66 | 15.94 |
| lbs/inch | 548 | 578 | 435 | 586 |
Of course, the Meridian also has the smallest sail area, the narrowest beam, and the largest overhangs of the four boats, which leads me to believe it is far more tender initially than the others... but I could be way off base.
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on November 07, 2006, 08:27:28 PM
Of course, the Meridian also has the smallest sail area, the narrowest beam, and the largest overhangs of the four boats, which leads me to believe it is far more tender initially than the others... but I could be way off base.
That would make sense. I'm not sure that is a terrible thing, though, unless you are sailing with the easily startled. No matter how many times I explain to my wife that "the boat is supposed to do that," I don't think I've ever been able to convince her of it.
I haven't sailed on enough boats to speak with the authority of experience; but the way I understand it, the narrow beam, while initially tender, would help with windward performance, typically require less sail, and usually results in greater
ultimate stability. But then, it also cuts deeply into the interior accomodations, which is probably why most boats are significantly beamier (more than the initial stability, if I understand the nature of boat shows). It all depends on what you want to do. The Meridian would probably be a better boat for a trip across the North Atlantic. The SF24 would probably be better for weekending with the family.
I think if I where to get the rig setup right, raise the bottom of the companionway above the seats, fix the billion things that have been neglected in the past 30+ years, and choose the right season, Godot would be a reasonably safe vessel for a trip to Bermuda.
Actually, the long overhangs would probably make it a bit less seaworthy than boats with smaller overhangs. In a following sea, an overhanging stern can act as a lever, and since the rudder is farther forward on a boat with a long stern overhang it won't have the ability to counteract the sea from pushing the stern around and the boat is more likely to get turned broadsides to a following sea. Similar things can happen to a long overhang bow. It's one of the critieria that John Vigor lists in his book The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat. He recommends boats with a small overhangs or even plumb bows and sterns.
Heeling to the degree that is the case in most boats that were designed to class-rules that effectively required long overhangs has two major effects. First, it effectively lengthens the waterline of the boat. Second, it reduces the effectiveness of the keel. I bellieve these boats are less effective to windward than the ones that are less tender and sail more upright. The effective area and lift generated by the keel is significantly higher if the boat is not required to heel over as much.
The real reason most modern boats are so beamy, is that most modern boat show buyers want a floating condo, and care much less about the seaworthiness of the boat. Many are buying a sailboat as a status accessory, rather than as a mode of transportation. They're designed to be used as floating condos, effectively weekend or summer retreats, rather than true sailcraft. Why else would you need three double-berth cabins on a 35' boat? It isn't like six adults can realistically live on a boat for any extended period of time.
Also, the none of the double berths on the boat show wonders are really designed to be used while at sea or underway. When was the last time you boarded a Beneteau, Hunter, or one of the other boat show wonder boats and saw workable sea berths or lee cloths/boards on the double berths? I never have, and there aren't even provisions for adding them. In most cases, the double berth cushions are a single piece...so adding them would require cutting the cushion in half, recovering the two pieces and then figuring out an effective way to anchor the lee cloths/boards.
As Norm said about the C&C 38 we were on earlier this summer. "She sails with six, feeds four, and sleeps two." Realistically, that is the case for anything longer than a week's cruise.
on our Meridian, we find that in any wind at all we're sailing at at least 15 degrees of heel. The deck edge goes under at 35 degrees. But once she lays over to that 15 - 20 degrees, she sits there solidly. The motion is quite comfortable, or as comfortable as it would be in ANY boat her size. WE've also found that to weather, we can make as well as most any boat her size. Friends who have sailed beside us claim she goes to weather like a knife. In fact, last year at the BEER Cruise we sailed alongside a San Juan 24 for miles, holding the exact same course to weather. They were not able to break though our lee, and didn't have the boat speed to sail over us. He finally dropped 5 or 6 boat lengths below us and was able to sneak through- but he was less than 200 yds ahead when we reached the anchorage. This over an at least 5 mile sail. Of course, Laura was on the helm and she does NOT like to be outsailed, so she was pushing hard. I"d have let them past ;D
Take a look at the video I posted of Tehani beating to weather in the open gulf- it's in "Boat Discussions"
We've found that the boat tracks far better in following seas than out plumb sterned, transom hung rudder 21 footer ever did. Our sailing is usually in Matagorda Bay and anytime we go down the bay toward the gulf we're gonna be beating- the usual winds are SE and the bay trends SE/NW. Consequently we're pretty much always off the wind on the way home- that's a 15- 18 mile slide.(GOTTA get a chute!!) The 21 footer used to slue around with the waves to the point where it was sometimes really uncomfortable. Tehani just tracks. Even with the boat laid over rail down, we're steering with one finger on the helm, two at most. In other words, she's a beautifully balanced boat.
What we do give away is hull speed in light air- the water line is just not there at lower winds speeds. The other thing we really give away is interior space. The 7 foot beam REALLY cuts down on volume, hence storage. But I've rebuilt much of the interior to get additional room, and we find her totally comfortable for a month or so. We can carry stores easily for 4 weeks aboard. She carries 38 gallons of water in fixed tanks and we carry another 10 (usually) in 1 gallon jugs spread here and there ( trim ballast)
If we were to try to live aboard full time without a land base, the boat would NOT be large enough, but she's most certainly doable for several month cruises.
Our Meridian IS initially quite tender. When you step aboard her from the dock she rocks like you stepped onto a centerboard boat. She is quick to heel when going to weather but once she heels over she is steady as a rock.
Her narrow stern makes her a dream to sail downwind. She does not get pushed around much at all. I rarely have more than one finger on the tiller. A broad reach can be another story. In 5-6' waves out in the Gulf of Mexico where the wave period is relatively short she can be quite rolly.
CharlieJ-
I don't mean to disparage your fine boat Tehani, and I have seen the lovely video you have posted.
I am merely stating that many boats with long overhangs can be at a serious disadvantage in heavy seas, since the stern overhang can act as a lever arm for a following sea to push on, and can lead to the boat broaching broadsides to the following seas, which is a real danger. Of course, the following seas I am speaking of are greater than the 5-6' seas that LauraG mentions. Also, the fact is that heeled boats do lose some "grip" and tend to blow to leeward more than boats that sail flatter, given the same keel geometry. This doesn't necessarily affect how high she will point, but how much leeway she will make.
None of this necessarily indicates that the Meridian isn't seaworthy. A lot really depends on the crew's knowledge of the boat and whether the designer took all of the different factors into account when he designed her. From what you and LauraG have said, the Meridian seems to be a very well-balanced design, even when heeled. That can't be said for many boats, which build up ferocious weather helm once they're over any appreciable amount. She is probably designed to sail at 15-20 degrees of heel, given the length of her overhangs—this is probably one of the reasons she has a narrow stern, to help prevent weather helm from developing as she heels over.
oh, I didn't take it as disparagment- just as discussion.
I know and most people who have been around boats for very long know also, that EVERY boat is a compromise. You take the good parts with the not so good and deal with them.
Just signed up today - thought that I would say hello.
from centeral Indiana.
A few details -
I own 2 sail boats
1.) A Grampian 26 and
2.) An AMI (American Mariner Industries) 7.0 (23')
which is probably 1 boat to many -
More later.
Regards
Stan G.
Welcome paddlefoot ;D
Quote from: paddlefoot on November 22, 2006, 05:32:26 PM
which is probably 1 boat to many -
Never. Y ou cannot have too many boats (unless it keeps you from using them! :) )
Welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard. That Grampion 26 is one big 26fter !! Have fun.
Welcome Aboard Stan,
A friend of mine has the same boat, I have sailed on it, and raced against it. THere is another one for sale in my marina. THey seem to be a great cross between a very well sailing boat, and a lot of space below.
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Yes, welcome aboard. Hope you have as much fun here as I do. :)
Hi All,
Just thought I could drop a line to introduce myself (should say ourself).
I am Marc Lamontagne
She is Lise Roussel.
We are French-Canadians living in Saudi Arabia where we learned sailing and just fell in love with it.
We owned many boats:
Lasers, Hobie Cats, Snapdragon 22, Swift 18, Flying Fifteen and a Victoria Eighteen.
Now we own a Meridian 25 here in Saudi and a Catamran Prout Snowgoose 35 on Lake Champlain, New-York.
Planning to retire in 4-5 years and just sail where ever the wind blows.
You can learn more about us at www.desertsail.com
Nice to meet you all and we are looking forward to share more with you.
Rgds
Marc & Lise
Bounjour Mes Amis, C'va?
Sac re blur! ( excuse my French) Sailing in Saudi!!
I thought they only had sand, camels and oil there :-)
I bet that is nice sailing , warm, sunny...
Are you from Quebic? Loved Canada, best when it is not winter, BC is my Favorite.
I went by your site, interesting to follow. I can practice my French and get a sailing adventure all at once.
Welcome, to Sail Far.
Well, I need to get the sand out of my shoes and go to work. :D
Must be nice and warm where you are, if a bit dry. Welcome to Sailfar.net.
She is a pretty boat, but looks like you've got your work cut out for you...as it appears the previous owner sadly neglected her.
Yes it is a great place for sailing. 10 months out of 12.
In July & August with 110 F we either live indoor or we go on vavcation somewhere north.
I, indeed, have some work to do on her.
Good thing I live only 20 minutes from the Yacht Club here.
We started last weekend with a good cleaning.
Like Charlie I am lucky to share my life with one of the best boat mate in the world. She is petite, so can go where I am too big, and she is not afraid to get dirty. We always work together.
This weekend we plan to remove all varnished wood inside and cut the cockpit sole to make a new one.
While the bilge will be accessible I will clean it, paint it and rebuild the lockers with some fiberglassed plywoods.
The previous owner spend a lot of money to buy expensive parts (Harken main traveler, winches, etc) but he did a really poor job with fiberglass. I have to say it was his first boat and he spent 6 months working on it then put it in the water. He never put the sails up and left the boat there for one year.
I am already dreaming about when I will be cruising/racing her.
Here we have 2 racing seasons: February until May and September until December. Thus I have 2 months to complete all the work.
Wish me luck.
Cheers
Welcome!
What a great boat and a great web page! I look forward to hearing more from you as the project moves forward.
Welcome to Sailfar and best of luck with your Meridian. We love ours.
Those interior pics look quite familiar, but the ladder is very different than what was in Tehani originally. Of course there isn't much inside Tehani anymore that IS original ;D
Yes, welcome aboard. Great boat and interesting web site. I'll have to go back and do an extended visit. :)
Welcome aboard, Stan!
Since you have boatness x2, I figured you needed a Grog. ;)
Ditto what Joe P said, and Welcome aboard to the both of you! I bet CJ and L are glad to see another Meridian! :)
I am a new person to this conflabulation of small boat sailors. As you can see, my username is Grampian. Since that is also a sailboat manufacturers name, I need to clarify something.
The username in my case it is not referring to a sailboat manufacturer. My wife and I have a new Scottie puppy and since he needed a name and we had already used "Amos", "Robbie", and "Mac Scottie" we wanted something different. She was looking at a map of Scotland one day and found the Grampian mountain range therein. She thought that would be nice and unique so we hung that on him. He goes by Gramps some of the time. Most of the time he just goes.
Anyway, Gramps, Pam and I will be here seeing what we can learn - and from what I've seen so far that will be a lot. We don't sail yet but are getting down to single digit years before retirement and are going to become sailboat people when retirement comes along. This site is exactly the kind of resource I want to have when decision time comes.
Well, Welcome aboard, Grampians! ;)
IMNSHO, you picked the right website for your plans, too. :D Not 2 weeks ago, I helped a "newbie" couple leave the marina, and they demonstrated all the perils of getting 'too big a boat, too soon'...
They have a 36' heavy wooden boat, and, in 2 years of ownership, probably less than 3 months of actual time spent piloting her. Long story short, they couldn't leave the marina until they'd paid the $500+ tab to SeaTow that they'd rung up that morning just trying to get out of their slip. :o :o :o
As you can imagine, there is a _lot more_ to the story, and I imagine that as a couple they would get along a lot better when onboard if they had a smaller boat... ::)
Smaller and simpler _is_ better, especially when you are starting out.*
Glad to have y'all here, hope that you will find what you need... :)
(*And, of course, even later, I believe. :D )
Ahoy Grampian!
Welcome aboard.....
The Grampian is a good boat, a friend of mine has a 26' Grampian that he and his wife live aboard right now.
Maybe when you are looking at boats, you could check one out... make it easy to remember the name, and as a bonus the dog will be flattered that you named the boat after him. ;D
Hi folks,
My name is Kevin and I'm a recovering racer.
I've been lurking for a while, here and at trailersailor dot com, looking over the population. My boat isn't exactly a fit (33 ft light displacement racer) but I think it has more in common with many here than with those at the normal cruising sites. Reason? Simple layout, limited interior volume, minimal creature comforts. I don't have refrigeration, air conditioning, plasma tv, pressure hot water, diesel genset, etc. Just a simple interior that I'd like to make more functional for week ends and short coastal hops.
I've seen many great discussions here, and look forward to seeing your well thought-out opinions. Who knows? I might even have something worthwile to add.
Welcome Kevin...
:D In many ways, your boat may be more similar to the boats here than the larger cruising boats... Simplicity is a virtue...
QuoteHi folks,
My name is Kevin and I'm a recovering racer.
Welcome Kevin.
I think there are a few here who are 'downsizing' or maybe to borrow a phrase
"right sizing". ;D
Glad to have you aboard, look forward to hear hearing more from you.
Quote from: Ol' Coot on December 06, 2006, 02:23:26 PM
Hi folks,
My name is Kevin and I'm a recovering racer.
{snip}
I don't have ... plasma tv...
{snip}
WHAT??? Geez, man, how do you survive??? ;) :D
What kind of boat is she? Sounds small and minimalistic like most of us, the 30' thing is not a rule. :) I agree, you sound like a good fit, so -
Welcome Aboard! :D
Hello everyone!
My name id Bob Wessel.
Prelude, a Columbia Challenger 24 resides at Owl Harbor Marina in the California Delta.
I "discovered" SailFar through a link in a thread on TSBB. This is a great resource - wish I had found it sooner!
I've been sailing - off and on - since my days as a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy in the late '60s.
I haven't done a lot of cruising, but like others here, I have plans... one day...
Other than exploring the Delta, I do cruise down the river to SF Bay each January for the Three Bridge Fiasco. Yes, that is a racing event, put on by the Singlehanded Sailing Society, but it is much more than "just a race" - it's an adventure!
I intend to take advantage of the collective knowledge here on SailFar, and will share my own adventures, thoughts, and ideas here - if that's all right with everyone! :)
Bob
Edit by Captain Smollet: fixed italic tag
Kevin:
What flavor 33 footer? Is it an old IOR 3/4 tonner?
I have spent some time on an old C&C 33 built in the late 70s. Darn nice boat and smaller than the modern 30 footers. As an aside... I still race and find that racing improves the quality of my cruising and the set up of cruising boats.
What modifications are you undertaking?
Norm
Boston
Howdy my friend. Welcome to Sailfar Bob. I think you'll fit right in. there are several more TSBB'rs who hang out here also, like Dougcan and Rik S before Sandy had her problems. And Laura and I. So you'll know some of the people.
Thanks, Charlie for the welcome. There is an awful lot of material here! I can see it will take me a while to explore the forums, digest the contents, and figure out where to begin asking questions. :)
As always, I enjoy your posts.
Welcome aboard Bob,
I am from your neck of the woods, my dad still lives in Corte Madera. Look forward to hearing from you, and especially look forward to any pictures you might want to share of your adventures in the gallery.
Welcome! ;D
Thank you, s/v Faith, for the welcome! Glad to be here. I enjoy pictures and I'll post some once I've explored enough to find out how. I use photobucket to store/host my pics. I just need to learn how to post them here.
Thanks again! :)
Hey there, Bob! ;D Glad to have you here! Looking forward to reading more of your tales, I've always enjoyed them.
How about some Grog for your welcome? :D
Hello all,
My first post here, I see some familiar avatars out there! Saw this site on cruisers forum courtesy of S/V Faith. I'm currently living aboard a 36' sloop ... but that arrangement is disappearing out from under my feet. I have found online a 28' Cape Dory here in town that looks absolutely great will be trying my best to buy it A.S.A.P. ...... then plan to take the little bugger as far as Venezuela .... guess that would qualfy me for this site!
Bob
Quote from: wahoosails on December 13, 2006, 07:53:44 PM
a 28' Cape Dory ... plan to take the little bugger as far as Venezuela .... guess that would qualfy me for this site!
Bob
Absolutely. Welcome aboard, Bob, and good luck getting that CD. You'll find Alberg's boats are quite popular here.
Welcome Bob...
Quote from: wahoosails on December 13, 2006, 07:53:44 PM
Hello all,
My first post here..... I have found online a 28' Cape Dory here in town that looks absolutely great will be trying my best to buy it A.S.A.P. ...... then plan to take the little bugger as far as Venezuela .... guess that would qualfy me for this site!
Bob
Heck yes! I looked at a CD 28 when Rose and I were looking at slightly bigger boats last year. I really like them, Carl sure did not know how to make an ugly boat.
I liked the way they made the cockpit a little shorter, eliminated the lazy-rat, and added all the gained volume to the cabin. Very nice layout, and I would not hesitate to take it anywhere.
Welcome aboard Bob, glad to have you.
Welcome.Send pics if the deal goes thru for ya....Certainly sounds like "small boat..long distance"..keep us posted.
Quote from: Norm on December 09, 2006, 01:16:21 PM
Kevin:
What flavor 33 footer? Is it an old IOR 3/4 tonner?
I have spent some time on an old C&C 33 built in the late 70s. Darn nice boat and smaller than the modern 30 footers. As an aside... I still race and find that racing improves the quality of my cruising and the set up of cruising boats.
What modifications are you undertaking?
Norm
Boston
Norm,
My boat is a Tartan 10, but I remember the C&Cs of that era well. I raced as crew on a 36, a 39, and a 42 (custom 2 ton) by C&C at various times. Great boats with cabins designed for sailing, not entertaining dockside.
I may continue to race occasionally, but I'm thinking only at club level.
The T-10, if you're not familiar with it, has a pretty spartan cabin. Empty fore peak except for anchor rode locker, sail stowage and head. Main cabin has 2 settee berths, 2 quarter berths and about 20" of counter space on either side for galley/nav table. I'm thinking about maybe doubling the size of the port side work surface that currently is mostly taken up by the sink. That would give room for a 2 burner stove. Not sure if I want to go for a built in ice box.
The current settees and quarter berths are pretty lightly built (weight consideration) and completely removable. I'd like to rebuild them in a thicker material with more secure attachment. Then maybe some comfortable cushions so it's not so much like camping out when spending the night aboard.
In between the major mods, I plan to work my way across the deck, removing extraneous equipment and rebedding the stuff that remains.
Grandiose dreams? We'll see.
Hope you get the CD 28. I'm the proud owner of one and I love her.
If you get her you must join the Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association, a very nice group of people.
Does the one you looked at still have the original self tailoring club foot for the jib. I still use mine although I always am thinking of putting on roller furling. Will definately do it if I got out into the Blue water. So far I've only done the ICW with one little outside segment.
Welcome aboard, Bob! Good to have you, hope you will win that boat. :D
Good to see you bring nemona out of the woodwork, too. ;)
Yeah, let's see some CD chattin'... :D
There is a CD26 for sale in my marina.
Nemona-
You must know Don and Diane, who own Aja, out of Fairhaven.
Captains & Admirals,
It is with great joy that I tell you that I am now the proud new owner of "Night Wind". She has a Harken roller furler instead of the original jib boom, and a harken mid-boom traveler arrangement. Many, many nice touches on this boat, like a 20 horse Yanmar with only 300 hours on it! Looks like Ya'll are stuck with me now! ;D
Bob
Welcome aboard - from the Great White North
Living aboard in Canada
John
Quote from: wahoosails on December 16, 2006, 07:32:09 PM
It is with great joy that I tell you that I am now the proud new owner of "Night Wind".
Congrats to ya, Mate. Here's a glass of grog to welcome "Night Wind" and her new owner to SailFar. :)
Quote from: wahoosails on December 16, 2006, 07:32:09 PM
Captains & Admirals,
It is with great joy that I tell you that I am now the proud new owner of "Night Wind". She has a Harken roller furler instead of the original jib boom, and a harken mid-boom traveler arrangement. Many, many nice touches on this boat, like a 20 horse Yanmar with only 300 hours on it! Looks like Ya'll are stuck with me now! ;D
Bob
Congrats! ;D
Glad to hear it, I am sure you will be very happy with her... let's see some pictures!
Enjoy a second round on me! :)
(http://www.ablboats.com/images/listings/670/6709701)(http://www.ablboats.com/images/listings/670/6709701%5Bimg%5Dhttp://www.ablboats.com/images/thumbnails/670/6709705.jpg)
OK ... not sure that these photos will appear ... taken from the ad that was on the net.
Bob
Grog for "Night Wind" and Cap'n Bob! 8) 8) 8)
Congratulations on the new boat! Even more congratulations for having "minus-8-foot-itis"... ;D Welcome to the "Under 30" crowd. ;)
I would ove to see the looks on peoples faces when you tell them your 'new' boat is 8 feet shorter than your old boat... :D
Grandiose? I'd say just about 'par for the course' around here... :) ;D
Bob-
Any chance you went to UVA?? My sister-in-law is a Wahoo... and I used to live in the great Commonwealth of Virginia...
8) Ahoy,I'm Cocoa Moe,I've lived alone on a 1977 27' Hunter for almost 6 yrs near Key West,Fl.I have a boat canvas and awning shop on Stock Island.I just found this forum on another forum about liveaboards.I'm looking for a dependable rigging source,maybe sails too.A pelcan flew into my aft stay and it popped like a guitar string, then last year when Wilma came by she blew a piece of metal roofing into my port shroud.I plan on refurbing this spring so I can go to Cuba and maybe as far as Puerto Rico next winter.I'm also looking for partner/companion/mate ;D to help with refurb and share sunset sails and cocktails possible cruising companion [female of course] ;) Anyone coming to Key West can email me and we can do the Duval Crawl or just see the sights and relax with cocktails at sunset. COCOAMOES@aol.com Thanks for any info on rigging.
QuoteA ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder-ADMIRAL CHESTER W> NIMITZ,1940[ quote]
Kevin/Ol coot:
Apologies for not following up earlier. A Tartan 10. Cool. I have never sailed one... unless you consider moving a few T10s into or out of travellift slips "sailing." My sailing partner, Elizabeth, and I are thinking about what boat to go for "the cruise" on. Two boats on the list are the Aphrodite 101 and Tartan 10. We both like the reported sailing qualities and obvious cockpit size. The interior is a question.
We are wondering... can you live with the headroom issue? Perhaps you, Captain Ol Coot, will illuminate that issue in more detail?
I see a T 10 did the Bermuda 1-2 recently and collected some silver to boot. I did that race once. Not for weak-hearted sailors or whimpy craft. More T10 details requested...
Keep us posted.
Norman
Boston
Norm to all:
I realized after a bit... I still have to introduce myself. Blame Dan/Adrift at sea for my intrusions. We did some sailng together last year in the Massachusetts Bay area. He turned me on to the best internet experience I have ever enjoyed. Thanks for all the chatter.
I am a sailing instructor for Boston Sailing Center. My boat is a very nice C&C 38 Mark 3, Melissa. My sweety is suitable for cramming six guys aboard for a long weekend of sailing.
That's my work. And I love it.
I started sailing on Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod in 1955, cruising the US East Coast and Bahamas (as a kid) in 1958 which mostly means the stuff I now know I don't know scares me. I guess I like being scared since no one has been able to get me off the sea. What the heck...
My sailing passion is voyaging on little boats. Current project is working up the design/rebuild for converting a 27 foot Soling for voyaging. The details are pretty well worked out. Then... I met a most charming distraction and we now look at boats about 30 feet. Two people take up a bit more room than a Soling offers!
Best to all and Happy 2007
Norm invited me to join. We're thinking about great adventures in small and simple boats. Seems like the right kind of folks to be chatting about that.
-elizabeth
Welcome Elizabeth... I take it you are the significant person in Norm's posts. :D
I'll have to read his posts before deciding ::)
I've been sailing since May of 2005, at the "request" of my elder son. "Geez mom, get a life already" or something along those lines. He and my daughter-in-law have shook up their lives to be sailing-centric after learning to sail back in 2000? or 2001? They have a LeComte 33 out in Bellingham WA now that they are rebuilding, and they wanted me to be more than a passenger when it is ready to sail. (Maybe this coming summer!!!)
Took basic keelboat, advanced sailing, coastal cruising, and offshore passagemaking that first summer 2005. Practiced practiced practiced. Put in couple of hundred hours on the solings and J24s. Got totally hooked. What can I say. You've all been there in some way. Participated in the island races at the Boston Sailing Center that summer with my new sailing friends. Loved that aspect of it too. Stayed on to do some fall racing in the Solings as pickup crew. And then signed up for Frostbite racing on the J24s so I didn't have to stop sailing. Now I'm beginning to sound like I need intervention. :-\
Anyway, not to bore you with the details, Norm makes a mean leek and potato soup. The best way to a girl's heart.
Last winter I got to visit him in Tortola, and learned a lot about the non-sailing part of sailing (read bottom sanding and spluge), as well as my first blue water experiences in May sailing with him from Antigua to Barbados. (Racking up the miles here.)
I enjoyed another summer of sailing the fleet at BSC, with friends and Norm, and a lovely cruise in the San Juan Islands on a charter, with the kiddies over Labor Day. And lastly our delivery in Oct/Nov this year from Boston to Tortola, which I'm sure he's written about in here somewhere.
As I find my way around the site, I'll post links to some pics if you all are interested. My main interest in joining this community of folks, is to share our common experiences which I'm sure will promote more enjoyable and just more sailing for all of us. Being a newbie, I have a lot to learn.
thanks for the welcome,
-elizabeth
Welcome aboard, CocoaMoe - that Nimitz quote is great. :D
Norm - better late than never. ;D Thanks for bringing Elizabeth to the table with you. ;)
Elizabeth - tell your son he did a Good Thing. ;D Feel free to post pics, etc etc - just jump on in. :)
Hello all,
Have been reading the board for a couple of days now, awaiting my sign in to be ok'd...............kinda frustrating not being able to "chip in", to a few threads............
About me? Well, I am based in "Old Jersey", hence the name - although I see that you folks are heavily North American centric I figure that a small boat is a small boat and the "pond" is the same size from each side!
"Small Boat" is of course a relative term - I would appear in the context of Sailfar to have a "big boat" at 30 foot :o, but I believe that small boat sailing is also a state of mind, and I certainly do not fit in the category of "throw another bundle of cash at the Chandlers for some more shiny toys". My boat BTW is a Reg Freeman designed Seadog - a couple of them have already been around the world. I have been "messing around in boats" since I was 2 foot tall - by no means an expert - but in the words of your Donald Rumsfeld, I do "know my unknowns"............and in my case I am aware that their are a lot of 'em!!
Only had "Perro" for a couple of years, and to my shame have not really done much with her (always something else on the agenda! - in my case mainly Mrs Trouble!) - she is by no means a "doer upper" (the boat not Mrs Trouble! ;D) but she will eat a lot of time and a few quid (Both the boat AND Mrs Trouble! ;D) over the next few years as I bought her with the intention that she be made capable of extended cruising (with or without Mrs Trouble ;)) - although I have no firm plans at the moment ( ;)).........the idea being that one day I can just walk onboard and sail off into the WBY (Wide Blue Yonder!), without requiring a nest egg of a Million Quid just to maintain the boat and her systems.
Anyway, I do tend to witter on!!
Hopefully I can add something to the pot as well as taking out - even if limited to adding a bit of encouragement now and again...........
Cheers
David
PS, it's had me stumped for a couple of days now.........what are "SB/LD Cruisers" (Small Boat / Long Distance???)
welcome aboard. Gonna be quite interesting getting a slant from 'cross the pond.
Yes- Small boat/Long distance
Welcome, David. I look forward to hearing of your adventures with Perro and Mrs. Trouble. :-)
Welcome aboard David.
How big is a seadog??
Aye, Welcome aboard David, here's a grog for you!
Very glad to have you here!
Cheers for the Welcome folks 8)
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 13, 2007, 09:07:42 PM
How big is a seadog??
30 foot. I have posted some pics in the Gallery of a sister ship - cos' the photos are better than any I have! - A write up is here (for those who are interested ;D) and is from where I "borrowed" the pics. http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/seadog-30/seadog-30.htm (http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/seadog-30/seadog-30.htm)
"Mrs Trouble"?? - well I am not actually married to her.........yet. But she's been the Missus for a longgggggggg time. and most of the time "Trouble"..........As they say, "can't live with 'em, and can't live without 'em" :( ;D ;D
Quote from: Perro_Old_Jersey on January 13, 2007, 06:09:36 PM
About me? Well, I am based in "Old Jersey", hence the name
David,
Welcome to the board... From New Jersey!
Very pretty boat!
Kevin
Quote from: Norm on January 04, 2007, 07:30:35 PM
More T10 details requested...
Norm,
I'll pick this up in the Boat Discussion section.
Kevin
i am an old female who learned hoew to sail while i was growing up--not taught in the conventional method used today in teaching kids how to sail. i lrearned on a 36' gaff rigged racing sloop built in 1903 for a man named reynolds who had 2 commissioned so he could race them.....one sank. eleanor was sold to my uncle for 50$ or given to my uncle because mr reynolds could no longer rasce--therefore, why have the one-off design -----from age 7-13 we went up to see my moms relatives in upstate ny---stay with grandma and go sailing with uncle phil------i did not know what marconi rigging was except that it was triangular sails-----i did not have a clue as to what was fiberglass.....but i knew how to sail.........so i grew up--from age 18 to age --OMG--my kid was 17-----i bought my first boat--34'olympian, by hank mckune--hull number 9-----and i became a liveaboard boater who lived in a marina in :LA harbor----and worked in downtown LA as an RN.........anyway--now i own and liveaboard a 35' ericson that has less storage on board than a 25'coronado--and i thought i would see what i could learn from those other folks who liveaboard and plan to cruise--i have been upgrading things in my ericson so i could leave for other places-----now pending disability---but there is still a lot for me to learn--there is no such thing as too much knowledge----and, since this is such a small world--boating--i feel it is a good idea to get to know how and who these folks are. and i stumbled on the site here thru renegade cruisers and another site i casnnot remember name of that i found thru renegades------i hope you feel i am not a spammer because i am not.
thankyou for your interest in keeping your folks pain free----spam is pain
i am C-hag----i had named a 25'cal and now i take it for sail forums. i am z-hag in 300zx forums..... color=Purple][/color]
Welcome C-hag
Welcome aboard c-hag!
i used to go to catalina a lot--have not been in this boat yet....i have a friend who is the "emperor of avalon"--pres of hospital aux--i told him aboot this site--he has a 30 piver nimble--SMALL --and is a resident of avalon now------he even has sailing stories!!!!!---when i sailed to catalina in the past it was in a 25' coronado with another female of my same name..........funny and fun.............
Hello Captain K and forum members. I stumbled across the sight while reminiscing on the old compac owners site. A recently retired former compac'er, last fall I sold my 19 and bought a Beneteau F235. I'm still learning to sail it well, but so far it's been a blast. The compacs are great boats but the 235 is much more responsive, like going from a Lincoln to a Corvette. Looking forward to being a member of the forum.
Welcome Hugh... what waters do you sail on?
Quote from: hugh on January 22, 2007, 11:11:32 AM
Hello Captain K and forum members. .... Looking forward to being a member of the forum.
Welcome Hugh,
I see from your profile that you hail from Wrightsville Beach, NC Right 'Up the road' from me.
I sail the New River, and spend a fair amount of time down your way. I have a trip planned soon for my YC to head down to Bald Head Island, and we are planning to anchor at Wrightsville on our way down. There are a couple other members from close by also.
Looking forward to hearing more from you. :)
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 22, 2007, 12:07:20 PM
Welcome Hugh... what waters do you sail on?
Mostly day sailing off Wrightsville Beach, NC. We are blessed with a very good inlet and ocean access here.
Quote from: s/v Faith on January 22, 2007, 12:29:09 PM
Quote from: hugh on January 22, 2007, 11:11:32 AM
Hello Captain K and forum members. .... Looking forward to being a member of the forum.
Welcome Hugh,
... I have a trip planned soon for my YC to head down to Bald Head Island, and we are planning to anchor at Wrightsville on our way down. ..
Banks Channel behind Wrightsville Beach is a popular anchorage. I'm considering a trip to Cape Lookout in the spring and New River looks like a good stop over point. I'd like to learn a little more about that neck of the woods sometime.
A 3-in-1 Welcome aboard! Grog for all! ;D
David/Perro - Cracking good to have you here! ;D As CJ said, it'll be great to have your input - I realy enjoy the posts from members outside the US, because the different viewpoint is refreshing. :) Was on a boat from across the pond a few weeks ago - a Moody 34, IIRC. Interesting boat, the layout is so untypical compared to most American boats, yet seemed eminently practical. Will be taking a good look at your boat, too! Cheers!
c-hag : Hullo from the other side of the country! Sounds like you have been living aboard for quite a while! Most of us have smaller boats than yours, but feel free to toss in to the conversations whenever you'd like, I;m sure your experience will be appreciated! I know that the other sailing ladies on here will be glad for the company. ;) And I agree with you - there is no such thing as too much knowledge. :)
Hugh - Hey there! Great to hear from you, and congrats on the new boat! Cool! Have you been racing it against Mike Quigley yet? ;D I haven't talked to him in forever. Those F235's are *neat* boats, look like real performers, and have a good interior layout besides. I am sure sailing it is a HUGE difference compared to your 19. :) Craig/Faith and I will be rendezvousing in your area someday, hopefully before too long, so we'll have to make you come out and play with us when we do. :) Glad to see you again, and know that all is going well.
Quote from: CapnK on January 29, 2007, 12:45:22 AM
A 3-in-1 Welcome aboard! Grog for all! ;D
David/Perro - Cracking good to have you here! ;D As CJ said, it'll be great to have your input - I realy enjoy the posts from members outside the US, because the different viewpoint is refreshing. :) Was on a boat from across the pond a few weeks ago - a Moody 34, IIRC. Interesting boat, the layout is so untypical compared to most American boats, yet seemed eminently practical. Will be taking a good look at your boat, too! Cheers!
Cheers.
It has been very interesting from my view point as well - especially in regard to some of the great small boats that I have never heard of!.......and some very attractive prices (albeit I appreciate that these are all relative).
Before I bought "Perro", the best boat I ever had was a Newbridge Corribee 21 dating from the early 1970's. I still regret selling her. and if I didn't have vague ideas about an extended trip at sometime in the future - I would have got another one. I dunno if these ever made it to the USA market. (One or two have crossed the Atlantic).
(http://www.corribee.org.uk/Mk2show.jpg)
NOT "Liza"
That looks like an American-made "South Coast" boat. Hmm... Perhaps someone more familiar with those could confirm/deny my speculation. :)
I saw the linnk in CapnK's sig block on the Renegade board and followed it.
After registering and posting my first post, maybe I should introduce myself.
I am a long time lurker. I discovered this site last winter while researching pocket cruisers. I became interested in sailing after a crewed charter in the BVI's last January. My plan last year was to learn to sail by joining a local club for the weeknight racing. Work interferred and I was unable to follow my plan. This year I am planning on taking a course in the spring to learn to sail. I am still considereing joining a club for racing to continue gaining experience. Long term I would like to get a boat for weekend and weeklong cruising. Who knows maybe 10 - 15 years from now I'll retire (early hopefully) to a sailboat.
My other main interest is diving hence my screen name.
Mark
welcome aboard Mark. I think you are on the right track...sailing school is a great start and racing will teach you a lot very quickly. You can sure combine diving and sailing on any holiday. I think you'll love it. WARNING...highly addictive!!
QuoteWARNING...highly addictive!!
I noticed this after my charter cruise. I have been frequenting several bb's related to sailing for a year now.
And I still haven't really sailed!!!
Welcome aboard. I noticed on your profile you don't list a location. You should do that, or put it on your signature line- you just might live close to someone here who DOES sail and you could possibly get invited to go with them.
At least a general area anyway.
Welcome aboard Mark!
I just checked Mark's (macdiver's) profile and he's updated to include New Jersey! k3v1n and I are here year round, and Iceman is a summer resident. Maybe we should think about a rendevous this summer...
Kevin
Welcome Mark... I'd also agree that if you'd indicate what neck of the woods you're in, you might get an invite to go out sailing.
Quotek3v1n and I are here year round, and Iceman is a summer resident. Maybe we should think about a rendevous this summer
This sounds like a good idea to me. Am I correct in assuming that you guys are down the shore?
My name's Anton, I saw the Capn's link to this site at Renegades and followed it, so here I am...where's the food and free beer? ;D
I'm on my third sailboat and second liveaboard, the past ten years work took me to the midwest and an episode of bad health made me take a work break, meanwhile I had started a little Net business. Then I thought "you know, I could live aboard a boat again, save some money and just plug in at a dock and semi retire and do the Net thing..." Just then my landlord decided to double our rent (Katrina hurricane was indirectly responsible for that, a long story)...I decided it was a sign and started looking for a sailboat I could liveaboard, cheap.
And here I is! Going on six months. Boat needs lots of $TLC$ and my work is cut out for me. It's getting done...I want out of Florida! At least out of the St. John's river...LOL
Welcome Aboard, Anton. I don't have a beer handy, but here's a grog for ya!
MMMM...GROG... (http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/2/17599/large/Homer_Simpson_1_.jpg) Anton like Grog...LOL
Welcome Anton.
What boat do you have or are you still looking for a small liveaboard??
Check out his Sig: 1977 Hunter 27 named Wind Dancer.
If it had been a snake - it would have bit ya! ;D
Quote from: Captain Smollett on February 15, 2007, 09:40:45 AM
Check out his Sig: 1977 Hunter 27 named Wind Dancer.
If it had been a snake - it would have bit ya! ;D
LOL
that it would'a... :)
Another long time lurker, my name is Todd.
I am stuck in South Bend, IN for now. I am looking very seriously at Pearson Tritons and Albin Vegas. I hope to be back on the water by April Fools Day. :o)
I nearly sailed a Chrysler Mutineer to death with my dad way back when and into my 30's. I lived on an Irwin 25 in FL for about 20 months [didn't sail it nearly enough]. Then, while I was still in FL, I had a Southern 21 for a while. I sailed it a lot.
12 years later and I've never gotten the salt water out of my veins. I've been dying to get back for a long time.
TrT
Getting out of Indiana would be a good start... Welcome to sailfar. :D
Todd, I was in almost exactly the same "boat"...stated sailing on the west coast in the 70's, lived aboard and hopped around the Gulf during the 80's, in the 90's due to advice from a bit...errr...friend of mine who said I had to live a "more normal" life, I took a job that made me relocate to the midwest. 6700ft, 35mph winds that last for weeks, up to my azz in snow, dreaming about sailboats and sunny beaches, and one day last year my landlord decides he's doubling everybody's rent in a month. Before rent day rolled around I was stepping onto a TLC special in S FL with a suitcase in one hand and a duffelbag in the other. That simple. In six months, what I paid for this boat, versus my rent in Colorado, even with my bills and slip rate the boat paid for itself.
Like the jump instructor says, "Take one step forward and commit yourself"...LOL
Someone say New Jersey?!
Yes I'm still here froze to death!
Oh, I've changed my name from K3v1n to my boats name.
Just in case you were wondering.
A Jersey rendezvous would be cool.
-Kevin
Quote from: Anton on February 15, 2007, 05:58:53 PM
what I paid for this boat, versus my rent in Colorado, even with my bills and slip rate the boat paid for itself.
Hi, Anton, I found it interesting you mention Colorado. We currently live in SC, with it's relatively low cost of living, and were planning to move back to CO within five years (of two years ago). My wife and I "dreamed" of our ideal place in the Glenwood Springs area. The plan would have been to trailer sail Lake Powell and maybe Dillon to keep the boat bug at bay.
Then I looked at house/property costs out there, and I just had to conclude "there is no way." We'd be in debt up to our eyeballs for pretty much the rest of our lives to pay for the house + land we wanted - not outlandish wants for a family of four. Instead, we bought a cruising boat that we had the cash for. We are not living aboard (haven't even taken possession of the 'new' boat yet) but are STILL coming out cheaper than CO. Too bad; it's a beautiful place.
Small world, eh?
For a place with no ocean it's pretty nice. I floated around thru Montana, WY and CO, if you want cheap land there's still cheap undeveloped property in WY, but many people won't sell unless you're buying at least 100 acres or more. No water anywhere you can't walk across, for the most part.
I missed the salt water fishing, really bad. In WY especially any creek wider than your hand was full of brook trout, you can catch buckets of them...but I can't stand trout period. Pink mush. Loved the deer and rabbit hunting, best I've ever seen.
Quote from: Anton on February 15, 2007, 05:58:53 PM
Todd, I was in almost exactly the same "boat"...
. . . Like the jump instructor says, "Take one step forward and commit yourself"...LOL
Thanks! I am committed to making the move. Not the most sane thing, but after a divorce and other assorted poop, I'm cashing out the 401(k) as soon as my profit sharing gets paid in about three weeks. Those will finance a boat, making some updates, do some work, and sail off.
TrT
Hello All,
First time here and I just wanted to say hello and thank everybody involved with this great site.
Welcome! ;D
Why don't you take a minute to tell us a little about yourself, where you sail, and what your plans are...
Jump right in, the water is fine.. ;)
Welcome 22... what do you sail?? and where?
Hello Adrift,
My first boat was a 26' Tanzer and I sail on the upper Chesapeake. Just below the C & D canal is the Bohemia River where I now have a 32' Bristol.
The Bristol is just a 26' boat with overhangs. The same waterline as my Tanzer, which is 22'. I had the same wants as others on this site, diesel, auto pilot and roller furling. Then add the beautiful lines of a Bristol and BANG. I am a small boat sailor in my heart.
A DelMarVa trip is planned this June which should be around 10 - 14 days. Another trip is being tossed around to Maine later on in the summer.
I have 58 months left before I retire from the Phila. Fire Dept. I have two daughters in college now and a rich man I'm not. But like many others, as long as I can remember I was drawing sailboats, Islands in the sun and seagulls in my school books when I should have been paying attention. But as a kid in a urban school 100 miles from the sea,I had a calling that lasted for 40 years bringing me here.
In 58 months after 28 years of dedicated service I am heading south.
Quote from: 22 foot WL on February 19, 2007, 06:57:59 PM
A DelMarVa trip is planned this June which should be around 10 - 14 days. Another trip is being tossed around to Maine later on in the summer.
I have 58 months left before I retire from the Phila. Fire Dept. I have two daughters in college now and a rich man I'm not. But like many others, as long as I can remember I was drawing sailboats, Islands in the sun and seagulls in my school books when I should have been paying attention. But as a kid in a urban school 100 miles from the sea,I had a calling that lasted for 40 years bringing me here.
In 58 months after 28 years of dedicated service I am heading south.
Grog to ya, Mate. Here's to long lived dreams and planning retirement!
Both of those east coast trips sound like a blast. I've got my eye on Maine, too, but I'm not as 'centrally' located as you. ;)
And welcome aboard SailFar. That Bristol 32 will fit in juuuussst fine. :) Feel free to post some pics for us!
Hi, we are Jack & Sue
we purchased our Hans Christian 33 Dec. 27th. Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday (Jan.23 & Feb. 23, we are gulp 51) We plan to leave March 1st. 2008 for the caribbean and then Central America until we creek when going up and down the companion way... ;D right now we are on a mooring. Here is what we look like...more photos will come, but we needed a new head with all new hoses...(digital camera...don't you love priorties) now for some more up-grades... ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/sailingjs/us3.jpg)
here is our new "home"
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/sailingjs/resoveside.jpg)
and here we are when we were bringing her home and the engine decided to go to sleep... ;D fixed now...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/sailingjs/beingtowed.jpg)
Welcome s/v Giggling Dolphins!
Pretty boat, great pics. Look forward to monitoring the progresss of your voyage! ;D
Fifty ONE!!! Nobody is that old :D :D
Actually you two are mere babies. My birthday is in January also and Laura's is Feb. Mine's the 31st though and I just hit 66- 15 years your senior-
You got LOTS of miles left in ya I bet- I sure do ;D
Seriously, welcome to the board. That Hans Christian is a great boat.
Man, you gotta love those bulwarks on the side decks - I feel secure just thinking about going forward there!
Welcome aboard.
:) Thanks everyone,
captain smollett yep haven't stubbed my toe yet..on her bulwarks...which is a good feeling when running forward...
Charlie, my dad is 83 and really got bummed at 80 when he had to give up sailing his own boat. so looks like we will be seeing you out there for the next 20+ years
We plan to do her re-naming ceremony next month...looking for someone or some place that will do a nice job on her new name.
First post! Thanks for this site. I was referred here from a link on another site, registered and just came on board within the last couple of hours. Great to be here!
I sail a 20' Sundance built in the mid 70's by a now defunct company in Michigan, (El-Mar Boat Co.). It has a swing keel, 12" to 48" draft and disp of 1300#. I slip it at a small marina (35 slips) on a 10 x 1.5 mile lake in southern Manitoba, Canada.
I have been sailing for over half my life, (I'm over 50) in various small boats on various small lakes. I love to putter on my boat almost as much as sailing her.
I just moved up to this boat last August, having sailed an O'Day DS II for 4 years prior to that.
I am looking forward to joining in to the discussion.
Hello to Gigglindolphins and roger... and welcome.
(http://www.cruisenews.net/tanzer/22V2005/44.jpg)
Hello;
I found this site from the trailer sailor forum. I sail Lake Michigan and about this time of year I surf the net wishing I was sailing elsewhere!
My boat is SV Skylark, a Tanzer 28. Canadian built, very roomy and a good Great Lake boat. It is a real hill climber, it handles steep waves well. I pulled the inboard out and use a 6hp outboard, which has done well for me. There are some more mods, like a dodger and various other things to make it comfortable aboard.
My longest singlehanded trip has been a nonstop double crossing of Lake Michigan, Holland, MI - Milwaukee - Holland nonstop, about 160 miles as the crow flies.
Some more pics here. http://www.cruisenews.net/tanzer/22V2005/
(http://www.cruisenews.net/tanzer/22V2005/128.jpg)
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Welcome aboard Skylark.
The pictures really add to your intro, your Tanzer looks like a nicely set up boat. I like the idea about incorporating the hard dodger into a sea hood. Makes for a good solid structure and building the sides in common should make it strong, with lots of area to attach to the cabin top.
Look forward to hearing more from you. ;D
Welcome skylark-
Did you make the dodger/seahood out of Starboard?? or is it just painted white?
Howdy Skylark- welcome to this board. It's a pretty good spot and there are more than one or two TSBB folks who also hang out here
Hello, i saw a link on trailersailor.com so i guess you could say i was referred or stumbled across the place.
I'm Dave, I live in the Inland Empire of southern California.
I am currently owned by a Sabot, my first boat. bought it for 350.00 from a guy in channel islands harbor through Craig's list. redid the wood and the paint and i love it.
I am also currently owned by a Janus Ghost 13 which i am in the process of making sea worthy. almost done with repainting the trailer and about to start on the hull. already bought some of the parts i needed off of ebay. THis one was also found on craigs list.
If anyone has a ghost or pics of one please send them my way, as the centerboard housing is incomplete and i need to know what is missing.
oh and i have only sailed on lake perris so far. as my skills develop i'll move on to better places
dave
Hi folks. If I remember it right, I found a link to this fine spot at the SSCA forum. I felt immediately at home here, even though I am faaaar away geographically.
I am in southern Sweden, and have two love affairs going. One is a woman and the other is a Laurin-32. GRP built 1965 at Malmo Aviation Industry. Designed by the legendary Arvid Laurin (born 1900) who among lots of other boats, designed quite a few Int. R yachts. The fore-goer to Laurin -32 was ¨Capella II¨ which was built in 1957 in wood. Participated in that year´s Bermuda Race (as the smallest boat) and also the Trans Atlantic Race afterwards with a crew of four.
The woman mentioned above, was designed by an even greater master designer, yeah, you all know who I am talking about. ;D
Anyway, I am currently contemplating the issue of how to get rid of all land-based belongings, and cut off those dock-lines for good.
I have been sailing for more than 30 years, and this is the largest boat I have had; and will have. Bought her a year ago to make her my future home.
No fridge- no worries.
I´ll try to upload a pic or two, gotta work right now!
See you on the water sometime!
Maxi
Welcome aboard Coffeebean and maxiSwede:
Coffeebean:
Love the avatar, by the way. We are also former "lake sailors" and have begun making our first steps into coastal (then farther??) sailing. I've found this to be a wonderful and exciting transition, but am not ready to give up my trailerable just yet! :)
maxiSwede:
Quote from: maxiSwede
No fridge- no worries.
Right on, brother! Looking forward to some pics of the Laurin 32.
I had the opportunity to visit Sweden when I was younger. Sadly it was only for a couple of days, but have since longed to go back. My memories of Sweden are of a beautiful country with friendly folks.
Yes! Welcome aboard, all! Good to see some new faces here.
Skylark, we are also Lake Michigan sailors. We trailer sail our Venture 22 and usually sail out of Muskegon. Maybe we'll see you on the water some time...
Fair winds to all!
Nick
Welcome to Sailfar...
Coffeebean- Just remember in some ways lake sailing can be more challenging than ocean sailing, in that the winds on a lake are generally far more variable and shift more than they do on the open ocean, or even on most big bays... That means that a lake sailor has to pay far more attention to the wind, and where it is coming from, and how it is changing than an ocean sailor does. Coastal cruising has its challenges as well... and I hope that we here on Sailfar can help you as you come up against new ones.
Maxiswede-
I like a lot of the boats designed in your home country... and some of the women designed there aren't bad either. ;) If your better half is hesistant about joining you in your life afloat..you might want to get the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell. Read it and then give it to your better half. :D
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on February 27, 2007, 09:02:56 AM
If your better half is hesistant about joining you in your life afloat..you might want to get the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell. Read it and then give it to your better half. :D
Thanks! As a matter of fact she is a bit reluctant. Despite the fact she has already made an Atlantic crossing, which BTW is one up on me. :P
I´ll check if Amazon has that title... 8)
hrmm, how do I paste a photo?
Quote from: maxiSwede on February 27, 2007, 02:26:32 PM
hrmm, how do I paste a photo?
Welcome aboard MaxiSwede,
I think you will get what you need from this thread;
Posting pictures thread (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=49.0)
Look forward to seening them. ;D
managed to create an album. Not to post them here though... to be continued
Good Morning all, Came over from the TSBB, probably will not post a lot for awhile, but since the reason we got back into sailing was to do some cruising I thought it would be good to hook up. First mate an i are hitting stride at almost 60, have been kayakers for many years with numerous trips into British Columbia and Baja. Now that we are getting older we like the comforts a little larger boat will give us. When I say little larger I mean it as our boat currently is a Potter 19! But it has already served us well in B.C. and will again this year. I am a retired building contractor with a degree in geography :-\ which is going to serve me well in my semi-retirement. I am the type the LIKES to work on the boat although also likes simplicity so my mods have been practical in nature. OK I am done, looking forward to investigating the rest of the site. Tim
Welcome aboard Tim.
Quote.....have been kayakers for many years with numerous trips into British Columbia and Baja.
I have noticed that there are a bunch of paddlers (& former paddlers) here. Maybe it has to do with a connection to the water.... ;D
QuoteWhen I say little larger I mean it as our boat currently is a Potter 19!
I saw a great write up on the Potter 19 in Good old Boat (I think that was where) a year ago. Looks like a great little boat. Look forward to hearing more of your ongoing adventure here.
Hi all,
Just recently joined at the suggestion of Iceman, and thought I'd introduce myself. None of this lurking stuff for me...
I live up in New Hampshire and currently own two pocket cruisers, a sweet little 1984 Voyager 26 double-ended cutter and a vintage 1965 Alberg 30. I've been working on the Alberg 30 for about a year now and just when I got her pretty much sorted out, I came across the Voyager and couldn't pass it up. I know in the back of my mind that one of them will have to go before too long, but for now I have two mistresses...
I've been messin' around in boats for most of my life, including a previous career in large traditional sailing vessels and merchant ships. Boats I've owned at one time or another include a 37' Searunner trimaran, a 30' Dick Newick Proa, a Contessa 26, a Freedom 25 and another Alberg 30. Plus the Rod Stephens designed Cape Cod Mercury daysailer that I gave it to my teenage daughter for her and her friends explorations...
Anyhow, glad to be aboard!
Bill
Wonderful boats!
Glad to have you aboard, look forward to hearing more from you. ;D
Pretty diverse selection of boats in your post... welcome to Sailfar.
Hi all. I'm new here. I found this place on CPTK's sigline on the Renegade site
Welcome aboard, Coaster. :)
Just wanted to say hello and thank you for welcoming me to the group.
Captain Laura Kennedy
22 Foot 1968 Westerly Nomad 'Andunge'
28 year old female currently living aboard/voyaging Sea of Cortez, MX
Previous boat was a 1966, 28 foot Abbott
Have been sailing going on 25 years/11 on my own
You can see more about my current travels here:
http://360.yahoo.com/cgoinggal
And more about my current boat here:
http://www.geocities.com/sabakiboy402/Andunge.html
I am looking forward to going through previous posts and learning new thing here. Thanks again!
:) Cheers!
Welcome aboard... and look forward to hearing more...
I'm a bit curious...what does "Andunge" mean?
Dan
Welcome aboard, Laura.
BTW, I keep a copy of that famous Sterling Hayden quotation handy, too. Of course it's on my desktop at w*rk.
--Joe
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on March 07, 2007, 06:21:48 PM
I'm a bit curious...what does "Andunge" mean?
From her blog:
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Andunge (and-YEWN-gay; Norwegian for wild duckling or so I have been told :-) my 22 foot Westerly Nomad.
Beautiful. And welcome aboard, Captain Laura. "If you can't fix it, it can kill you." Great stuff. :)
Thanks Capn Smollett... haven't had a chance to explore her blog yet...
Laura;
Great blog and even better, great adventure!
Seems to be much to explore in your blogg, Laura.
Andunge is indeed duckling in Swedish (and most probably in Norwegian too). It is also a class of beatiful daysailors, I can´t recall the name of the designer right now.
Great to have you here.
I was told about sailfar.net by a sailor in Georgetown who told me the landing would be a great place to learn to sail and dock my boat. The landing does appear to be populated by freindly people. I am booked there for at least a year. I look forward to following my dream of sailing the ocean. Lots to learn.
Fiddlersgreen
Sailor? Georgetown? CapK ( aka Kurt)?
AT any rate, welcome aboard. I think you'll enjoy the place.
I do SO wish people would put WHAT they sail and WHERE they sail into the profile when they log on. Makes it so much more interesting ( and informative) to know what boat someone has and the general area in which they sail.
Wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to have some of the OLDER members do the same ;D
Since you asked Charlie...
I sail on a trailerable Telstar 28 folding trimaran named Pretty Gee on Buzzards Bay for the most part.
I plan on going down to the Chesapeake later this year to visit my in-laws, so they can see the boat named for their daughter, my late wife. I just got the boat last April, and have spent a good part of last year and will spend a good part of this year modifying the boat and setting her up to be a fairly capable LD cruiser for a relatively small boat.
I've posted one video, from the last sail of last season, on YouTube, and you can see it here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7u2yLR85sY).
Fiddlersgreen- Welcome to sailfar.net. What do you sail and where do you sail her??
lol- yeah- I KNEW you sailed a tri- I'm an old multihuller myself ( take that either way ;D) Built and sailed a Cross 35, lived aboard for a while, cruised full time for a while.. Can't wait to get back to that.
But you should put the boat in your avatar or signature line- so someone reading your posts will know what boat you are talking about. Makes understanding posts easier sometimes.
Will do.. ;)
Hello all,
Found you from your sig line, just like Coaster. Great site,
Martin
Welcome to Sailfar.net Martin. What part of the world do you and your Swiftsure 24 sail in??
Thanks for the welcome.
The Watery Tart plies the waters of Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canuckleland.
Hello, I'm Gus (short for Gustavo) I own a 76 Chrysler 22. I found this website in a post signature in TSBB. I have been reading this board for about a month as a guest. I live in North Carolina for most of the time. From time to time the Army sends me somewhere else. I'm a combat photographer in a Reserve unit in Wilson, North Carolina. Well, nothing else that I can think of right now, but feel free to ask.
Welcome to Sailfar.net. What do you do other than combat photography??
Hi! I work for Time Warner Cable, but I think I'm going to quit next week. I'm not happy there, and my wife its ok with it.
Gus -
Welcome aboard! Looking forward to hearing about your boat and your adventures.
Thanks! So far I have 'boat repairs' adventures :)
There's a lot of that going around!!! :P
This weekend some rebedding. And I'm going to try and save a cockpit locker hatch with West System.
TrT
It never ends... oh well, love it or leave it. I have been posting pictures of stuff/repairs I've done to the boat in this past two/three weeks. The link is http://www.flickr.com/photos/gus_chrysler22/
Gus
Right now, I just have pictures of dirty boat where I found her and cleaner boat. Now that I am more familiar with her, the fun begins. Check pix out at www.toddrtownsend.net, and click on photoalbums. "In A Mist" is her name. I'll have some repair pictures up soon.
I love the Depthfinder Mount, a nice solution. Good Work!
TrT
Wow, nice boat!
Very nice Todd. :D
what a difference some cleaning makes. my boat is a mess from winter and working on it. I cant wait to get it cleaned up and liveable again.
Very true... my boat's a mess, and won't get cleaned for a while, since I'm making more of a mess adding the bridgedeck.
Greeting,
I just got singed on and wanted to say hello to everyone. We sail the coast of Maine, any other Mainers here?
Welcome Aboard, Dick.
I haven't been to Maine, but I sure have been looking for a way to get my boat up there. I'm looking forward to hearing about your cruising up there.
Welcome!
I hope to sail in Maine next summer.
TrT
While I'm not in Maine, there are a whole bunch of us who are in New England. Norm and CubeMonkey are out of Boston, and I sail out of Buzzards Bay.
I was sailing my Herreshoff 12 1/2, Myrdie, from Savannah to Wilmington. As a classic, gaff rigged sloop with spruce spars and mahogany trim, Myrdie gets a lot of attention at the docks. At a stop in Georgetown, SC, I met an admiring fellow sailor, and when I told him I was on a long journey he suggested that I should check out the SailFar web site.
Thanks for the hellos. I sailed in Narragansett Bay for almost 15 years, and I can honestly say that nothing down there compares with sailing the coast of Maine.
Welcome, how was your trip? Tell us about it.
TrT
Hi from Mangomuffins!!
We are 2 people and 5 cats and one Albin Vega 27'... currently living ashore in Charlotte Harbor, FL but may be moving aboard soon in order to move to East coast of FL. I (w.w.) have owned, cruised, and lived aboard several small boats.... Gulf Coast 22', Hurley 20', Vivacity 21' twin keel (my favorite!!). I also owned and raced a Venture 21'...this boat would literally fly...I mean literally. wing on wing in 25-30 knots, it actually took off for about 5 seconds.
Saw the link at cruisers forum and decided to check it out. We hope to move up to a catamaran (32'-36') someday, but I would always like to have a small boat around for sheer fun. Our Vega was gifted to us recently and are just now starting to overhaul things a bit. She is in great condition, but needs a paint job, new mains'l and some paneling inside. Look forward to seeing who and what is here at sailfar.
MM
Welcome to Sailfar MagoMuffins-
Welcome aboard M+M Your 27 is a fine,fast boat. Met a young couple last winter in HopeTown with one.They restored it themselves and it looked GREAT....they loved it. Lots of great history with those boats. Keep us posted with your plans and post a few pics. Have fun
welcome! From a purely chauvinistic point of view, it´s soooo nice to have another swedish boat type represented here... ;D ::)
The bottom is finally painted and we are hoping to schedule a Friday launch. The only drawback about sailing in Maine is that we seem to be about 5 weeks behind the RI launch time we used to shoot for.
I installed the new autopilot yesterday, and upgraded to a newer radio that actually has a weather channel!
We are good to go, I hope the yard is as well. Our mooring is ready and waiting in Rockport Harbor. ;D
As another 'bum' I had to chime in.
Congrats!
I'm looking at my list and my cash, and I'm not sure I'll be in the water this year yet. :-[
Next spring for sure.
TrT
Congrats... I am supposed to be scheduled for soda blasting next week. :D Then bottom painting... and off we'll go.
Thanks for all the replies. We are set to go!
Hope to be sailing over to Vinalhaven on Saturday.
Well, Friday was not the day, but Saturday was. The down side however, is that it's been raining here ever since! Still it's nice to have the boat back in the water in Rockport Harbor.
So, when do you leave for Vinalhaven???
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on June 05, 2007, 06:58:37 AM
So, when do you leave for Vinalhaven???
Actually Vinalhaven is only a day sail for us so we can go anytime. It's only about 8 NM into the Fox Island Thorofare.
Thanks for the reply
hI all , I surfed in here from some other website I was browsing and couldnt tear myself away so I saved this one to favorites and have been lurking around for days reading all this great small boat info .
Its nice to see a site thats not biased against small boats .
Welcome aboard Steve. "not biased against small boats"....hec no...we celebrate them ;D
Welcome aboard Steve. Here, we haven't been brainwashed by the modern sailing press into thinking that to sail on longer voyages requires a boat that costs $300,000+ and is over 40' long. That's just marketing hype... people have been sailing, even around the world, in delightful little boats like the ones people on this site own. :D
Thanks for the welcome .
I have gotten alot of funny remarks when I have mentioned to other sailors that I want to sail my little 24 ft boat across the gulf to florida and beyond or down to mexico and beyond .
I dont doubt my boat or myself ,we all know any boat can sink if the conditions are right or wrong .
I think small boat owners just wait for the right weather and hope for the best .
Steve
Steve...tell us about your boat....make/model year???Modifications etc??
Howdy Steve. Kemah eh? I was in there just week before last. We delivered a Hunter Cherubini up into Clear Lake from here in Port Lavaca. Offshore- 19 hours jetty to jetty, Matagorda to Bolivar roads. Not too shabby eh?
Where is your boat kept there?
Hi Frank and Charlie , my boat is a 1965 columbia challenger 24.4 ft same as Bob has . I have ran into some of the same problems he has had .
I use the motor well for my 9.9 evinrude yachtwin ,more power than i need but i like the charger .
I dont remove my motor when sailing so a lift is not neccesary ,it is a tight fit by the way I have to turn it sideways to get it in the well .
I am currently working on the hatch ,after getting some ideas here .
I havent had a problem with water from the cockpit flooding the cabin but he makes a good point .
my boat is not currently ready for exstended cruising but im working on it .
Steve
Welcome Steve!
Welcome aboard - and Grog! - to the newer members! :) If there's a 'small boat bias' here, it's for small boats, not against 'em! ;)
Greetings Sailfar,
I've corresponded with Kurt and know other members here and read a few posts from time to time, but haven't had the online time to join in yet. We're still working full time fitting out cruising boats between Jacksonville and Savannah. Now and then we do some local sailing. We hope to sail far again after this stint ashore saving some cruising funds. Meanwhile it's gratifying to assist other sailors getting underway.
When time permits I hope to contribute to the forum. If anyone here plans to sail past Brunswick, GA we'd like to get a visit from you.
James Baldwin
www.atomvoyages.com
Greeting to you! I for one have admired your website and voyages. You are an inspiration and a wealth of ideas. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Mike
I know that James, Mei, and "Atom" have (and still do!) inspired lots of folks, here and elsewhere!
Dan/"psyche" needs to post some more photos of the beautiful work y'all have done on his boat, too! I've seen a few pics, it's amazing. :) Linky:
http://www.atomvoyages.com/projects/Columbia.htm
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Hi Steve,
It's great to have another Challenger on the board! I'll look forward to sharing tales, tips, and ideas with you.
I'd have said hello sooner, but we just moved and it took Comcast nearly 3 weeks to get me back online.
Hi All,
Found the site recently and really enjoy it. We have a 1984 Sovereign 28 and are learning seamanship and how to enjoy ourselves sailing. Sailfar is a big help when you feel dazed and confused.
Welcome aboard, Ken!
Tell us where you sail your Sovereign 28.
Thanks Bob,
So far our range has been limited to the Fort Myers, FL area between Naples and Boca Grande. Hope to progressively extend our sailing/cruising further as we gain experience. Would like to spend time in the Bahamas next year.
I'd also like to extend a "welcome aboard," Ken. Have some grog. :)
Welcome aboard Ken. Can you tell us a bit more about the sovereign 28?
Welcome KenR - I sail out of Port Charlotte, Fl. It is a really easy trip to the Keys and waiting for a good weather wilndow to cross to the Bahamas makes it an easy but boring trip as well.
If you can take a longer trip go down to Everglades City. Try to go in with the tide.
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome.
We really enjoy our Sovereign 28, "Blown Away". Center cockpit, shoal draft with a narrow beam - honestly had never even heard of a Sovereign when we started looking for our first boat at the end of 2005. But once we saw her, there was no question that she was the one. It has been very difficult to find out anything on this model.
Lynx, thanks for the info. We are indeed planing to go everywhere we possibly can. Everglades City is certainly one destination on our list as well. BTW we took our 3 day sailing course out of Burnt Store Marina right before finding our sailboat.
Welcome aboard, Ken, have another Grog from me. :)
My name is Bob ("Doc" Bob) and I own a 26' Chrysler sailboat named "Crysta" I sail, with my 1st mate Christine (wife), around the Great Lakes calling AuGres MI, located on the west shore of Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron, my home port. I stumbled on the site by accident and found it fascinating and full of helpful information, I look forward to participating and contributing with the community.
See ya's around
"Doc" Bob
Welcome aboard, Doc Bob. Feel free to post some pics in the gallery. We like pics. ;)
Have a glass of grog.
Good to have ya aboard. I learned to sail on Lake Huron out of Port Franks and Bayfield (ontario side). My 1st ever 'big' adventure was crossing over to Sanilac (sp?) and Lexington in a 21fter. Hope you post pics and add some stories... Lake Huron is full of great sailing spots.
Welcome! I have a Cape Dory 28 at Bay Harbor in Bay City. At the moment she is on the hard and I am on the road. I've got some work to do yet, but ran low on cash. I'm in Arkansas this afternoon hauling slit paper to Texas. I am driving a truck until next spring to support my boat habit. :o)
I love the area up there! I moved from South Bend, IN when I bought the boat. I agree with Smollett pics are great!
TrT
Randy & Bev Bates here in Austin,Tx.
We sail a Cape Dory 25D #161 "Seraph" which came to me with a gooseneck trailer. I love the freedom to haul my own.
I've been sailing for 28 years. I've owned a Cardinal 13, San Juan21, Buccaneer 27. I currently own a Hobie16, a Hobie Holder Hawk 10 (soon to be grandson's first sailboat), and of course my Cape Dory.
We currently sail Lake Travis as we live and I work in Austin, Tx. My wife's a retired teacher.
In 2 yrs 2months and 16 days all will change as I retire and get Seraph to the Texas coast and beyond.
I really like this site. It's so refreshing to hear of folks sailing and cruising in small boats. I just can't relate to folks who need the largest they can afford. Nor have any interest in "boats big enough for a washer and dryer".
Happy sailing
HI Randy and Bev-
Welcome to Sailfar. :D Where do you plan to take Seraph first in two years' time???
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on September 11, 2007, 03:56:42 PM
HI Randy and Bev-
Welcome to Sailfar. :D Where do you plan to take Seraph first in two years' time???
Thank you for the welcome.
We'll most likely trailer Seraph to the Rockport/Port Aransas area first as it's where we have knowledge. From there most likely up the coast or then again maybe down. We'll be feeling our way and taking it slowly. I want to let my wife get a little more comfortable with the ocean and find a GOOD solution for seasickness.
In my experience, the best non-prescription method of preventing seasickness is ginger—I usually carry ginger snap cookies, ginger candy, and ginger ale aboard. :D If you have someone that needs something much stronger, then you might want to look at Zofran, which is one of the strongest anti-nasuea medications there is available, and it has fairly mild side effects IIRC.
howdy Randy and Bev. Laura and I sail Matagorda bay, keeping our Meridian in Port Lavaca. A really nice relatively short offshore hop is Port A to Matagorda, or reverse. But beware the Matagorda Jetties in wind against tide situation- they don't call the outside there "the washing machine" for nothing ;D Took a 37 foot Cherubini through there heading for Galveston a couple months ago and we stuffed her bow three times heading out inside the jetties :o.
Laura is on a single hand cruise as I type this and is anchored off Mud Island just north of Port A today- or was planning to be anyway.
Welcome Randy and Bev,
It is always good to hear from other small boat sailors. I look forward to hearing about your preparations and adventures.
Thanks for the replies.
AdriftAtSea:
We've tried ginger. We'll see about the stronger drugs. Problem with most we've tried are the side affects.
CharlieJ:
Matagorda Bay will definetly be one our planned stops. We'll just have to exhaust all of the PA attractions first. Isn't Mud Island a nice anchoring spot. We also like Lindia Ann Channel for it's proximity to St Joseph Island's back side.
Your boat is an Alberg design, correct?
BobW;
Thanks for the welcome. Our preparations so far have centered around modifying Seraph to meet our needs a tad better. Things like getting rid of the companion way ladder and building steps on the engine hatch cover to open up access to the galley area. And lots of canvas work. we purchased a Sailrite machine and it's been simply wonderful in allowing us to create sun shades and covers.
Our main use of Seraph has been to spend nights anchored in Lake Travis' many coves.
To All:
I've noticed a few 25D owners here. How many are we?
Who's in Texas??
Welcome aboard, yawl! :D
Nice boat you have there! (I might be prejudiced... ;) )(...like Carrots might be orange!)
Re: seasickness - there's an topical herbal oil treatment, MotionEaze, that I keep onboard which has worked for guests the few times I've needed it. Give it a try. :)
ALBERG??? NO no no. I love the Alberg designs, but Tehani was designed by Phillip Rhodes. Built in Holland in 1961, hull #10. He laid in a little more spring to his sheers than Alberg did and I personally think it makes for a better looking boat- slightly better. No bugs on ANY of Alberg's work, for sure- I'd take one in a minute. Personally I am really fond of the Ariel but if we ever decide to move aboard, I'll be searching for a Alberg 30 or something like that.
Can't go wrong with either guy, and there are several others from that time period who really knew how to draw pretty boats. Too bad some of the newer designers have forgotten that a boat should be pretty as well as sail.
;D
Wellio i found this site from the compac owners forum, and read every thread! you guys and gals are greats and im glad to see that more poeple believe that having a giant yatch isnt always the way, seeing that i have a compac 23, I am about to sail and live in the bahamas, any thoughts? any who im a brand new live aboard on merritt island, anyone near there? thats where ill be. retired at 25 and loving it!!!
Welcome to sailfar. :D Congratulations.
Quote from: CharlieJ on September 12, 2007, 11:43:11 AM
ALBERG??? NO no no. I love the Alberg designs, but Tehani was designed by Phillip Rhodes. Built in Holland in 1961, hull #10. He laid in a little more spring to his sheers than Alberg did and I personally think it makes for a better looking boat- slightly better. No bugs on ANY of Alberg's work, for sure- I'd take one in a minute. Personally I am really fond of the Ariel but if we ever decide to move aboard, I'll be searching for a Alberg 30 or something like that.
Can't go wrong with either guy, and there are several others from that time period who really knew how to draw pretty boats. Too bad some of the newer designers have forgotten that a boat should be pretty as well as sail.
Ah, Mr. Rhodes. He did draw some nice lines for sure. AND boats built for the water NOT the dock, as did Mr. Alberg.
Quote from: CapnK on September 12, 2007, 10:35:24 AM
Welcome aboard, yawl! :D
Nice boat you have there! (I might be prejudiced... ;) )(...like Carrots might be orange!)
Re: seasickness - there's an topical herbal oil treatment, MotionEaze, that I keep onboard which has worked for guests the few times I've needed it. Give it a try. :)
Thanks and Ariels are nice indeed. So, no you aren't prejudiced, just correct.
Thanks for the remedy. Will it work even AFTER you start to get queasy ?
I made an enquiry on a Cruiser net about folks sailing/cruising in small boats and one of the folks sent this link.
Quote from: rtbates on September 11, 2007, 02:31:51 PM
Randy & Bev Bates here in Austin,Tx.
We sail a Cape Dory 25D #161 "Seraph" ...
Welcome to SailFar.net!
Are you the person who I replied to on the Cruisers Forum with the CD 25D? If so, I am glad you made it.... well, I am glad you made it however you made it... ;D
Thank you happy to be aboard ive gained alot of ideas just from reading these posts, ;D
Hey folks,
Can't tell ya exactly where I stumbled across this site,but I do drop in now and again. I have been most interested as of late in the adventures of s/v Faith. I know I'm not alone in wishing I was a bit closer to my cruising dreams.
I sail a 1977 Cape Dory 27. My home waters are on Lake Saint Clair. Approximately 430Sq.mi., it is fed from the North by Lake Huron(via the St.Clair river) and empties into Lake Erie to the South(via the Detroit River)
This is my third season with "Blind Faith" and so far our sailing has been done on Saint Clair mostly,with a couple trips to Lake Erie. Although this is my first "BIG" boat of my own,I grew up in a sailing family. Currently my only permanent crew is Wyatt,a seven year old Australian Shepperd. Really not much help while underway,but I sure can't knock his enthusiasm!
I am planning a few weeks next year in the North Channel of Georgian Bay, and in the not so distant future an extended leave of absence from the everyday grind to try and cool off the wonder lust that drives me crazy.
I was excited to find this site,it kind of has a "Good Old Boat" feel to it. Hope you guys don't mind a new dog trying to learn some old tricks?
FairWinds
-Sandy Davis
1977 CD27 "Blind Faith"
Lk.St.Clair,Mich
Mind?? No way, that's why WE'RE here ;D
Welcome aboard Sandy. A CD 27 is a great boat- another of Carl's hits as a designer..
Welcome aboard Sandy. I love your choice of boats. I learned to sail not too far north of you on Lake Huron out of Port Franks(go figure).Keep dreaming...they DO come true. Post a few pics of your boat when ya get a chance. PS...if you check out Kurt,Craig and others here...this is a doggy fiendly site as well.
Welcome Sandy
So what motor do you have? You need a lot of power to get past that bridge in Port Huron. :P The North Channel is one of my goals, eventually. Probably no better place in the world for cruising.
Sailing a Tanzer 28 out of South Haven, MI on tropical Southern Lake Michigan.
Sandy,
Welcome aboard! My wife (and the greatest First Mate a guy could ask for) hales from the Great Lakes region as well. She comes from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan though, where the Escamos go when they want to experience a cold winter. ;D
Look forward to hearing more from you, glad you are here.
Welcome,
I am glad you decided to participate and not be a lurker. You have a very solid boat that will take you any where you and your furry first mate want to go. I live on the Georgia coast and would like to learn more about where you sail. Dan
Welcome Sandy, and good to hear from you.
Glad to have you here, Sandy!
Woof woof, arf arf arf, {pant} {drool} <- From my CrewDogs to yours. :D
Quote from: CapnK on December 19, 2005, 12:52:39 PM
Introduce yourself in this thread, if you'd like. Tell us who you are, where you sail, what kind of boat owns you, and maybe what your cruising plans are - let's get to know each other. :)
This looks like the place to say hi, SO HI and Happy New Year. Right now our boat is on it's trailer because the water here is solid. I see that this forum has been designed for people with small boats that go long distances. Well I qualify completely with one of them and dream about the other every day. I am a landlocked sailor, where my longest tack (with the prevailing summer SW breeze) is about eight miles. I currently own just two boats, a 1979 Venture 25 and a 1974 Flying Junior. My first mate aka, Pam, and I have been sailing together for 34 years. We became pocket cruisers 10 years ago and love our V-25. She is everything I want in a sailboat and I am convinced that she will serve us on one of my closer long distance dreams. I hope this site will assist me in preparing for fulfillment of my dream.
Pam is finally convinced that a trip to the Apostle Island would be OK and has given me "permission" to plan a trip there this coming season. I am sure that as I prepare myself and my boat I will have many questions. Hopefully, you all will be able to provide some input.
Welcome aboard, Prairie Sailor, both to you and Pam! :D
I hope that the site helps y'all out too - that's what we're supposed to be here for. ;D
Jump on in and join the fun, and Happy New Year to y'all! :)
Welcome to sailfar.net. I'd recommend that you see the Sweetwater Cruising (http://www.sweetwatercruising.com)site, since it deals with the North Channel and Apostle Islands area.
Great Site Great people will check here often
Grog to ya', mate! ;D 8)
Learned to sail on Gray's Lake many decades ago. Where do you sail?
Prairie -
That's a great picture you have for your avatar. :) Grog!
Marc....Keep dreamin ..they do come true!! Lynx posted that you could do the Bahamas on a 16fter....I'd have to agree. 1st dream....but then you have to act. ;) My only regret is waiting so long.
Marc, there is a lady named Noemi (http://www.dcwi.com/~nybarra/Anungoday.html), in Indiana I THINK, who sails an Ensenada 20 that has posted a pic of her boat that looks like she is sailing in a cornfield. Great stuff.
(http://www.dcwi.com/~nybarra/Cornsailing2.JPG)
There is inspiration there in that for mid-west sailors, I think. Keep dreamin' the dream. And grog to ya, mate.
I too have sailed Grays Lake, live just ten minutes from there. I learned to sail on a lake in central Nebraska (Sherman Reservoir). It was on a celebrity at the wee age of 10, then bought my own little "Stardancer"; then mved to a force 5, that was a lot of fun. Taught small boat sailing merit badge at camp augustine for 3 summers. Sold my boat and went into the Navy. While in Norfolk I fell for the big boats, 20' plus. Did some sailing on the Chesapeke and Atlantic in Catalinas, Balboa and a lietenant had a ensanada that was just beuatiful. That was years a go! I now sail in big creek, saylorville and redrock, I want to make red rock my "home port" after I finish restoring my '73 venture 242.
Quote from: Marc on January 04, 2008, 06:28:33 AM
I too have sailed Grays Lake, live just ten minutes from there. I now sail in big creek, saylorville and redrock, I want to make red rock my "home port" after I finish restoring my '73 venture 242.
Have you been over on the TSBB? I think we have "talked" before. We really should get together some time to swap sea stories
Prairie Sailor, Yes i travel both sites. TSBB and here, trying to get all the info that I can, that sounds like a plan to get together and swap sea stories. You must live close by. Marc
I live in Boone and work in the East Village. I have sailed Big Creek since the first year I believe.
Hi Marc,
Welcome to the site. My wife Sandy and I live up in Decorah, Iowa and sail near LaCrosse, Ws. Small world , is it not?
Fair winds and full sails
Pappy Jack
Nice to meet you Pappy Jack, yes it is a small world
Hello Marc-
I've been to Britt and Des Moines... when I used to live in Missouri. Your neck of the woods is a bit far from me now, since I moved back to New England. Gotta have an ocean. :)
I hear you on that gotta have an ocean part, I have mentioned to my wife Suzie several times but she won't go, my daughter I think would go in a heartbeat.
Hey all!
Just signed up today for the forum. We're in the process of buying a little Liberty 28 Cutter after being boatless for a couple of years. We used to live down in the Florida Keys and had a Baba 30 that we took up the ICW to the Chesapeake. We ended up selling the boat and our home in Key Largo and moving up here to Wisconsin to be closer to my wifes family. However, I started flipping out at the thought of not having another boat and, hence, our next boat is on the horizon. We're going to have her shipped down to Florida where we can splash it in fall and avoid these high latitude winters!!!
Anyways, love little boats and the cruising life. In the mean time I'm leaving tomorrow to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with my older son! I think I was born a couple centuries too late. I would have loved to have joined Darwin on the Beagle (I'm a retired Marine Biologist). Ah well, there still be dragons out there, I hope!!
Cheers ;D
Welcome to sailfar.net. :)
Have a safe flight to Africa, and please do post photos and such when you get back.
Welcome to the forum! This is a friendly bunch of people with a common 'minimalist' philosophy re. boats. Are you the same guy who wanted input on the Liberty 28 on another forum?
Yes, I posted some info requests on the SSCA board. We joined the SSCA again after a two year hiatus. The "minimalst" comment is appreciated. I was reading Thoreau (and Emerson) back in the sixties when I was a very young man. His "simplify, simplify" comment hit a chord with me that I've never forgotten. The small cruising sailboats, for myself, are the epitome of adventure, self-reliance, and simplicity. I find myself at odds with the general public concerning lifestyle, but I've also learned not to expect too much from the general public.
Anyways, I'm killing time here on the computer before I can do my electronic check-in for tomorrows flight. I've been working out at the YMCA in anticipation of the trip and to keep in shape for any future adventures that may come my way. I look forward to participating in the Sailfar forum.
Adios!
Quote from: liberty28 on January 11, 2008, 10:01:41 AM
I was reading Thoreau (and Emerson) back in the sixties when I was a very young man. His "simplify, simplify" comment hit a chord with me that I've never forgotten... I find myself at odds with the general public concerning lifestyle...
You'll fit in here juuuusst fine. ;)
Best wishes on your climb. I'd like to hear all about it when your return (I did some climbing YEARS ago).
Welcome aboard, Liberty! Grog to ya! :) I agree that it sounds like you'll fit right in here, lol. :)
Have a good trip, we'll look forward to hearing from you after you return from your successful summit bid! ;D
I did my Thoreau- Walden Pond myself in my late teens. My copy of that book is literally falling to pieces. I have been reading it a couple of times since then. (I am 50 y o by now) I did some minimalist travelling on land those days, dreaming of that circumnavigation...
Then the stream of life took me in other directions, but I am closer than ever to take off by now. Six months from now I'll be underway. The only thing worrying me right now is the US subprime house loan crisis, if it spreads to Europe it will probably be difficult to sell the house... :-( ... just imagine to be 'imprisoned' in your own house, just because you can't g :-[et a decent price.... :-\
Quote from: maxiSwede on January 11, 2008, 11:10:54 AMThen the stream of life took me in other directions, but I am closer than ever to take off by now. Six months from now I'll be underway.
Woot!!! :D Grog! ;D
Found the board from a Trailer Sailor link aRetiredbout Heather and been lerking for the last couple of weeks. Interesting stuff gets posted here. Bit about myself. Retired Navy Master Chief. Retired 36 years ago the 3rd of this month. Looking back, that 20 years was the best of my life and my best friends all came from that era....I have always had boats but didn't get into sailing until 6 years ago. I have a Balboa 26, a Pearson 28 and a Pearson Triton. The Pearson 28 was not built by Pearson according to Bill Shaw. The Triton is one of the 2 (of 707) that were built with an extra 1500 pounds of lead in the keel for the San Francisco Bay and weighs 9660 basically empty (maybe a couple hundred pounds extra) on a scales. She carries 64 gal of water in the keel tank and I built and installed 20 gal fresh water tank just forward of the bulkhead under the V-berth stbd side and a 20 gal holding tank same place port side. She is berthed in Berkeley CA and I live in Salt Lake City. The other two are taking up parking space in my driveway. I suppose, like most of you, I'm trying (keep loosing crew) to get out and go sailing and it's one thing after another that keeps me from heading out. At my age, I'm not looking for the pleasure of getting the stuff knocked out of me so I won't be single handing and I still do enjoy female company. Next current date for leaving (for Mexico) is the first of March. I have (exempting the stuff that always comes up) one more upgrade and we're ready to go....got to install a solar panel. I had a wind generator but it flew away in about 55 knots of wind. I'll be able to take the solar panel down and stow it below so it shouldn't blow away. I won't be putting a wind machine back on a a grand a throw....Oh by the way I frequently get a bit obnoxious (as CJ can tell you) and Triton headroom is 6'2".....TJim
Welcome Jim, Anonymous no longer ;) I am willing to come down and day crew, (but I ain't going to Mexico ;D)
Tim
Quote from: TJim on January 12, 2008, 09:25:42 AM
...Oh by the way I frequently get a bit obnoxious (as CJ can tell you)
;D Now com'on Jim- you aren't THAT bad- there are many on there who are worse ;D
Welcome to Sailfar.
Welcome aboard Jim.
Charlie is right, there are many more who are much more obnoxious than you! :D
Yeah I know, the liberals....See what I mean!
Welcome aboard to S/V "Artful Dodger" and her cap'n Patrick , who sent us this picture when he joined. :) I know how y'all like pictures. :D
(Patrick - I cropped it a bit. :) )
QuoteAt Present I'm a new sailor, this now being four years, since I bought my boat a 33 Morgan O/I, I sailed out of Ottawa the Nepean Yacht club, but on September one left there sailed out the St Lawrence, to Halifax the first year then on to Newfoundland now being just over a year. My plans are to leave Newfoundland in July of 2009 and head out sailing over oceans to where ever. It is also my hope to join such sights as yours and better increase my knowledge of what is out there for me to face, as well interact with other sailors. I am living aboard my boat even now in the winter and have been since leaving Ottawa. My boats name is the Artful Dodger, which she earned.
Patric Collins
S/V The Artful Dodger
Sounds like you're havin fun already Patrick.Keep us posted with your adventures (misadventures too) I'm from 'just up da valley' in Pembroke.Welcome.
Found this site when I visited Heather Neil's site, and so far just reading some of the comments think I'm going to enjoy hanging out here. I'm a new sailor of just four years and been living aboard since 2005, out of Ottawa, Canada. Left September 01/2005 sailed out the St Lawrence, and have been sailing the Eact coast of Canada to gain some sea legs, at present in St. John's Newfoundland, tided up the a brewery in the Quidi Vidi Gut.
The Artful Dodger
Welcome aboard SailFar! Have some grog.
What kind of boat you sailing?
Welcome to Sailfar.net. What kind of boat do you have?
I own a 1974 33 Morgan O/I, purchased her from a fellow who had her stored on the hard for 11 years beside his house. Bought her in April 2004, then launched her in May, with no engine, as was rebuilding the Atomic bomb ( Atomic 4 ). Was an interesting season learning how to sail and as well figure out to handle the boat, hence came the name The Artful Dodger as it was quite a year of dodging. Put her in a warehouse for the winter of 2004 - 2005 and completely refurbished her to the tune of 90,000.
Patric note on (K)
The Artful Dodger
I noticed someone had posted a link to my old website for the Newport 20 called the Hard Knots, and my new boat, the Paceship Eastwind, The William Bligh. I've had to postpone my voyage for a few months due to cracks that were found just minutes from launch in Portland, Maine on Wednesday.
The site looks great, I'm going to explore it now.
Robin
Welcome aboard!
Welcome to Sailfar.net Robin. What kind of cracks did you find?? Where were you planning on voyaging to?
Welcome aboard, Robin, and a free Grog to you. I looked at your site(s) a bit last night. I watched part of the cat bath battle, too, lol. Will have to go back and read your longer stories.
Feel free to post the links to your site, if you'd like. :)
Welcome aboard Robin. I read ( and commented) your previous thread about the Hard Knots attempt. Sorry that didn't work out. LOTS of small boat experience on this board- good luck on the next voyage.
Have been watching this site for activities and haven't seen very much, might I ask of the history of this site and what are the main goals. Was wondering is there a count as to the number of members thus far and their world positions.
S/V The Artful Dodger
CapnK started this site about two years ago. It's dedicated to the art and science of sailing long distances in small boats... which you might have guessed from the masthead logo on the website. :) Most of the boats discussed on this site are <30' LOA, and a fair number are <20' LOA... There are a few odd ones out that are >30' but the idea of sailfar.net is more a mindset and a philosophy than it is a limitation of the boat size.
As I said on a previous thread, for a giant, a 60' boat may very well be a small boat, and for a lilliputian, 5' might be too big. :) Of course, we're not quite so diverse a bunch.
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 26, 2008, 01:29:41 PM
There are a few odd ones out that are >30' but the idea of sailfar.net is more a mindset and a philosophy than it is a limitation of the boat size.
That would include me. Definitely odd.
Yeah, that's how I found the site.. still haven't had time to really check it out, but I hope to do so tonight.
Thanks,
Robin
Quote from: CharlieJ on January 26, 2008, 10:11:56 AM
Welcome aboard Robin. I read ( and commented) your previous thread about the Hard Knots attempt. Sorry that didn't work out. LOTS of small boat experience on this board- good luck on the next voyage.
They were in the spreader mounts.. I'll see if I can add a pic to this post.. I think this might have been the only thing on the vessel I missed... there were so many other broken items. I will be sailing to Bermuda later this year when I can pay for everything and have the money to take off three months from work. :)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/Robinsvoyage/CRACKEDSPREADER2.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/Robinsvoyage/CRACKEDSPREADER1.jpg)
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 26, 2008, 08:31:15 AM
Welcome to Sailfar.net Robin. What kind of cracks did you find?? Where were you planning on voyaging to?
You know I got death threats regarding that "cat bath" video. LOL
Robin
Quote from: CapnK on January 26, 2008, 09:07:31 AM
Welcome aboard, Robin, and a free Grog to you. I looked at your site(s) a bit last night. I watched part of the cat bath battle, too, lol. Will have to go back and read your longer stories.
Feel free to post the links to your site, if you'd like. :)
I've had a chance to look around the site and I really, really like it.
It seems that someone is finally taking smaller sailboat's seriously!!!!
Robin
Welcome, I am doing the same but a little less open water. OK, a LOT of less open water. I wish I was sturdy enough to do that much open water. Enjoying it here.
Good winds and fair seas. Lynx
hello out there/in there....
have been lurking for about a month and have really enjoyed reading the various discussions. i sail on lake michigan out of milwaukee. my boat is an alberg 29 which i've had since 2000. prior to that i had a albin vega and befoe that a cape dory typhoon. like most here, i singlehand 90 plus percent of the time and would like to take my boat way over the horizon some day. can't wait for spring. vinegar joe
Welcome vinegarj,
This is a great group, both friendly and helpful with quite a bit of knowledge.
And always nice to have another Alberg design ;)
Tim
Welcome to the S/V Vinegar Joe!
:)
Just a newbie looking in
I'm just a little boater.......and I hide lot.
Welcome aboard, Chef. What kind of boat do you sail? It's not enought to say "little" around here. ;)
I've a wood kit sail boat that I use to learn with. It's 12 feet long, with plywood hull, pine stays.
I did a refinish of the inside and out a few years ago, and I'm going to start doing it again.
Live currently in North east, so it's under the snow right now....
Chef--
Welcome to Sailfar.net. What kind of kit boat is she??
Welcome aboard chef! Are you really? We love talking about food here. Can't sail if you don't eat.
Dave?
It's Arthur....
LOL.............
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 31, 2008, 09:50:23 AM
Chef--
Welcome to Sailfar.net. What kind of kit boat is she??
There is no marking on her except a tattoo 'Lane 40'. There is nothing else anywhere.
I take it you didn't build her then. :)
Quote from: chef on February 01, 2008, 06:36:06 AM
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on January 31, 2008, 09:50:23 AM
Chef--
Welcome to Sailfar.net. What kind of kit boat is she??
There is no marking on her except a tattoo 'Lane 40'. There is nothing else anywhere.
Quote from: chef on February 01, 2008, 06:35:19 AM
It's Arthur....
Welcome Arthur! Good to see you here. Can we see pictures of your little boat?
Welcome, I like gunkholes as well. There is an art to it that is well shared on this board.
As soon as the snow is off it....
Hi all.
I came across Sailfar.Net via a posting on cruisersforum.com.
Whilst they have some useful info/discussions, the folk I would consider the 'real world' posters on there seem more often than not downtrodden by the abundance of the big buck bigmouths.
Hopefully, from what I've read so far, this site looks mainly populated by 'real' people and is more in line with my small and simple outlook.
Hope I've not already offended anyone... ;) ;) ;)
Steve
;) Welcome aboard Steve. You'll find the folks here pretty difficult to offend. Takes some work to do it.
I looked at your profile but didn't see anything on your boat or area. Where is ya and what boat are you owned by?
Second Charlies comments....Sounds like this is where you belong...
Ditto,
Welcome Steve
"Small Boats and Small Egos Sail Far"
Thanks for the welcome.
I'm UK East Coast based (the cold North Sea) and will use 2008 to refit my latest sailboat (and one of the shortlist I've always fancied), a Kingfisher K20+. I believe in low cost trial and error so the bermudan rig may well change and if it doesn't work, I'll try something else.
The K20's... one of those great, tough '60's boats that just keep slowly going, and going, and going... almost wherever you want to point them.
For a little 21' twin-keeler, they have Atlantic crossings, Antartic visits and who knows, they may well have even done the big circle(?).
one ting you'll find here- we wanna see pictures- always wanting pictures. Many of us have gotten some really good ideas from pictures or even something seen in the background, in pictures posted here. Also use the members galleries. Ours is labeled CharlieJ and we are quite proud of the boat.
Quote from: CharlieJ on February 17, 2008, 11:05:10 AM
one ting you'll find here- we wanna see pictures- always wanting pictures. Many of us have gotten some really good ideas from pictures
Good point; pictures really can tell a thousand words.
I've put a couple of Tamboo (as she was advertised) in a new gallery for general interest.
Welcome to sailfar Tamboo. :)
I've read about the kingfishers, and like what I've read.
I found this site by reference by somebody on the Trailer Sailor site. Good bunch there.
I have two cruisers. Toucan is a Liberty 28 that I built from a hull and deck, and which I've had as far as Grenada during a 13 month cruise in 1996-97. Easily the coolest thing I've ever done, followed by a 900 mile loaded bicycle tour around the South Island of New Zealand in 1993. I've also lived aboard her for almost 30 years up until last June, when my mom had a stroke. Now she is my brother's back yard on stands so that I can care for mom.
The other cruiser, and my current link to sanity, is Nano. She is an 8ft dink that has covered sleeping for one, a one burner stove, and an oven. She has a 5in cowl vent forward of the mast set up in a Dorade arrangement for ventilation when the canopy is up. The rig is off a Dyer 10 that I had a couple of decades ago. This makes her considerably over rigged, so I put two reef points. Flotation is provided by large pool noodles lashed to the outside of the guwale and a large Watershed dry bag. She is the consummate gunkholer.
The next foray with Nano will be in a few weeks. I plan to leave Flamingo and sail across the Bay of Florida to Marathon and back. But I'm really looking forward to the B.E.E.R. in June.
Howdy Stuart- Welcome aboard.
Your cruises in Nano DEFINITELY fit the LDSB criteria
Folks- here's a shot of Nano at anchor, set up for overnighting aboard.
Welcome aboard,
Looking out after your mom, eh? Well, good on ya and a ration of grog for being a good son! I know what it's like. My wife and I are taking care of her father(alzheimers) for the last year and a half. We hope that she recovers and comes back to her old self.
Fair winds and full sails,
Pappy Jack
Toucan/Pappy--
Being a caregiver can be a really hard thing... it is a labor of love. Grog to you both.
Hi Stuart -
Grog! Glad to have you and Nano here!
(BTW - I think you now have the "sailFar Smallest Cruising Boat" record. But - you're used to that, I guess... ;D )
Welcome to all the new members!
Glad to have you on our little press gang aboard! ;D
hI Capn ...New to this site.I trying to figure way to post.Im also new to sailing and just trying to hook up with some guys that may help me find the rigth boat at the rigth time..hawkster
Gooday Gents and Ladies- Grog to you all ! Now if I could just figure out how to give it to you (more on that later)
My name is Mark, I'm a doctor in real life but play a sailor on the water. ::) I found this site by buying a Com-Pac and then joining the owners site- this one seems to be connected in some way. ;D
Just remember when you see my posts that:
My normal environment is the hospital, so sometimes I say things that don't quite match up with the mariner language...but I have sailed enough to know where my heart is, and I will circumnavigate someday.
I can tell the storm direction and face it with the best of them, but sometimes I can't navigate a website...like I can't find the grog button on my screen. ( I wonder if it because I use Ubuntu for a OS, and maybe it doesn't support it?)
But enough of that- I am just happy to talk to you all! Your a great bunch, and you have helped me with my sailing already.
BTW, I sail my Com-Pac out of the Great Salt Lake, and will gladly meet anyone at my marina for a sail in water twice as salty as the ocean!
All the best,
Newt
Ahoy Newt!
The grog button (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=1111.0) is a deceptively dangerous little bit, located to the port side of your screen under a user's name... I just gave your's a toggle... hope you are not on call.... ;D to give them out just click 'grog' (or lashes) under the member's name PRN..... ;D
Glad to have you aboard!
... on edit... the reason you probably could not see it was that youwere looking at the screen next to your ownname... Can't self administer grog... sound familiar? :o ;D :D ;) :) ;) :D ;D
Ahoy Faith!
I really think I don't see it, everything around the user name gets me into their profile or it is a button to send them a private message. Thank you for the Grog my friend, I am humbled by your well wishes. I guess this is like troubleshooting the nav lights- at night while their not working.... ;D
I really don't care as long as we are sailing...
BTW- call is tomorrow, then next day is sailing PRN.
Newt,
If you look at Faith's username, do you not see two little links right under where it shows his "karrrrrma"?
Is this what you see?
(http://sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10005/sf_grog.png)
Using Ubuntu should not matter. Quite a few of us are running Linux.
fascinating...(to quote Spock)
No all I see is his name, then stars, then Karma then directly underneath it the little online thingy. And it is the same in the Com-Pac owners group too. Your cut and paste with the "grog" and "Lashes" is not on my screen but it is on the small example that you put on your message.
That is wild... I wonder if I have to download something for this to work. Thanks for the effort, but maybe its just my old OS.. I am running Edgy. I have nodiced others with the same question, maybe a few of us were just born to lurk :o
This does have a good side- you can abuse me all you want and I can't vote back! Ha!
Quote from: newt on April 21, 2008, 11:36:42 PM
No all I see is his name, then stars, then Karma then directly underneath it the little online thingy. And it is the same in the Com-Pac owners group too. Your cut and paste with the "grog" and "Lashes" is not on my screen but it is on the small example that you put on your message.
That is wild... I wonder if I have to download something for this to work.
You should not have to download anything, but do you by any chance have javascript disabled in your browser? That link (and some others on the site) require js to work properly.
At least that's my best guess at this point.
Quote
Thanks for the effort, but maybe its just my old OS.. I am running Edgy.
Really, that should be fine. I won't embarrass myself and mention some of the Even Older OS's I've used with SailFar. It's all just web stuff - html, css and javascript. Anything produced in the last 8-10 years should work, and Edgy is newer than that.
Edit: No, it's not javascript. I just disabled js on my end and grog link worked fine.
I wonder how come we haven't met? That's closer to 4 times as much salt as the ocean...Makes GSL sailers pretty much the saltiest sailors on earth....In fact it sez that on the back of my Yacht club card.....Right now I don't have a boat in the water in GSL but my Triton is in Berekely ready to go and I'll be there for a couple of weeks starting next Monday....Gonna do the Vallejo sail-in overnite BBQ/drunk. At the marinia I hang out on K dock most of the time and am known as Tequila Jim.
I drive a little white Ford Ranger that sez on the back something to the effect that I would rather have a daughter working in a Nevada cathouse than a son playing for BYU... Go Utes..... Hey Texas, how bout them Jazz.....TJim
Hi Jim,
I think we have met, along time ago I came over and gawked at your Triton while you were fixing it up when it was on the hard. I think you gave me an old nautical chart of the Great Salt Lake, which I still have. I just have my boat up at Antelope Island Marina, where my 2 foot 3 inch draft works. Plus, I am not much of a party animal, which makes Antelope Island with the wind and the no people work even better for me.
(for those just listening in Jim's marina and mine are about 35nm apart)
Newt
Guess what!
I got on my work computer and the grog and lashes thing works now! I can't wait to get home to see if it works there too. And to all of you that have been so patient with me- Grog to you all!
Newt ;D
Relatively new member checking in. I'd sworn off forums as I've found most to contain a clique of 'royalty' that tend to be condescending and even berate new fantastic dreamers. Sailfar however seems to project a humble and helpful attitude which I hope to be a part of.
About 7 months ago I bought a Yankee 30 which I'm refitting for a cruise from the Pacific NW to the Sea of Cortez, Central America, S. Pacific and hopefully beyond. I've been sailing 3-5 times a week and hard at work ticking off the projects, some of which include:
repaired about 14-16 blisters, bottom paint/zincs, did a temporary drill and fill of wet deck, cutless bearing, new shaft, toerail fix, running rigging, mast partner, re backed all stanchions and deck hardware, spinnaker pole track, mainsail track repair, rudder post bearing install, rig tune, etc.
I've done all work myself as I'm on a small budget. The previous list is only a drop in the bucket of what I've done and have left to do. I hope to be able to gain some knowledge from all of you and give back what I can from my own experiences.
Thanks.
Welcome Aboard WF,
This is one of the friendliest most helpful crowds I have ever fell in with. As the PNW is a favorite of mine, I would love to here more about your boat and cruising, perhaps some pictures too.
Tim
Thanks Tim. I'll happily share what I can and add pictures.
I'm originally from the South - NOLA and the sailing here is fantastic, I love the Puget Sound, at least in the winter - sailing conditions are ideal. Only been here since last summer.
WF,
We sailed down the West Coast and are now in the Sea of Cortez. Be careful, we planned to spend 3 months in Mexico. We are at 4 years and will be heading to the mainland soon. Have not made it there YET!
The Sea of Cortez is WONDERFUL!
Greg
Quote from: WF on May 01, 2008, 05:28:15 PM
Relatively new member checking in. I'd sworn off forums as I've found most to contain a clique of 'royalty' that tend to be condescending and even berate new fantastic dreamers. Sailfar however seems to project a humble and helpful attitude which I hope to be a part of. .....
I've been sailing 3-5 times a week and hard at work ticking off the projects........
Outstanding~!
Can't stand to see a man with an empty cup... your first one is on me. ;D
Have had about enough with that crowd you refer to myself... maybe something about the smaller boats, but we do have a pretty good crew here. Glad you found us, look forward to hearing more about your boat and adventures.
D-
I'm allowing at least a year in the Sea of Cortez, no plan other than to unplug from the Matrix. Can't wait to get down there.
BTW- I'm fairly anxious about sailing down the coast, planning on April of '09, the beginning of the weather window. When did you sail down?
I suppose I should also explain my experience. Mainly raced J boats as a kid, hadn't sailed much in 15 years, went through a lot personally and decided to finally act on the 20 year old, ten-year plan of getting a boat and going to explore. My offshore sailing is limited, but I've felt perfectly comfortable in 30+ kts in the Sound, in fact got my boat to 11.1 kts surfing downwind wing and wing with storm jib and single reef(about 40%.) However, I'm trying to practice specific things as I go, such as heaving to, MOB, etc. to attempt to fill out some experience. This summer will be practicing as much anchoring and light wind sailing as possible and will be sailing through the Juan De Fuca Straight and to a random point a couple hundred miles out the Pacific and back to evaluate the boat(& myself.)
Thanks s/v Faith, I never turn down a free drink! Yeah, I've been through a fair amount of heartache in the past, life is too short to be pessimistic and preach to others from the comfort of one's warm chair. I just want to live my life and sail.
Welcome WF.
Do you have any photos of your Yankee 30?? What upcoming projects are you planning for her?
WF,
Welcome to sailFar. You have chosen a very good boat. I think there is some discussion on the ssca website discussion board under boats about your boat. I agree with the other members when they asked for pictures. Dan
WF,
Share your projects & photos!
We only cruised down the coast starting in the San Francisco Bay area. So I can't give you much data from areas further north. You can read our "Position Reports" on our WEB pages for most all of the information we wrote on the areas we have been cruising.
Hope to see you down here soon!
Greg
Welcome aboard, WF! (Grog) Looking forward to hearing more of your adventures.
You may have fallen in with the wrong crowd, though. Mostly, here, you'll just get encouragement to take that "too small" boat "too far"...
...and who knows where that could lead! 8) :o :D
Well, gotta go - I hear my name being paged up on the Lido Deck... ;D
Hey WF hope to here how the west coast sails You are right this is one of the better sites welcome aboard
Thanks for all the replies. I'm attaching a few pics.
The most major project as of yet has been filling the deck with epoxy. I noticed some flex in the deck skin and started drilling some exploratory holes to find the extent. Ended up being about 3-4" by 2or so feet. As per usual the stanchion bases were to blame, well the PO for not keeping on top of them. I picked out all rotten balsa and filled with thickened epoxy. Originally this was a temporary fix, but I have to say that I think I've got a couple of years before I'd have to address it again. I've gotten some other valued opinions and that have agreed. I'll be replacing my teak toe rail with a used aluminum one(scored it for $100!) and I'll evaluate the decks then and may recore those areas.
psyche- Thanks, I think the Yankee is a bit of an obscure boat which helped me get a reasonable deal. So far I LOVE how she sails, although not a typical cruiser, all boats are some type of compromise and I know of at least one that has gone from the US to Australia.
Greg- I'll post more on my projects as I go, and more pictures.
CapnK- Definitely found the RIGHT crowd! People have been sailing all manner of boats all around the world, I'm just another guy with a dream and bit of moxie to make it happen. I really subscribe to the simpler notion of sailing and cruising, in fact I think the Y30 is more than up to the task, I think I am as well, but the fun part is finding out for myself.
sailorflo- Right on, nice to find people who are action-oriented and not too afraid to just get a good boat, fill the sails and get going. Life is short for sure. I'm happy to get a warm reception rather than a litany of reasons why I need a 50' boat and $250,000 to cruise.
Quote from: WF on May 02, 2008, 12:50:21 PMCapnK- ...{snip} the fun part is finding out for myself.
Exactly! ;D
Hey all, Ive been a lurker for quite some time. Just figured it was time to say hello since my own little slice of the pie is coming to fruition!
My name is Nowell. Grew up sailing on various Catalina's (lake mostly). I can recall the time I fell in love with the ocean though. I was standing watch on our old flat bottom on my first deployment to the med (USMC), and seeing the bio-luminescence kicked up. Between the storms and the the beauty, I was hooked.
Anyways, that seed has been growing inside, and now (in my mid 30s) its turned into an obsession. I already live a spartan lifestyle, studio, air mattress, 1 chair, 1 folding table to act as a desk for my computer. Other than that, my clothes. Yup, no TV, no furniture, etc. So I figured, might as well make this happen!
Currently I work in Houston (looking in the Kenmah area for my home port). My boat of choice is a Dana (when I find one that speaks to me). Altho I feel a strong calling from the Westsail, and the Cheoy Lee's (because their lines are just beautiful!).
My plan to sail away is T-5years and counting. My investment accounts are growing really well, and this year I plan to settle on a boat, and move aboard. I will be one of those people that "just does it". I believe that with common sense, a cool head (1st gulf war, Somalia, Kenya), and the desire, I will be fine. If the sea wants me let her take me. I've seen enough bad in this world for many lifetimes, time for some good!
In the meantime, I wanted to say "Hello!" and I know alot of you are in the Texas area, and would be more than willing to help crew, if your willing to teach! I'm also ok with throwing a few back at the local marina (altho limit 2 because, well, my spartan lifestyle warrents it, LOL!)
Thanks for the great site! Fair winds!
Nowell
Welcome Nowell,
Your in good company down there.
Tim
Nowell- Welcome aboard. We're down in Port Lavaca, and we have a good friend in Houston who sails a PSC 25 out of Baytown.
Get in touch and maybe I can hook you tow up. He is always looking for someone to go sailing with him. PM me about it.
Welcome aboard Nowell! I'm also a great admirer of the Dana. If had lot$ of money that would be my boat ;D
Oded
Hi Folks! I am currently land-locked in Wonju Korea working for the US Army as a civilian counselor. My boat is the Hannah Grace, a 1977 Hunter 27 dry docked at Cambridge MD until I get back. I mainly sail the central Chesapeake with a couple of jaunts off-shore. After I get back, repair/relaunch the Hannah and head in some direction (not sure just which right now) perhaps the Caribbean and even farther. I wouldn't mind visiting (sailing) Rio, Casa Blanca, Madagascar, Naples, Singapore, Sidney, etc. I am an old military vet, speak a bit of 5 languages, handy with a tool box and a sense of not wanting to stay in one place too long. I found a link to this site via a living aboard forum.
Welcome DaleG.
:D When do you expect to be back sailing the Hannah Grace??
Welcome Dale,
I am glad you found your way here, this is a great group and will give you plenty to think about until you get back to your boat.
Tim
My current boss begged me to come back to work after I had retired in 2003. I run a one-person center for about 1000 troops and their families due east from Seoul the capital. My Korean-born wife, whom I had separated from, came down with cancer. So after discussion with my adult sons decided to come to Korea to be near her and help get her through the treatment. Long story short, she is cancer free now and recovering. I will be here until December 2009. Then, back to Cambridge and the open water. My sailing buddies want me back as we are a bunch of retired guys with wives/girl friends that don't sail. We help with each other's boats, take turns crewing our various craft, mostly sail as we all get to do something and of course celebrate a successful cruise. My plan is to return to sailing, upgrade to a slightly larger boat and head out to Caribbean and then Europe, Africa, etc. The destination isn't important, the trip itself is the adventure.
I was told about this site by James Baldwin of Atom stoves. I expect to use this site very often as it is very informative.
Thanks, Jerry Gotts
Jerry,
Welcome! I am new to this also. I use this site to remind myself why I am trying to save money for and to do again in a couple of years.
Dale
Welcome Aboard, Banshi! :)
I took a look at your web site - nice job on cleaning up both boats!
Good to see someone who can provide local knowledge around Jacksonville.
I have been lurking for a while and was recently invited to join so.. here I am. Lots of valuable info here and I will need it. I recently took possession of a 1970 Coronado 25.. My first boat, and a real learning experience for me. I am a novice sailor, have taken lessons and am now looking forward to practice, practice, practice. :)
Welcome aboard, Bon. Congrats on the boat. Have some Grog to welcome both of you to SailFar.
Quote from: Bon on June 28, 2008, 12:40:54 PM
I have been lurking for a while and was recently invited to join so.. here I am. Lots of valuable info here and I will need it. I recently took possession of a 1970 Coronado 25.. My first boat, and a real learning experience for me. I am a novice sailor, have taken lessons and am now looking forward to practice, practice, practice. :)
Welcome Bon, Where you located?
Ahoy Bon!
Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy your time here.
the boat will be in Maryland.. I am in Virginia
Hi Bon,
Just remember, the learning curve is steep so take small steps... but it's a blast ::). I learned on a Hobie 16 which is like having a Ferrari in drivers ed :o and as the saying goes, "If I can do it, so can you" ;).
Fair winds,
Pappy Jack
Welcome aboard Bonnie - that's a good stout lil boat ya got there. :)
Hi Bonnie! Glad to see you here. Hope to catch up with you and your boat very soon.
sail fast, dave
thanks for the warm welcome.. I am enjoying reading this site as I await the delivery of my boat. I am certain that I will use this site as a valuable resource.!!
Hey Folks, Just stumbled across this sight.
I have a Spirit 28 on Grand Lake of the Cherokee, in North eastern Oklahoma. Wife and I have been sailing over 20 years in one thing or another mostly inland lakes. I am looking forward to chatting with you all.
Ahoy, and Welcome aboard SailFar!
I could not picture your boat, so I looked and found this picture of 'Duchess' on Spirit28.com (http://spirit28.com/).
(http://spirit28.com/images/1/Duchess.jpg)
Sure looks like a SailFar boat to me... ;D
(http://spirit28.com/images/Scott2.jpg)
Look forward to hearing more about the boat, and your travels / plans.
Welcome Mystic seeker. :)
My name is Dean and I recently bought a Albin Vega on Ebay and have been restoring it for the last two weeks with several more to go.
Welcome Aboard, Dean.
Care to post some pics of your restoration?
Have a Grog, Dean, and Welcome aboard. :)
Hi Dean. Fine boat ya have there.I met a young couple in Bahamas winter of 07 on a beauty that they restored. They were later spotted much further down the Carribean.Have fun
I have been a lurker for quite a while and finally decided to post. I sail a small trailer sailor in NC. One of the things that has really picqued my interest enought to post is The Scoot, even though it is unlikely I will be able to participate. I may be interested in a mini version for warm up in the NC area.
Quote from: OptiMystic on July 23, 2008, 02:45:25 PM
I have been a lurker for quite a while and finally decided to post. I sail a small trailer sailor in NC. One of the things that has really picqued my interest enought to post is The Scoot, even though it is unlikely I will be able to participate. I may be interested in a mini version for warm up in the NC area.
Let me be the first to welcome you in from the cold!
Quote from: OptiMystic on July 23, 2008, 02:45:25 PM
One of the things that has really picqued my interest enought to post is The Scoot, even though it is unlikely I will be able to participate. I may be interested in a mini version for warm up in the NC area.
Welcome aboard SailFar!!
If you are not going to do The Scoot in your own boat, you may do so as crew with someone else. There may be some singlehanding not by choice who would take on a second watch keeper.
Welcome aboard, Opti - have a Grog! :)
;D
I finally found you! (link on sailnet.com)
From what little I have seen, this looks like a wonderful place! People interested in simple sailing as opposed to telling everyone why their bigger boat is better...
I am a long time sailor, started on 470 at a young age, sailed Lightings, Thistles (great communal racing up the Hudson), owned Pierson Ariel, sailed around NYC with family.
I now live full time on my Nordica 30 doublender, oddly named OZ. The name came with the boat, and the more time I am in it, the better it fits....
( I wonder why...) I live in Portland, Maine and sail in Casco Bay with my 3 children.
I am getting the boat ready for sailing far, Europe and South America seems to be beckoning..And I hope to find sensible info and ideas here about how to make it happen.
Welcome aboard, I hope you'll find at least some of what you need here!
And - Have a Grog! ;D
Well I have been lurking around in the shadows for a while and like what I see.
I was turned on to this site when I helped another member when he purchased his "new boat" and I want to thank Polecat for that.
I have a 79 27' Hunter and everyone I run into seem to think that it is only good for lake sailing I tend to disagree. A proper handled sail boat regardless of size is a potential world cruiser, a stink pot is only good as far as the next fuel dock , that said I'm glad to have found this site and look farward to learning and improving my knowledge as I go.
Well --- Welcome aboard Danny. Great to hear from you! Your gonna like this bunch.
Guys - As a friend of the PO of my Renegade, Danny helped me 2 weekends running to get the mast down and load her on a shallow water ramp (not an easy task at all) took us a little more than 3 1/2 hours- with 6 guys working.
and here's a grog to you
jim
Apparently the proper newbie etiquette is to introduce yourself. I like that so here it goes.
I have been sailing on and off my entire life. I started trailer sailing on the lakes and rivers of the South and Midwest with my Dad on his Sun Flower, then his LS-16 and finally his O'day 20 (I think). I took some time off while I was in college but I started keel boat racing and windsurfing when I moved to San Diego. After a 15 year sabbatical I moved to the San Juan Islands and bought my first sailboat. A small one design keel boat called a Bluenose Sloop. For the last three or four years I have obsessively daysailed her without an engine and loved every minute of it. I tended to launch late but always sailed well into the fall. She was a true joy to sail.
(http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/Bleu%20Launch%2001%20Aug%2007/Bleu%20Launch%20-%2019.jpg)
You may have noticed the past tense. After getting married the Bluenose, which had served me well, started to seem a bit small. I also had an itch to spread my wings and sail outside of my normal daysailing area and spend nights and weekends aboard.
But I wanted to continue to sail without an engine so sailing performance was very important. In addition I have a fondness (okay a sickness) for sailboats with a bit of overhang.
Well one thing led to another and one of my crazier ideas met Tim Lackey so I purchase an older Shields class one design
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/wre1962/R2dPFSwvZmI/AAAAAAAABuM/IW6DmN0lazk/s800/2007-08-21%20-%20Bolero%20-%2002.jpg)
and contracted Tim to perform a conversion to convert her to my vision of a sort of modern Knockabout Sloop.
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/wre1962/SJB8U9J6MCI/AAAAAAAAGCo/eyvvuMw1ytw/s800/2008-07-29%20-%20Bolero%20-%2023.jpg)
I am currently awaiting delivery but plan to daysail and weekend her this year. But after that the future is wide open. I really would like to visit the Gulf Islands and the Inside Passage comes highly recommended. And also, since she has a trailer, I just can't seem to get the crazy idea of taking her to the Sea of Cortez or the Caribbean. But those are just crazy thoughts and nobody ever listens to those.
Cheers, Bill
Lopez Island, WA
http://knockaboutsloops.blogspot.com/
http://www.lackeysailing.com/bolero/bolero.htm
Welcome BEAUTIFUL boats!! love your taste. Have fun.
Wow! - Discerning tastes 8)
Very nice boat should be a lot of fun to sail
Howdy!
I found sailFar through Cruisers Forum, it seemed to fit my tastes!
I'm just getting started in this sailing stuff!
Looking for a boat now . . .
Shawn
Hola Folks!
I am a newbie sailor, 32y/o with no money :) I sailed when I was young growing up in FL, mostly on a HobieCat, but nada since then. I have been thinking about world travel/boats for years but it wasn't until about 2 years ago that I realized you don't have to win the Lottery to make it possible.
So for about a year now I've been doing serious research and learning about sailboats and the cruising lifestyle. I have come to the conclusion that the 'go small go now' philosophy is what I'm all about. I have actually been living the lifestyle of a cruiser on land for many years already (traveling for construction jobs/living in a van/construction sites etc...)
I have been reading the various sailing forums over the past six months or so, and have decided that for the most part, they are very discouraging. People have way too much money to spend and they seem to shoot down any boat that isn't the 'perfect' boat.
Which brings me to you guys :)
I found sailfar via google searches, searching for exactly what this site is about, small boats long distances. From what I read here, you guys are my type of crowd and I look forward to joining discussions, and learning as much as I can over the next few years.
Welcome to the board dnice. We are a pretty nice group- just be careful of that dude called CaptK- I hear he drinks a lot ;D ;D ;D ;D
Glad to have you aboard.
;D
Quotethey seem to shoot down any boat that isn't the 'perfect' boat.
Amazing isn't it? I was on another board the other day and some
blowhard poster was explaining to someone exactly why a Norsea 27 was unsuited to cruising, and was pretty much just a daysailor.... then one of our members (Greg of s/v Guenevere (http://www.svguenevere.com) who has cruised with his wife Jill aboard their Norsea 27 since 1996 set the record straight. ;D
Small boat sailing / cruising
is different, and I think the folks who are drawn to it are too. That is why I am glad this place is here. Let me buy you your first grog for the reminder. ;)
On edit; oh yea, like CJ said watch out for Capt
Bligh K
Welcome dnice. I like the way you're thinking.There are LOTS of people out there on adventures sailing budjet boats and seeing a multitude of places.Have fun
Quote from: dnice on August 26, 2008, 07:04:39 PM
I have been reading the various sailing forums over the past six months or so, and have decided that for the most part, they are very discouraging. People have way too much money to spend and they seem to shoot down any boat that isn't the 'perfect' boat.
Which brings me to you guys :)
Welcome. I think you have hit the nail on the head about this place. It's very open and no big egos wandering around........sometimes I think boats are kinda like Dogs, the choice tells you a lot about the owner (not always of course - but often enuf that a stereotype is fulfilled now and again!).
Discouraging? Yeah, that's a good description. Sometimes folk can find it hard to accept that their is often more than one way to skin a cat (different to the way they have discovered / been told?).....and that although more money is usually nice ;D, it is not always the answer to everything.
But I would add that good people and sailors do come in all sorts of boat size - and just because someone has a large boat doesn't mean they do not have a lot of useful knowledge to share......often enuf they started on a smaller boat!
Thanks for the welcome guys
Quote
But I would add that good people and sailors do come in all sorts of boat size - and just because someone has a large boat doesn't mean they do not have a lot of useful knowledge to share......often enuf they started on a smaller boat!
Yeah I agree, I wouldn't judge somebody by the size of their boat or their bank account. And there are plenty of good people and knowledgable sailors out there... even on the other msg boards :)
What I find discouraging on the other boards, is the advice I see so frequently given to noobs like me.
They tend towards
'you need to be a highly experienced skipper to go offshore'
and 'the boat needs to be bulletproof and designed for cruising'
as apposed to
'if you feel comfortable in it, go for it'
or 'the best way to learn is to get out and do it'.
Obviously there is and endless supply of good advice out there, but sometimes its hard to find unless you know what your looking for.
I just feel like alot of people who may be interested in cruising or just buying a sailboat for the first time, happen across a board like that, only to find out that you have to have a $100,000 boat and 10 years of experience before you can take off to distant shores.
But I suppose, if they were serious about it in the first place, then hopefully they are the discerning type and will figure out where they fit in :)
Nice boat, Looks like fun to sail in the Bahamas or south Fl.
I could make this happen and I think you can to.
i registered on your forum because i have a bit of sailing experience. my family owned a 3m, 6m single hull, a 9m catamaran and chartered 8m ELAN boats in Croatia. at the moment i have no boat. Adriatic sea and Beaufort 5 is my experience only.
i'm writing a diploma with the tittle Ships arrival and departure form port (in English :o). of course i visit maritime school, deck cadet but done a bit of maritime engineering too.
here's my plan/ dream ->
to go in USA or at least 1 ocean/ continent away and buy a small boat, sail to Europe or something. live aboard is to me very, very interesting and it can be considered too. so is my plan crazy?
tnx in advance
edit: place the post somewhere else if necessary
Karletto,
Hello and welcome to SailFar!
You asked if your plan was crazy. I think many people here are thought to be crazy for this idea of sailing long distances in small boats. ;D No, I do not think your idea is crazy.
I have spent time in the Adriatic sea also, sadly not aboard my small boat. I have a question about the sentence you wrote;
Quotei'm writing a diploma with the tittle Ships arrival and departure form port
Do I understand that you attend a maritime school now, and that you are writing a paper or report on the arrival and departure from port? Or is this the name of the course of study? Either way it sounds interesting.
I look forward to hearing more about your plans and wish you well.
Welcome aboard!
in maritime school you can choose deck, maritime engineering or both. sometimes there are also electronic officer. there was also communication option/ officer but it was ended couse of modern, easy communication systems.
in the first year exams are the same like: medic, firefighting, math (like overall math) etc
than the exams are not the same.
diploma comes when you successfully passed all exams and practice. you choose a professor and he gives you a tittle. when you successfully passed the diploma you'r a deck officer.
"Ships arrival and departure form port" is not a course.
Ah, ok I think I understand now.
I you are writing a 'thesis' then you will graduate. Very good. My step father was a merchant marine ship captain. I used to ride aboard the ship, and one of my favorite places was the radio room. The position of communications officer becoming less common even back then. The Telex was used much more often then manual methods of communication on the radio.
Here is a 'grog' for you to help with your studies!
Karletto-
Welcome. I think you're in the right spot on the internet for what you want to do. The people here are pretty good eggs, even the ones with the overly large boats. :) I'd recommend you get John Vigor's book, 20 Small Sailboats To Take You Anywhere, to start with.
Greetings guys from Houston. Noobie to cruising but someday dream to singlehand the Caribbean. Prefer Catalina 27, but would settle for 25. I have much, much more homework to do.
Life is too short. I was in Chicago when Pat cashed in and sailed across the world: www.bumfuzzle.com. I still think he's crazy but he did it, and he's still going (wish I had a trust-fund)!!!
I'll go post in the proper place but I need closure on the Pixie Dust story!?! Where is she, what's happening!?!
Some great websites for tracking hurricanes:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/wolfy/
http://www.stormpulse.com/
Welcome aboard, y'all! There is a great crew of people here, you will have fun. :)
I DO have a drinking problem. His name is "Frank", and he's a Canadian, eh? But... that's an old story... in our archives somewhere... ;D
Seriously, though - Looking forward to getting to know y'all better, hearing of your stories and boats and such. :)
Exchanged a couple emails with Connie/Pixie this past week. She is down in the Bahama's, working for a salvage operation on Staniel Sampson Cay, and is loving the life. I don't see her coming back to the States other than for visits for a long time to come.:)
Hello all.
My name is Ben Harris and I'm a sailaholic; whew, glad I got that off my chest first thing.
My wife, son, and I sail a Catalina 27 in Pensacola, FL. We originally named her 'El Santo Salmonete' from a family tale, but folks over the radio always seemed to have a hard time hailing us and would generally call for BenH. Since we never plastered the name on the vessel, we decided to rename her (yep, did the ceremony and all) to 'Monomoy', which is the name of a sloop in our son's favorite book titled 'The Ghost Ship'. We still don't have the name on her, because we keep planning to repaint the topsides and bottom, so we keep putting it off. Soon enough though...
I've been browsing your site off and on for the last couple of months, but for some reason never joined till today. I really enjoy reading all of the postings from everyone and the overall kind spirit that everyone seems to have is really great. I dislike forums where you get the feeling that everyone is a snob and you are afraid to post, because you think you might get jumped on, but I don't get that feeling from this site.
I run the SailingPensacola.com forum and first learned of Sailfar from a posting by Craig of s/v Faith some months ago when he joined my forum.
I'm sorry I took so long to become a member and introduce myself, but now that I am here, I look forward to much more reading and posting.
Fair winds everyone.
Ben
Good to have ya aboard.Whew...'El Santo Salmonete' is a mouthful.I'd pay to hear Capt K saying that 3 times in a row to hail you after a few :o Have fun and welcome.
Welcome aboard BenH. :)
James Baldwin suggested this site.
Welcome aboard!
Quote from: BenH on September 17, 2008, 05:55:04 PM
Hello all.
My name is Ben Harris and I'm a sailaholic; whew, glad I got that off my chest first thing.
You are in good company here Ben. ;)
Glad to have you aboard, and thanks again for the SailingPensacola.com (http://sailingpensacola.com/forum/index.php) Site. It is a great resource for Pensacola Sailors.
Quote from: triton318 on September 17, 2008, 09:42:43 PM
James Baldwin suggested this site.
Welcome Aboard Jay! I picked up Faith in Hayes VA. Pretty area, great place to sail. I will never forget the first time I saw here at a little community marina.... the fog was riding off the water, it was love at first site. ;D
James Baldwin who has the website http://atomvoyages.com/atom/aboutatom.htm
just gave me your website. It has been a dream of mine since I was about 16 to sail around the world bouncing from island to island i'm now 29. I just learned to sail two summers ago and really haven't sailed since then. I'd really like to but the local yacht club is so dang expensive to join I could almost go out and buy a 12 or 13 ft sailboat myself and sail it rather then joining there over priced club. Still I hope to buy a sailboat in about a year and hopfully another year working and saving and fixing the boat up to do my little circumnavigation adventure. I am so amazed of how many people are sailing everywhere on such a small boat. I have been on a allmand 35ft boat and it just felt small on the inside but to do it on a 28ft around the world I just don't know if I could handle being so cramped. I haven't been on alot of boats but I'd say from a 30-a 35ft boat I think would be ideal for me but who knows I haven't been on enough boats to see what is really best for me. I gotta say I really do like the Southern Cross boats I just like the way they look and they just look like they could take a serious beating and just keep going. I think when I buy my boat I will name it Dreamer people always say I am a Dreamer but I do make my Dreams a reality with lots of hard work. So yeah thats about it I better shutup now i'll be typeing forever LOL
Chris
Chris,
Welcome aboard SailFar! Glad you are here, I think that you will find some folks here that are 'Dreamers' too. ;)
QuoteI'd really like to but the local yacht club is so dang expensive to join....
That is a shame. The club we were with in NC was a great place for folks to get the feel for sailing. Sadly, many are just expensive social clubs that have little intrest in helping people get into sailing. I have noticed though, that Sailors (especially small boat Sailors) tend to be a good group. If you hang out around the docks, and have a good attitude (and the right shoes) you can sometimes get onboard peoples boats. Some of the most enjoyable sails I have had were with dockwalkers who I had just met. :)
Where are you located? There may be some people here that could help you look for a boat, or maybe get some time out on the water with.
Glad to have you aboard, and good luck. ;D
Chris-
Welcome to Sailfar.net.
Quote from: s/v Faith on September 20, 2008, 12:52:59 PM
Chris,
Welcome aboard SailFar! Glad you are here, I think that you will find some folks here that are 'Dreamers' too. ;)
QuoteI'd really like to but the local yacht club is so dang expensive to join....
That is a shame. The club we were with in NC was a great place for folks to get the feel for sailing. Sadly, many are just expensive social clubs that have little intrest in helping people get into sailing. I have noticed though, that Sailors (especially small boat Sailors) tend to be a good group. If you hang out around the docks, and have a good attitude (and the right shoes) you can sometimes get onboard peoples boats. Some of the most enjoyable sails I have had were with dockwalkers who I had just met. :)
Where are you located? There may be some people here that could help you look for a boat, or maybe get some time out on the water with.
Glad to have you aboard, and good luck. ;D
I'm in Covington Louisiana the yacht club nearest me in Mandeville LA is like $500.00 dollars inishiation fee then like $100 a month that is way over priced I feel I say I could save up and buy a nice used sunfish for that much maybe a $1000. I'm not so much in it for the socializeing well I am but more in it to want to be a good sailor. If i had kids I think this place would be great to join but where I am in my life right now I don't think it is for me.
Chris
Whew! Tons of intros here! So, intro to me??? I'm addicted and I haven't found a 12 step program I can deal with, so I just keep sailing. :D How sad does that make me? Not very! I'm currently in FL, but boatless! :'( There's a local club with a boat I can sail though, so I get my fix in. When my lotto ticket cashes in (read: after a long winter eating pasta and frozen veggies to save money) I'll be moving aboard the CD22 of my choice to attempt to make my millions from a floating base. I make/repair sails and teach sailing for a living, neither of which are completely stunning in their ability to fund my dreamboat, but both of which are a blast and allow me MUCH time on/near boats. That's what counts! I'm excited to finally find this forum, as I've been bookmarking sites since I first sent money to AOL 13 years ago, and following links like a mad-woman... So how on earth did I miss a forum filled with people who think like I do?!?? SOOOOOOO happy to be here!
Welcome Aboard!
Glad to have you here. It is a little different then the other forums here... unique brand of crazy folks drawn to the idea I guess... ;)
The CD 22 is a great boat, can't go wrong with an Alberg drawn boat... 8) Where in FL are you located? What is the origin of your user's name?
Ok, here is your first grog to enjoy while you answer all the questions.. ;D
Welcome aboard!! Alberg...who's this Alberg guy anyway? And 22ft...now that's silly. ;D Grog to little Albergs and big dreams!! :o
Oh Carl, how do I love thee, let me count the ways... :-) In direct answer to questions, I'm in St Augustine for the moment, I'll be going to the cold, cold north - PA - for the winter. (I know, I have it backwards.) And 'xirii' is a name I made up for a login once when my standard name/initial derivatives had already been taken. I figured x words are uncommon enough and just started adding other letters. Then I learned that it's a form of the Somalian word meaning connection/connected/tied together/related/close... I decided that the next boat will bear the name as well, since it seems like a good thing to be close/connected to one's boat. ;-) It may be shackles sometimes, but it's still a good thing! Thanks for the welcome! Can't wait to get to know you all!
Welcome to sailfar.net Xirii. :) Once you get your CD22, where do you plan to take her. :)
Used to live in Jax and spent a good bit of time in St Augustine. Love that city. Used to sail my trimaran down from Jax Beach offshore and anchor in Salt Run. We'd dinghy over to the Conch Hut for a few drinks then walk across the Bridge of Lions to some place for dinner.
How long do you expect to be in St Augustine this year?
I just registered here after browsing the forums for a couple of days. Two years ago I bought a 1977 Hunter 27 on the cheap with free mooring for as long as I want. Last year I sailed mostly in the Long Island Sound area around Queens and the Bronx. The boat's Yanmar was never reliable enough to do the trip down the East River into New York Harbor until this year. So a month ago we took the trip down the East River and have been keeping the boat on the Jersey side of the Hudson, much closer to where I live, directly across from the Empire State Building.
I've gotten a lot of good tips for fixing up the boat since I've been reading the forum. So I must thank you all in advance.
And now for some pictures. A friend pressured me into going for a short trip through the harbor yesterday, even though we had terrible weather. But we went anyway and got some shots of some familiar places.
The southern tip of Manhattan engulfed in fog. You can see the Brooklyn Bridge to the far right.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/lborchardt/S1050440.jpg)
And my friend who goaded me into the trip saluting Lady Liberty.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/lborchardt/S1050438.jpg)
Cheers,
Lawrence
Welcome Lawrence, I think you will find this a very useful and friendly place. Have a first grog on me for posting pics right away, :)
Tim
Welcome Aboard!
Cool pictures, sounds like a good arrangement. I understand mooring can be quite expensive in that neck of the woods.
QuoteI've gotten a lot of good tips for fixing up the boat since I've been reading the forum. So I must thank you all in advance.
Glad decided to join, look forward to hearing more from you.
Welcome aboard, I think you will find this group a good lot with a lot of info to share. I also have a 27 ft Hunter 79 model, I ve have the boat for several years and am still up grading and cleaning things up as i find time. Lot of people think that a hunter is not much of a boat but any sail boat is a potential world cruiser and a power boat is nothing more that a big payment at the next fuel dock Cheers Danny
Welcome aboard hope the site helps you. What did you have to do to get the engine more reliable? Tell your friend we all enjoyed the pics The salute was on time.
Welcome aboard, Lawrence.
Nice photos--it looks like you had better weather in the NY Harbor area than we had in Boston.
I spent yesterday crewing with a friend in the Boston Harbor Islands Regatta, and my clothes and gear are still drying out. I didn't dare take a camera out in the fog and pouring rain.
--Joe
Salt Run is my stomping grounds. :-) Tons of fun in a Sunfish or the camp Optis. I'll only be here for another week!!! this year, but it's my home base, so I'll be back! :-) I teach summer camps and womens classes for the local sailing club, (and officially for the local ASA school) so I 'have' to be back for summer camps next year, even if I take the winter off to go freeze. It's good to know that the town and our waters make a lasting impression! Though it may be a shocked one the next time you visit. They're talking of regulating anchoring within the city limits by putting in mooring fields. (They call it progress, is it happening everywhere?) so Salt Run may be filled with almost 100 mooring bouys the next time you see us. They want to put in another 100 downtown on either side of the Bridge of Lions too. Sigh. What's sad is that I'm happy about that, as they're down from almost 300 originally proposed moorings.
So how does one deal with loving one's town and yet want to leave it like a burning building? One buys a boat and sails away! I think the CD's are beefy enough to take the beating I'd like to subject a boat to, and the 22 is the smallest of that crew that I'd be willing to live aboard. (Unless someone wants to give me a Flicka ;) I'd bend my brand love for a Flicka.) Small is my second biggest criteria, behind seaworthiness, as I want to be able to do everything I need to do myself. It burns me to the bone to pay someone else to do something easy like paint, so I want to be able to do everything and still have time to enjoy the fact that I have a boat. Smaller = less mandatory maintenance time. And once all that maintenance is 'done' (read: the 10 minutes between projects) I want a boat that can go anywhere. As I'd like to. No specific dreams, other than 'everywhere' ;)
I've been scrounging through all the topics here, it's amazing how much you have all accumulated, so kudos to everyone on this board and I'll definitely be taking advantage of your heads from time to time, so thanks in advance.
Amy
Nice one Lawrence - I'm hopping between Brooklyn and Greenport Long Island - If you're in the vicinity and have time, might be nice to meetup!?
Sailorflo, we had the engine lifted out and the mechanic replaced the governor, which seems to have had some effect. Now it'll start after about 5 turns of the key rather than deciding to take entire days off at a time. But the boat is in rough shape all around, with a leaky joint where the deck meets the hull on the starboard side, which makes sitting on the starboard settee...interesting during rainy weather. The boat was essentially abandoned by the former owner, which was why the yard owner was happy that we would put her back in the water. She was sitting in a yard in City Island that doesn't see too much visiting traffic, so offering us free mooring wasn't too big of a deal for the yard owner.
Nonetheless the boat has been a lot of fun the past two seasons and we have some more in store for it this season. If all goes well tomorrow, we should be taking her from Hoboken down to Sandy Hook, NJ tomorrow to do a little exploring. I'll be a little sad to see her go, but we are looking at some other boats as this season comes to an end. I've introduced my family to some smaller Southern Cross models, which they've found pretty nice. I just don't want to pump so much money into this boat because it won't be able to meet my long-term demands because it has deteriorated with too many years of neglect before we got her. I'm looking for something a little more stable, with a mast going through the cabin, and hopefully less leaks.
Anyway, if you all like pictures, here she is heading towards the Verrazano-Narrows bridge a few days ago.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/lborchardt/S1050420.jpg)
Sounds like you learned alot on that boat, I started on a cal 25 and had big dreams for that boat ,But as time went on I realized that it just would not do as I wanted, She was a fast boat and very sea worthy for a cal 25, But like you it was just not what I was looking for. Ive bought three boats on ebay since, Now since the passing on and generosity of Richard I have the boat of my dreams 37 ft Tartan ,But with that came alot of responsibility (Never thought that I would say this but here it goes) Lots of work just to leave the dock Everything is bigger harder to handle Sails suck when you have to strip them for bad weather then there is the dodger the bimini, and everyother thing that goes with that, Just the engine and generator oil changes are a major job, It takes a whole day just for them two Job's Not to mention the fuel filters bilgepumps shower drain plugging leeks in the portholes and the constant oiling of the interior wood.I could go on there are lots of things . I have to envy the small boaters I'm sure it is not just jump in them and go.But I have owned a couple of 25 fters and sailed themat the drop of a hat, Good luck to you. And a southern Cross is a fine boat, But don't think that there wont be work to be done. Just enjoy it!!!!!
Welcome aboard to all of our new members! I've been serving up the grog. ;D
Amy - Sounds like you have a sailFar attitude already. :) Re: the ASA school in St. Auggie - you know Capt Rick, ex-Sea Tow guy there? He's a good friend of mine from a long ways back. Sold his Morgan OI41 a few months ago, and bought a 25'er (a Bristol, IIRC) he's fixing up in his yard. He might be doing the Scoot with it. I'll be coming down there I think the week after next to visit him (and, of course, the Sailors Exchange...). ;)
Welcome aboard, and Grog to ya, Lawrence! ;D Sounds like the boat + mooring was a really good deal. And you and Danny/jotruk have each other for mutual support/feedback on boat stuff, too, so that's a good thing, too!
I think that nasty weather you and Joe had was here 3 days ago - yuk. First taste of winter, and I didn't like it one bit! >:(
All the boat work in the world is more satisfying than mowing grass, pulling weeds, planting flowers and veggie gardens...etc....etc.....It just feels good to work on your boat!!!! i FORGOT ONE OF THE WORST
...SHOVELING SNOW.....No my snowblower don't help the feeling......TJ
Ahoy Lawrence,
This is my MOST favorite web site in the whole wide world ::) and I'm sure you will get a lode of help and info from it...TJim, you said mouth full there. I live in a condo and I still have to shovel snow. Some how that just doesn't seem fair, does it :'(?
Fair winds and full sails,
Pappy Jack
Rick is awesome! I did a couple of the instructor clinics with him, and been sailing once or twice on ASA boats, we had a great time. Tell him hello/good bye for me when you visit, as I doubt I'll see him before I leave town. (Monday!! So soon!) It's amazing how small the sailing community is!
And in regards to Sailors Exchange.... how does the rest of the world survive without it being a mile down the road? Even Sailorman isn't so convenient to the water. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't walk into Sailors whenever I wanted! ;) Will you be checking a second bag on your flight back? :-)
Quote from: xirii on September 30, 2008, 12:57:53 PM
Will you be checking a second bag on your flight back? :-)
Crossing my fingers that I'll have a stern rail tied to the roof of my car when I go back up I-95... ;D
Hey Lawrence
I'm out on the Island near Babylon, if you want crew or a ride on my boat. You too Nick!
Keep a lookout for a little boat with a red sail in the Harbor this weekend
Cheers,
Peter
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q30/commanderpete/M2.jpg)
this place sure is great I have only replied a few times but i'm in here alot just reading and learning. I to would like to thank everyone here for some of the great post. Thanks
Chris
Hi all ,
I'm matt im from Brisbane Australia im 25 , an apprentice boiler maker . and extremly interested in getting back on the water . I had a 12ft cat a year or 2 back and was hooked on sailing then but due to other hobbies and circumstances could never seem to afford a decent small yacht , although my fasination with sailing has been with me for as long as i can remember .
I'm currently paying off a few debts :( , so early next year some time i will be in the market for a trailerable yacht . my sailing experiences to date are relativly limited but i have family freind with extensive experiencewho has offered to come with me to find the right yacht . and once i purchase one he has also offered to teach me the ropes :) .
I found this website whilst cruising the web for small boat information and stories , This is one of the better sites i have found and the only one i have felt the inclination to join .
G'day, Matt! Welcome aboard, and here's a 'Grog' for you to start off with. :)
You'll have fun here! Sounds like you have a Plan, which is the first step. You'll be sharing boat stories before too much time goes by, I'm sure. :)
Seems like one of the very-small boat circumnavigators was a boiler maker from Oz. Can't recall the name, but he made his own small steel boat, and sailed on around... I read his story from a link someone posted here, somewhere. Maybe someone else will recall it.
The world can always use another sailor. welcome aboard Matt some day |I hope to go to Austrialia |But funds dont allow it at this time. There is lots of information here for you to learn from and if you dont see just ask. everyone here is very helpful.
Hi all, found ya guys through another forum. Iam the proud owner of a Cape Dory 25. Sailing the Delaware bay, Mid atlantic and Chesapeake. Looking forward to being part of your forum
Welcome Roy, A grog to ya! A CD25 is a nice boat, share a picture when you can
Tim
Will do, I just have to resize them.
Hello all,
I'm Kyle, currently residing in New Bern, NC. Working on restoring/upgrading a 1971 Grampian 26. Hoping to get it outfitted well enough for some coastal cruising/weekend sailing in the near future, with dreams of a more seaworthy bluewater boat in the further future. Hope everyone is up to fielding some questions... :)
Matt, Royboats, and Kyle,
Welcome aboard!!!
Kyle,
We used to sail in your neighborhood, great place to be. The Grampian is a great cruising boat too, lots of stowage, and sails well too. Our Capt. Smollet (John) now has his Alberg 30 there in NewBern too.
Matt/Royboats/Kyle
Welcome to the small boat asylum guys...
:) Its nice to find people who believe you can cruise long distances in a boat that doesn't cost $250,000+.
If you haven't checked out James Baldwin's, of Atom fame, list of boats... you should. You can find it here (http://atomvoyages.com/articles/boatlist.htm).
Hi Kyle,
Welcome aboard Sailfar. I sent you a PM with some contact info. Look forward to checking out your boat there in New Bern.
---JR
Hello to everyone on SailFar.
I'm Jim. Found the sight after seeing it recommended by a participant of the Trailer Sailor forum. I've been reading the exchange for about a month, and look forward to joining the community. For me, sailing is not merely a sport or passtime, but a philosophy or state of mind. It's all about the camaraderie.
Grew up on the Chesapeake. Raised on powerboats, but graduated to sail when my wife and I got married. When I proposed, the deal was get the house, basic furniture, then our first sailboat. She went for the deal, became a great sailor, and we've been at it for 45 years. Retired from running ships out of the Gulf Coast in January, and looking forward to sailing again.
Jim,
Welcome aboard SailFar. Glad you found us,
QuoteFor me, sailing is not merely a sport or passtime, but a philosophy or state of mind.
Your first Grog is no me. 8)
Hey all,
Just a (not so) quick introduction. I have been reading and lurking a bit, and decided it was time to post an intro.
I do not have a sail boat, and I live in Halifax NS , hopefully retiring in Sep 2014 (will have my 25 years in the Military then). So, that gives me 6 years to see if I love sailing, learn to sail and as much as possible that goes along with Cruising, buy a boat, outfit it, sell all my worldly poop and cut the lines. After countless hours pouring over yacht world. com and other cruising forums along with several trips to some of the local marinas I have pretty much decided I will not be looking for anything larger than 35' but most likely the 30'-32' range (I really like Endeavour 32's for some reason, even though they apparently are heavier than heck for a 32 footer). If I go any smaller I will be going solo with my Kitty cut in half. My wife is on board to give cruising a shot for at least one full year after retirement before we decide if we can stick it out longer, but I will need to make some sacrifices (as in more stuff on the boat than I need). So for the next couple years it's getting as much time on the water as possible, and a couple charters, then boat buying time.
Oh and I found Sailfar.net from Cruiserforum.com I lurk there a lot, but do not post much because I feel like it is impossible to ask questions without people;
a) reading way too much into the question;
b) hopping up on a soap box; or
c) doing an interrogation of the OP without answering the question in any way shape or form.
For example;
Question: Do you like blue or yellow?
Answer: Well, that's a very vague question, maybe you should get some more experience with colours and then give more options......or;
It all depends on what the colour is for? Blue shades made before 1985 are good but after the colour fades. Yellow is great, but if you want to sail around the world Yellow is out of the question, you must go with my personal favourite "periwinkle".
LOL anyways I am doing an intro and a rant all at once. So, that's it, I found sailfar.net, lurked a while, read some blogs and trip reports, thought it was a cool place where people treat other people like adults and have yet to see a condescending reply (that wasn't clearly in jest).
Great forum BTW.
Welcome to sailfar. Greenman...
There are quite a few good boats in the 30-33' range that you might want to look at. If you're interested in doing any bluewater passages, some of the better, and proven ones are:
Southern Cross 31
Westsail 32
Allied Seawind 32
Hallberg Rassy Monsun 31
Elizabethan 31
Eastward Ho 31
While many of these will be a bit smaller than the Endeavor 31 in terms of space, they're probably a good deal more seaworthy IMHO.
I'd also recommend getting the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell. Read it and then give it to your wife. :)
Quote from: AdriftAtSea on November 13, 2008, 12:49:32 PM
While many of these will be a bit smaller than the Endeavor 31 in terms of space, they're probably a good deal more seaworthy IMHO.
I'd also recommend getting the book Changing Course, by Debra Ann Cantrell. Read it and then give it to your wife. :)
Thanks, I will likely spend an enourmous amount of time looking before I do any buying, I am a bit odd that way. Kinda like a super cautious impulse buyer. I will look for months, research every aspect I possibly can, then once I am satisfied there is no stopping me.
As for the book, got it, read it (a couple times) and my wife is into it now.
Thanks very much.
Shawn
So, Greenman- is that a pre 1985 green? or is it gonna fade?
;D ;D ;D
Welcome aboard
LOL Thanks, you must know what I mean, I pretty much refuse to post on the other boards anymore.
Also, I read Laura's solo trip blog, absolutely fantastic, I printed it off so my wife (also Laura) could read it. She (your Laura) is a very talented writer.
Welcome Aboard Greenman,
Great post;
QuoteOh and I found Sailfar.net from Cruiserforum.com I lurk there a lot, but do not post much because I feel like it is impossible to ask questions without people;
a) reading way too much into the question;
b) hopping up on a soap box; or
c) doing an interrogation of the OP without answering the question in any way shape or form.
For example;
Question: Do you like blue or yellow?
Answer: Well, that's a very vague question, maybe you should get some more experience with colours and then give more options......or;
It all depends on what the colour is for? Blue shades made before 1985 are good but after the colour fades. Yellow is great, but if you want to sail around the world Yellow is out of the question, you must go with my personal favourite "periwinkle".
LOL anyways I am doing an intro and a rant all at once. So, that's it, I found sailfar.net, lurked a while, read some blogs and trip reports, thought it was a cool place where people treat other people like adults and have yet to see a condescending reply (that wasn't clearly in jest).
Great forum BTW.
;D
Your first Grog is on me. ;)
Im Back
Just bought a Freedom 21 in Monmouth Beach NJ
Doing a winter rental in Manasquan NJ
Havent sailed it yet, gotta wait till spring
I lost my way for awhile
Ice
PS No Antarctica This Year
Iceman-
Glad to see you made it back.. :)
Thanks Adrift
Not much to report yet,
but I will post pics soon.
Ice
Iceman-
Look forward to seeing the photos and reading your post. :)
We discovered SF on another forum, and it sounded very interesting. After looking around we were impressed, and here we are.
Myrna and Earl living in Slidell, La., both retired since 2006. Just finished rebuilding house and boat after KATRINA. Have been sailing and boating since 1961, mainly on the Gulf Coast.
Our current boat is "ROSA", a William Atkin cutter. She is @ 35' on deck with a beam of 10' 6" and she draws 5'1".
We are planning a trip to the Keys shortly, and then down to Guanaja, HND, in the spring, or wherever the winds blow.
Welcome Myra and Earl, It is a great bunch here. Maybe post a pic of your boat when you get a chance.
I've been following the Cruiser Forum for a while, but I just discovered SailFar through a recommendation from one of the members. Nice discovery! My wife and I are liveaboards, for the third time, and do not plan to move off the water again. We're too old (chronologically) to do this, but we don't care. We think we've beaten the system. We recently purchased a Bristol 29.9 (1977) and plan to sail it to Florida for winter sailing, so that means summer in The Chesapeake and winters in Florida or somewhere that's usually warm.
I'm looking forward to many pleasant discussions on SailFar.
BoatTed
Welcome Ted, Yes this place is a little different than the Cruiser Forum. Friendly and helpful without all the chatter :)
Welcome Ted, we are new here too! We also are trying to get to FL really soon as it is turning cool here now. This seem like a more lay back site than Cruisers forum to us too.
Thanks for the welcome! It has turned cold here, and they are even talking about snow tonight. Most unusual. We are planning to leave next Tuesday by wheels to check out various marinas further south. We'll be gone for three weeks and hope to find one in Florida that will be good for our Bristol 29.9. Hopefully it will be warmer there.
I thank El Google for my finding this site !!
Jusst wanted to say hello!! to all ..
I am a Canadian male ,
I have plenty of wrinkles on the outside,
but still a kid inside I think.
I am presently in mid-planning to buy my first 27-28 ft solo cruiser
(within the next few months, and planning a looong cruise)
Presently I am seeing my most difficult item is trying to figure out how
in heck to handle the 'onward-ticket' timing thing... It seems really hard to
get that in hand.
BUT once again, HI to all and glad to be a member,
seems like a fun site.. I' m probably posting from the wrong area ..
apologies if so.. someone point me please .. ::)
Wally ..
Welcome Wally, Sure seems like the right area to post an Ahoy to me :)
Glad you found your way here, I am sure you find it a helpful place.
Welcome Wally and all the other recent new-comers! Great to have the fresh influx of ideas and voices. I remember when I too started researching online. All the typical SailNet, CruiserForums, etc. When I found this little gem, it was all over.
Now if I could just get some of these old salts to post more often! I get bored at work and love their stories!
welcome wally, orion... :)
Great to see all the 'new folks' who're joining - Grogs to you all! I'm still surprised to this day at how many of us "small boat" sailors are out there, doing the things the magazines say our boats are too small to do. ;)
Glad to have you aboard, jump on into the fun! :D
Hello all new to the site my name is Brandon from Battle Creek MI don't quite remember how I stumbled on to this site but it's definetely what I've been looking for. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!
Welcome Fischer, what boat do you have, if any? What are your future plans for sailing???
Welcome to the friendliest group of people on the internet! All your information can be found here!
Nowell, AdriftatSea thankyou. No boat yet really like Bristol 27s wish they were keel stepped though. As far as plans go my goal is to circumnavigate but that won't happen for while. So we'll just take one step at a time.
Just wanted to say welcome aboard, this is a very nice and helpfull group so enjoy.
Dare I say that this site is almost like family 8)? In fact, I think that if we dig deep enough, we'll find as weird uncle or two some where ::). Any how, welcome one and all.
Warm winds,
Pappy Jack
I am happy to say I was lurking around the Cruisers forum and found this place recommended. I really enjoy this forum, every thread I go on is full of into and related to boats that don't cost 100k.
Hi to all,
New here, but not old, well not real old, not extremely old, ok not a new formed rock., Just to say hi, glad to read and post. Some wrinkles, well not a lot of...
Just glad to be somewhere.
cajun
Welcome to sailfar Volks and Cajun.
Cajun, what boat do you sail? From another post, I know what Volks sails.
My wife and I sail a com-pac 16 here in colorado. Would love to have a bigger one, but alas, need more youth or more money. We do love it so. Love just sitting on the boat on the water, at the dock or on the trailer in the backyard in the winter. Got the bug bad.
cajun
Quote from: cajun on December 31, 2008, 09:11:27 PM
My wife and I sail a com-pac 16 here in colorado. Would love to have a bigger one, but alas, need more youth or more money. We do love it so. Love just sitting on the boat on the water, at the dock or on the trailer in the backyard in the winter. Got the bug bad.
cajun
Welcome aboard...
Cajun? any relationship to new orleans?
The com-pac 16 is a nice boat, after being part of this site, you might find out that you don't need a bigger boat afterall... just need to get her out of Colorado!!!
on the trailer...in the backyard... I know the feeling!!!
anyway, welcome home!
erm... the same welcome to anybody else, sorry I just don't keep up on introductions :) see ya's around.
Yes some in new orleans, I was born and raised about 30 miles south of there, on the bayou. My mother, now pass on, was born on a houseboat (at little temple), all washed away now. The kids and grandkids live and work here. Land locked or on a lee shore, for sure.
terrible thing, being all washed away...
I worked in buras and grand isle quite a bit...
I am not from there, but spent almost 5 years in and around NO, so I feel pretty connected... funny thing, it never leaves your soul...
well, glad you're here now... we'll have to work on that whole colorado thing ;D
Opps, I didn't see this thread, when I did my intro.
I was told about this website by Mkechris.
Pablo—
Welcome to Sailfar. Do you currently sail a Javelin??? My friends just bought one last season, and I'm in the middle of refitting it. :)
It's amazing how that works out isn't? They buy it and you refit it. ;)
I just bought mine last winter and did some upgrades during the spring. I really enjoy sailing this boat. I am still waiting to get some good pictures of her sailing but alas I am always on the boat.
Here I am with my son while setting it up last spring.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3085603394_035fff0b1d.jpg)
She is still without a name but thus far nothing has come to me.
Not that surprising...after all, I'm the person who got two of her three kids hooked on sailing. :)
Pablo, nice boat. I thought of learning to sail one of those. My boy could help, but I think he is to old to hold in my arms like that, he 40 years old. Nice picture, great time ahead. ::)
This web site was mentioned on the ComPac site and it sounded interesting.
It's a very great site with wonderful sailors. Weclome aboard. My wife and I have Com-pac 16. Welcome again.
cajun
Hello everyone, I found this site while researching electric motors. Love it! I am currently in souther Ontario on Lake Ontario, outfitting my Islander 29 for a trip south in the few years to come. Anyone else out there on an I 29? Love to hear from you.
Welcome Tinigira. Where abouts are you? I'm in Pembroke...cold tonight !
Seems like the place to introduce my self. This is my first post. My name is John Davis I sail a Cape Dory 27 out of Morro Bay, CA. I am rather new in this sailing business and so far just love it. I also enjoy doing my own maintenance which is good, as like allot of us, my boat budget isn't always as large as I would like.
The extent of my cruising so far has been bringing my boat up from the ship yard in Long Beach where I launched to Morro Bay and thin sailing locally here. I plan to go back and take in the Channel Islands as I passed them by on the way up and thin move on up to the S F Bay area for a while.
sure like this forum. Seems every place I put in I have the smallest boat.
Thanks for taking me on board. j d
Welcome aboard. You will find that this is a great group of sailors that are dedicated to sailing small boats and that there is a great knowledge base here to tap into again welcome aboard
Welcome j d, You are in a great sailing area there.
Make sure you have a radar reflector though, as the fog does drop in there. ;D
Tim
Welcome aboard here. Great boat. Lots of Alberg lovers here. (sorry CJ ;D) Have fun
Thanks for the welcome. I'm sure I'll enjoy this site allot. Yes it does fog up here big time.
Hey- I like Alberg deigns also- I think they are great. The Ariel is one of my all time favorite boats.
I just think Rhodes drew a prettier sheer line.
I know. Just looking for that Ford-Chev thing ;D I really like Rhodes as well.He certainly drew some of the prettiest out there. Seems that whole 'art form' is lost. Ok...now back to the 'welcome aboards'
Welcome to sailfar Tingira and JD. :)
Welcome, John. BTW, have you checked out the Cape Dory board?
--Joe
It looks as though I'm doing this in reverse order. After delving into this site for tons of info and just sheer enjoyment I realized there is an actual introduction thread. I'm not used to something this formal on the usually impersonal web...
Greetings, all. My name is Tony and I was first directed to this site from Capt. K's postings on the Ariel Assoc. website. I am absolutely smitten with sailboats. Large, small, wood, plactic, traditional, it doesn't matter. Of course beauty is a prerequisite and I do realize that is subjective. But if the wind quietly drives an object I'm drawn to it.
Starting in 2000 IIRC I purchased an Escape Captiva which proved to be way to small to 'weekend' on so that lead to a succession of sailboats until I arrived at the Pearson Ariel. This is the boat I intend to have for some time and, hopefully, will spend some time bumping around the Caribbean in short order.
And a big thank you to Kurt and all of you that have made this site truely remarkable.
looks like im in the minority here, as im just a trailer sailor (cp 16) but non the less im happy to join in. if i know one thing its that i can learn a lot from expierenced sailors. even though my "voyages" only include a trip arround carlyle lake ( in illinois) i do enjoy reading about other peoples adventures- a sailor is a sailor is a sailor you can quote me (sanity is sailing)
Welcome, great people and great site. They have been very helpful to me. I have a day sailor, com-pac 16. Welcome aboard!
Kicking-
Don't knock those trailerable boats...some can do a lot more than most people ever guess or realize. :) Welcome... and enjoy.
Nice to see you here, Kickingbug. I also sail Carlyle Lake, as well as the rivers and the Gulf. Let me know if you want to do the lake on a "bigger" small boat.
Hi Kickingbug, "I'm just a trailer sailor" you say. Well you have a boat and you're doing it. Think how many might explore new places if they could get there at 55mph. I was 5 days from Long Beach, Ca to Morro Bay, CA.
From the old CPYOA site. Wonder if that site will ever be back, miss it.
"I'm just a trailer sailor" ....I think you have it all wrong.I've had my trailersailor to Chesapeake bay,Buzzards bay,Lake Champlain,North Channel and so on. Try that with a boat on stands ;) Those lil guys open up a whole new world in a few hours drive.The "just" part may be you "just" have it right. New motto..."have boat, will travel" Have fun.
Not many boats can do 55 mph to windward. :) Don't knock trailersailers.
hey owkabow give me a yell anytime you want to sail----either on mine or yours----e mail-----rocobine1@yahoo.com. largest boat ive sailed is a san juan 23 up on lake springfield. and a few of us com-pac guys and gals get together every year for a rendevous. anything can get me on the water under sail . and thanks to all for the vote of confidence------sailing is sanity-----the canvas can (and does) do miracles
mrb, welcome, nice to see you here. This is a great site. Give a shout to me every so often.
Capt. Tony, Welcome to you and all I missed, I know you will enjoy it here.
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Quote from: cajun on January 11, 2009, 12:34:11 PM
mrb, welcome, nice to see you here. This is a great site. Give a shout to me every so often.
Ahoy cajun,
Nice to see you on this site also. Looks like quite a few com-pac sailors finding their way here.
Been getting a few days of decent boating here in Arkansas, call it boating because maybe every other time out more motor than sail but what the heck, still on the water.
Good sailing this summer
mrb
mrb, no go on the sailing here in colorado, but this wednesday at the marina we will start getting together, this will go on until the end of august. They are ice fishing now and wind surfing.
Well First and form most I want to say "Hello I hope to all fair winds and following seas." My Name is Dave I am 28, Navy Vet (AO2 for those other vets). I love water I don't care if it's the Great Lakes (where I grew up) east coast(first duty sation) west coast(second duty sation) or south/gulf coat (where I live now). I am a FL boy now live right next to Destion and Fort Walton. Ya I know for all you guys up north I live where you dream I am a days sail form Panama beach or P-cola. I don't have a boat right now Long story short: Stroke medically retired form Navy, wife leaves me now just putting the pieces back together. So if I misspell something I'm sorry brain still getting use to running differently. I still have full use of everthing on my body lost some minor feeling on the left side (nothing more then a bad case of frost bite would be like) and now looking to by a boat and live and sail the day away. To those that have been Island hoping you are doing what I dream of. Well I have been in the back ground on this site for a bit decided to sign up today and make my intro. I found your site by doing research on trailors sailors and MacGregor's. You guys blow away the other sites with info, ideas and things that have been done not just thought about. Thank you guys for reading this and if anyone needs a crew member ;) let me know. I am an almost able body sailor ;D.
Welcome aboard!
Glad you found us, I am right around the corner from you (Faith is docked in Pensacola, at Bayou Grandee).
What a great area to sail in! ;D
Welcome Navyvet!
You're definately in the right place.
I've lived in Panama City most of my life and I love it there. unfortunately I won't be back down that way for atleast another year, maybe 2... but I consider it home. The gulf coast is a perfect place to start your sailing life. You have great resources on both sides of you (PC, Pensacola, mobile bay)... and now you have us too :)
Navyvet, yes it is a great site, good peope too! They let me in, me being a cajun and all that. I am medically retired form the Army, purple heart, CIB, wrong place at the wrong time. Type and post they will type back. Thanks for your service to this great land, AMERICA!
Welcome Aboard Navyvet
I'm also a Navy vet from the 60's then retired ANG. Had duty outside Pensacola early in service. Agree with others you have found a dream place to sail.
Hope all works out well for you.
Fair winds
mrb
Don't worry about spelling as have a great spell check down by post. I feel really good when I use it and only suggestions are my initials.
Hi kickinbug1
Welcome aboard, Think you will find quite a few trailer sailors here. I also have a CP-16. Keep it on dock in Arkansas but have grand ideas of trailering to Louisiana and gulf coast area.
Warm weather to you
mrb
mrb you ever come up this way sail carlyle very trailer sailor friendly---think about our cp rendevouz this summer.
A big "Welcome aboard!" (complete with Grog) to the new, and even the not-so-new (like Capt Tony ;) lol) sailFar members! Hope y'all find the place hospitable and a good resource to draw from as well as to contribute to... :)
Welcome aboard Navyvet, I am a medical retiree also (BMC) you have found a great place to get info and let everyone know what is going on
Greetings
I was on a small vacation in Savannah, GA and walking along the riverfront with the Admiral and I saw a small black "bumper sticker" in a utility box. All I could make out was "sailfar.net." I wrote it down and checked out the link the following day. So far this site has been a great help and I wanted to thank the organizers and the mystery sticker person. I live in the Jacksonville Florida area and am relatively new to sailing so any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance,
John
Atlantic Beach, Fl
2000 Macgregor 26X, Honda 30hp
Well JC welcome to the best website I have found about sailing smaller boats. I love these guys ;D it is nice to have you with us. If you don't hear about someone doing it here, dealing with small boats, then more then likely don't try it.
I guess the stickers are working... ;) Welcome to sailfar. :)
Quote from: JCASALE on January 18, 2009, 08:58:01 AM
Greetings
I was on a small vacation in Savannah, GA and walking along the riverfront with the Admiral and I saw a small black "bumper sticker" in a utility box. All I could make out was "sailfar.net." I wrote it down and checked out the link the following day. So far this site has been a great help and I wanted to thank the organizers and the mystery sticker person. I live in the Jacksonville Florida area and am relatively new to sailing so any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance,
John
Atlantic Beach, Fl
2000 Macgregor 26X, Honda 30hp
Hello everyone.
I have been lurking around this forum for awhile now and thought it was time to introduce myself.
First of all, I have to say the information and opinions on this forum is great and has provided education and entertainment for many hours.
After many years of dreaming, I am the closest I have ever been to living on a boat. I am thinking this will happen this spring or summer. I do contract respiratory therapy, AKA travel healthcare. I can usually control when and for how long I do an assignment. Over the past few years I have reduced my possessions that which can now be contained within my SUV. I have eliminated all debt. Have minimal family or friend ties. From what I can tell, I don't see any obstacles other than just finding the boat, the location, and doing it once this assignment is over.
My experience with boats has been mainly smaller power boats on the inland lakes of Michigan. I had a 20 ft I/O cuddy cabin in Ft. Walton Florida that I brought down from MI and enjoyed boating on the ICW as well as the Choctawhatchee Bay for a couple of years where I spent the most time.
As far as sailing is concerned, I took a couple of community collage sailing classes back in the mid 90s and did a little sailing on the Great lakes on a friends P26 and a little bit in the Virgin islands on a friends H30 something when I lived down there. I have a lot to remember and much, much, more to learn. I have been reading a lot over the past three years or so.
My plan is to find a boat 30 feet or less that I could afford, one that I can learn to sail on again, single handed, one that I could live on and bounce up and down the ICW, and the Bahamas depending on the time of the year, but yet stout enough that once my skills develop, could take me to the Caribbean. Sail around for 6-9 months, run low on money, secure the boat and go to work 3-6 months. Return to the boat and do it all over again.
Well that's the plan anyways. We all know how plans work out.
Don
Welcome Saltfish
Sounds like you have a plan. You will find lots of good ideas from this site and good advice from folks who have been there.
good luck
mrb
Saltfish, welcome. hmmm, read about, live aboard, hmmm. I lived or should say worked aboard shrimps boats and mississippi riverboats, I guess all total, 2.5 to 3 years, love the sound of it, guess I am just old. With that said, "go for it" welcome again.
Welcome Don,
It certainly sounds like you came to the right place at a good time. Where are you located now?
Tim
Welcome Don and the best of luck with your plans!
i got a tip from a friend of mine who sails a com-pac 16 and a san juan 23
Thank you for the welcome maxiSwede, Tim, cajun and mrb.
In addition to the entertainment and education factor, it's forums like this and others that keep me moving forward with my plans. Makes one think it can really be done. I just have to get the boat.
Quote from: Tim on January 22, 2009, 11:53:26 PM
Welcome Don,
It certainly sounds like you came to the right place at a good time. Where are you located now?
Tim
I'm currently on contract at a hospital on the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area. (NM, AZ, UT, CO).
Don
Hay Saltfish
Plenty of sand around your area of the west, just lacking the water.
You must be building some good memories and earning great karma for the work you are doing there.
You are on the right track, just keep foraging ahead and you will get there.
Sunny and fair sailing in my part of Arkansas today, 4 boats out today. Hard to believe just a few days ago we were in a icestorm and thousands of people without elect, water and work just a hour away, and many face a couple more weeks of that before their life gets back to what we consider normal.
Oh well, good times
mrb
Hi everyone
I thought I should introduce myself as I am new to this forum.
I am from the land downunder (Australia) I live 250 klms north west of Brisbane in the state of Queensland
The boat I own and only purchased 6 months ago is (wait for it) a Macgregor 26X named MacSea.
I purchased this after selling a Bonito 22 or Aquarius as some may know them as. The reasoning behind this was more room especially head room and an ability to get there and back quickly if need be.
I sail the Queensland coast inside the Great Barrier Reef now and not have to be too worried about being caught in bad conditions.
From what I have seen on the forum so far there are a lot of good topics for small boaters.
Great work.
Allan
Welcome Allan, Lots of good people here. It's always great to have someone tell us about the great weather they are having when we are in the middle of winter. ;)
G'day allan , do you get down to moreton bay , or clase to brisbane for that matter , if so give me a yell when you are heading down. I'm not the worlds best sailor but im learning and its always good to meet other people with similar interests . I'm also hoping to make a trip to the whitsundays area in the winter of 2010 ;D
Tim the glory of where we are in aus is that even in our winter the weather is great ;D
Welcome Aboard Allan
Many good sails to you down under their. Be sure to tell us some of your adventures.
Welcome aboard Sailfar.net. :)
Welcome, sound like fun, Great Barrier Reef and all that.
Welcome aboard.
What a grand spot to sail! Enjoy the "Board."
Fair Winds!
Ahoy Sailfar crew!
I discovered this site while doing a search on Erie Canal and found the excellent cruise log and photos by Lynx. Enjoyed reading about Capt Smollett's cruise to Charleston.
I live in Southern Maine. I've been trailer-daysailing the past few years on an O’Day Mariner 19 (CB version) and last year a Sovereign 5.0 (17 ft) keel weekender. For a decade before that, I sailed a Cape Dory Typhoon 19, which I have a Triad trailer for. I began to take the Typhoon a bit too far out, so sold it and got a Hurley 18 (project) to use with the trailer. I have a Westerly Centaur 26 (twin keel) project for the longer term.
My plan is to extend to coastal cruising during this coming season. It’s hard to beat the coast of Maine in summer and fall, but winters are getting harder to take, so I’m thinking about going South somewhere and living aboard during at part (or all) of the cold months. I’ve visited the Keys a couple times by car, years ago, and it is on my short list of places.
I was glad to find (from the Financing the Cruise thread, among others) that many Sailfar members are cruisers and live-aboards of modest means. I share your appreciation for the Keep-It-Simple--or as one of my books calls it, The Thoreau Approach--to cruising, or the cruising life. You seem to have a positive and encouraging community here, and I look forward to becoming part of it.
-Jim
Welcome Aboard Jim!
Thanks for bearing with us as we got your registration fixed (Jim was very patient as we figured out how I messed up his registration).
Glad to have you aboard, and look forward to hearing more about your plans and your travels. ;D
Welcome aboard Jim. ;)
Nice to have you with us Jim. I have found this to be one of the best resources for information and ideas on the web. From people who have done it not just read or dream.
Welcome aboard!
I once sailed an O'Day Mariner (fin-keel version). From there, with time out spent in such exotic places as Skowhegan (not exactly great sailing, ayuh?), I moved on to a Marshall Sanderling catboat and then to my Cape Dory 25D.
This is a great place to find stuff about serious sailing in boats of reasonable size.
BTW, are you going to the Maine Boatbuilders Show next month?
--Joe
Thanks Craig. Glad to be aboard. I figured maybe it was just Kurt's and your way to test candidates' endurance and attention span to make sure they are Newbie-worthy. ;)
Quote from: Jim_ME on February 21, 2009, 01:11:54 AM
Thanks Craig. Glad to be aboard. I figured maybe it was just Kurt's and your way to test candidates' endurance and attention span to make sure they are Newbie-worthy. ;)
No, thankfully that is not the case... I surely would have failed the test. ;D
Thank you for the welcome, Dan.
I have visited your Blog site, and read only a bit of it, starting with the story of your time with Gee. As I join this community, which is about sailing far, it is a good thing to be reminded that life is short--sometimes tragically so. That our time to experience what life has to offer, including cruising, is not as unlimited as our culture would so often have us believe.
Very true. I wish Gee could have gone with me as we had once talked about doing...but she can't. The boat is named for her and I know she is watching out for the two of us. :)
The Westerly Centaur is a great little boat. I take it she is a twin keeler? That can make doing maintenance a bit simpler in some areas, where haulouts are either too expensive or not possible.
Thanks, NavyVet. I look forward to continuing to read and learn from that well of practical experience, and participating in threads about specific topics. :)
Thanks for the welcome, Joe.
I’m a fan of Alberg designs. Had a lot of fun on my Typhoon. The CD 25D looks like a great design, replacing the V-Berth with the head space, allowing for a larger main cabin. I briefly daysailed one of the older Stadel designed CD 25/Greenwich 24 boats, but the 25D looks much more robust, like the Ariel.
Although it was convenient to trailer and launch, the CB Mariner was a bit light for the crew and conditions that I sailed in (I’m sure the keel version that you sailed was considerably stiffer). I found the Sovereign and liked its fixed shoal keel (also trailerable), much roomier cuddy cabin (and without the CB trunk), and deep cockpit, at the same displacement.
I got up to Skowhegan often for projects. I wonder whether the Old Mill Pub is still there on the Kennebec River? Although there is not much for sailing there, it’s not too far (about 40 miles) to mooring areas on Penobscot Bay (Belfast/Camden/Rockland).
I probably won’t go to the Maine Boatbuilders Show, although you have got me thinking a little about it. It can be nice to see all the gleaming new bristol boats and gear, but also makes me aware of how frumpy my own boat is.
-Jim
Hi Jim:
I'm showing my age when I say that the Old Mill Pub had not yet been built when I owned a now-defunct weekly newspaper and printing plant in Skowhegan. I did return once or twice--and I did have a brew in the Old Mill. But since then, I hear that the old town has fallen on really hard times.
As for the boat show: I go there to talk to the builders, especially those who make smaller boats. It's part of my job as one of the editors of a regional boating magazine--but that's really just an excuse to get to talk to real people who build real boats, rather than plaid-pants-wearing sales sleazes who work for dealerships that sell pieces of plastic made in Tennessee or wherever.
(Are my prejudices showing yet?)
Speaking of prejudices, my here's favorite story (true) from the Maine Boat Builder's show of several years ago:
I was looking at a gleaming new, super-expensive Sabreline (or maybe an Ellis) power cruiser. As I walked up to the boat I overheard two Maineacs, clad in worn jeans, flannel shirts, beards and baseball caps and speaking in real Down East accents:
--Hot darn. Did you see that? That boat's got twin diesels AND a bow-thruster!
--Ayup. They must build 'em for people from Massachusetts!
Perhaps, as a Massachusetts native, I should have been offended. But I knew what they meant.
Anyway, I hope you'll learn a lot from this forum--I sure have.
--Joe
Hello All,
I'm not sure if this is where a new member introduces himself but I will put this up and see what happens.
It's not that I'm scared of computers (they're more frightened of me) but I don't always get what I want from them.
I am from Australia and purchased an Alberg 30 in Annapolis, March 2008. Have put in a new diesel and cruised up to Edgartown and down to Beaufort,SC last year where the boat now lies. I will come back to the boat in March (late) and head north again and see if I can't get a bit further this time.
I will enjoy reading the various posts and hearing from anyone as time goes on.
Owen Zeimer
Welcome aboard, Owen.
My Alberg 30 once lived in the Beaufort, SC area...The previous owner bought her there and moved her to North Carolina. Then I bought her in NC and moved her back to South Carolina (Georgetown).
We've since moved BACK to North Carolina. We are located in New Bern on the Neuse River, so if you get a chance to stop by on your travels North, we'd love to see ya. I know that right now there is at least one A-30 anchored in Beaufort, NC and I believe 2 in slips in Oriental.
Edit: Oops, I almost forgot; this was the perfect place to post your introduction.
Velpanore—
Welcome to sailfar.net. Lots of Alberg-design owners here. :) When you're up in New England, do stop by and say "Hi!"
Hello there Gaelic Sea and Pretty Gee,
Thanks for your interest and invitations; I will get in touch when I get into your area for sure.
Re: New Bern, It is the place I meant to go/should have gone to on my way south. Had a forecast for strong SE winds the next night coming into Oriental, didn't like the orientation of the outside marina there in that forecast and knew I should head for New Bern instead but.........you know the rest. No damage done but another hard lesson learnt about 3am that morning. (How many more will it take before I learn?)
Will Keep in touch.
Owen Zeimer
Hi. My name is Hakan, Live in frezzzzzzzzzing Sweden, been inte longdistance sailing for the past 15 years, but never been that far yet...started out with a Hurley. Now I'm looking for a new small offshore cruiser. Just surfin' around and found this x-elent site.
Fair winds...
Welcome Hakan, you have come to the right place ;) it is probably even a little warmer here.
Quote from: evantica on March 02, 2009, 04:00:15 PM
Hi. My name is Hakan, Live in frezzzzzzzzzing Sweden, been inte longdistance sailing for the past 15 years, but never been that far yet...started out with a Hurley. Now I'm looking for a new small offshore cruiser. Just surfin' around and found this x-elent site.
Fair winds...
Welcome! Get a Vega they kick soo much sail! Peter Brohäll sure knew what he was about!
Welcome... although here may be a bit colder than there at the moment. :)
Quote from: evantica on March 02, 2009, 04:00:15 PM
Hi. My name is Hakan, Live in frezzzzzzzzzing Sweden, been inte longdistance sailing for the past 15 years, but never been that far yet...started out with a Hurley. Now I'm looking for a new small offshore cruiser. Just surfin' around and found this x-elent site.
Fair winds...
Craig & Kurt: Want to thank you again for the effort you put into getting my account settings worked out, so that I could fully participate. -Jim
Dan, I can only try to imagine what it would be like to lose one’s spouse and partner for future cruising in such a tragic way—and can only hope that I would be as positive about carrying on with those plans.
Regarding the Centaur, yes, it’s a twin keel (Laurent Giles) design. I also looked at a single fin keel version of the boat, a Pembroke 26, that was for sale in MA. As you say, the twin keels are like having a cradle along if one should need to do some work below the waterline, so provide some extra self sufficiency. It’s also handy if you get stuck aground, since it will sit upright. Another advantage is that Centaur draws only 3 ft (compared to 4'-3" for the Pembroke), although the two keels increase the wetted area. In Down East Maine where the tidal range gets high, there are many bays that are mud flats at low water.
The Westerly aesthetic took me awhile to get used to after the traditional Alberg lines. The chunky cabin trunk gives it that Lunar-Lander look, but does provide a roomy cabin for a boat of that length and vintage. It’s ruggedly built, and at 6800 lbs, seemed about as large or heavy as I wanted to go up to, and still retain the ability to trailer it myself with a typical heavy-duty pickup. The mast also seems to be close to the limit of what one can step without a crane.
No problem, Jim - Welcome Aboard, and remember - have fun! :)
Joe, I may have seen or even read your weekly paper in Skowhegan when I was there in the mid 80s. I also enjoyed going to Waterville to the Railroad Square Café and (art house) Theater.
With the few boat shows that I’ve been to, the boats become a blur of expensive shiny fiberglass, brightwork, and hardware. I find myself constantly thinking, for the price of this daysailer (which will depreciate steeply for years) I could buy a wonderful older cruiser. I do enjoy the interviews with boat designers (such as Chuck Paine or Joel White) in books like Mate’s Best Boats, which may be similar to what you are talking about.
Now, one of the things that inspires me most is seeing before-and-after photos of older boats being restored or improved, such as those dramatic ones by CharlieJ of Tehani’s cabin.
On Massachusetts, I suppose that it’s a bit like the Hatfields and McCoys, there is a special rivalry reserved for neighbors. Yet, you don’t even have to go out-of-state now to find this, with the talk of "The Two Maines"—the rural East/North and the more affluent South.
Welcome Owen (from another Newbie). Which model Hurley did you have? I have a Hurley 18. I’ve heard it called the "TransAtlantic 18", which always struck me as two words that don’t belong next to each other.
Hi there Jim,
I'm assuming you were saying hello to me although I haven't owned a Hurley. My apologies if you meant someone else. My last boat, in Australia, was a Marieholm 26. A bit like my Alberg 30 but smaller; so now I am luxuriating in the extra space of the 30 footer. Which leaves me a bit bemused at the comments of our larger cruising cousins when they commiserate on my cramped quarters.
I am a commited small boat sailor and look at it much the same way as I have come to regard money. You can get along quite happily on very little but it seems that when you start to acquire a taste for the stuff you can never get enough. Hope that makes sense.
To Gaelic Sea in New Bern, or anyone else listening, I am looking for a place on my way north to do some upgrading on my boat. I will be doing the work myself but would like to be near light fabrication shops for stainless and aluminium work and etc. Preferably not nautically based as they seem to add a surchage o boat work in my experience. Do you think New Bern would be ok? I am not talking major jobs though.
My Regards to all.
Owen Zeimer
Owen,
Welcome aboard! I remember several comments along the lines of suggesting that Rose and I were going to kill each other after being onboard our 'little boat' for 2 weeks. I know people think John (Capt. Smollet) is nuts... and Kurt (CaptK) IS nuts... ;D
Glad you found this place, I look forward to hearing about your adventures. I think you will find NC to be a good place for a re-fit. I lived there for 5 years, and there are a lot of places to haul out and work on your boat. Swan Point (ICW sm 245 IIRC) has received several positive comments as of late. There are many others up past Beaufort, NC (Bock Marine being another that has received many positive replies).
Good luck, maybe you can post some pictures of the Marieholm 26 and your 30'er?
Thanks,
Hi Owen, I was saying hello to you, but (reviewing the posts now) did get you confused with Hakan (Evantica) who wrote that he had owned and cruised in a Hurley. (Perhaps it had something to do with you, in a country that was formerly part of the British Empire [not exactly up-to-date thinking, I know], having owned a folkboat and he, in Sweden, having owned a UK-built boat.)
Welcome Haken. (and apologies to you both).
(I’ve been thinking about the Hurley and small boats, but should probably start another thread.)
-Jim
Quote from: velpanore on March 10, 2009, 05:11:07 AM
To Gaelic Sea in New Bern, or anyone else listening, I am looking for a place on my way north to do some upgrading on my boat. I will be doing the work myself but would like to be near light fabrication shops for stainless and aluminium work and etc. Preferably not nautically based as they seem to add a surchage o boat work in my experience. Do you think New Bern would be ok? I am not talking major jobs though.
My Regards to all.
Owen Zeimer
Hi Owen,
You looking to haul-out, or are this in-water work?
If hauling, Bock Marine that Craig mentioned above is extremely popular around here. There are yards closer, but most of the guys here head that way. Be warned, though, that yard handles some mighty big boats, so you'll be very much a small-fry there. This may not be a big deal, but if you are looking for a yard that really focuses on small boats, Bock may not be to your liking.
That said, they do have just about any type of boat related skill readily available.
If you are doing in-water repairs, New Bern would be a good place to hang your hat while you refit. There are plenty of machine shops around, as well as a Tech School (so you might be able to negotiate some small "teaching" projects for low-to-no cost). This is a very small-boat friendly place; I've often wondered if boat ownership, past or present, is a requirement to live here. ;D
If you don't want to venture this far "up" (we are about 20 miles upriver from the ICW), Morehead City or Beaufort would be good options. Plenty of machine shops and supplies in either town. Both have city anchorages available. Of the two, I'd probably choose Beaufort as my prefered spot to anchor and drive across the bridge to Morehead if the need for something over there arises,
All these towns provide ample machining and supplies, as well as canvas work, engine specialists, etc. You really cannot go wrong anywhere in this general area.
I'd also say that I don't THINK you'll see the marine "surcharge" here for marine shop work...there's so many places that competition should be enough to avoid that sort of thing. I don't know this for sure, I've not comparison shopped the various machine shops, but suffice it to say that at least here in New Bern, if you drive 5 miles out of town in almost any direction, you can find a small machine shop that does not specialize in marine work. I pass several every week on routine errand running.
Hope this helps,
John
I blindly stumbled across this site while I was searching for my own site. I am currently wrapping up a complete refit an an Allegra 24 built by Fred Bingham. We bought and sold a few cleaner uppers and essentially got this boat for free. We are preparing for an extended voyage to China where we will temporarily leave the boat to climb Mt Everest. After the climb we have no Idea which direction we will go.
see more at www.boatyardpirates.com if you are curious. Ali
Welcome to you both, you have a great looking website. A lot of useful info and friendly souls here.
Pirates,
Welcome aboard. The Allegra 24 is a fine voyager, and yours looks lovely.
I guess she wouldn't make it to Nepal.
--Joe
Tristian Jones could probably get her there but I am no TJ. Cheers Ali
Tristan could probably get any boat anywhere- All he had to do was write about it- even if he didn't ever really DO it ;D ;D
He seems to have been a quite engaging liar ;D ;D But fun reads anyway- we have a good many of his books in our personal library and we've enjoyed them all, truth or no.
Hi to all,
Well I have been sailing for about 30 years, sailing all kinds of boats but mostly full keels (I am a sucker for the nautical look) but sold my last boat a few years ago thinking I was getting to old for this stuff anymore. Then I started getting the itch again and just bought a 26 Seafarer from the Sea Scouts (it was a donated boat) so you can imagine what kind of work it needs, so here I go again, hope to have her in the water this summer but my wife just smiles and hopes for next summer.
I have been looking at this website for a few weeks now and love it, down home type of people, and found the site through the Seafarer reseach site.
I hope that I won't be to much of a pest with questions on fixing up my project boat, but you guys seam to be a wealth of informationand great ideals.
Thanks
Jay
Welcome aboard, Jay. Have some grog here to help ease into thinking about all those projects.
Thinking you are too old MAKES you too old ;) - It ain't the calendar- it's the thoughts ;D
I'm now 68 and planning a cruise on our 25 footer come summer- open ended.
Ya HAVE to get older, you don't have to get old ;D
Just quit looking in the durned mirror- it lies about the inside.
Oh, and welcome aboard.
Welcome Jay, Yep this is a great site and you have the perfect boat for it.
Just signed up today. Though I have been reading the forum for a very long time.
I currently live aboard a 1970 Tartan 27. I moved aboard in July. At present will not be sailing far. I have a daily commitment on land of approximately an hour and half about 30 minutes from the Marina. My soulmate is in a nursing home and I visit every day. We had talked about this life style in 1986 but did not start till 2004.
For a while I was plagued by 3 footits and occasional mild bouts of 2 footits. Right now I have a sever case of layoutits. My Tartan has a dinette while the later models have the sittee. My other illness is I like full keels and if thats not bad enough I like shallow drafts. On top of that I am not into racing. Even worst my inboard was missing so rather than re power I hung a outboard on the transom. Is there a section for interventions. LOL
I am really fortunate a slip mate has taken me under his wing/helm. We do get out once a week on Wednesdays. The thought being given enough Wednesdays we will see a lot of different situations. Heavy, light or no wind. We sail as far as we can and still get back to the Marina by 5 pm.
Still have a lot to learn so be ready for lots of questions.
Kent
Welcome Kent, sounds like you are in the right ward ;)
Welcome Kent. I take it you're a Princess Bride fan. :)
Thanks for the welcome.
Yes the Princess Bride is a movie we enjoyed a lot. Cecile insisted on the boat name.
Shamrock here from Baltimore, MD
Proud owner of an Albin Vega #398 -an awsome boat !
I've been refurbishing her for the last 3 years-lots of repair and a couple of improvements.
This summer I'll set out on a four month cruise North that I hope will take me to Newfoundland.
This site seems like a perfect match with my sailing values, I hope to learn something and contribute when appropriate.
The biggest problem I've encountered with the Vega is choosing a suitable name -she's been nameless for a long time and it is something I have to do before I leave.
Welcome Shamrock, Newfoundland sounds like a beautiful destination one that doesn't get much exposure. Names can be tough, I am of the mind to patiently wait until one makes itself obvious to you ;)
Quote from: shamrock on March 16, 2009, 07:45:46 PM
The biggest problem I've encountered with the Vega is choosing a suitable name -she's been nameless for a long time and it is something I have to do before I leave.
Uh, how about s/v
Shamrock? ;D
Welcome aboard!
It's definetly one I've been considering-what with Tuesday being St. Paddys day and my favorite drink a pint of Guiness-a slow pour with a shamrock on top!
Hello all,
found the site through multiple sources
most notably while researching fellow meridian owners
My fiance and I are restoring meridian #38, a 1962
hope to cruise the US east coast for the next couple summers and see what happens from there
thanks for the great site
special kudos to CharlieJ for tehani's excellent restoration
some pics here:
http://www.myspace.com/seafarer_meridian
&
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25156908@N05/
Welcome to you both, great Myspace site. I am envious that you are starting so young, and you must realize that you have set your course for a lifetime of adventure. :)
Welcome Shamrock. I’d like to cruise up that way, too…Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and Bras D’Or Lake. Don’t know if I’ll make it to Newfoundland, but am especially intrigued by the French Islands of St. Pierre et Milquelon.
And Sugar Magnolia. Those Meridians are sweet boats. Enjoyed your myspace page and photos, too. Your energy and enthusiasm are obvious.
Sugar Magnolia- what a great name. Welcome aboard to you AND your Meridian. If you have questions about what we did, just PM me. I have TONS of pictures.
I MUST insist though, that in ANY kudos given, that Laura be given equal billing. She did every bit as much, if not more, of the work on the restoration as I did.
And got just as dirty-
thanks for compliments and words of encouragement
I have much enjoyed everbody's thoughts while reading previous posts
& look forward to reading all future topics
I have been on several other forums and you folks seem to be above par in respectfulness, practicality, & sincerity
many would consider our boats "daysailers"
Charlie & Laura
When I referred to CharlieJ, I was referencing your user name, not you specifically
Ali and I took on sugar magnolia as a joint effort and she is totally involved
I read somewhere that laura won't let you near tehani with a paint or varnish brush
i'll send you a PM
;D ;D
Got the paintbrush part right- she claims I'm a pig with a paint brush ( not totally true, but she IS an artist, so---)
I do my painting with a spray gun ;) Varnishing also.
I told her about the post and that I knew it was because you were being generic.
I just insist she get the credit she deserves ALWAYS. Some on some other boards have in the past kinda ignored her capabilities- she's "just a woman" ya know. Truth be known, she's a better boat ( and wood) worker than lots of men I know. And a better sailor too ;)
It's really cool that you two are doing it as a team- sailing together needs that team work too- after all- one of you has to sleep, and then the other MUST handle the boat. It's a great feeling to go below and comfortably go to sleep, knowing that your partner is up to the task.
Hello All. I am fairly new to sailing, growing up I took a few lessons but never really gave it much thought.
Then suddenly 20 years later a friend of mine buys an Express 30. I got the tour of his boat which sparked a new obsession. I now have subscriptions to every sailing magazine known, surf the internet daily for stories of peoples adventures, and am in the market for a boat of my own. (Alberg29 I hope)
My high level of enthusiasm and my low level of experience should about balance things out!
Anyways, I really liked what I was reading here so figured I had better sign up.
Welcome Tagalong... :)
Welcome Tagalong, I am sure you will find some things of interest, many of us have a partiality towards Albergs ;)
Hello Shamrock,
Am currently in Ireland and saw your post. s/v shamrock does sound pretty good, but please post your final decision and I will look out for you on the water.
Regards Owen Zeimer
Welcome to all the new faces! This is one of the greatest communities you'll find on the web. Bar none!
Hello everybody!
found this excellent site just following a web link somewhere.
Me and my wife builded a small boat couple of years ago. Kids grown up by now. We feel it is time to leave for a longer cruise soon. Situated in sweden, and used to cold water sailing, we are very curious to experience warmer weather.
/j.
Welcome. What kind of boat did you build???
Quote from: jonax on March 21, 2009, 06:06:44 PM
Hello everybody!
found this excellent site just following a web link somewhere.
Me and my wife builded a small boat couple of years ago. Kids grown up by now. We feel it is time to leave for a longer cruise soon. Situated in sweden, and used to cold water sailing, we are very curious to experience warmer weather.
/j.
It is a 7,5 m centerboarder. Meant for ocean voyages. Builded of epoxy and different fabriks+divinycell. /j.
Love to see some photos of her, and hear more about who designed her. What is your boat's name??
Hi Matt
Sorry for the delay answering
No I don't get down to Morten Bay I do most of my sailing around the Sandy Straits
Allan
Hello Allan and Mat,
I am an aussie(queenslander), sailing in the states in an Alberg 30 and have enjoyed many wonderful times on the east coast at home.
For diversity and variety of conditions and scenery and just plain old fashioned American hospitality and friendliness however, I can't speak too highly of my experiences on America's east coast. Hope someday you may be fortunate enough to enjoy them too.
Owen Zeimer
P.S. Just be prepared to see a few more boats on the water. (especially on weekends) ....(especially powerboats) .....(big ones)
I'm John from Edmond, OK. CharlieJ mentioned this kewl little community in the past and I've been a non-posting reader ever since. I sail a West Wight Potter P-15 here and on the Texas Gulf Coast. I came this close (fingers held 1/4" apart) to buying a Contessa 26 last month but then talked myself out of it. Some day though. I usually attend a couple of small boat cruises each year with my P-15 "Tetra" and try to take one annual big boat adventure somewhere.
John Turpin
WWP-15 "Tetra"
Edmond, OK
www.tetra-sail.com
Welcome John
John—
Welcome to Sailfar.
'Bout time you and Tetra showed up John.
Folks- John single handed Tetra in last years Texas 200, in winds that on at least two days were close to 30. He be a pretty good sailor :D
I'd have to agree with that... a Potter 15 in 30 knots is challenging to say the least. :D
Quote from: CharlieJ on March 26, 2009, 11:27:01 PM
'Bout time you and Tetra showed up John.
Folks- John single handed Tetra in last years Texas 200, in winds that on at least two days were close to 30. He be a pretty good sailor :D
Welcome aboard john.
Great vids of the tx200 on your site.
So many new folks lately I am having a tough time keeping up. I think I counted over 50 new members in the last month or so :) great to see.
and welcome to all.
Quote from: CharlieJ on March 26, 2009, 11:27:01 PM
'Bout time you and Tetra showed up John.
Folks- John single handed Tetra in last years Texas 200, in winds that on at least two days were close to 30. He be a pretty good sailor :D
With good humor too ;)
Hi, I'm Robert, live in central California. I stumbled upon this site some how and it seems to be a perfect place for me! I'm currently looking into purchasing a small cruiser, with plans/dreams of hopping up and down the Pacific coast. Thanks for having me aboard!
Welcome to sailfar.net Rob. :) What boats are you currently looking at???
Ahoy Mates!
Just signed on this voyage for the long haul! A sailing buddy found your site and emailed the info to me and boy am I glad he did. Sure is a treat to find other small boat sailors with the same interests I have in cruising long distances in vessels under 30'. I have been actively cruising in small boats since 1976. The longest voyage so far has been from Clear Lake,Tx to Mobile,Al in a Columbia 24. I am looking forward to reading all about the other sailors here and their excursions.
Welcome aboard!
Glad you found us, look forward to hearing more about your adventures!
Fair Winds,
I'm going Friday to take a look at a Balboa 20. Also looked at a O'day 20, liked the boat, but it had no trailer and the slip fee was too much. I'm a beginning sailor, so I'm trying to keep it small, but still big enough to spend a night or weekend on. Any suggestions?
JimmyJ- are you home ported in Clear Lake? Pretty close to me down in Port Lavaca. Welcome aboard.
Tileguyrob- a Balboa 20 in good condition would be a good boat to learn on. It was designed ( the hull anyway) by Lyle Hess who designed both of the Pardey's boats. It's the same basic hull as the Ensenada 20 and the RK/RKS 20. Different cabin and deck layouts, but all sail well.
Thanks Charlie,
No, I am from Mobile but I worked in Houston for a year. I found the Columbia 24 in Clear Lake, bought her on the spot, moved her to Legend Pt and lived the remaining 6 months of my job on her. I am currently sailing an O'Day 20.
Legend Point eh? Recall a Cross 35 Ketch rigged trimaran in there? Named "Different Drummer"
Used to be my boat. I built her and launched in 81. Lived aboard and cruised her for several years.
You know, the name rings a bell. I was at Legend Pt. 1985-86. Had a slip across from the Showers/Laundry area. I would row my dinghy over every a.m. for showers. Man, I liked that area!
It was a good place to watch nice yachts. There was a couple there who just purchased a 40 footer took her out after a couple months at dock. The couple(older) decided it was time to take her out. First thing they did on the way out of the slip was to stove in the starboard bow of the vessel. About 2 hours later they came back and damaged the finger pier and the starboardside stern! I learned later that day it was their first Sailboat and they were going to cruise the carribbean. I did not see them after that. The vessel was still there when I sailed out to Mobile. Do you know if T-Bone Tom's is still in business?
Hello to all,
I retired a year ago. I have a dream to sail. I bought a small 19 ft. last year to start learning on and had a great time. This past winter I bought a 26 ft Chrysler and started working on her. So far new sails, new interior, new paint, refinished all the teak, new carpet, new wiring well you get the idea. I hope to sail the great lakes this summer and maybe be ready for the scoot next April. I have a lot to learn and plenty of work to do but I am loving it.
Quote from: lions pride on April 04, 2009, 11:06:35 AM
Hello to all,
I retired a year ago. I have a dream to sail. I bought a small 19 ft. last year to start learning on and had a great time. This past winter I bought a 26 ft Chrysler and started working on her. So far new sails, new interior, new paint, refinished all the teak, new carpet, new wiring well you get the idea. I hope to sail the great lakes this summer and maybe be ready for the scoot next April. I have a lot to learn and plenty of work to do but I am loving it.
Cool, welcome onboard and keep us posted! Scoot seems like a great idea! ;D
Welcome aboard Lions Pride - You'll like it here. Can you trail the Chrysler? It sounds like your making good progress. See you in April
polecat
Welcome aboard Lions Pride.
[ftp]Hi, nice to be here. My wife and I happily own a 77 Morgan OI 30'. We sail Massachusetts and where the wind blows us and the time allows. We've done several sailing vacations and enjoy overnighting with our grandchildren who swim, fish, eat and explore with joy. Looking forward to another adventurous season and your good advice. Joe
Welcome aboard, Joe.
Where in Massachusetts do you sail. I keep my boat on Buzzards Bay and tend to stay south of the Cape.
--(another) Joe
Hey Joe—
Good to see you here... :)
Dan
Welcome Joe
Maybe you have a few adventures to share along with advice?
Hi, I am Cliff, my boat is Polunu, my dingy is chubby.
We are in the San Diego bay area. At this time I am in the planing stage of my trip, which is west till i get bored. ;D
Polunu is 29' loa and 16' boa the hull is strip plank.
(//)
Welcome to sailfar.net... what kind of boat is Polunu??
she's a Waller 880 design cat, that i built over a 5 year period of part time work. The hull is strip planked with western red cedar and glassed on the inside and outside.
Hello,
My name is Kevin. I stumbled across this site from a link on TSBB where I've been lurking occasionally for several years. I like what I see here, I like the "Go now!" attitude.
I have a Catalina 22 I've had for about 10 years. I'm in the St. Louis area and kept her on the MS river but this year I think I'm heading to Carlyle Lake, though I'm not sure how I'm going to like the commute. Previously I had a South Coast 22 I kept at Carlyle, but that was 20 years ago when I didn't mind driving so much.
I've finally been able to talk my wife into a slightly bigger boat in the 25-27 foot range. She really does like boats and sailing but with both of us ~6 feet tall the C22 is just a little tight so she doesn't usually come along and I end up just going out solo. Maybe with something a little more "comfortable" I can get her out more.
Cliff, I stumbled across your build log on themultihull.com. That's quite an impressive project! Congratulations!
Welcome Kevin. What boats are you and the missus looking at...
Thanks Adrift.
Haven't really decided on a particular manufacturer or designer. Mostly just looking at accommodations for the moment. We are both tall and have trouble in most boats, particularly with sleeping arrangements and the head (or rather the lack of). Being inland the selection around here is slim, mostly Catalina and Hunter though I have seen a couple of Pearsons and a C&C or two.
I would like a Beneteau 28.5, it has the headroom we are looking for but I haven't seen one for years. Unfortunately it seems around here stuff is either 22 feet or less, or 32 feet and more. That happy middle ground is missing, though they do show up on occasion. Just have to watch and wait.
I'm not 100% sure how I "sailed" into this website, but it had to do with one of the many searches I have been doing on Google to find out people's opinions on dinghies, a.k.a. "dinks."
Many years ago I went rowing on a beautiful lake in southern Germany -- der Staffelsee -- an exquisite lake with seven islands nestled in the Bavarian Alps. The first time I went rowing on this lake was with a German friend of mine, and I got the worst sunburn on my legs EVER! But the rowing bug had bitten, and the disease still lingers in my blood. However, I don't have a boat of any kind, and it's something that I want. I don't need to go sailing on the high seas; I just want to row in a boat on a lake. I've had my eye on a Walker Bay 10-footer for a few years now. And then I started reading about other boats that are similar to the Walker Bay dinghies. Somewhere along the line, I read about the Porta-Bote, but I could never quite get a feel from others who have owned them what it's like to actually row one.
So when I started reading the forum on dinghies at this website, I was hooked! Reading about s/v Faith's account of rowing in circles on "Mr. Smiles" had me laughing out loud. And then when I read about Pixie Dust trying the Porta-Bote for the first time, I couldn't stop giggling. "Rows like a barge" -- ha ha ha ha! "Begged them to take it back" -- I think I found my answer. And the whole business about "ugly dinks" had me rolling. What a humorous bunch of sailors you folks are! So I just had to sign on to say "thank you" for your candid responses and hilarious accounts of dinghies you have loved and hated.
This is what I want dinghy-wise: I want a Porta-Bote that I can easily load on top of a car and drive to a lake. And then when I get to the lake, *POOF!* it instantly turns into a rigid dinghy like a Walker Bay 10-footer. (sigh)
There are too many minuses with the Porta-Bote that make it sound not worthwhile for rowing. However, I need to figure out, if and when I get a dinghy, whether I should load it on top of a car or put it on a small trailer behind the car. Any ideas, opinions, suggestions?
~ Suzie B. in San Jose, CA ~
Welcome aboard Suzie,
Glad you found us. I just bought a new (to me) dingy day before yesterday. If all goes well, it will be Faith's new dingy.... I will post some pictures soon.
Welcome aboard!
Welcome aboard suzie
I'm wondering if you've considered a canoe? Seems it would meet your needs for portability and would have as much space and usefulness as a dingy. I've been shopping around for a dingy style boat for fishing, I just recently realized all I need is a canoe or even a kayak. actually they both end up being around the same price if you buy new. But finding a decent used canoe can be much cheaper than a dingy style boat.
just a thought, glad you found us :)
Canoes and kayaks are cool, but I would rather row. I like the feel of rowing vs. paddling. And I like to row a good distance, stop rowing, read for a while and let the boat carry me where it wants. The rental rowboats at a lake I like to visit are HEAVY. :o
How about something like this:
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~janhande/dinghy/testing_files/image012.jpg)
Just kidding ;D
I say save up for the walker bay and maybe get the 8' instead of the 10', that way you can afford the sailing rig :)
welcome to sailfar.net suzie.
Personally, I like the way my portabote rows.. :) Dinghies and anchors are a often a point of personal preference and strong feelings among sailors. :)
Oh Dnice!!! That picture is too, too funny! Thanks for the chuckle! :D
I think I am officially fixated on the Walker Bay 10' in case anyone wants to come "ride" with me while I'm out rowing.
So here's the thing. After reading through the whole thread on sailing folks trying to figure out the best dinghy for their mother ship and where and how to stash the dinghy, I'm thinking that somewhere on the World Wide Web, there's gotta be a forum for people who are talking just as intently about how to drive their dinghies to the water. Car top or trailer? I'm leaning towards car top. You should have seen the automated car top rigging system I saw from Western Australia. Fancy schmancy.
http://www.customboatloaders.com.au/video.php
If you know of such a forum, please holler in my direction...
~ Suzie B. ~
#1. A big thank you to all of you sailor folks at SailFar.net for your interesting stories. I have been on boats of different sizes before but have never gone sailing; I think I am starting to appreciate the passion that you all have for being out on the open seas. What a different life you get to experience vs. that of us landlubbers.
#2. Reading through several pages of different forums on this site got me thinking about forums on other sites. Whoda thunk that Walker Bay has its own forum? Three cheers for forums!!
#3. I had promised myself a walk on the beach or somewhere this afternoon because it's the first day since finishing my huge brain-sucking culminating project for a master's degree. Instead I ended up reading most of Dan Kim's blog and crying over the incredibly sweet story of his too short time with Gee. I think I'll take that walk on Friday instead. And I'm going rowing on Monday (taking the day off), which is when they have a special daily rate on rowboat rentals.
Happy Sailing All of You!
~ Suzie B. ~
Quote from: Luv2Row on April 22, 2009, 04:59:59 PM
Oh Dnice!!! That picture is too, too funny! Thanks for the chuckle! :D
I think I am officially fixated on the Walker Bay 10' in case anyone wants to come "ride" with me while I'm out rowing.
So here's the thing. After reading through the whole thread on sailing folks trying to figure out the best dinghy for their mother ship and where and how to stash the dinghy, I'm thinking that somewhere on the World Wide Web, there's gotta be a forum for people who are talking just as intently about how to drive their dinghies to the water. Car top or trailer? I'm leaning towards car top. You should have seen the automated car top rigging system I saw from Western Australia. Fancy schmancy.
http://www.customboatloaders.com.au/video.php
If you know of such a forum, please holler in my direction...
~ Suzie B. ~
Would it be possible to store the boat at the lake? if they have rental boats... just talk to the manager and see. or if its not a rental type of lake, find the owner and ask if you can chain it to a tree.
The 8' WB only weighs 70lbs I think you can do it :) Using the car for leverage you'll only have to lift about 70-80% of the weight. Or you could put a winch on the front of the car (or use a come-a-long) to drag the boat up the back of the car onto the roof. and pull it off the same way, keeping tension on the line to keep it from falling. The same way that aussie boatloader did it, but without the machinery and a little more muscle :p
(I think the 10' is 120lbs)
option 3: find a cheap jetski trailer! or a small flatbed trailer and just use a couple of 2x4's for the boat to sit on.
It doesn't really matter what size trailer, the smaller the better the boat can hang off the back of it quite a bit. I think the walker bays come with a built in wheel on the keel which would come in handy no matter which way you do it.
Thats the best I can come up with :) Good luck!
Hey Suzie B..
If you're ever up in my neck of the woods, you're welcome to come out sailing and enjoy a bbq with us on the s/v Pretty Gee. :) I'm hoping to launch the boat this weekend...
Congratulations on the Master's project... what is your Master's degree in???
Quote from: Luv2Row on April 22, 2009, 08:26:06 PM
#1. A big thank you to all of you sailor folks at SailFar.net for your interesting stories. I have been on boats of different sizes before but have never gone sailing; I think I am starting to appreciate the passion that you all have for being out on the open seas. What a different life you get to experience vs. that of us landlubbers.
#2. Reading through several pages of different forums on this site got me thinking about forums on other sites. Whoda thunk that Walker Bay has its own forum? Three cheers for forums!!
#3. I had promised myself a walk on the beach or somewhere this afternoon because it's the first day since finishing my huge brain-sucking culminating project for a master's degree. Instead I ended up reading most of Dan Kim's blog and crying over the incredibly sweet story of his too short time with Gee. I think I'll take that walk on Friday instead. And I'm going rowing on Monday (taking the day off), which is when they have a special daily rate on rowboat rentals.
Happy Sailing All of You!
~ Suzie B. ~
Howdy Dan!
My master's degree is in Library & Information Science. Are you in the Boston area? Thanks for the invitation. I hope you have great weather to go sailing in this coming weekend.
QuoteQuote from: AdriftAtSea on April 22, 2009, 10:34:02 PM
Hey Suzie B..
If you're ever up in my neck of the woods, you're welcome to come out sailing and enjoy a bbq with us on the s/v Pretty Gee. :) I'm hoping to launch the boat this weekend...
Congratulations on the Master's project... what is your Master's degree in???
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Weather is supposed to be in the 80s. :) July has arrived early. :)
I know some of you on this site have been sailing since you were knee high to grasshoppers, but what about the newbies to sailing who might not understand all the specialized vocabulary being used? I think it would be great to either A) have a dictionary of sailing/boating/nautical terms (plus idioms and sailing slang) somewhere on the site or B) have links to websites with a comprehensive list of sailing and nautical terms. Or if there is already a link from SailFar.net to such a glossary, please point it out to me. That's the librarian in me coming out.
And if this is the magical 10th post that I'm posting, I might get to start adding grogs!! Woo-hoo!!
~ Suzie B. ~
I'd highly recommend you pickup a copy of David Seidman's book The Complete Sailor. It is a great book for novice sailors and about $16 at the local bookstore. It's very well written with good drawings. :D
As for an online glossary, try here (http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_glossary.html)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms)
Welcome, that might get you started.
The Complete Sailor, this book has helped greatly. We have two copies, one on the boat, the other here at the house.
cajun
Sounds like The Complete Sailor gets gold stars from a number of folks. Thanks so much for the resource recommendations! :)
So the question remains -- did AdriftAtSea go sailing this past weekend?
~ Suzie B. ~
Donno about him, but I was out this weekend ;D
No, but I did get the boat in the water this morning... now she's sitting in her old slip. :D
(http://www.adriftatsea.com/files/launch2009.jpg)
sailing no, snow yes :'(
Good for you, Nowell! I bet you had a fine time! Captain Cajun, I got photos recently from friends in Centennial, CO showing a big dump of snow. Yep, that's springtime in Colorado for you! I worked at Copper Mountain one season as a ski lift operator many years ago and the skiing season went until May.
Today (Monday) I had promised myself a day off to go rowing on a beautiful lake about 45 miles away from where I live. Got to the lake with my boat vest and gear to rent a row boat (they have a special deal on Mondays), only to be told that boats weren't being allowed on the lake due to high winds. :'( Another good reason to get my own boat -- if one lake isn't OK for rowing, another one in a different area might be. The conditions were great for sailing -- water wasn't all that choppy.
Quote from: captain cajun on April 27, 2009, 04:07:30 PM
sailing no, snow yes :'(
This is a note for KickingBug1 -- don't know if you and other trailer sailors know it, but there's a Yahoo Group dedicated to you folks with 1,530 members so far: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trailersailing/
There are supposedly 520 Yahoo groups dedicated to small boat enthusiasts of one kind or another. :o Gotta go check 'em out.
~ Suzie B. ~
Quote from: kickingbug1 on January 10, 2009, 03:05:34 PM
looks like im in the minority here, as im just a trailer sailor (cp 16) but non the less im happy to join in. if i know one thing its that i can learn a lot from expierenced sailors. even though my "voyages" only include a trip arround carlyle lake ( in illinois) i do enjoy reading about other peoples adventures- a sailor is a sailor is a sailor you can quote me (sanity is sailing)
Luv2row- there's another trailer sailor group also. Called Trailer Sailor, interestingly enough. Many who post here also belong over there, including our esteemed CaptK :D Great bunch of folks- We consider many of them family.
Action there runs to 4 hundred or more posts a day sometimes.
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi
They also have a separate forum just for ComPac owners.
Picture shows the Trailer Sailor Burgee flying on Tehani
Did you say burgee! ;)
(http://www.pbase.com/morningdove/image/106801196/medium.jpg)
Mr. Tim, are those plastic ties holding the flags to the shroud? Hope it is, I need a simply way to attach my flags on the boat. thanks
Yep zipties, something else I wish I had invented :)
I did a search for sailing websites.
I'm cruising the Bahamas in a 30' Seidelmann 299. So far I'm 'hanging around' the Abacos and enjoying it. I find crew on findacrew.net and amongst my friends. I'll do this on and off for the year and then think about moving the boat south or selling it and buying something to take to Mexico (oops) Belize and Guatamala. I consider myself a semi-newbie to cruising and I'm learning a lot from the experienced crew who come cruising with me. I'm 62 and expect that my sailing days are numbered but hoping I'll enjoy a bit more before I 'graduate' to a trawler.
I have permission to keep my sailboat, White Cloud, in the Bahamas for a year and if anyone wants to join for a while, or know someone who might be interested send them this way.
Unfortunately my wife is a non-sailor but fortunately she supports my dream and I do about 3 weeks on White Cloud and then about a month back in Clearwater.
Hope to run across other 'Sailfar'ers' in Marsh Harbour or other Abaco haunts - and my plan is to head south to the Exhumas in the next few months so any advice about cruising there with a 5'5" keel would be much welcome.
Dan
SV White Cloud
Seidelmann 299
Dan,
Welcome aboard!
There are a bunch of us who have been/are in/are going to the Bahamas. Where are you keeping the boat? Sounds like a pretty good deal, would love to be back there myself. ;)
I heard that it was a rough winter this year, that the cold fronts were training through pretty regularly. Hope it did not interfere with your cruising.
Glad you found us, welcome aboard!
Quote from: CapnK on December 19, 2005, 12:52:39 PM
Introduce yourself in this thread, if you'd like. Tell us who you are, where you sail, what kind of boat owns you, and maybe what your cruising plans are - let's get to know each other. :)
I've just joined. I've been sailing virtually all my life although I am currently without a sailboat :( that will change, hopefully this summer.
I've sailed a fair amount - nowhere near enough I'd say. At one time in my life, I did a lot of work on boats, mostly commercial fishing ships, but a fair amount on recreational sailing boats also. I'm not too far from retiring (not close enough) and my wife and I are exploring the possibility of becoming live-aboards, at least for some time yet to be determined. My wife never sailed before meeting me so she is not so sure this is the best idea in the world, but being the great sport she is, she is willing to check it out. So we'll see how that goes as we approach the time to decide.
I found this web site through a post on live-aboards, I think. From what I've read so far, this group sounds like a good place for us to gather more info for decisions as we retire.
dj
Gulfsailor, DJ—
Welcome aboard...
Hi
My name is Ryan. I'm 23 and live in East Tennessee in a small town called Sevierville. I have dreams of buying a sailboat, living aboard, and seeing the world. I don't currently have a boat, but am in the searching process for a 23-28 footer capable of world cruising. I joined this forum because I know that I don't know as much as I like to think I do and appreciate guidance from experienced members of the community. By the way I have set my own casting off the lines deadline of July 10th, 2010. This will be my 25th birthday and the beginning of my new life at sea where I belong. I discovered this site while browsing on another site, but can't remember which site that was. Thanks in advance for all the helpful advice that I'm sure I will receive on this forum.
Ryan
Welcome aboard, Ryan.
I grew up in Franklin, NC, not too far from you really, and have spent a fair amount of time in the Cosby/Gatlinburg area.
There are lots of good cruising boats for sale these days. I saw reference to an Alberg 30 for $6400, though it is on the Pacific coast. I know that's outside your mentioned LOA range, but the price is pretty good.
Fair Winds,
JR
yeah Gatlinburg is in my county, its actually the only place in my county to find any grog, so therefore i make frequent trips, and Cosby, TN is the moonshine capital of the world in my opinion, of course also alot of METH labs there which is not good for the area, thanks for welcoming me, and I probably won't be in the actual market to BUY a boat until november or december, still got quite a bit of saving to do
Welcome Ryan, It is great to start young the sooner you get started the further you will go ;)
thanks for the encouragement, I noticed a pattern in my employment history about 6 months ago that made me decide to take on the cruising lifestyle in that I get bored with jobs really easily and have no intentions of ever joining the rat race, so if not joining the rat race i figure why not just travel and live aboard a sailboat, skip around the world and do odd jobs whenever cash is an issue, I don't believe comforts are a necessity in life and plan on living extremely cheap, however repairs and NEEDED items are an expense you can't avoid at any level of simplicity
Welcome aboard Ryan...
A book I'd highly recommend you read is Sensible Cruising: the Thoreau Approach, by Don Casey, et al. :)
after reading the reviews that book has made near the top of my amazon booklist, amongst other tech oriented writings, inspirational works, and strategical weather books. I own and have read Sailing: For dummies, Fast Track to Cruising, and Cruising World's Workbench. So far these have provided alot of information, but I'm still looking for more. Therefore I have a pretty good sized reading list for the next year.
Ryan
Welcome aboard Ryan you beat me out it took me untill 27 to figure out the sailing life is for me. Hope your dreams come to you easily.
navyvet,
i started getting the sense that i would like to set sail indefinately when i was about 19 it took me this long just to eliminate all the other possibilities. and of course one of my favorite quotes of all times is "it wouldn't be fun if it was easy, but does it have to be this much fun?" thats from the motorcycle movie Torque. So everytime I look at something difficult or challenging, I see it as a new adventure. anyone can run around a track, but how many can do it while jumping over hurdles??
Hello All. I have been lurking for about a year now. I found the site when the compac site when down and I read on the Yahoo compac site that CaptnK spent time here. The admiral and I have been sailing a compac 16cb for 2+ years and we are hoping to move to a seaward 26rk this year as it meets our water needs (narrow beam and shoal waters). If all things were possible we would love to get one of the compac 35's and have what seems to be one of the best compromises currently in production for a shoal draft craft with blue water capabilities. As the 26rk will live in on a lift just off the Chesapeake Bay we are thinking of it as a weekender and week at a time craft, with lots of opportunity for single handing if I ever really retire and have time to sail as much as we would like. We are also thinking about the potential trailer trips down to Florida (instead of weeks/months on the ICW), the great lakes, and the new England coast but that also means getting something larger tow with on a routine basis.
doug
hey doug,
welcome aboard, as the most recent new member to post an intro before yourself i feel the need to express the same warm welcome that i received about a day ago from the crowd on this forum
Ryan
Welcome aboard Doug. How do you like the Seaward 26RK... I was aboard one at the last Annapolis boat show, and she looked like a fairly nice boat.
welcome aboard freeskier and doug this is a great place to get info and questions answered
Hey Doug nice to have you aboard.
Doug and freeskier, welcome and fairwinds! ;)
Welcome aboard you two!
I consider myself a "young" sailor also, at 33, so kudos to you Ryan for having a plan. Now just stick to it and execute and we will see you on the water!
Hey All Mario here I have a chysler C-22 that I m on the final stretch of getting sea worthy.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568869392suwBrk
the 2nd boat a starwind 22 was boaut for the parts.
I have a private dock on the S.C. ICW so after some time on one of the larger lakes here I hope to be sailing southward.
Not sure how I stumbled in here but It seems like a great site.
Welcome Mario, and thanks for the pics always appreciated. :)
Mario, welcome and fair winds. Oh, great pictures.
Welcome aboard to all! ;D
Glad you found us here.
Mario,
I had a friend who sailed a C-22, nice sailing boat it was. I would recommend you take a close look at the keel swing pin, look for rust streaks (sings of leakage). I would also carry a couple extra cable clamps because the winch that raises the keel is much stronger then the cable... and you can easily part it with little effort. I have had to dive in some less then friendly conditions to re-secure the cable.
Look forward to hearing more. :)
Hi all! New member here! I found a reference to this site from the com-pacowners.com site. I joined yesterday. Both of these are great sites! One is Compac specific and this one shares the unlimited possibilities of how far a small boat can go.
Phil
Welcome aboard plindsay there is a wealth of info available here so don't hesitate to ask questions
I found a reference to this site on the Chrysler sailors forum. It seems right up my alley, and I'm enjoying all the info and stories here.
I'm new to "cruising" as I used to be a beach cat sailor. I always wanted a boat that can go places and finally got one, a 1979 Chrysler 26. I'll be poking around and asking some questions as I learn. We're hoping to take some long trips in the not too distant future both on land (trailer) and water.
Started reading some about the lifestyle and came accross this forum. It seems to match our needs as we will inveriably be running a 30' or smaller. Was inticed by the fact that small boat live aboard cruising that this forum is dedicated to.
I have a huge laundry list of questions for you over the next year (like you don't have anything better to do) that I'm still compiling so I'll lay off that for a while yet.
But first a little about my wife and I. My wife's name is Adina (35) and I'm Greg (40) and we have been married for 16 years on Aug 15. ;D
Just like 9.4% of the country and soon to be more I recently became unemployed. My wife is a licensed/insured Massage Therapist while I was an IT in a field of younger guys and well, pay has dropped significantly over the years and got to a point where staying in that field was nothing more than the continuation of existence and little else. Our funds disappeared as the pay decreased and we became needless to say very unhappy working to survive with little time to enjoy each other or the kind of adventures we had when we met.
We met in Seattle where Adina was born and raised while I was hitchhiking around the world. She joined me one week after we met and we hiked to Alaska up the Cassiar Highway to ultimately end up in Juneau. From there we needed to settle down a bit to fill our coffers to re-introduce ourselves to stability in hopes of raising a child.
Well, occupations and school for my wife got in the way of being able to be responsible parents where we could also be around in a child's life in any kind of meaningful way. With age it becomes a little more dangerous to have children so it is unlikely we ever will. Not to mention the financial stability, overpopulation what it is and so on.
Then we sat down recently and realized how incredibly happy we were when we were living out of canvas WWI backpacks eating grape nuts and Spaghetti O's while enjoying just being together with no interruption. That was 16 years ago and we are like many others disillusioned in the current crisis in the world and we came to a simple conclusion. We both much rather enjoy life again then work so hard just to be slaves to things we really never needed in the first place.
So we come to an image of a "somewhat" broken spirit sitting in front of his computer trying to figure out what made us happy and how to do it again. Neither of us will ever make enough money anyway to enjoy the traditional land based Shangri-La without being continuous slaves to it and then I found Live Aboard information and that spark came on with a vengeance.
Honestly, I don't think we have any choice in the matter. It has consumed our days and evenings. every waking moment we crunch numbers and try to figure out how to make this possible. Thank God, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva whatever your spiritual guidance is we payed off ALL of our student loans and debt before this crisis took hold. However, we now have poor credit and no liquid funds outside of spending the next year selling off all of our stuff and living frugally to manage a boat purchase and at least a year of running costs.
I'll keep in touch and I hope you will do the same. the above was a lot to absorb when your busy keeping alive and happy so I will continue to make introductions and get onto the real stuff as we continue (I hope) our communications.
Greg & Adina Clark
Cpt2be Welcome aboard I'm sure that some one here will have some answers to any questions that you may have again welcome aboard
I had run across sailfar.net several years ago, but I didn't spend much time exploring the pages. I rediscovered it yesterday. After spending a couple of hours reading the forums, I realized that I have should have joined years ago.
I have a 1979, RK20 pocket cruiser. It has been on the hard for 2 1/2 years. Last year, I decided to paint the interior. While cleaning out the cabin, I discovered that the plywood on the berths had de-laminated and was too weak to support my weight in some areas. I decided to pull it out and replace the berths.
It has been a slow process. The boat is 1 1/2 hours from my home. Taking care of my wife, kids and my business took precedence over the boat. Now the economy has slowed my business enough to give me time to work on the boat. The berths are complete and the painting is finished. I have some re-assembly and cleaning to do before I can get the boat back in the water. I should be able to get her in the water next month. I have made a list of projects that can wait just so I can get a chance to sail her again.
My son and I are planning our first over-night cruise this fall. I look forward to reading information, recommendations and stories of the forum writers.
Mike
AMEN....grog ;)
Quote from: Cpt2Be on July 12, 2009, 11:16:28 AM
Then we sat down recently and realized how incredibly happy we were when we were living out of canvas WWI backpacks eating grape nuts and Spaghetti O's while enjoying just being together with no interruption. That was 16 years ago and we are like many others disillusioned in the current crisis in the world and we came to a simple conclusion. We both much rather enjoy life again then work so hard just to be slaves to things we really never needed in the first place.
So we come to an image of a "somewhat" broken spirit sitting in front of his computer trying to figure out what made us happy and how to do it again. Neither of us will ever make enough money anyway to enjoy the traditional land based Shangri-La without being continuous slaves to it "
Nice project, and welcome to this helpful and frinedly site.
Keep us posted and here's a Grog to you.
Welcome aboard to Cpt2be and Myoungpy. It is a beautiful thing to have a dream and run with it. From live aboard to spending time with your kids and loved ones it's always nice to have new faces. Nice to have you with us.
Welcome aboard!
Quote from: myoungpy on July 12, 2009, 09:19:56 PM
I had run across sailfar.net several years ago, but I didn't spend much time exploring the pages. I rediscovered it yesterday. After spending a couple of hours reading the forums, I realized that I have should have joined years ago.
I have a 1979, RK20 pocket cruiser. It has been on the hard for 2 1/2 years. Last year, I decided to paint the interior. While cleaning out the cabin, I discovered that the plywood on the berths had de-laminated and was too weak to support my weight in some areas. I decided to pull it out and replace the berths.
I was not familure with the RK 20, it seems to be the same as an Ensanada 20 is that right? I found this link;
http://www3.sympatico.ca/rodney.brandon/serendipity.htm (http://www3.sympatico.ca/rodney.brandon/serendipity.htm) that seems to suggest so. Sounds like a great pocket cruiser.
QuoteIt has been a slow process. The boat is 1 1/2 hours from my home. Taking care of my wife, kids and my business took precedence over the boat. Now the economy has slowed my business enough to give me time to work on the boat. The berths are complete and the painting is finished. I have some re-assembly and cleaning to do before I can get the boat back in the water. I should be able to get her in the water next month. I have made a list of projects that can wait just so I can get a chance to sail her again.
My son and I are planning our first over-night cruise this fall. I look forward to reading information, recommendations and stories of the forum writers.
Mike
Look forward to hearing more of your boat and your adventures. Where do you sail from?
The RK 20 ( and the RKS 20 ) are the same hull as the Ensenada 20, and the Balboa 20. All built by different companies over time. The hull was designed I believe, by Lyle Hess and is a great sailing hull.The keel arrangements and interior vary among the boats.
We have good friends with an Ensenada and also friends with an RKS20
The RK20 is similar to the Ensenada 20 and Balboa 20. Same hull designed by Lyle Hess, but different interior layout. The boat is a pleasure to sail. The swing keel and the 1'-9" draft lets me keep the boat docked at my father's cottage.
We sail out of Deltaville, Virginia at the mouth of the Rappahannock River at the Chesapeake Bay.
Mike
Just saying hi as requested.
I found this site by following links starting at sailingsimplicity.com
As a 40 year old woman planning to live aboard & sail alone I was googling female sailors to see if it was a common thing or not.
I'm just at the beginning of researching this lifestyle & hope to learn from the community so I don't make easily avoidable mistakes.
Have been self employed in restoration for most of my life working mainly in wood although I'm pretty good at domestic electrics & plumbing which I hope will give me a headstart in adjusting to marine applications of them.
About to start learning how to work with GRP.
I'm almost finished renovating my house myself - except for the gas plumbing, I've done everything else.
I'm currently living in Plymouth (uk) & will soon be looking for a small yacht to restore that will be capable of sailing anywhere single handed.
Being a bit of a womble & not liking to spend money I'm intending to do this on a shoestring budget.
I already have my own power tools & I know how to use them!
Figure it's going to take me a couple of years to get from here to being a liveaboard, but that's where I intend to be.
I have been finding it hard to get really basic information on living life aboard & the practicalities of being part of a fluid society so I'm hoping this site will either be a great source in & of itself or have links to click on to help me in my learning process.
No idea on what kind of yacht as yet to be looking for, haven't got enough information to know what specs I'd need to be looking for.
It's a pleasure to meet you all & I apologise in advance for the stupid questions I'm bound to ask from time to time:-)
Suzanne
It certainly sounds like you have skills that will get you there. This place has a wealth of knowledge, and is a friendly bunch. The only stupid questions are ones not asked.
Tim
I enjoyed my stop in Plymouth a few years ago.
There are lots of great sailing clubs in the UK. When I lived in Yatling RYA was able to get me connected.
There are lots of folk here that have great experience with smaller boats.
welcome aboard Suzanne. I'd highly recommend looking at
James Baldwin's Boat List (http://atomvoyages.com/articles/boatlist.htm), as a starting place for some decent pocket bluewater capable boats.
I've also written a bit on my
blog (http://blog.dankim.com), and would recommend you visit it.
Quote from: Suzanne on August 14, 2009, 11:28:57 AM
Just saying hi as requested.
I found this site by following links starting at sailingsimplicity.com
As a 40 year old woman planning to live aboard & sail alone I was googling female sailors to see if it was a common thing or not.
I'm just at the beginning of researching this lifestyle & hope to learn from the community so I don't make easily avoidable mistakes.
Have been self employed in restoration for most of my life working mainly in wood although I'm pretty good at domestic electrics & plumbing which I hope will give me a headstart in adjusting to marine applications of them.
About to start learning how to work with GRP.
I'm almost finished renovating my house myself - except for the gas plumbing, I've done everything else.
I'm currently living in Plymouth (uk) & will soon be looking for a small yacht to restore that will be capable of sailing anywhere single handed.
Being a bit of a womble & not liking to spend money I'm intending to do this on a shoestring budget.
I already have my own power tools & I know how to use them!
Figure it's going to take me a couple of years to get from here to being a liveaboard, but that's where I intend to be.
I have been finding it hard to get really basic information on living life aboard & the practicalities of being part of a fluid society so I'm hoping this site will either be a great source in & of itself or have links to click on to help me in my learning process.
No idea on what kind of yacht as yet to be looking for, haven't got enough information to know what specs I'd need to be looking for.
It's a pleasure to meet you all & I apologise in advance for the stupid questions I'm bound to ask from time to time:-)
Suzanne
Thanks guys for the welcome & the links -both skimmed & added to favourites so I can get back to them later as this site is a treasure trove of information all on it's own.
Guess I'll be lurking & reading for the next week.
Have a good weekend,
Suzanne
Nice to have you here Suzanne
Quote from Adrift..."welcome aboard Suzanne. I'd highly recommend looking at James Baldwin's Boat List, as a starting place for some decent pocket bluewater capable boats. "
I agree. James Baldwin is a wealth of knowledge gained from years of hands on experience offshore sailing as well as boat maintainance and restoration. His entire site is well worth the time to look at.
There are several others on this site with a multitude of experience having actually spent years living on their vessels. CJ ( Charlie Jones) is one of my favorites as anything he's posted is based on his experience over a lifetime of building boats and cruising.
Good luck with your dream...they do come true. ;)
Greetings All,
My name is Evan and I live in East Texas near the Gulf coast. I have recently purchased a Midship 25 ( also known as a Parker Dawson 26 ). Anyone looking for a ocean capable boat that can be launched and retrieved from a ramp AND won't break the bank, should take a look at one of these boats.
I have visited most of the popular sailing and cruising sites. This site is by far the best. The last few days I have been reading in your posts all the different solutions to the challenges of cruising on small boats and I have seen lots of great ideas that I can use.
You might not see me posting much, but you can bet that I will be here reading (and taking notes).
Welcome aboard Evan.
Evan,
Glad to have you aboard. When I saw you register I thought it might be to discuss this thread. (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=2548.0) ;D
Glad you found us. Bunch of SailFar folks on the TX coast... hope to hear more from you in the future. 8)
Hi Evan and welcome,
I'm one of them Texas folks. We live over in Port O'Connor and keep our boat in Port Lavaca. I don't post much but sure read a lot.
Have fun with your new to you boat. If you get down this way give me a shout.
David
Welcome aboard Evan -another one of those Texas folks here. I'm planning on launching in Port Arthur around first of November. Finishing up a rebuild on a Renegade. Are you anywhere near there? Check this link on the midship 26 http://parkerdawson.tripod.com/1midship.html
jim
Hi Jim,
I grew up in Orange, Texas ( 15 - 20 mi. from Port Aurthur). I now reside 100 mi. due North of Port Aurthur on Toledo Bend Lake. I used to sail a car top catamaran on Sabine Lake many years ago. I plan on my first shakedown on Sam Rayburn Lake sometime in November. My boat is similar to the boat on the tripod site except mine is rigged as a sloop.
The Renegade is a cool boat. Do you have any pictures of yours posted?
Evan
By the way David, Port O'Connor is definitely on my to do list.
And Faith, the sweetest honey comes from the BuckingBeeRanch! 8)
Welcome aboard beeranch I am another Texan and live about 20 miles from lake Whitney and I am hopeing to move my hunter 27 to the coast after the first of the year some time agine welcome to the site
Evan -- The only pictures I've posted are on this sites Gallery - it's supposed to be up and running soon. When/if it gets to going again I'll post a bunch more. I hate to show pictures of her when she's not at her best. My boat came from Lake Whitney and jotruck helped me get her out of the water and on her trailer -- no small thing as it takes more than a half day.
Jotruck - you interested in going for a boatride to Pensacola early November? Once I get Sooner wet your welcome to the trailer for your move if you want it.
jim
Hi
I'm Mike B. but a lot of folks call me "Magic" I was lurking on Trailer Sailor and saw a posting about your site being hacked and decided to check it out. I'm glad I did. I have seen many postings by site Moderators, trying to communicate guidelines to the forum users and I have to say, that the illustration of the young person viewing the site with an eye to circumnavigation, was just excellent.
I'm rebuilding a Sanibel 17 (in 1986 it was not a Sanibel 18 yet). I'll post some pictures so you can see my progress. I live in Northern Wisconsin near the St. Croix River. I have a 40'x42' building with a boat lift. If any of you live in the Twin Cities and need to work on your "trailer sailor" and store it for winter let me know. No money involved.
Looking forward to catching up on the post reading.
Great site
Mike B
Welcome aboard. Gotta love trailersailors ;) Have fun and post pics of what you're workin on. Enquiring minds want to know ;D
Frank,
Should I just put a link in my posts to the boat pics on Flickr?
I figured it would save some bandwidth here.
Mike B
just wanted to say welcome aboard and good luck with the rebuild
That would be great.Maybe start a new thread on just your boat under "boat discussion" and keep updates there. Look forward to seeing them
Thanks Jotruk
I really like your boat. I looked at one in RI a few years ago and I think the high transom gives that Hunter a really nice look. they also did a nice job on the cabin layout. Is that the last year they made the Cherubini model? I know John passed away in '83.
Mike B
Thanks Heymagic, from what I can tell the last year for the 27 was 84, most other Cherubini models ended there run in 83. And I agree with you they are very nice looking boats
Thanks for the opportunity to learn and share in your forums. A brief survey of some posts impresses me to say that there are some hearty and knowledgeable souls here. So In complete humbleness, allow me to introduce myself.
What brought me to SailFar:
A few weeks ago, me and my Lab pup, Charlie, were kayaking around the Hudson,Fl. harbor and noticed a fine looking Bristol 27. The 2 men aboard waved politely so I pulled up abeam (privately hoping they wanted to sell such a vessel) but alas, they were departing tomorrow with the tide. Having acquired and restored her, they were about to head home to Canada. They wanted no additional crew but gave me a web connection to stay in contact. As of last night 10/16 they were holed up in Norfolk, waiting for 6-9 ft. seas to subside.
Now apparently they shared some food and grog with y'all in Georgetown. The report was quite favorable.
As for my story, well the beginning is etched in feelings more than distinct memories. As a young kid I remember happy times and the big deck of the club-house overlooking the Kennebacasus river. My dad raced in a fleet of keelboats and we had big parties and bon-fires and roasted pigs. The die was cast. I have since needed to burn pigs and to sail to get the deep connection to my roots and to mother earth. I fondly remember my dads skill and his encouraging words while sailing.
So after several years doing without, and to my wife's great surprise, I was in Miami and found a nicely equipped 1989 Hunter 23, so I brought her home to Orlando and renamed her back to her original name "Quintessence".
I find great satisfaction in maintaining and improving her in the driveway. I am constantly planning the next big adventure, She is a good old boat and I am sure I could even live aboard if I were two feet shorter.
With 3 offspring and 3 grand kids I manage to get crew in the summer. One granddaughter is a natural adventurer and keen study. For the solo sails I am looking for a full-time helmsman named Ray Marine (when a bonus check comes in).
Thanks again and thanks for reading my introduction.
Rich Barton
Welcome aboard Rich, thank you for the introduction, you sound like the perfect SailFar member.
If we ever have a get together we will have to roast a pig! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. :)
Tim
Hello all from another 'Cherubini' Hunter 27' owner, living aboard in the St. John's river FL...converting this beast into a poor man's pocket cruiser. I have a small internet biz that does OK and I'm hoping after upgrading both the boat and my PC to get to a more independent on the hook/coastal cruising mode rather than a dock rat watching this brown water go by. Oh! BTW I'm 47SWM and I guess I call myself 'semi-retired'
Ahoy, all!
I'm Mike, currently sailing out of Fairhope, Alabama, on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. I've been sailing over 35 years, from my first boat (a Sunfish) up through an O'Day Daysailor, Catalina 25, Catalina 30 and our current boat, a Rob Roy 23 yawl. Sailing venues have included inland lakes in Michigan and North Carolina; Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego, California; and now Mobile Bay and environs.
My wife and I have progressed from daysailing, to cruises to Marina del Rey and Catalina Island in California, and several 3-4 day cruises in Alabama and Mississippi.
We're in the process of selling the Rob Roy to move up to a larger boat, in the 32-36' range, for more extensive cruising in the Gulf, Florida Keys, Bahamas and up the East Coast ICW. The Rob Roy has been a terrific little boat - our original plan was to trailer her around the US - but we've changed our cruise plans. Anyone who might be interested in the Rob Roy, drop me a line or take a look at sailingtexas.com (or a variety of other sites I've posted it on around the web).
Looking forward to learning a lot from this site (which I learned of from an offhanded reference over on the TrailerSailor site - trailersailor.com), and maybe sharing a bit of our adventures - the most recent of which was losing our rudder 37 miles from home, out in Mississippi Sound, and how we sailed home without it.
Fair winds!
Hi Mike.Welcome aboard. You'll enjoy the people here. Sorry we missed you when we were in the Mobile Bay area, but you just can't make it everywhere.
Maybe on our way home.
Good Luck on the boat search
oh, and Tehani is at anchor at Bradenton Beach. We'll mos likely move on down to Sarasota later today for one night, then on southward.
Hi all:
I found this site through a google search and have lurked for awhile. Finally had something to contribute in a topic and signed up. I have sailed since I was 9 and owned sailboats since my early twenties
I sail a Hughes 25 in Ontarios cottage country
Hi all,
I became a sailor quite by accident about six years ago. I bought an old Y-flyer for my photography studio background for high school seniors. The next year I was at a small lake outside of St. Louis, MO and saw several Y-flyers sailing around. I stood on the dock watching when someone yelled "get in, I need crew". Well, needless to say, I was hooked. ;D
Three years ago I sold the Y-flyer and bought my current boat, a San Juan 21. I have sailed several lakes in the midwest and the Mississippi River. In October of this year I trailered Captain Morgan, named for my daugther, and favorite drink, to my home town of Brunswick, GA. A friend and I sailed that little boat from sun up till sun set for six days on the ICW and St. Simon Sound.
I left Captain Morgan at my mother's house in Brunswick where I plan on making monthly trips to go sailing through the winter. If everything works out, my wife will retire in May and we plan to move somewhere around the area by June. If you are going down or up the ICW, stop by Two Way Fish Camp and eat at Mud Cat Charlies on the South Altamaha River. Lat/lon:31 19.239N/081 26.168W. Great food and friendly people.
I plan on keeping my little San Juan, and when I get moved by the ocean, I plan on getting an old Triton or Bristol 27 and fixing it up to go to the Bahamas and the Keys. Oh, by the way, I found this site on two different forums...trailer sailor and sailnet. ::)
Jerry
Welcome aboard Jerry.
Welcome Jerry, you'll fit right in here.
Thanks Adrift and Tim. I really like this site and am still reading the different treads.
Quote from: bbqjerry on November 12, 2009, 07:56:41 PM
Hi all,
I became a sailor quite by accident ...
... If you are going down or up the ICW, stop by Two Way Fish Camp and eat at Mud Cat Charlies on the South Altamaha River. Lat/lon:31 19.239N/081 26.168W. Great food and friendly people.....
Welcome aboard
You just got your first grog Jerry, all directions ought to include coordinates. ;)
Thanks Chief Bosun. 8) I agree and I will post more good food stops with the lat/lon.
Jerry
Welcome aboard, y'all! Glad to have you here. :)
Hi Jerry
We live between Brunswick and Darien off HWY 17. Stop by and see us sometime when you're in town. At the moment we have a friend's Triton being worked on in our backyard that might be interesting for you to see.
You can contact us through the site below.
James Baldwin
www.atomvoyages.com
Hi James,
Thanks for the invite. I'll be in Brunswick the 27th of November. I will give you a call before I show up. I hope to get one sail in also before leaving for home Saturday. My 10 year old great nephew is coming down to Brunswick from of all places, Chesapeake, VA. He has never been sailing so I hope to take him and his dad out for a couple of hours. He is really excited...I sent him some info to read, so he can get familiar with a sailboat. I also have a couple of books I will give him.
Who knows...maybe a new circumnavigator in a few years! I think it's great that a young man whats to learn to sail instead of sitting around playing computer games.
A happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and everyone on sailfar.net. I am off in six hours for FL to spend time with my daughter. :)
Jerry
Just bought a 2005 Com-Pac Eclipse, the Luna-Sea, from her previous owner in Harlingen, Texas, and corresponded briefly with Rich Hutchins at the factory. Rich answered my questions and referred me to the Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association Web forum, which I am still reading. Lots of good info there and an active group.
I noticed that CaptK, the administrator of the Com-Pac forum, included a link to SailFar.Net in his signature, so I followed it. It's like Yogi Berra said, "when you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Welcome Aboard! Just be careful for that Captain K character, hes usually in lockup more than being productive! Picture a modern day Jack Sparrow!
Welcome aboard... I'd agree with nowell, and and CapnK has dogs instead of Kiera Knightly and isn't quite as photogenic as Johnny Depp..
Quote from: nowell on November 23, 2009, 10:44:25 AM
Welcome Aboard! Just be careful for that Captain K character, hes usually in lockup more than being productive! Picture a modern day Jack Sparrow!
Hmmm, I am not so sure
(http://sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10375/normal_option2.JPG)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
LOL, Tim, Grog for that one.
One point though: I took that picture, and I DO NOT remember Kiera Knightly there....he must have stowed her away and I was TOO TIRED to notice.
He is, after all, a slippery, sneaky {dude}.
;D
There isn't enough meat on Kiera Knightley's bones for even a desperate dog (apologies to KK if she's on the board, but for pity's sake! Send some home cookin' on a one way trip down that hole under your nose...TYVM)
I'm back!!! It is so nice to see all the old names from before. Found out that the site was back up from a freind here in Iowa. Old times are back.
hello . . .
first off,i found sailFar while asking the googler to find things about "single handed sailing" and "solar battery charging" for me . . .
you never know what kind of people you'll attract by posting something on the net . . .
anyways . . .
i'm very happy to find a group of people who not only love old sailboats but will actually take them out and use them as the builders were hoping we would . . .
my boat is a 1967 Karlskrona-Viggen and i'll post more about her in the forums . . .
i'm based out of catskill point on the hudson river and have so far, covered the river from van wie's point to sandy hook . . .
i've fallen in love with my river and i'll be posting about that too but for now you should be making plans to sail the section between peekskill and newburgh at least once in you life . . .
as far as myself goes,i'll call myself a "newbie" . . .
due to the nature of my work,i had to go without a sailboat from the ages of twenty to fifty-four . . .
after my wife passed away from cancer,i went through the "there must be more to life" thing and thought an old swedish sailboat i found in craigslist might be the answer . . .
first,i had to re-learn sailing and my only experience was really just sailing nothing bigger than a sunfish on barnegat bay in jersey back when i was a kid and now i think i'm going to master a twenty-four foot sloop with a one meter draught,on a river no less . . .
i forgot to mention that i've been an over the road trucker for thirty-five years and we're not really known to be too terribly brilliant . . .
anyways . . .
up here where i live, isn't exactly "sailing central",so at first i had to teach myself by reading "sailing for dummies"(how apt !) , "sailing fundamentals" and whatever i could find asking "the googler" during the winter months and hoped that would be enough to keep me out of trouble . . .
it wasn't . . .
i was doing "alright",i was able to move the boat around under sail and all but i wanted to start taking her out on trips right from day one out on the river and headed south to kingston,twenty miles south,because i didn't know anybody to tell me that i shouldn't do that yet . . .
there are five other sailboats that use the (free) town mooring field here and they're all a great bunch of guys,one of them,lyle ecker,decided that i was too painful to watch any further and started giving me the "tip of the day" whenever he felt i was worth teaching something to . . .
i like lyle alot . . .
he's been sailing on the river from the day he fell out of a crib and landed on his head . . .
and he's an old truck driver too and sails a chrysler and i think i've seen at least two other chrysler sailors in here,i sent him the link to this forum and i hope he can handle being told his that his password doesn't have enough caps and numbers in it twelve times to join us. . .
lyle's been a fantastic teacher/role model out there and has a way of pointing out to me as to why i'm an idiot without making me feel that the entire enterprise is hopeless and keeps me honest by giving me this look like he's caught me masturbating or something whenever he see me running with my engine on,or even in the down position . . .
after about a month,i was finally "getting it",somewhat . . .
river sailing is very different from what most of you have done and you will not find much,if anything written in books about it,the only two books that i've found that were any help were "the sloops of the hudson" ,written by captains william e, verplanck and moses w. collyer back in 1908 and mark twain's "life on the mississippi",the former will teach a sailor how to work with the tides and sailing techniques and the latter has plenty of information on how to read the surface of the water . . .
anything else you'd like to know,just ask me and i'll be more than happy to tell you what happend to me when i tried that and i'll try to find lyle and ask him what we're really supposed to do . . .
that's about it for now . . .
i hope to learn many things from you all in the future . . .
Dennis Willard
Welcome aboard Dennis.
You might enjoy First you have to row a little boat by Richard Bode. If you learn anything about sailing from it, it will have been an accident. The book uses Mr. Bode's sailing experiences to talk about his life experiences. It is however a lovely book and most of the sailing does take place on a river.
I carry a couple of extra copies to give away to people who may appreciate it.
My sister lives in Wappinger Falls NY. I have limited experience sailing on the Hudson (some) but can appreciate your joy in that river.
thank you !
i read your post,"early scoot" . . .
i'm thinking that it's going to be awhile before i'll be catching up with you anytime soon,so i better get the book myself and you can find me something else to read when we do meet . . .
it sounds like something that i would enjoy reading . . .
A philosophical celebration of sailing. When he was a boy, Richard Bode was taken under the wing of a legendary local sailor and learned from him how to ..."
the verplanck/collyer book actually has plenty of helpful things a river sailor should know in it . . .
the river's been dredged and the channels are marked now but the winds and tides are the same as they were in the 1800's . . .
i've been able to find other river related stuff on the net but hardly anything in book form . . .
i love reading the old stuff . . .
you just can't beat a line like this . . .
"and the amount of profanity uttered by the vexed sailors was sufficient to demoralize the whole district."
Benson Lossing describes the overslagh near Castleton in 1866
i love it !
once again,have a good trip and i'll be waiting to read about it . .
dennis
Just wanted to say welcome aboard. I think that you will find a lot of people here that will willingly share there knowledge and will be very helpful
welcome to sailfar Dennis. Its an awesome feeling getting out on the water and learning a few things about sailing for your self. I have been doing the same thing here in Brisbane Australia for the last 12 months.
From aboard Tehani anchored off Punta Gorda, Fl
Welcome aboard to the two latest members. It's a really good group to hang with.
Hey Dennis
I bet it would be hard to beat a river sail in the fall where your at.
I grew up just west of you. Like you I triped feet first back into sailing after many year , 6 mounths of practical reading (this fourm) before splashing but have enjoyed getting out and staying on my Chrysler C-22 every weekend since. Yes I'm one of those guys, Please tell Lyle to email me if he hasn't gotten on the Chrysler fourm Maybe he can straighten out the guys over there.
A link, to a link, to a link... I don't honestly remember how I found the site. I was chewing through info concerning my (new to me) boat, and ran across the site, thought some of the advice seemed sound, the folks friendly, and decided to join (after having been declined from another site, perhaps because my boat is too small?).
Glad to be here... it's going to be a rough passage, as my boat has sat on the hard for at least 5 years while the owners were elsewhere engaged.
Welcome aboard! What kind of boat do you have? Give us a bit of background! Lots of great people and information here.
Hello All-
I found this group via Google while searching for related info on "Cruising on a small sailboat".
My name is Marty. My wife Janice and I are relatively new to sailing but have been constant in our search for knowledge and experience. I regularly crew aboard a friend's 47' Catalina and to date have participated in several coastal trips and my first offshore race from St Pete, FL to Isla Mujeres, MX.
We keep our '81 Watkins 27 in Apollo Beach, FL on the dock closest to the Tiki Bar...by design. It makes for the perfect pit stop, to and from the truck, when unloading the boat after a weekend sail.
I am a computer consultant and am able to take my work with me as long as I have broadband or WiFi connectivity. Having this ability, starting in May 2010, we decided to take a 2-3 month cruise from Tampa bay, down the West Coast of Florida, and into the Keys and maybe even the Dry Tortugas on an extended weekend.
In the short time we have been sailing, we have found this is how we want to retire, albeit on a bigger boat. Its amazing how fast this one shrunk!!! Anyhow, we figure we can someday sail off into the sunset and repair our "new to us" boat in exotic Caribbean ports....
I hope to use this forum as a means to possibly meet people along the way, pick up some local knowledge from folks who have been there and done that, and contribute where I can.
Fair winds to ya......
MSter
Welcome aboard to you two! I also do computer work, but wish I could telecommute more! Sounds like you guys are off to a great start! Are you sure the boat has shrunk or is there just alot of stuff that might need a re-consideration, that's cluttering it up? ;D
Quote from: nowell on December 01, 2009, 12:29:35 PM
Welcome aboard! What kind of boat do you have? Give us a bit of background! Lots of great people and information here.
Well, you know I'm still trying to navigate my way around, and finding replied to posts isn't happening that well for me, although I shouldn't plead lack of web-saavy. Sorry to not see this until now.
I have an old, somewhat gutted and almost free Bristol Corsair 24 that needs love, attention and lots of cash. Honestly, despite the boat being a bit dirty and rough, I count myself lucky at having a shot at bringing this old gal back from the boneyard.
My plans include making a live-aboard out of it, with an eye towards retirement in a few years, and doing my fix-ups in a customized way to enhance that ability.
Quote from: tomwatt on December 10, 2009, 11:43:54 AM
I have an old, somewhat gutted and almost free Bristol Corsair 24 that needs love, attention and lots of cash. Honestly, despite the boat being a bit dirty and rough, I count myself lucky at having a shot at bringing this old gal back from the boneyard.
My plans include making a live-aboard out of it, with an eye towards retirement in a few years, and doing my fix-ups in a customized way to enhance that ability.
Excellent platform! They are little tanks from what I hear! Can't wait to see and hear about your restore project! Good luck!
Found sailfar.net while browsing sailing sites on net. I read a lot of threads and enjoyed them very much. I own a Kittiwake 23 and am in the middle of a total refit. I,am 67 yrs old and spent most of my growing up living and playing in/on the Chesapeake Bay. Been sailing forever and I am still loving the lifestyle. I have owned various boats along the way, beginning with a Yankee Skiff I rebuilt and painted Sharks Teeth on the bow and along with my childhood friend(dog) Inky I rowed all over the Hampton Roads. Other boats were a Hampton one I rebuilt, an old Classic sloop, an old 25ft skipjack, a 7 meter Cinder build by tyler boats in UK, a H-28. In 1990 I bought an Irwin Center Cockpit Ketch,which I still own. I bought the Kittiwake because the Irwin has become to much to single hand. I now sail out of Mobjack Bay in Gloucester VA. BTW I am a retired Firefighter/Btn Chief. TOM
Tom-
Welcome to SailFar. Great group of people here, and alot of good info! I just moved to Houston from the Norther VA area. Sailed the bay a few times in my past. I really miss the beauty of the fall and spring on the water!
Welcome Aboard!
Thanks NOWELL. The weather here is nice but getting colder. No snow yet but you beat us to it this year. TOM
Welcome aboard TOMT I was stationed in Norfolk while in the Navy and did get to sail a little on the Chesapeake again welcome aboard
Thanks jotruk: I grew up across from Norfolk on Hampton Roads. I also spent 4 yrs. in the Alligator Navy aboard an LST out of Little Creek Va from late fiftys to early 60s. Signalman 3rd class. TOM
Ahoy all!
I just found this site today and can't imagine how it escaped my notice for so long. I've been on-and-off dreaming of sailing for, oh, 15 years now. More "off" than "on" to have gone so long without getting a sailboat I suppose. But the last year, 6 months especially, I've been REALLY focussing my dreaming. ;D
So, I guess I'm in the "preparing to start planning" stage - I've decided I WILL get myself a sailboat (28-32 foot range) to live on and sail about the globe. I'm currently saving money for said boat while also trying to absorb as much info as humanly possible about various boats, equipment, strategies (both "sailing" and "life"), cruising grounds, etc.
I hope everyone doesn't get sick of all the total noob questions I'm sure I'll be asking!
Later (from snowy Rochester, NY),
Greg
Welcome aboard, Greg. Have a grog to settle in (I cannot resist an empty glass).
Please post all of the noob questions you want. We all love to yack about sailing and we were all noobs once...well, we all still are in some ways since none of us has experienced EVERYTHING.
If we cannot answer your questions, we'll sure beat them to death for you... ;D
I'm not sure how I found Sailfar.net, maybe through a link from Trailer Sailer Discussion Forum or maybe from just sailboat surfing the web. Boats have always been in my blood. I built my first boat probably at about age 5 when I nailed a few boards together in our basement and sat in it dreaming of what it would be like. My next boat was a raft I made in Boy Scouts from six inner tubes and a wooden frame I could unbolt and carry - it was a fun wet ride. I was able to take my first trip with a friend for about 5 miles down Pennypack Creek in Philadelphia. My next boat was a Luger 16 a friend and I built from a kit while in college. Over the years I had a runabout, a 32 foot shrimpboat. 36 foot lifeboat hull shrimpboat, Kittiwake 23, 16 foot catamaran, Paceship 23, and currently am blessed with a Balboa27 (forsale) and a Catalina 27. My cruising history occurred mainly about 30 years ago - shipwrecked the Kittiwake 23 in the Gulf, island hopped with friends on a 30 foot S2 through the Bahamas, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. And now after marriage, raising 3 kids, and getting near the end of a career, I try to spend as much time as possible at the boat. There is not a day that goes by that I'm not thinking about the next boat project, modification, or making plans for the summer cruise. Next Summer I'm considering Bermuda or coastal hopping down the east coast. I'm a jack of all trades, master of none. I like fixing up what noone else wants, keeping costs low, and making a vessel seaworthy in all respects. I like the vastness of the ocean, and the freedom one finds crossing the horizon! I also like sea chanties - thus my boat is named Sea Shanty.
Welcome Dave,
And have a grog! It sounds like you'll be able to contribute lots of tips--and certainly pick up a few, too.
Happy New Year!
--Joe
Hello all. My name is Will, and I am addicted to sailing. I have a Bluenose sloop (23') and a Victoria 26 sloop. I have been sailing for the bulk of my life, like small boats and have no intentions of trying to kick the habit. I am currently living in Afghanistan though I normally reside in Savannah, Georgia. I look forward to returning home soon and getting the boats in the water. I have a wife and two kids that I drag along with me whenever possible (usually willingly) which can make things somewhat cramped but a lot more fun.
I look forward to participating in this site. Hopefully I will be able to contribute in some small way.
Will
welcome onboard Mate!
I, for one, would be interested in your point of view as to how the boat handles under sail.
after reading Brent Swains rather opinionated views on an array of topics on several forums, SSCA most of all, It would be helpful with unbiased first hand experience.
I consider some of his ideas quite interesting
Best regards from Portugal
Welcome aboard to all our new folks. I am glad you found us and made it aboard.
Look forward to hearing more from you all.
***Point of order***
The posts at SSCA are made by another user, who goes by the screen name of Brent Sawin... not the actual Brent Swain. He will occasionally sign his posts with his first name, and I know his last name also... it is not the same guy.
It is really nice to see the new members....WELCOME. We truly like to know about your boats, your dreams and your experiences. Pics of your boat..in and out, are always welcome as are your favorite anchorages. Thanks for being here.
Faith..I could never figure out guys using different names...seen it lots. Gotta be a personality disorder ;D
Welcome aboard Dave, Will and Haidan. Good to see you here.
Quote from: s/v Faith on January 13, 2010, 05:40:28 PM
***Point of order***
The posts at SSCA are made by another user, who goes by the screen name of Brent Sawin... not the actual Brent Swain. He will occasionally sign his posts with his first name, and I know his last name also... it is not the same guy.
Thanks for the info, I did not know that... The posts on the SSCA board I was referring to is by an alias 'Louis Riel' who, at least once in a while, signs wioth Brent Swain undrneath his posts.... talking about the same guy, are we?
(am a bit confused now) the boat seems quite interesting nevert he less.
Disclaimer -haven't yet seen even a picture of one, just read about it.
all the best
Magnus
Howdy All
I found sailfar.net through Mr. Baldwin's extensive list of useful links. I've come upon the "smaller, simpler" boat philosophy recently and am looking forward to some good dialogue and b.s. -ing here in the forums. Isn't the internet wonderful in allowing a group of crazies like ourselves the means to congregate?
Looking forward to working less/sailing more with the rest of you.
James Woodring
Austin, TX
Welcome Aboard JMWoodring - good to see more Texans here.
jim
Thornton, TX
Welcome aboard , I think you will find some really good info from this site Danny Barr Clifton Tx.
Another welcome aboard from
Charlie and Laura, aboard Tehani, out of Magnolia Beach, Texas
currently at anchor off Sanibel Island, Florida
Welcome James,
David and Lisa here in Port O'Connor. We keep our boat over in Port Lavaca in Charlie and Laura old slip.
Quote from: haidan on February 04, 2010, 12:12:59 AM
***Point of order***
The posts at SSCA are made by another user, who goes by the screen name of Brent Sawin... not the actual Brent Swain. He will occasionally sign his posts with his first name, and I know his last name also... it is not the same guy.
Faith-
Brent Swain often, and in the SSCA forums he does, sign in as Louis Riel - a Metis who lead a rebellion against the Canadian government in Manitoba back in the day... I couldn't find what you were taking about though?
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I had my names turned around. I stand corrected. Thanks, :)
Hi all,
I'm not a complete newcomer to sailing. I've owned dingies and crewed and helmed boats to 50ft, but I've never owned a boat bigger than 16ft. Up to now owning an ocean capable boat has been financially out of the question since Herself hasn't been interested and none of our friends are boaters. My financial situation is changing to the point where I may be able to buy a small cruiser to singlehand (mostly). Since I've only been crew on bigger boats, all the issues of maintenance, etc., have not been my experience, so I'm here to listen and learn and hopefully ask good questions. I'll be trying to decide what sorts of boats, gear and systems will be most appropriate for what I want to do. The inevitable and ubiquitous 'what boat?' question is premature, but I enjoy those threads and learn alot. In fact, most of the threads here are very interesting, and I've enjoyed reading many of them already.
I would describe myself as a pragmatic minimalist. What I mean is that I want the simplest, fewest tools/systems to accomplish my goals, and I want them to be bulletproof.
I found sailfar through a link on another cruiser/sailing board. Cruiser's Forum, Sailnet, Anything-Sailing, SSCA? Don't remember. Been reading here for a couple months.
hermitCrab (multi-descriptive)
Southern California
welcome aboard... there's a great book that you might want to check out. It's called "The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet (http://tinyurl.com/yj87nt6)", by Steve Henkel.
thanx. Just put it onto my Amazon list. Hadn't heard of it before.
Known Kurt before he started this site! :)
You poor bastage... my sincere condolences.... ;)
Quote from: geneWj on March 06, 2010, 01:39:43 PM
Known Kurt before he started this site! :)
Quote from: hermitCrab on March 05, 2010, 07:54:06 PM
. . . describe myself as a pragmatic minimalist. What I mean is that I want the simplest, fewest tools/systems to accomplish my goals, . . .
Hermitcrab -
A) you'll fit right in here.
B) the phrase "pragmatic minimalist" is awesome. :o)
Todd
I'm a somewhat recent entrant into the small boat community with my purchase of a 1974 Clipper Marine 26. Though I do enjoy projects, since picking it up last fall, this has turned into a huge undertaking. I've been documenting my work in a blog for anyone who cares to read of my amateur efforts.
http://26clipper.blogspot.com/
I've been a member of the Cypremort Yacht club for four years but could only look on the regattas from my hobie cat as they sailed past. I'll be sailing primarily out of Vermilion Bay with a few jaunts out to the Gulf when the weather is right. If anyone sails in this area, let me know. I could always use the crew.
Blaine
Welcome aboard Blaine, take a look around you will see you are not the only fool to take up such an endeavor. ;D
Lookin' good!
Welcome Blaine.
Say hello from Charlie and Laura aboard Tehani to all our friends there at Cypremort.
Jeff and Janice, Shane and Renee, Mark and Tammy (and girls) and also Bill.
Hi,
Fairly recent owner of a '69 Coronado 25. New to sailing but not to the sea. I've been on the seas privately and professionally for 25 years.
So far, I've sailed my own boat as frequently as possible, I've crewed for one race on an Antrim 27, then I crewed a Tartan 30 for someone even more inexperienced than myself to help him get his feet wet. This weekend, I'll crew a 40 footer. I'll be crew for a C&C 30 racing this summer. I'm putting myself on as many boats as possible for as much experience as possible as often as possible. I usually sail my own boat for 3-4 hours a day after work.
I love my Coronado and I'm not really looking to upgrade. I enjoy the ease of handling a smaller boat alone, and the lower upkeep costs. Probably the biggest I'd ever go is 30'. I'm glad I found a forum of what seems to be like-minded individuals.
Quote from: Old Shoe on April 09, 2010, 09:53:34 AM......I'm glad I found a forum of what seems to be like-minded individuals.
Glad to have you aboard Old Shoe,
I believe there is a lot to be learned from other Sailors, and really like to crew aboard other boats. Much like this place lets us do (in a way).... :)
You mention plans to spend some time aboard a 40' boat, it is funny I like to do this just to remind me why I like small boats so very much! I look forward to hearing more from you. Do you have a picture of your boat you could post?
Welcome!
I have photos of the entire boat but I can't access them at work and they're not really representative of the boat because it's in much better shape now than when I took the pictures. I'll post them tonight. :)
For anyone interested, here are pictures- They're out of date. New main and new sailcover are on the boat among other improvements.
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Hello everyone. My name is Maikel. I'm the new owner, with my friend Madeline, of a 1963 Pearson Ariel [hull #44] and a firm believer in the KISS approach to cruising and life in general. For the last thirty years I've lived in a variety of homemade motor homes, old trailers or boats, either on the road or out west. Madeline is part of the Freegan network.
I have enjoyed reading all your posts. Lots of good ideas, tips on gear and ways to do things. Wish I had found you years ago when I first got into to boating while living in Port Townsend, WA.
I had three boats before the Ariel. The first was a scavenged 14' runabout, which we called Ping after one of my son's favorite stories. Inspired by Phil Bolger's books, and not knowing any better, I converted it to a sailboat - leeboards, blue tarp spritsail, oars. Needless to say it didn't sail very well but I learned the basics of sailing and tides and even crossed Admiralty inlet and went around Marrowstone island. Lots of the thirty five footers in the marina never got that far.
The next boat was a converted US Navy Whaleboat, built in 1947, with a cabin [sitting headroom only] and an old palmer 4 gas engine, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. When I bought her she was sloop rigged with a gaff main. Of course I had to add a topsail and a jib set flying on a reeving bowsprit. She was a sweet boat, would sail for hours on a close reach with just a bungee cord on the tiller.
'Anarres' got me out of Port Townsend bay and across the Straits of Juan de Fuca to the san juan islands. The second year I spent three months exploring Georgia Strait. I sailed this boat for five years, two of them engineless - learned so much that way - then passed her on. By now I was completely smitten and went sailing every chance I got, winter or summer...I had a shop in the boatyard where I made knives and grew a garden.
My third boat was another old wooden boat - I did look at fiberglass boats but this was Port Townsend after all. 'Molly' had been around for a while, had even been to South East Alaska, and was perfect for my needs. She was modeled on a Skipjack, but with higher freeboard and a tall, boxy cabin. This meant standing headroom, big enough to live aboard, yet only 26' and shoal draft. The rig was traditional skipjack - 8' bowsprit and a boom as long as the mast. Docking was exciting, gybeing a nightmare, so after two seasons I converted to a yawl rig. Not exactly a KISS move, but she handled better - and looked really cool! Gave the crew something to do too.
I spent summers wandering around the Georgia Strait with my son, sharpening knives and selling them from port to port. Winters I spent in the mountains in an old Dodge van with a woodstove, camping at ski areas and visiting with hippie back-to-the-landers.
Three years ago Madeline and I circumnavigated Vancouver Island. We took our time and had a wonderful six weeks. I had been to Barkley Sound on my own, but never all the way round.
When I came to Brooklyn to live with Madeline I knew I had to have a boat. New York isn't the best place to find a used boat. After three wooden boats I was ready for fiberglass, especially since I want to go south. After looking at several larger Pearsons and just missing a Grampian 26, I found the Ariel at a funky marina tucked behind a shopping mall, a bike ride from the apartment. She needed TLC but seemed basically sound. Best of all, no squishy decks! I had bought my other boats for $2,000 so $4,000 seemed a lot, but this was 'classic plastic' and, finally, a 'real' sailboat, designed by a master.
Chapter two. Mischief.
We spent the spring working on our new boat and, naturally, sailing every chance we got: no extensive restoration for us. I did remodel the main cabin - galley and counter/chart table to port, settee berth to starboard, using lumber and other materials scavenged from the sidewalk. We bought one of those camp stoves with oven that others here have liked but sent it back and got a cast iron two burner instead. The gas lines on the camp stove didn't seem rugged enough and I wondered about the burners. I also replaced the old grey marine with an outboard [6 HP Tohatsu]. Getting old grey out was a bugger as the English would say.
Jamaica Bay is sheltered water but the wind picks up in the afternoon and we soon discovered how 'exciting' it is to sail an Alberg design. And what a change from previous boats in going to weather- once that is we got used to being heeled over 20 degrees or more all the time! I had never dared push my center-boarder with internal ballast that far.
Our 'shakedown' cruise began with a 30 mile run around Coney Island and through the Verrazano Narrows under sail, then up the East River and through the notorious heck Gate under power and on, under sail again, to Manhasset Bay in Long Island sound. After that we took our time, went where the wind blew us and only used the motor when we absolutely had to. We meandered down the Sound as far as Block Island. On the way back I was alone on the boat. Went up the Connecticut River, a gorgeous side trip marred only by the noise and wakes of all the power boats. One of those don't get me started subjects
Coming back through the city I sailed the whole way till the
rising wind and contrary tide forced me to seek shelter in Coney island creek, just off the outer harbor. The creek is full of derelict barges, which made anchoring rather sketchy, and was lined with sweet old black guys fishing for bunkers, and the occasional hobo camp and abandoned warehouse.
Chapter three. Cruising Plans.
The evil 'slumlord' who owns the funky marina where we have been keeping our boat wants us gone. It's ok because the boat is mostly ready to go.... even if I'm not. Is one ever I wonder? The planning of a voyage is exciting: getting the boat ready involves work and expense, but can still be enjoyable approached with the right attitude. But actually untying the lines and leaving the dock that, to me, has always been the hard part
Anyway, my current plan is to head north again in late June, go up to Buzzards Bay and maybe Cape Cod, joined some of the time by Madeline, then head south in the early Fall and join the procession down the ICW. Madeline says she will join me for the trip through the Bahamas. After that I'd like to head west, cruise the south coast of Cuba, then cross to Belize ending up in the rio Dulce for hurricane season. Meanwhile just have to cast off the ties that bind. Will post some pics so you can look for us. Maikel.
Welcome aboard Maikel! First off you obviously have great taste in boats ;)
Sounds like a classic SailFar story to me, thanks for sharing.
Perhaps a picture or two to round it out ;D
Tim
Welcome aboard... I'd love to see photos of your Ariel.
Welcome aboard indeed!
I'd second Dan's call for photos.
There are at least two (three, I think) Sailfar members on Buzzards Bay so don't be a stranger!
Fair winds,
--Joe
I am working on pics. Don't have many of this boat, none yet of us under sail. Computers aren't very KISS and I'm a techno-peasant so patience please while I figure out how to post photos.
Tim is obviously prejudiced being an Ariel owner and a westy to boot. Previous choices were, I'm afraid, based on what I could afford, and a port Townsend prejudice against 'tupperware'.
Those early generation fibreglass boats like the ariel, have lines taken off, or at least cannlily similar to, wooden boats so she looked right to me. And thank goodness the interior is mostly wood so I can add shelves and counters, rearrange storage with just a handsaw and screws. See you on the water, maikel.
Welcome Maikel You found a great group of people here,
don't worry about pictures under sail it would be nice to see the cabin work. I need to redo my galley.
I don't remember how I found sailfar, but it was probably while I was googling for some odd subject like composting heads, junk rigs, or the like. In any case, I've been trying to get on here for some time (some lost emails or some such prevented me) and I've finally made it! I think you've got a great community forming here and I look forward to being part of it. I've started a new thread with my story so far:
http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,2910.0.html
Hello everyone,
I'm a solo sailor on an Allied Princess 36' cruising ketch, "Aletheia". Plans to take her around the world, but for now I'm in the gulf coastal area, involved in refitting her and spending my time racing J/24's and Express 37's.
Looking forward to reading through the wisdom you've collected here and hopeful to contribute something useful myself (if I've got anything useful to contribute!). I have a background in electrical engineering, and boat power, electrical, and electronic systems are something with which I am quite familiar.
Thanks for having me aboard and fair winds to all!
Quote from: svaletheia on May 14, 2010, 07:49:53 AM
Hello everyone,
I'm a solo sailor on an Allied Princess 36' cruising ketch, "Aletheia". Plans to take her around the world, but for now I'm in the gulf coastal area, involved in refitting her and spending my time racing J/24's and Express 37's.
Looking forward to reading through the wisdom you've collected here and hopeful to contribute something useful myself (if I've got anything useful to contribute!). I have a background in electrical engineering, and boat power, electrical, and electronic systems are something with which I am quite familiar.
Thanks for having me aboard and fair winds to all!
Glad to see you made it mate, as I was saying at work, this is a great group of people, and one of the nicest boards youll find!
I found sailfar in the links of "atomsvoyages"
http://atomvoyages.com/atom/aboutatom.htm
Hi all
My name is Jay , I work in property management >:(
I'm the owner of a 1967 Bristol 29, # 11 since 2008 ;D, previously I sailed a "topper".
I plan to live aboard, make her better than original, and sail far ;D
Welcome aboard! You'll find another B29 owner here as well! This is a great board with a great group of folks. Hope you enjoy your stay!
Hi all,
I came across this site shortly after coming across a Craigslist ad for a compact cruiser with seductive lines. Some Googling brought me to Charlie and Laura's posts on Tehani. And, now I'm the proud owner of her younger sister (Tehani's not Laura's), a Rhodes Meridian, hull 112 (a few photos here: http://gallery.me.com/jandj#100035). Windrift is presently on the hard - to be launched Monday.
I grew up sailing out of Mattapoisett (in Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts) in a Herreshoff 12 1/2. My mother still owns the 12, which I sail frequently, but since I live and work in Boston, and would like to cruise beyond an open boat's comfortable range, the Meridian seemed a perfect fit. My initial aims are modest. Evening sails and overnights, and some longer cruises.
I've learned a heck of a lot lurking here, and thanks to you all for the education. I've basically sailed all my life, but my experience consists almost entirely of day sailing the same small boat. There's always lots more to learn, and it's a heck of a nice thing to have found such a community of knowledgeable and down-to-earth salts.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Welcome aboard here and congrats on a fine boat. Pretty too
Welcome aboard Jeremy!
Beautiful boat! Look forward to hearing all about your future adventures!
(http://gallery.me.com/jandj/100035/DSC_1871/web.jpg?ver=12774298560001)
Now THAT'S a great looking yacht!!! ;) :D ;) :D
Welcome aboard Jeremy. We sat in the cockpit last night and looked over the pics. Interesting to see the differences between both the later standard interiors and in the changes we've made. Some of the stock things we saw are quite nice, such as the companionway steps. Had ours had something like that our interior might have :D wound up differently.
Anyway, as I've said when we talked, they are great boats and you should enjoy sailing her tremendously.
Jeremy?
Welcome to Sailfar. Where do you plan on keeping your boat? Are you keeping in the SouthCoast area?
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Charlie, you couldn't have done anything to make Tehani's interior more lovely! But 'll get around to adding to this small assortment of photos so you can make other comparisons - just for curiosity's sake.
Adrift, Although most of my sailing has been off the SouthCoast, I'll be keeping her in Boston Harbor. After staring out at the sliver of water I can see from my office window, I thought, why not have a boat right here? If all goes to plan, I should be able to regularly manage an afternoon/evening sail, and some occasional longer trips.
Ah... well, if you're ever down in the southcoast area, let me know. :D I sail out of Fairhaven.
Hello, I just purchased A Pearson Triton # 99. It is In RI and I will have to haul it to WI. It is a project boat but is in good shape and has been indoors. I am retired now, recently divorced and looking to venture out on a dream I have have for a long time. "Cross the Atlantic to Europe". Of coarse I will start small and move my way cautiously. I have plenty of sailing ground to cover that is rather safe The Great Lakes, Mississippi, Gulf, and Bahama's. I rebuild airplanes for a living so reconstruction on "Jade" should be straight forward for me. I also have a 26' Clipper Marine that I have been working on. This will be my bigger than what I am used to sailing trainer while the Triton gets refitted.
Dan
Welcome aboard Skipper Dan. You will find a good bunch of sailors here and a lot of knowledge so feel free to ask and keep us posted on the progress of your boats again welcome aboard.
good thoughts on using the clipper marine as a trainer, i had a clipper marine '30 and it turned out to be junk, the pearson will be good to move up to from the clipper and you'll have some confidence when you're ready for bigger water
Came across Sail Far. while looking through
the internet for sailing alone on a 25' sailboat. :)
I sail a Storfidra 25' out of a San Francisco Marina.
The boat is a full keel boat made over in Sweden in
the 1970's.
I pulled the inboard out and will be replacing it with
an electric motor made by ThunderStruck Motors which
is a direct drive specifically designed to replace an
inboard .
Clay
Welcome aboard Clay,
I look forward to reading about your plans. You might take a look at this thread (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,100.0.html), we have others here who are considering and doing similar conversions.
I found this site by accident about three months ago and for some
unknown reason have not been able to register. I was going to give
up several times but CapnK was able to find a solution. So I'm here
We are new to sailing and are in the process of refitting a Hunter 25
and a Hughes NorthStar 22, they are still in our back yard.
Bob
Welcome aboard Bob. Your a braver man than I for re-fitting 2 boats at the same time! I can barely afforad one, lol! Im sure you'll find alot of great info here.
Hello Everyone,
My name is Brian and I have recently bought a Pearson Ariel. I'm planning to sail her from the Chesapeake south bound. I am a merchant mariner working a 3 weeks on/off rotation. I'll see how far south I can get during the upcoming three weeks off. One thing for sure is that I am in no particular hurry. I'd like to eventually get her to the Carolinas or Georgia for a late summer/ early fall minor re-fit and upgrade, then perhaps the keys for winter projects. Who knows what from there. During the process of obtaining the Ariel, I stumbled upon this website. I enjoy the seemingly unanamous perspective that simple is better. I could not agree more. Folks around here seem to also embrace optimism in effort and ingenuity creating an attitude that nearly anything is possible. Folks like this are my kind of people, and It good to be apart of your group. I'll let you know how the sail goes. I'm fairly new to wind power so it may take me a few tries before i'm heading in the right direction.
Welcome Brian, Yes indeed I think you came to the right place. Of Course it helps that you have such good taste in boats. A grog for that ;D
Yes, ditto o that. Go, Alberg lovers, go! ;D
hello again a year and a half latter...
sugar magnolia has undergone a restoration project and is now at home in waterford, ct on the niantic river looking ten times better attached is a before and after combo that makes me proud... working on getting more pictures up on flickr or something anyway
-kevin and ali
s/v sugar magnolia
Howdy Kevin. Glad you made it back on ok.
Laura and I are currently back in Texas. Tehani moored in N.C. We'll be away from here for a bit.
You can set up a gallery on this site for your pics also.
Hi,
I found sailfar via google I believe, quite a long time ago.
I've been lurking in the shadows, but finally decided to come clean.
My wife and I belong to a yankee dolphin named Madalyne Joy,
and we are planning on heading south this winter for a few months,
and test the waters of the cruising lifestyle.
who knows, we may not come back!
Hello all Sailfarers,
I am very new to sailing (first sailing experience this past January) and I am so glad that Sailfar was the first forum I stumbled upon in my quest for information about sailboats and cruising. Had I started my research on one of the other cruising/sailing forums I may have come to the conclusion that one needs at least a 45 foot boat to do anything more than daysailing! I mean no disrespect to any other forums, I enjoy reading many of them, but Sailfar is the most positive forum I have come across and seems to be about what you can do, not what you can't do.
There was a thread started about a year ago by Cpt2be about buying a boat and cruising on a small budget. This was the thread that started me on the path to sailing and cruising. Shortly after reading his post and the subsequent discussion we (my husband Devon and I) purchased a 14' O'Day Javelin and started teaching ourselves to sail (we read a few books first). Meanwhile we were researching boats for cruising but did not plan to buy anything for another year. Then in March we found an Ericson 31 for sail at a great price so we bought it and have been sailing it since June and we are planning to be cruising in 3 years. We sometimes run across people that tell us we shouldn't take such a small boat out in the ocean but we just smile politely, tune them out, and continue readying our boat and ourselves for our future adventures.
Hopefully Cpt2be found his boat as well.
Rowan
s/v 'Imi Loa
Ericson 31 #59
imiloa.wordpress.com
Welcome Jwalker and Rowan.
It sounds like the both of you found the right place, looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi
My name is Nathan, I am living in Faial Azores, I am a carpenter, Boatbuilder, and have previously built a 26 ft Flamenca designed by Oswald Berckemeyer, a 26 ft wharram tiki 26 catamaran and a 28ft Van der Stadt Spirit.
I have lived aboard for 5 years and have done many deliveries along the South Arfican Coast, mainly cruisers who needed help in getting around the Cape of Storms - am presently living in a house on Faial and considering what to build next
regards
Nath
Nath,
Glad to see you online. Sorry about the earlier registration problems, sometimes the email we send gets captured by peoples internet service... I HATE that...
I have only been to the Azores by air, what is it like to livelihood there? That is an impressive collection of boats you have built, do you have any pictures you can post?
I am glad you found us here, and look forward to reading more about your travels.
Thanks
Re the boats, the Flamenca 26 was built from a hull deck and bulkhead set, I no longer have access to any pics of her, they are all in storage, the tiki 26 was built from scratch and I have pics of her, will post when I figure out how, the Van der stadt was a almost total renovation, mainly for blue water cruising and I have pics of her as well, so I will post them - there is a thread on here about hard dodgers, the spirit 28 had a hard dodger that I built using stitch and glue ply, it would be interesting for those considering a hard dodger as it looked rounded like a canvas sunbrella one but was more functional, in the kind of seas we have off the south african cost. Living in the azores is nice, safe but as far as making a livlihood it isnt easy. but the lifestyle makes up for that.
thanks for sorting the registration problems, nice to be here
Nath
I would be very interested in hearing your opinion on these as 'blue water' cruising homes.
I've seen quite a few of them here on the Algarve, Portugal and must say they are about the only cats I like the looks of.
If I were ever to consider a cat I would take a closer look for sure... A 36-38 foot Wharram could make a nice home-base for a couple, wouldn't it?
Hello, I sail the Chesapeake in many boats but my own is a Pearson Ariel. I got here while searching for an answer to a renovation due on my boat this winter. I liked what I saw and decided to stay.
Thanks,
Garry
Quote from: gcerrone on October 09, 2010, 08:15:16 PM
Hello, I sail the Chesapeake in many boats but my own is a Pearson Ariel. I got here while searching for an answer to a renovation due on my boat this winter. I liked what I saw and decided to stay.
Thanks,
Garry
Hi Garry,
Welcome aboard SailFar. Glad you decided to put down an anchor here. Hope we get to see some pictures of your renovation as it progresses.
Hello everyone,
My name is Bruce, and my little ship is a Thames Snapdragon 26 named "Puff". This site was recomended to me by the Skipper of the good ship "Faith" who, about three weeks ago, I met while shopping for parts in a store on Barrancas Ave. I am very gratefull for his help and generosity, and even though I am "not much of a joiner" and my computer skills are modest, I welcome the oportunity to publicly thank him for his kindness.
Welcome aboard, Bruce...good to have you.
Hello Bruce, and welcome.
I've been looking for someone with a Snapdragon 26, so that I could ask:
Can you tell me what is the width dimension from the outside of the bottom of the keels--that is, what is the clear space needed between the wheel wells of a trailer for them to fit? (I understand that the draft is about 2'-8")
-Jim
Carl here. I own a 23 foot Sundance. Great little boat. I'm new to the game, but learning a lot. I'm moored on the Columbia River in Oregon, by the Portland International Airport.
Planning on sailing through the Winter, basically year round. Have a couple of friends at the moorage, both live-aboards. We do a bit of night sailing, just to get the most out of our boats.
Found this site, through another sailing forum, and I'm very glad I did. Spent last evening reading many useful threads, especially the $10-$20 composting toilet thread. I'm sold.
Anyway, Hi Everybody (raises mug of Grog).
:)
Welcome, Carl,
Will be interested to hear about sailing in your area (the other Portland). I have a new appreciation for large river sailing since visiting the Hudson River.
Here's a grog for you to raise. :)
Cheers,
-Jim
Thanks Man. It's 4:30 am, getting ready to shop for groceries for the annual feast. Ah, arrrrr, having a little grog in my morning coffee.
Tomorrow: 10 knot winds 09:00 through 16:00 hrs., 3 foot high tide 9:30ish am, low tide 4:30ish 2.5 ft, 46 deg High. Showers. It'll probably be in the early 20s when I get there, but
I'm hittin' it!!!!
Hi All, I happened across this forum by accident a few nights ago while searching (as I have hundreds of times) for anyone owning a Snapdragon 26 here in the state when I came across the link about Bruce's Great Loop journey in his 26' Snappy! What a surprise as I continued to read there another Snappy here too!
Looking very forward to following Bruce's journey here on Sailfar.net
Thanks,
Jake in Denver
Hi Jake, welcome aboard!! It was good talking to you on the phone yesterday, I'm glad to see that you logged on to the site ok. It looks like Nancy and I will be stuck in the pensacola area for a little while longer with some minor medical issues ( this "gettin old" stuff ain't for sissies ) but I'll be sneaking the boat a little further East every chance I get. Tomorrow I should be able to get those hull numbers for you. I really appreciate your research on the Snapdragon history and I'll do what I can to gather information on mine.
Way cool. ;D
Here is a 'grog' for both of you. Look forward to hearing more from you both. :)
Welcome Jake. My Sd26 is a project. Just started this thread for them.
http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,3117.0.html
Hi everyone,
My name is RossD.
I keep a 26 foot Cavalier yacht in The Whitsunday Islands in Queensland Australia. I've been sailing on and off for 46 years and am still learning to sail.
I found SailFar.net by accident when I was looking for information on boats around the IOR Quarter Tonner size.
Cheers,
RossD.
Hello Ross. Welcome aboard here. Post a pic or 2 of your 26....we'd love to see it.
welcome on board Ross!
hope you'll enjoy this place, a friendly bunch for sure...
It's good to hear your story and encouraging to all those who hesitate to overcome their difficulties and conditions..
A few years ago I heard of a man who was cruising single-handed. Nothing remarkable in that....it's just that he didn't have any arms!
Unfortunately all I know is told from a man who met him briefly in a marina.
It still happens to me once in a while, I come to think of how he's able to make it. ever so often I find myself wanting that third hand to finish a task onboard.
Anyway , hope to see you once we'lle get to the land downunder, it might take a year or two, we're not in a hurry.
Cheers, and thanks for sharing!
Magnus
Thanks for the welcome.
The Cavalier 26 is a Quarter Ton IOR design originally from New Zealand, (In the 1970's Cavalier were the largest production boat builders in the Southern Hemisphere) however after some changes to the tax laws there in 1979 (a 20% luxury tax on yachts etc.) the company had problems and the molds apparently turned up in Australia, which is where mine was produced in 1982.
Laurie Davidson supposedly designed the Cavalier 26 although I cannot find any evidence to support this. I know he designed many of the other cavaliers including the Cavalier 28.
There are a number of things I don't like about the boat. I hate having a 56kg outboard hangiing off the back of the transom. She originally had an inboard diesel, but someone removed that. Next was an outboard in a well, but someone changed that too. Now, well the disadvantage of the bracket is mostly that the motor is susceptible to being clobbered. The advantage however is that if I have to reverse in a tight spot like a marina, i can turn the thing. Something I couldn't do if it was in a well.
There are no ribs or stringers, something I would change if I sailed across an ocean.
As you can see from the interior shot, a 5'8" person can stand comfortably.
She has a cast iron keel bolted through, and is nice and stable. The solar panels are usually mounted horizontally.
Shepherd Moons is named for two things. First, one of my earlier yachts was called Enya, after an Irish singer. I had intended my next yacht to be named for an Enya song, but she was too well known for me to change the name. When it came to this boat, most of the suitable Enya songs were already being used.
Also, Sometimes the rings around planets like Saturn and Jupiter will have "shepherd" moons, small moons that orbit near the outer edges of rings or within gaps in the rings. I imagine this is where Enya got the song title from.
Again, thanks for the welcome,
Cheers,
RossD
Nice looking boat!
A grog for you for posting the pics ;D
Hi All,
I'm brand new to your forum and it looks just like the sort of thing I'm interested.
I got here by way of the UK website for Snapdragon 26's. I've owned one of these for the last 3 years and it's been a blast. There's currently a Snapdragon 26 thread going on and I hope I can learn more about my boat through it.
This summer I'm going to cruise Lake Michigan starting out from Milwaukee and just heading north. Perhaps even into Lake Huron and the North Channel. I'd like to do some of this solo. I've already taken some all day cruises up the Lake alone and have really enjoyed it. The boat sails herself pretty well on some angles so I don't have to man the helm all the time. If I have to, I just heave to for lunch or to check my navigation. To this end I'd like to learn more about self steering mechanisms as well as building one.
Ken
s/v Hermitage
Welcome aboard, Ken.
There is the thread on Snapdragon 26s (or perhaps twin-keel boats in general, if it develops into that...) under Boats, and a thread for Bruce's Great Loop Cruise in his SD26 Puff, which may eventually bring him through your area.
-Jim
I found your site thru browsing a large collection of small boat related links.I have been sorta sailing for about 5 yrs now.1st boat was a Catalina 22,kept it for 2 yrs of lake sailing....then adopted and repaired a pretty sad Lancer 25 that a guy threw in on a car trade to get it out of his driveway (had to recore most of the decks and cabin trunk..replaced all ports and completely rebuilt the interior including electrical),have sailed the Lancer for 3 yrs on various lakes in my area.Now am purchasing a turnkey 1974 Bayfield 25 that I hope to use as my first saltwater boat.Finally found a small boat that has the tentative approval of the Admiral....lol.Seperate sleeping compartments and a real marine head for her...an inboard diesel for me...we are both satisfied so far.We are planning to take the new boat to Fl. Keys for a few weeks very soon.I hope to do quite a lot of coastal sailing with this boat.I am looking forward to the info and fellowship offered by your forum.
Actually, Sailfar found me...on my web site www.skipperscottage.com.
I have a Westerly 22 (made in England) which I bought in Tampa, FL, and sailed here to Eleuthera Bahamas.
Welcome, Mark (and Missy).
I have started to explore and enjoy your website. You've got a beautiful cottage there--and setting! I recently read about how there has been a resurgence in the construction of small houses in the US, as a result of the recession, limited budgets, and people getting back to the basics, and simplifying their lives and belongings (as those who move aboard boats also do).
Also appreciated your blog and photos of sailing your new boat back from Florida. I'm an admirer of the English sailboats and builders, including Westerly. Some of us have a thread on the Thames Marine Snapdragon 26s, which could easily expand to include any twin- (or triple, as I've seen some of the designs described) keel sailboats. A friend of mine recently acquired a Westerly Nomad 22 project boat, which I understand evolved from the W22. I have a project or two of my own.
Greetings and Grog to you. (Your photos are especially appealing as I put on my boots and head outside to dig out from the blizzard...)
Took a bit, but I found it in Google Earth:
"Skippers Cottage" - lat=25.2215261436, lon=-76.2621541766
or in Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.221644,-76.262186&num=1&t=h&sll=25.221526,-76.262154&sspn=0,0&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=25.221268,-76.262369&spn=0.008968,0.017273&z=16)
As the whole cottage and lot is far out of my budget range, how much for just the studio and say 20' of dirt around it? ;D
Joking, of course. :) Pretty place! If I had to swallow the anchor, that would be a fine spot to do it!
Welcome aboard, y'all, and the same to all of our new members! Glad to have you here. :)
In an effort to making weeding out the scammers and spammers from the REAL new sailFarer's, the Mods and I are always tweaking the process of just how folks can register.
What we've implemented in the past week or so, is to go ahead and have them send us a brief note about themselves, *before* we might even see their registration
(we used to send the note *after* they had signed up...). Anyway, on the Registration page, it now says the following:
QuoteSo, to let us know that you are not one of "them" (scammer/spammers), you MUST:
1) Fill out the Registration info on this site, AND
2) Send a brief email from the same address you used for Registering. It should tell us a little about yourself and why you'd like to join SailFar. We aren't asking you to write a novel , but we DO need a bit more than "I want to join...". For example: What kind of boat do you have? Where have you sailed? A few sentences along those lines... Send your email to: register.sailfar@gmail.com
3) Answer the following sailing question, at the end of your email (above): On the jib, do you attach the mainsheet to:
a) the tack cringle
b) to the tiller, or
c) to both?
Question #3 I put in there as one last little "trap" for folks who might get past the rest, but not
really be a sailor/sailorette. ;D BUT - the answers we've been getting are pretty good! So I thought I would post them here for y'all to enjoy, without identifying who the answers came from,
If someone wants to "own" their answer, they can do that themselves, with their newly-minted sailFar membership. ;D. :)
ok on question 3........
it doesnt say how much rum was involved....because depending on the rum......
I might answer C!
Here are the first couple:
QuoteI would not attach the mainsheet to the jib, I would use the jib sheet instead.
QuoteI am afraid I cannot, in good conscience, attach the mainsheet to the jib?any where
Hmm, am I seeing a pattern here? ;D
Grog fer trying anyway, JW! ;D
My mainsheet it long enough to attach to the jib.
My mainsheet somehow wraps around the tiller occasionally....
With enough Rum, I could do C topless!
Heck with enough Rum I'd look and see if there was anything in your compost toilet....UNLIKE L!!!!!! (Of CJ and L fame);D
Now this could be a funny thread. :D
Laura already found it funny! She cracked up over JW's post. :D
Laura must stop laughing at me.
Why?
'Coz I have teh Blackmails...
I'm just sayin......Laura has more class morals alcohol tolerance than I do.....proven fact.
Ok well.....she has more class, morals, AND alcohol tolerance than I do...... ;D
3) Answer the following sailing question, at the end of your email (above): On the jib, do you attach the mainsheet to:
a) the tack cringle
b) to the tiller, or
c) to both?
QuoteThere actually is a self-sterring system one can rig in which you would do up both the JIB CLEW and the tiller with a jib sheet... But good luck to you and yours if you connect the mainsheet to the base of the jib luff! If you did, hopefully you have not raised your mainsl and have oars to hand... or an engine ready...
:D Good advice! ;D
QuoteHmm, to answer your question I know you don't attach the jib to the tiller and I've never heard of a tack cringle so I'm going to go with tack cringle.
B+!
(It is a trick question, after all... ;) ) Cringle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cringle)
QuoteOn my boat(s) the mainsheet has always controlled the Mainsail and has no direct contact with the Jib Sheet(s) which are attached to the clew or cringle (aft end) of the Jib. Have I been doing this wrong for 30 years and over 19,000 bluewater nautical miles? Thanks.
Thankfully, no, you haven't. Now, had you done what was suggested, *and* sailed 19K miles over 30 years and lived to tell about it ;), THAT would be AMAZING. Worth one o' them Noble Prizes er sumthin'... ;D ;D ;D
QuoteAs to your question pertaining to the jib and attaching the mainsheet, it would appear that someone partook of too much hard cider in dreaming up that question. I am not sure I would actually care to go sailing with someone who could honestly deal with that question and the answers.
Mea culpa? 8)
I happen to know that it was NOT hard cider....but Dark n Stormys!!! ;D ;D ;D
im new here, i own a small coastal cruiser, a Compac 16, naimed Ayla Marie i live in the Florida Keys, and i want to start doing some longer cruising and i figured here was a good place to get hints and tips
Welcome Aboard, Spend some time looking around, I am sure you will find something useful :)
thanks will do
;D RUN!!! run fast..run deep..run long...it doesn't matter, just run. if not you'll get sucked in to sailing on some voyage, and never wanting to come back..lololol
oh im really hoping so lol!
Am I ever glad I slipped in under the wire before that lil' test arrived. I'd have been so stumped by the question, that I'd have sat down like a mule and still be pondering a possible answer!
On a more positive note, I feel a boat coming my landlocked way soon. Y'all keep your fingers crossed!
Hi all...Thanx for approving my membership in the forum. I found this group thru my Chrysler Sailors forum.
I thought that I would check out the info and ideas posted here.
I am new to sailing...took course at local Yacht Club here 2 years ago...Kenosha, Wisconsin....Lake Michigan.
I bought and sailed a 1978 Newport 16 for the first season...My wife decided we needed something a little bigger for Lake Michigan.
I am now working on a 1976 Chrysler 22...Halsey Herreshoff designed...swing keel...sloop rig...3000 pounds...trailerable.
I will post some pics this summer when the snow melts.
Doing a lot of reading and studying...need some practical sailing experience...hope to do some overnight trips in the future. I have been interested in sailing since I went out on a 30 footer when I was 17...finally got around to actually learning and getting a boat at age 60...will be 62 in April....thats all for now....Bill
Welcome aboard Bill. Never too late to start. Have fun.
I have been reading this site for some time now, it was about time I joined.
I have a Havsfidra 20, 20ft full keel double ender that I sail on the Delaware Bay and River.
Sailfar has lots of practical knowledge for small boat cruisers and day sailors.
Colin
Welcome aboard. Would love to see a picture or 3 of your lil dble ender!
Photo just before haulout this past November.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_sZSfW5AnVPU/TNbL3lPgefI/AAAAAAAAR18/OeyBBB6Pelw/s640/PB061830.JPG
On the hard for the winter.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_sZSfW5AnVPU/TTB72BTKU6I/AAAAAAAASVA/tg6MyMkBigg/s640/P1012004.JPG
Sunrise on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal this summer.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_sZSfW5AnVPU/TJeonHJC1SI/AAAAAAAARxA/UOs9hqu5ILU/s640/P9191713.JPG
Welcome aboard, Colin.
She's a handsome little double-ender!
--Joe
Thanks Joe
I took the 40 year old inboard diesel out two years ago, and added a 6hp Tohatsu.
The Tohatsu is more than enough for the Delaware, and removal of the inboard prop has increased boat speed under sail in less than 15kn winds by about .5 kn to 5.5kn. That may not appear to be much but 10% can make a difference.
This spring I infill the prop slot.
Colin
One of the guys on the Chrysler owners site recommended your site and I am really glad I stopped by. I bought a Chrysler C-22 last October and am new to sailing, haven't even had her in the water yet. I came down to south Texas to escape the Missouri winter and work on my boat in anticipation of good sailing weather this spring.
I have been spending the bad days reading all I can about cruising and the better days doing cedar woodwork inside the cabin and cockpit. The salty sailors site (saltysailors.com) has lots of cruising stories, mostly Carribean and points south but I am most interested in the beautiful lakes and rivers right here in this country. The Texas sailing site (sailingtexas.com) has stories and video of the Texas Lakes and they are many and beautiful. I hope it rains some so they can fill this spring.
I am sorta planning a little trip this spring, doing a feasibility 'study', if you can call it that. I have already reaped a wealth of information from the posts on your site and I am very grateful. Thankyou,
Larry
Ulladh, that's a sweet little boat. Congratulations...
(and envy, since I'm boatless at the moment)
excaveman welcome to the site I am sure that you will find a lot of good info and if not already in print just ask again welcome aboard
Hi. This site was recommended in a thread on Sailnet. I joined because a small sailboat travelling large distances *might* be part of my future. I don't have a boat now. I've sailed on Georgian Bay with friends and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've camped in every province of Canada and two territories, and for me getting to the destination is most of the fun.
I am hoping to find out more about sailing small boats and see if sailing is for me :).
Colin
Hi All!
I have been frequenting the sailfar forum for a few years now. I have been thinking about cruising for over a decade and have been doing research and learning as much as I can. You guys have been my inspiration for quite some time and I have read and reread some threads about your adventures many times.
I finally bought a sailboat a little over a week ago. She's only 24' but I think she's about perfect for my current and near-term needs and goals.
I am going to be fitting her out and thought that time had come to reach out to all the knowledgeable folks here in the sailfar community. I am hoping that you all might offer your collective wisdom and advice so I don't make stupid (and costly) mistakes.
Anyway, just wanted to check in and introduce myself. I will update my profile asap. It's great to be aboard.
Grog to ya! ;D
Welcome aboard.
Congrats on the new boat! :)
Let me join John in welcoming and congratulating you.
Would you be keeping the boat on Lake Erie?
Look forward to hearing more about your sailboat and refit plans.
Grog to you, too,
-Jim
The site was recommended by a fellow member of Sailboatowners site. I am happy to become a member of Sailfar. Reading the "Content thread" brought back memories of why I love sailing and the sea. Over fifty years ago a boy in St Augustine Fl was allowed to participate in a summer pram sailing program. By the end of the summer and second place in the pram race I could never be far from the sea. Boats, especially sailboats are wonderful and a part of me. I hope the boy in me never leaves. I currently own a 1974 Irwin 25 SV C'est Moi, that will be trailerable after the restoration. I plan on sailing the Nature coast of West Florida and possibly other destinations. My wife and I restored a 1972 37 Irwin CC ketch and lived aboard for 3 years after I retired from the Navy. I am a certified Marine Technician, HVAC&R, and Commercial cooking equipment mechanic. I try to learn every day, and that is why I am happy to be aboard.
Don
SV C'est Moi
Crystal River Florida
Hi All. Was obsessing about getting out of the snow, and started to obsess about sailboats. Started to surf around Yacht World and decided that I needed more information about what I was looking at. Surfed some more and came across James Baldwin's site " Atom Voyages" and liked what I read very much. Linked over to SailFar.net and have been lurking for a few days. Everyone seems nice and has interesting opinions, and are willing to share their wisdom with newbies, such as myself. I'm tired of dreaming about getting over the horizon and am putting a plan together to make it happen. Grog and Good Cheer to you all.
Glad to have you aboard and feel free to ask any questions and chip in with any knowedge you have on any subject welcome aboard
Thanks for the welcome!
I made a promise to myself that I would not join sailfar until I actually bought a boat so it is still a little hard to accept that I'm finally here; but it sure feels good. ;D
Jim -
I've decided to keep the boat in Florida for now. Although it would be great to have her closer to home, she's is in a nice position for the next phase of my plan after the refit (which is to cruise some tropical waters). Luckily, I will have this summer off so I should have a fairly decent window of opportunity to work on her; but I really just can't wait to get started!
cheers!
Keeping a boat down South somewhere is also a goal of mine. Seems like it would be a good way to have a Snowbird lifestyle. I tend to think that I'd prefer having a modest-sized boat (and maybe trailer) already down there, and to be able to spend what time is available down there, instead of having to sail/motor (or even trailer) it down and back. At first it seemed like the boat would be sitting for much of the year, but then remembered that up here the season is quite short and my boats are also out of the water 8 months of the year anyway.
Good luck with your refit and plans.
-Jim
Hi there,
We saw sailfar.net in Good Ol' Boat magazine.
Don and I are Canadian ex-Brits who have been sailing since our teens. Since we met 20 years ago we have sailed in the Caribbean and Florida on our own boat (a Colvin Gazelle - a 42-foot steel junk-rigged schooner) and chartering. We are now both retired computer professionals.
Our latest boat is a recently-acquired Bayfield 32 (Canadian boat). She was built in 1976, and requires a lot of work to get her into shape for long-term cruising. Our plans are totally dependent on how we do this summer in repairs/refitting, hopefully to sail out of winter (we live in Ontario) in the next year or so.
Things are warming up around here (the water is no longer hard) and we're going to start by naming the boat. Suggestions are welcome.
Sue & Don.
Quote from: Sue W on April 21, 2011, 06:24:10 PM
Hi there,
We saw sailfar.net in Good Ol' Boat magazine.
Don and I are Canadian ex-Brits who have been sailing since our teens. Since we met 20 years ago we have sailed in the Caribbean and Florida on our own boat (a Colvin Gazelle - a 42-foot steel junk-rigged schooner) and chartering. We are now both retired computer professionals.
Our latest boat is a recently-acquired Bayfield 32 (Canadian boat). She was built in 1976, and requires a lot of work to get her into shape for long-term cruising. Our plans are totally dependent on how we do this summer in repairs/refitting, hopefully to sail out of winter (we live in Ontario) in the next year or so.
Things are warming up around here (the water is no longer hard) and we're going to start by naming the boat. Suggestions are welcome.
Sue & Don.
Welcome Sue and Don!
You two are officially the first to find us through the add, I think your bayfied will fit in nicely here. :)
I look forward to hearing more about her, and reading of your plans and adventures!
Fair Winds!
Sue & Don, Let me join Craig in welcoming you.
Although the Bayfield 32 may still be a little large for a true sail-farer, since you have traded down from the 42-footer, the trend is in the right direction. ;)
The only name possibility that comes to mind...since your plans are to become one of the snowbirds is...
S/V Honk Honk, Eh
(for a Canada Goose...) :)
I should confess to being a fan of Tom Colvin's designs, and the Gazelle 42 since seeing it in The Proper Yacht by Arthur Beiser.
The Gazelle design is interesting in the way it avoids many of the limitations of more conventional boats its size--for instance with its long full keel with a modest 3'-10" draft, schooner rig which divides the sailplan up into smaller sails, and the easy-to-handle lug sail (junk) rig.
It was interesting to read about Colvin's philosophy of simplicity--including no motor and "no electricity at all, with candle and kerosene lamps for illumination".
Hi
I just purchased a Vanguard and was referred to the site by Kurt. Looks like there is a lot of good info here!
John
Welcome aboard John.
Glad you found us, and congrats on the Vanguard. Which one is she>? (what is [was?] her name?)
Pictures are always good. ;)
Look forward to hearing more from you.
The Boats name is Pelago and I believe Frohlich before that. Im not sure how to upload the pics here. hull #177
Quote from: badjujumedic on April 26, 2011, 09:15:58 PM
The Boats name is Pelago and I believe Frohlich before that. Im not sure how to upload the pics here. hull #177
Wow! Too funny. Let's see, she is a light tan (actually the name of the color is butter nut) and she has a
watermaker (PUR 80 IIRC)... let's see what else I can recall about here (if it is the same boat)....
Tell me if I am right, and I will tell you what else I know. (nothing bad)
That's her. :)
Hello,
Thank you for the opportunity to join the site.
It seems directly aimed at what I'm after <information on small, simple, sailboats>
My name is Andy Nemier and I sail the PNW, home port North Vancouver.
Previous sailbaots were a Newport 28 flushdeck, and a Catalina 36.
I'm currently looking for a 30' singlehander for distance sailing, keeping it as simple as possible. I read all the Pardey books a few years ago and my world has not been the same since. Keeping it simple and devoiding the boat of most of the modern tecnological 'stuff' pleases me.
Looking forward listening & learning. Cheers. :)
Welcome aboard, Andy. The Pardey's sure do make it all look easy, don't they? ;)
Feel free to post some pictures from your beautiful neck of the woods!
If you are looking for 30 footers, you might like to know that quite a few Alberg 30's have been posted recently on the Alberg 30 mailing list. You can check out alberg30.org for more info.
Welcome Andy, too. Good luck with your boat search. In an earlier post I tried to kid about a 32-foot boat as still being too big to be a true sailfar boat, I sometimes think that ultimately all of us will end up with 26-footers--either an Alberg Ariel or Rhodes Meridian.
If I were to disclose fully, I would admit to bidding on an Alberg 30 project boat myself a few years back. It had parted its mooring pennant and beached in a storm and sustained rudder damage, keel scrapes, and some hull/deck join (toerail) damage. I did go look at the boat in Portland (the other one in Maine). I was struck by what a fine boat it seemed like--and how similar in form and feel it was to my Typhoon 19 (in the same way that CJ recently described the Vanguard 32 as a big version of his boat).
I have been slowing working my way through the Pardey books too, as I find used hard covers of their series. I, too admired their simple approach to boating and life.
Welcome, Sue & Don,
Those Gozzard-designed Bayfields are nice boats; I almost bought a 25, but ended up with a Cape Dory 25D.
Sorry, I don't have any good ideas for a boat name, but I'm sure you'll get plenty of suggestions from this board.
Fair winds,
--Joe
Hello Everybody,
New to sailFar as of today. My name is Jim. The Admiral and I sail a Pearson P30. We've owned her since mid-summer, 2007. So far we've club raced and day sailed on Lake St. Clair, which is a large-ish, but shallow, lake located between two Great Lakes: Huron to the north and Erie to the south. We have plans to cruise the Great Lakes some day.
Longest trip we've had on Abracadabra so far was when we bought her, and brought her up from the North Cape Yacht Club down in the southwest "corner" of Lake Erie. So we haven't really sailed very far on her yet :). We've got a lot of work to do on her before we'll be ready to cruise, which I imagine I'll get to, here, in good time.
We just splashed for the 2011 season last Friday, late in the afternoon. Got her stick up Saturday and got her around to her slip. Looking forward to getting the rigging tuned Saturday and getting some sailing in this U.S. Memorial Day weekend :).
As for The Admiral's and my levels of expertise: She used to sail a 7m wood "dinghy," for lack of a better term, that she and her older brother owned. Years and years ago I crewed on a Pearson P28. Now we've got the four seasons of experience on Abracadabra. I know a bit about sailing, in general, a bit about racing (we've actually placed several times ;)), a bit about mechanical issues (aux. power [gasoline], rigging and rig tuning), and a lot about many things electrical, esp. VHF radios.
Discovered sailFar via Google, when I was searching for comments about a certain recent boat equipment brouhaha, and thought the site looked interesting and... well, welcoming and comfortable, I guess.
I guess that's about it for now, except for "Thanks for having me aboard" :)
Jim
Welcome aboard Jim!
Glad you found us, IIRC we have a couple (few?) P-30 Sailors here.
There were 2 P-30's in the yacht club in NC... what great boats. Sounds like you are
of the same opinion. ;D
Quote from: s/v Faith on May 26, 2011, 11:07:45 AM
Welcome aboard Jim!
Thanks! :)
Quote from: s/v Faith on May 26, 2011, 11:07:45 AM
Glad you found us, IIRC we have a couple (few?) P-30 Sailors here.
Yeah, we're all over the place.
Quote from: s/v Faith on May 26, 2011, 11:07:45 AM
There were 2 P-30's in the yacht club in NC... what great boats. Sounds like you are
of the same opinion. ;D
Indeed I am :D
Funny story, there. When The Admiral and I were looking at boats, she was adamant: "No Pearsons!" "Why?" I asked. She thought they were ugly. I didn't get it. She'd shot down an earlier boat because she felt it sailed like a bathtub. (No, I'll not offend anybody by saying what that was.) But Pearsons... ugly? Then we found Abracadabra, which she reluctantly agreed to go look at.
Love at first sight.
Turned out that her attitude was based entirely upon this one Pearson we'd seen, early on, that wasn't one of their more aesthetically pleasing designs (a 26' boat they'd put the cabin of a 30' boat upon, IIRC), and it was a rather obnoxious shade of green, to boot!
Jim
Hello Everyone;
I found this site in Good Old Boat magazine. A picture of my boat can be found in the mail bouy section of the current issue of that magazine. Upon retirement I took up sailing as a means to satisfy a lifelong wanderlust. Several vessel refits and false start preceded my departure on a North Atlantic circle tour June 1, 2008. The voyage completed June 1, 2010 in Solomons Maryland. My purpose here is to share my experiences with other would be voyagers who want tips and encouragement. I especialy want to reach those like myself who are not lifelong sailors.
My vessel is a 1962 Pearson Triton #416 "Deep Blue" that I purchased for $400 in Solomons Md. 3 summers of hard work and an additional investment of $4,700 restored this Carl Alberg masterpiece to a seaworthy condition. If an interest is shown I will be posting here my adventures and the modifications. This entire project has been the learning experience of a lifetime.
First was to learn sailboats and all the interelated systems. This of course is an ongoing process that continues as long as we continue to breathe. More importantly was meeting the wonderful people and places along the way. The Atlantic Islands astounded me with their beauty and friendly locals. In Portugal I found a rich history and a culture little know here in America. All in all the people and places were the highlight of the adventure. Thanks to all for this site Phil
Welcome aboard. Tehani and crew will be in Solomons within the next few months. We'll look you up.
On the home page is a section of boat names, which lead you to threads covering the cruises made and underway. If you start a thread on your travels I'm sure Kurt would include it there. I feel certain almost all of us would enjoy reading it.
Quote from: phil416 on May 27, 2011, 12:19:56 PM
Several vessel refits and false start preceded my departure on a North Atlantic circle tour June 1, 2008. The voyage completed June 1, 2010 in Solomons Maryland. My purpose here is to share my experiences with other would be voyagers who want tips and encouragement. I especialy want to reach those like myself who are not lifelong sailors.
My vessel is a 1962 Pearson Triton #416 "Deep Blue" that I purchased for $400 in Solomons Md. 3 summers of hard work and an additional investment of $4,700 restored this Carl Alberg masterpiece to a seaworthy condition. If an interest is shown I will be posting here my adventures and the modifications. This entire project has been the learning experience of a lifetime.
Phil,
Were you in the Azores during late June 2009 (specifically Horta)? I had talked to a person with a Triton and he had said Solomons, Md is the place to get good fixer upper, blue water worthy boats cheap. Either way, I would be interested in hearing more of your story. Do you have a blog or website?
Attached is a photo of our crew after leaving our mark on the sea wall at Horta. I am the guy in blue.
Hi David; Yes that would be myself. I was rafted up on D dock along with several French boats. My mural ( a Colorado Flag) is also on D dock. Originally this voyage was to be one year, but I fell in love with Portugal and the Azores. On Oct 5 2008 Deep Blue returned to Pria da Vitoria from Sines (cinch or sin itch) on the mainland. My wife and I spent June touring the central 5 islands. Deep Blue wintered over at Pria, while I returned to Colorado.
Sorry I hit the wrong button. I do not have a web or a blog, as I am nearly computer illiterate. I hope you toured the central islands as they are a premo cruising ground. Yes the central Chesapeake is a great place to find neglected Good Old Boats. Phil
Quote from: phil416 on May 28, 2011, 10:11:12 AM
Sorry I hit the wrong button. I do not have a web or a blog, as I am nearly computer illiterate.
Hi Phil,
If you would like to post all your stories here on sailfar, you can start a thread on the Small Boat, Long Distances (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/board,10.0.html) board; then, CapnK can put a link on the main sailfar home page, and that can be your "blog."
It's as easy as posting messages, and we can help you with posting pictures if you want to add some.
Count me among those who'd like to hear more about your travels. Your path is one I've contemplated many times, and I do have my sights set on the Azores and mainland Portugal. Aside from US coastal cruising, that's my #1 destination, with hope to end up from there in Ireland. Learning to sail to someday voyage to Ireland was what got me motivated to buy my first boat.
Quote
Count me among those who'd like to hear more about your travels.
Me too!
Quote from: Captain Smollett on May 28, 2011, 01:04:52 PM
Quote from: phil416 on May 28, 2011, 10:11:12 AM
Sorry I hit the wrong button. I do not have a web or a blog, as I am nearly computer illiterate.
Hi Phil,
If you would like to post all your stories here on sailfar, you can start a thread on the Small Boat, Long Distances (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/board,10.0.html) board; then, CapnK can put a link on the main sailfar home page, and that can be your "blog."
It's as easy as posting messages, and we can help you with posting pictures if you want to add some.
Count me among those who'd like to hear more about your travels. Your path is one I've contemplated many times, and I do have my sights set on the Azores and mainland Portugal. Aside from US coastal cruising, that's my #1 destination, with hope to end up from there in Ireland. Learning to sail to someday voyage to Ireland was what got me motivated to buy my first boat.
We really enjooyed Portugal, esp. the Algarve (south) coast. Many of the atlantic harbours are very dangerous to approach in anything but settled conditions though. Every year, at least one yacht is rolled-dismasted-wrecked when to crew steers for the 'safety' when it gets rough offshore. The only way to deal with heavy weather along this shallow coast is to stay off-shore and ride it out. The surf and breaking waves are not easily estimated when sailing downwind toward the ports. Quite a few of them just close down in gales, but 2-3 are considered 'all-weather ports' ata least for commercial shipping.
Entering Leixoes (Porto) two years ago in 10-15 knots and 4 meter swells the roar from the breakwaters was quite impessive and certainly instructive.
No way I would like to take a closer look... ;)
The predominant Northerlies (AKA the Portuguese trades) is not fun either.
I would recommend going to Ireland first, then head south (downhill) to Portugal which is on the logical route for crossing the Atlantic East to west anyway...
Maxiswede; I agree with your assessment of the Portuguese coast. I received timely advice from another Swedish sailor and chose the Port of Sines. A much better and cheaper stop. Of the Northern ports Povoa de Varzim seemed the best, but I did not enter there from seaward. I did not much care for the Algarve too built up. As for the Atlantic crossing I attemted exactly what you recomended. and ended up bailing out for the Azores. Always leave yourself options. There is ample reason that the Azores have become the crossroads of the Atlantic. Phil
Quote from: phil416 on May 31, 2011, 10:08:59 AM
Maxiswede; I agree with your assessment of the Portuguese coast. I received timely advice from another Swedish sailor and chose the Port of Sines. A much better and cheaper stop. Of the Northern ports Povoa de Varzim seemed the best, but I did not enter there from seaward. I did not much care for the Algarve too built up. As for the Atlantic crossing I attemted exactly what you recomended. and ended up bailing out for the Azores. Always leave yourself options. There is ample reason that the Azores have become the crossroads of the Atlantic. Phil
Sines was a charming and non-touristic town. Rolly in the anchorage. we stayed in Leixoes (far from charming-dirty commercial port) too crouch a passing front system and to explore Porto a city WELL worth the effort..
Another few weeks in Caiscais to see Lisbon and some old towns around.
Algarve has lots of 'developments' resorts, and man-made ports/marinas but there are a few very nice little anchorages in between them. We spent a winter at anchor there. It turned out to be the worst winter they had in 60 odd years, with several gales, including a name storm.
The Azores still remain on the list of unvisited highly interesting places. We met a nice old man, a librarian in Algarve who originally came from the Azores. I still got a letter he wrote for us to show his relatives on one of the islands when we may arrive there some day.
Looking forward to read your stories and good to have you onboard! ;D
I found Sailfar through the trailersailer forum site. I sail a 1977 Sirius 21 at Pelican Lake in Manitoba, Canada. We have a great yacht club with about 35-40 boats at the marina. The season here is from about May to October. This is our 3rd year sailing and we went out 34 times last year. I have 2 younger kids that like riding an old wind-surf board that I drag behind us. My 8 year old son and I have been out to sleep on the hook a few times.
I look forward to another source of fun & wisdom and to share a few stories and pictures of my own.
Daryl
Welcome aboard, Daryl.
Feel free to pump our brains and share your wisdom.
Best,
--Joe
Hi I just joined. i am looking for good sound info on traveling and seeing the world. I am starting on a retrofit on my 1972 Conyplex Contest 33 monohull. I need to completely redo a few systems but it will get done by my shove off date of Jan 2016.
If not then they will get done on the trip. But i need to learn and understand the life first and get to know the proper procedures of checking in, and out. Learn the best routes and time of year to go. And the latest shipping lanes etc....
I found sailfar by way of a referal from another person that has also circumnavigated the world twice.
I recently read John Vigor's "Small Boat to Freedom" which I greatly enjoyed. I thought it evoked a clear sense of what it's like to do long distance voyaging.
BTW Mr. Vigor writes a very informative and entertaining blog which can be found here:
http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.html
1651; Welcome aboard; You are on the right track because you have a fine boat. The refit process will aquaint you with all the important info you need regarding spares, tools etc. If possible sail your vessel all you can to identify all those systems that need improvement. Enjoy the experience and all the wonderful characters you will meet on the waterfront. Phil
Hi Everyone!
My name is Andrew and I'm rebuilding a 1976 Bristol 27 in preparation for a long term circumnavigation. I've never built boats nor done much sailing, but I have a dream and I'm working hard to achieve it.
I've been rebuilding the boat for about 2 years and have another 1 year or more to go. If you'd like to see the progress on things, you can do so at this URL - www.bristol27.com
I hope to ask questions about projects on this site and get inspiration on future sailing plans while I finish up the innumberable amount of projects left to complete.
I stumbled across Sailfar awhile back and am happy to now have an account to talk with everyone!
Hi Andrew, and welcome aboard. Circumnavigation on a 27-foot sailboat--you can't get a much more ambitious goal than that. (Far [far] beyond any of my own humble plans for the foreseeable future.)
As you may already know, there are many Alberg owners (and other boats of similar design) on here [so you will have much interest in what you are doing with the boat].
I've briefly looked at your website and am impressed with the extent of the work you are doing, and the presentation of it. I'm looking forward to reading it thoroughly, and following your progress on the boat--and then your voyaging.
Fair winds,
Jim
Welcome aboard and I really like what your doing to your boat. you will be well acquainted when you finally splash the boat. I worked with a guy on his boat to get it ready for a cruise only to find out that at the last minute that he had made an other list of things to get done that would have taken about another year to complete. What I am trying to say is that there comes a time when you just have to say that enough varnishing and repairing and just go.
Thanks for the replies Jim and Jotruk.
The website has gone through a number of changes as I mature in my understanding of sailboat repair. After last winter, I did about 5 months of straight research and re-ordered things accordingly. At this point, I think it's organized in a way that future boat repairers will get a lot of utility from the photos, research and documentation.
Jotruk - you're totally right that there's just a time to get up and go, but unfortunately at this time, I will have to wait until the boat floats before I can even begin to have those thoughts :)
Jim - I'm happy to hear about other Alberg owners on this site. I'm not sure where best to start a thread to meet some of them, but I imagine it will happen naturally.
Welcome aboard.
The Bristol 27 is a fine boat--I almost bought one, but backed off because the 4-foot draft would have restricted my sailing or forced me to give up my mooring permit and rent a mooring.
I finally bought a Cape Dory 25D (another Alberg design), because--among other things--she draws 6 inches less.
You'll find plenty of boating knowledge on this board and plenty of interesting discussions.
Best of luck with your project.
--Joe
Ahoy,
My name is Jack Harrill. I live in Maine and have three sailboats. We have a Dawson 26 ketch, an old Mac 22 (under total refit) and a Tanzer 16 that we use up on the lake near where we live. Our previous boat was a Westerly 28 and it was a nice boat although expensive to keep in our area. The Dawson is a swing keel boat that can be kept on a trailer so is much more wallet kindly for storage and such. My oldest son and I brought the Westerly from the Chesapeake to Maine a few years ago but after working hard to pay for the winter storage, etc. decided to part company with it.
The Dawson is new to us being purchased last year before the snow flew. We did a little on it over the winter but have worked pretty hard this summer and hope to have her in the water in the next few weeks. We hope to get most of September and October on the water in order to make plans for changing anything that needs attention before setting off for the Florida Keys. That is the trip that we are planning now. I won't have to do the national registration if we keep her in the US. After that, who knows. The Mac is a project boat for my son. He wanted to get up to speed on doing frp work and other things so this seemed like the perfect boat. It needed everything! The Tanzer is a nice, solid little boat that is really handy to run up to the lake and put in. It is a good learning/fun boat.
I am not sure exactly how I came on sailFar. Most sailors have at least a few "fly but the seat of your pants" genes in them. That makes them pretty good at thinking on their feet and somewhat creative (at least when necessary). I am pretty certain that the link was in one of the other sites and I thought that the concept driving this site was closer to what we were doing than any other I had seen. I was born during Hurricane Hazel in Lumberton, NC. My father said that it was in sight of water and perhaps that is what caused the hurricane lol. I have always loved the water. When we came round the point at Cape May onto the open ocean under full sail we had the dolphins run with us for hours. That only has to happen once to make you want to spend lots more time going somewhere in your boat!
Well, that is more than enough. Time to go explore the site.
For new friends and old, fair winds!
Jack
I'm curious about the " national registration" are you referring to documentation?
You don't have to be documented to go out of the country. Tehani only has Texas registration- no problems either in Canada, Mexico or the Bahamas.
It might be nice, but it isn't required. Tehani for example is too small to document.
My name is Marcus White. I live in Pasadena MD very close to the Chesapeake Bay. I have had a dream of owning a sailboat for about the last 20 years after I went out on my Brother in Laws (Richard) C&C 33. I remember my last time out on it (Or any other sailboat for that matter). We entered the bay from one river while a larger boat was entering from another branch at the same time. We were side by side about 100 feet apart. I asked Richard if we could keep up with her and he said most likely not because our "opponent" had more sail area then we did but he said we'll give it a try. Not sure what the wind speed was but I remember it was "windy". With my assistance :) we started trimming the sails for speed and the C&C really took off. She was heeled over almost to the side rail and I mean we we were flying. It was so thrilling. We not only kept up but actually pulled away from the other boat. I'm told that C&C's are fast boats. Well if that wasn't enough, the women (not to be sexist) came up from down below with hot BLT's and cold bears out of the refrigerator!!! Well that was it I was hooked. Unfortunately the C&C's been up on stands ever since needing a replacement engine. So all I've had since were memories and dreams. Well even poor souls like myself get thrown a bone every once in awhile it appears. A boat came up for sale and it was a deal I just couldn't pass up so I'm taking possession of my 1969 Coronado 25 at the end of the month. Yahoo!!! Now I'll just need to find a Club to join and boats to race (as long as they aren't C&C's). Oh, and some beer....and bacon. Look forward to perhaps meeting some of you fine folks on the water some day.
Quote from: vistastang on August 15, 2011, 09:47:13 PM
My name is Marcus White. I live in Pasadena MD very close to the Chesapeake Bay. I have had a dream of owning a sailboat for about the last 20 years after I went out on my Brother in Laws (Richard) C&C 33. I remember my last time out on it (Or any other sailboat for that matter). We entered the bay from one river while a larger boat was entering from another branch at the same time. We were side by side about 100 feet apart. I asked Richard if we could keep up with her and he said most likely not because our "opponent" had more sail area then we did but he said we'll give it a try. Not sure what the wind speed was but I remember it was "windy". With my assistance :) we started trimming the sails for speed and the C&C really took off. She was heeled over almost to the side rail and I mean we we were flying. It was so thrilling. We not only kept up but actually pulled away from the other boat. I'm told that C&C's are fast boats. Well if that wasn't enough, the women (not to be sexist) came up from down below with hot BLT's and cold bears out of the refrigerator!!! Well that was it I was hooked. Unfortunately the C&C's been up on stands ever since needing a replacement engine. So all I've had since were memories and dreams. Well even poor souls like myself get thrown a bone every once in awhile it appears. A boat came up for sale and it was a deal I just couldn't pass up so I'm taking possession of my 1969 Coronado 25 at the end of the month. Yahoo!!! Now I'll just need to find a Club to join and boats to race (as long as they aren't C&C's). Oh, and some beer....and bacon. Look forward to perhaps meeting some of you fine folks on the water some day.
I used to keep my boat at Oak Harbor Marina in Pasadena. Good luck with your new Coronado. I hope it works out well for you.
I just looked at Oak Harbor in Google Earth and every slip was occupied! I was wondering what you did with your boat during the winter. There doesn't appear to be much ground space for storing boats on land and I didn't think you could keep a boat in the water because of the ice?
Welcome aboard Jack. I've also got a Westerly, but it is on a trailer (found used and reasonable) and that helps make owning and using it more affordable, but even so in these economic times, I have fallen back on an additional smaller sailboat (as you and others here may have)--to keep sailing at and even more frugal level. I'm also in Maine and have had a similar dream of heading South for part or all of the winter, most likely trailer-sailing. My thinking that I could then stay here as long as it was tolerable (say through November), and then get down there in a few days, whereas if I was going to cruise down I would have to leave much earlier... Although I admire those who cruise down as CJ/Laura and others have. Congrats on getting the Dawson and best of luck with your plans.
And welcome, Marcus. I was just looking at the Coronado 25 design (http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=3205) and comparing its layout to the similar Columbia 26 (http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=605) (that I was recently looking at in regard to the free boat in CraigsList). Interesting how the Coronado designer opts to offset the companionway to allow space for a larger dinette aft seat, taking advantage of the narrow (but larger) galley on the port side, and a quarter berth. It has a bridge deck (even if not full height) and the long fin keel should help the boat track better than a narrow one (and reduce the draft), and would perhaps offer more protection to the spade rudder. Anyway, let me join Adam in wishing you well with your new boat and plans.
CJ your Meridian must be just shy of being documentable? I owned a 25-foot sailboat years ago, applied for documentation, got my preliminary approval and doc number. I promptly got the raised plastic numbers and glassed them over onto the exposed hull in the cabin. Awhile later I got another official letter informing me that it was too small after all. I was tempted to write back and say that it's too late, the boat is already documented, and send a photo of the number in the cabin to prove it. ;)
Andrew, thanks. Grog to you for your excellent website and work.
Quote from: Jim_ME on August 17, 2011, 12:36:14 AM
CJ your Meridian must be just shy of being documentable? I owned a 25-foot sailboat years ago, applied for documentation, got my preliminary approval and doc number. I promptly got the raised plastic numbers and glassed them over onto the exposed hull in the cabin. Awhile later I got another official letter informing me that it was too small after all. I was tempted to write back and say that it's too late, the boat is already documented, and send a photo of the number in the cabin to prove it. ;)
The 7 foot beam kinda killed it. The Ariel JUST sneaks in with it's 8 foot beam. LOT's of lost volume . Just couldn't make it reach, even under the new measurement standards. Not a real problem though. Don't really need it.
I saw a bumper sticker in Washington,NC
I found the site because someone here linked to my site and it came across my analyitcs. Great site and based on the response I read to the trick question, my kind of people. I am a crazy guy that is going RTW in a Triton. Some people know me, some dont. I am Tom Watson. Nice to meet you all and look forward to reading through this forum.
Tom - will you re-post this response (& the Triton RTW one) under your original account, not the DrClick one? That way I can delete the DrClick responses and account, in order to keep sailFar 'shipshape'. Thanks in advance! :)
Ahoy, new member here.
I found sailFar.net last year while googling for boat porn. At that time I was hot for Tritons and a picture that I was lusting over brought me here. I have been lurking since then and the recent plastic classic forum move prompted me to finally join.
I am in the beginning stages of totally refitting my A30. She is is good shape for a 43 year old boat but needs quite a bit of updating. I have her on a trailer and parked in the common area of the apartments in which I live. This is where I am doing the refit! My land lord is a real sweatheart and is allowing me to get away with things that no other tenant could even think about. She even let me construct a pvc/tarp arrangement over my back porch! This enraged a few neighbors. Anyway, it is still a challenge under these circumstances.
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Hopefully, I will be sailing Far in about a year!
Hi All, I am the proud owner of a Sandpiper 565, the 565 stands for 5.65m which works out to be 18'6"long, it has a 7'6" beam and a 10" draft with the keel up. At 1200lbs she is really easy to tow and launch, the whole process from launch ramp arrival to in the water lets go sailing takes 20min. I feel the neatest thing about the Sandpiper is its retractable keel, the 300lb keel is lifted vertically into its housing by a brass Naval Jack Screw, 97 turns on the screw lifts the keel and along with the kick-up rudder gives you the ability to beach her and she sits flat.
Here is a photo of my Piper at rest on Lake Ontario....
(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy141/badmoon190/FreeBird/NetscapeCanadaWallpaper.jpg)
Most of my sailing has been done on Lake Ontario in the past 4 years. I stumbled across this site while looking for information on broadening my horizons and what information I have found here.
Happy sailing sailors, I have some reading to do.
Welcome aboard Surveyor. Now that seems like an adequate trailer-sailer setup. ;) Reminds me of my Typhoon on its trailer, only enlarged about 200% (by length, or 500% by displacement). That is quite a creative solution for a sheltered shop area at your back porch. Have glanced at your blog, and am interested in reading it over time. My thoughts have also been about simplifying the dirt-dweller part of life, to free up more resources for cruising eventually. Easy to say; hard to do! (for me, so far, at least)
Welcome to you, too, Freebird. I had a similar-sized trailerable boat (a Sovereign 5.0) and enjoyed it a lot on one of the local big lakes. Then I saw a similar sistership sell on eBay for a surprisingly high amount, and decided that it was time to sell and reinvest. Two years have gone by and I'm still trying to get things sorted out. Maybe shoulda stuck with what was working? :D One great benefit is that when a hurricane is heading this way, can haul out and relaunch after it passes, but if I pay to have the boatyard or transporter haul out a bigger boat...that's the end of the season. :'(
Quote from: Jim_ME on September 05, 2011, 02:08:56 AM
Welcome to you, too, Freebird. I had a similar-sized trailerable boat (a Sovereign 5.0) and enjoyed it a lot on one of the local big lakes. Then I saw a similar sistership sell on eBay for a surprisingly high amount, and decided that it was time to sell and reinvest. Two years have gone by and I'm still trying to get things sorted out. Maybe shoulda stuck with what was working? :D One great benefit is that when a hurricane is heading this way, can haul out and relaunch after it passes, but if I pay to have the boatyard or transporter haul out a bigger boat...that's the end of the season. :'(
Thanks Jim_ME for you're welcome, I have lost count on the amount of times that someone has come up to me and said " Hey that's a Sandpiper I used to
have one ". Most of the time they sold out for a much bigger boat, but they all regret giving up the KISSability of the smaller Piper.
Was referred by my boyfriend (Nowell). Hi I am Sheryl and my son is Kain (10 yrs old). My boyfriend bought an Albin Vega and we are in the process of restoring her back to beautiful condition. Although we are only in the beginning phase of it and still have a ways to go before we can take her out into the open ocean. I sure do look forward to the day when we board her for our new adventures of living on the boat and sailing all over the world.
Quote from: Squirrel669 on September 21, 2011, 06:05:25 PM
Was referred by my boyfriend (Nowell). Hi I am Sheryl and my son is Kain (10 yrs old). My boyfriend bought an Albin Vega and we are in the process of restoring her back to beautiful condition. Although we are only in the beginning phase of it and still have a ways to go before we can take her out into the open ocean. I sure do look forward to the day when we board her for our new adventures of living on the boat and sailing all over the world.
Welcome aboard Sheryl and Kain. It will be great to have another, shall we say "pre-driving" sailor on the board. My 9 yo and 6 yo like looking at the stories and pictures posted on sailfar, and they love talking boats. You know "it's working" when your little one starts calling even land based facilities as "the head," "the galley," etc and stands among friends saying things like, "hmmm, the wind is out of the North today, maybe 10 knots...be great to be on the water" with that distant, far-off look in their eyes. ;D
Please take plenty of pictures during your restoration. It's fun to see before-after sets, and of course, you'll NEED a record of your progress to prove to yourself that you ARE making progress in the early stages. ;)
Fair Winds and Keeping Looking to Sail Far.
Would that be Nowell from the Texas coast?
Heading back that way now. Plan to get there
Someday ;D
Hello all,
I've just been accepted to Sail Far and wanted to post an introductory message. I hope I'm doing it on the right thread.
In November of 2010 my brother-in-law (George Laramee) and I bought a 24 foot 7 inch "Eastwind" by Paceship made in 1963. Hull number is unknown. Paceship was a builder located in Mahone Bay Nova Scotia. The Eastwind is a full keel sloop. It has an inboard Palmer gas engine, but we use a 8 horse outboard. We call her "Aunt Sis" in honour of my deceased Aunt, Colonel Elizabeth Blomer of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. When we were thinking of buying the boat, my mother said she had recently found a gold coin that had belonged to her sister and, if we wanted, we could have the coin and sell it and put the money toward the boat purchase. As it happened, the old gold coin paid for about 70% of the purchase price. So my Aunt's generosity has continued after her death. In the circumstances, we felt it only right to name the boat after her.
The boat went in the water in May, so this is our first season.
She's kept at a marina in Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto and we sail her in Lake Ontario. It has been a fabulous summer getting to know this grand old boat. She needs cosmetic work and a few upgrades, but essentially this boat is in great working order. Here is a photo:
(http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff497/gregorygraham/Sailing%20Vessel%20Aunt%20Sis%202011/AuntSisNo2.jpg)
I found Sail Far when googling sailing issues I needed answers for. Look forward to chatting with you about keeping old boats like ours on the water.
Gregory Graham
Toronto
Sailing Vessel "Aunt Sis"
What a neat thing to do- naming the boat like that.
Welcome aboard
Thanks Charlie. Just two more weekends before haul out day. Sailing time is now getting ever more precious here on Lake Ontario.
Quote from: CharlieJ on September 27, 2011, 07:38:36 PM
What a neat thing to do- naming the boat like that.
Welcome aboard
I agree. She'll always be with you, and what better motivation to take 'proper' care of your boat.
Very cool, and welcome aboard, Greg.
Let me add my welcome, and appreciation for your story of naming your boat.
When I got my Typhoon back in 1994, she had a name that was an acronym that had no meaning to me and so I had renamed the boat after my grandmother. She lived to almost 105, born at the end of the 1800s, was old enough to remember the Wright Brothers first powered flight and see man land on the moon. She lived the entire 20th century and into the 21st. [She was always going to go for a sail "the next time" and since we all must have believed that she was immortal, there was no rush. I know that she was pleased to know that there was a beautiful little sailboat out there named in her honor, and it added to her life to know that she could go, even though she never quite did...]
So I felt a pang of sadness and regret on the day that I went back over to launch the boat for her new owners and get my trailer when I saw the blank transom. It was a reminder of how a name and tribute can mean so much and become a part of the sailing and boat owning experience. How removing a name can have the feeling of erasing a tangible part of your history. Alas when you sell a boat, you sell the naming rights. Sometimes we don't fully appreciate things until time has passed, or we get older, or they are gone and we increasingly appreciate the hole that they have left. What was I thinking...? I'm sure that this is part of the motivation for getting another Typhoon.
Anyway, here is a blog (http://www.paceship.org/my_log.asp?LogOwnerID=1249) by the owner of another Paceship East Wind 26 owner, which you may enjoy. I thought that he was also a member of Sailfar? The index for this blog ends in June 2009. I wonder how he is doing.
Thanks for the welcome gentlemen. I concur with your thoughts about how important people are remembered.
With respect to Robin Scott Johnson, yes, he seemed very active on the paceship.org website for a while. I'd like to hear more from him. Hope all is well with him and his Eastwind "William Bligh".
I came across a link in a thread on the Cape Dory Board re Rocna anchors. I've been sailing off and on most of my life here in Southern California. My wife and I used to have a Cape Dory 25, and are now looking for a Cape Dory 30 while we crew on our friend's Formosa 47. We're planning an extended cruise on the ICW, followed by the Bahamas and Caribbean, maybe next year.
Cheers,
Bruce Dart
Welcome aboard, Bruce.
When you find a CD 30, you plan to truck to the East Coast, or sail here around? Or, looking to buy one already here?
Welcome Bruce. Good luck with your plans.
Have you seen this CD30 (http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/boa/2617354826.html) ketch for $16k in NY?
or this CD30 (http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/boa/2575615141.html) cutter in Atlanta, Georgia for $12k?
I saw the ad for this site in "Good Old Boat"
I live in the Phoenix AZ area, I have only been sailing a few times at lake pleasant. I don't own a boat at this time, intend to learn what i can and see where it takes me.
Quote from: gtj on October 22, 2011, 12:21:34 PM
I saw the ad for this site in "Good Old Boat"
I live in the Phoenix AZ area, I have only been sailing a few times at lake pleasant. I don't own a boat at this time, intend to learn what i can and see where it takes me.
Cool!
Glad someone saw it. ;D
Hope you enjoy your time here. Sailing small is really a great way to spend time...
surfing small is not nearly as good, but this is (IMHO) about as good as that gets. :)
I read about sailFar.net on the ComPac Owners website. Someone mentioned it in their correspondence.
Welcome aboard!
John & Peggy Frayne
Barnegate Bay, Brick, New Jersey
Own a 1983 Hunter 20", we call Pure Folly. We are stinkpot folks for years, but joined a yacht club,then decided to dive in and get a Sailboat. Cost $1,100 bucks. I redid the inside wood work, Peggy, my wife, redid the cushions. That was three years ago, Then the fun started!!! bought new sails, a roller furler and a new Honda 5hp. OK. So now we can sail and feel comfortable. Its a great little boat and we have had in out in 20 to 25 mile winds, Tilt Meter way over! ! ! We are hooked. Usually sail 3 to 4 hours per run.
Next year we want to start overnight trips. . . Plan to keep it at least 2-3 more years, then move up to a 22-25". I want the wider beam.
Hope to learn, explore and met new sailors!
John/Peggy.
Hello all
Just joined SAILFAR.NET. I have been reading the forum for years. Great community... I have been sailing in the SF bay occasional weekends since 2007. I bought a 1978 Bristol 24 with inboard YSB8 (would prefer a simple outboard) about a year ago. I am still trying to get used to her while trying to repair/maintain/modify her gradually.
dj
Welcome aboard Danny
Nice lil boat Danny. Pics???
Welcome!
Hello all,
have been reading this forum for some time now, but didn't sign up before now. Have just bought my dream; a 38 ft steel one off. I know, she is a little big to be part of the sailFar community, but I hope for a welcome here anyway ;D
If it helps, she is neither flashy nor wide beamed and will be used in the no-nonsense spirit of smallboatlife that I enjoy so much on this forum.
One of these days I will try to figure out how to make an album and post some pictures.
Walter
Hey Walter, Your boat size doesn't bother me. Hope you sail far with it.
Danny, I think you have a great boat for the bay. Don't underestimate your 8 horse yanmar. I have the same in mine. It's a bit small for me but right for your 24. I think you will find it quite simple.
Welcome to you both.
Small?? What are you pushing??
I cruise Tehani's loaded 7500 pounds with an 8 HP Yamaha set below the start setting - barely 1/4 throttle. Can't use more throttle- just squats the stern.
Wish I could get a 5 hp two cylinder but they aren't made.
Charlie,
Is that one of the High Thrust (HT) Yamaha motors?
nope- standard prop, short shaft. Lives in a well on Tehani. Don't have pics on this laptop though.
LOVE that Yamaha by the way. Some 8000 miles overall cruising since we bought that engine- zero problems except once when the carb idle jet clogged- a wash-out with carb cleaner fixed that. Otherwise purrs like a kitten.
Hello,
Just found sailfar, was mentioned on another forum (is it Kosher to say which one?) for the interested webmaster. Looked interesting so thought I would sign up.
Me? First time on a sailboat around 1973-74. Prior to that my only exposure to the ocean was an occasional vacation at the beach but once was enough. Lucked into a delivery job to the Bahamas from FL with a couple of friends and was hooked. Came home, read every book and magazine I could find relating to boats, within 6 months I sold my business and had a job working on a charter sailboat and didn't see the mainland for almost 2 years. Spent about 10 years as a boat bum, sailing mainly the Bahamas and north Caribbean, lived aboard for a year or two at a time. Then family life intervened. Got a "real" job as a yacht broker in Ft Lauderdale for a couple of years, then decided to go back to college finish my engineering degree.
Skip ahead 30 years, daughter is grown up, the house is paid for, I'm not getting any younger, so time to go sailing again. Bought a rather tired Pearson 422 in NY, brought it back to FL and trucked it out to the woods near my house (I must live in the only place in FL that is at least 2 hours to the nearest salt water or West Marine). Approaching the 2 year anniversary of boat on the hard and hoping to launch in a couple of months. Project so far: peal and seal bottom, new standing and running rigging, stripped the block, painted, new hoses, overhaul starter/pumps/alternator, new plumbing, holding tanks, overhaul electrical system, new cutlass bearing. I'm sure there's more but you get the picture.
Anyway, plans. Finish the boat, semi retire in a couple of years, cruise the ditch a couple of times, wait for the wife to retire and go see the Med. From there, who knows?
Didn't mean to write a full autobiography but got a bit carried away.. Anyway, look forward to reading the forum.
Skip
Hi All!
I was directed to this site from a post on cruisersforum.com.
I've lurked around a number of sailing forums. This is my kind of place!
I used to sail an Alberg 30 until 7 years ago. At that time I remarried and started spending my summers in Greece guiding sea kayak trips. The Alberg was a great boat and I spent many summers sailing the Great Lakes. My all-time best summer ever was a month spent single handing on Lake Superior. However, when you live in Michigan and don't spend summers here, a sailboat, even as good a one as an Alberg 30, isn't much use. So, I had to sell it.
I've tried to retire a couple of times, but people keep offering me money to do consulting work. So, I haven't had much time to think about sailing. But, this Spring will be different. I've saved up enough money to buy a boat and I'm going cruising.
One year I kept my Alberg 30 on the hard to rebuild/refit. That summer a friend kept his Alberg 35 at my dock and I had full use of it. While it was a great boat, I felt it was a bit big to single hand. I felt the Alberg was a little small for me to cruise long term. So, I've decided I'm going to buy a Pearson Vanguard. At 32.5 ft., it's half way between the two Albergs. I've looked at a couple and I'm very close to making an offer on one. I know a Pearson Vanguard is in the upper range for size on this forum, but, I think it's going to be just the right size for me.
Future plans (although my plans tend to change by the hour sometimes) -- This winter I'll be building a dinghy for the Vanguard. I built a 7'9" pram for my Alberg 30. It worked out fine, but just like the Alberg 30, I thought it was a bit small for me. (I am a large sort) It was also too big to have on deck, at least during the storms I sailed through and couldn't tow it. So, I've ordered the plans for B & B Yacht's Two-Paw 9 nesting dinghy. It should fit on deck of the Vanguard and at 9 feet should be a good load carrier and a fun sail around anchorages.
The plan is to cruise the Great Lakes this summer. I've done decades of sea kayaking around the Great Lakes and have always wanted to visit my favourite destinations by sailboat. At the end of the summer I'll put the boat up in the St. Clair Shores area. I've done a lot of consulting work in the Detroit area and had an apartment there until recently. So, I have friends in the area.
During the following summer I hope to sail out the St. Lawrence Seaway, spend time in the Seguaney area, Cape Breton Island, and down the Eastern Coast to end up in the Charleston/Savannah area.
The following summer will be across to Bermuda, Azores, Portugal, Spain and, eventually, end up in Greece where I have friends and relatives. The original plan was to just go to Greece, but I've gotten interested in so many other places I want to go in the Med., that it may take more than one summer.
Well that's it. I've put into motion handing off all my consulting contracts to others. I like the money, but I've got to start cruising or I'll never do it. It's time!!
Again, this is my kind of forum. I'll be posting my boat search and buying experience as I go. Hope to get lots of comments from you all.
John
Welcome aboard Skip and John, you both sound like you will fit right in here!
Quote from: Tim on December 30, 2011, 03:16:10 PM
sound like you will fit right in here!
I fully plan on it!!
John
Quote from: Tim on December 30, 2011, 03:16:10 PM
Welcome aboard Skip and John, you both sound like you will fit right in here!
Well, since the reply to my first post is from another Pearson owner I'm certain I'll fit in.
Hello,
I'm Greg. Found this site using the google ;) I live in Venice, FL with my wife and two kids (7 yrs & 5 yrs). We sail a Watkins 27 named 'Family Time" My 7 yr old son named the boat, because he said it was for our family :)
We get out in the gulf several times a week. My wife likes to go out in the evening and watch the sunset from the boat. I also do a fair amount of singlehanding.
Thanks,
Greg
s/v Family Time
Watkins 27
Ad in Good Old Boat. Currently sail a MacGregor 26X but am working a Luger Voyager ketch that the better half fell in love with (gimballed stove and real head). Hopefully it will be done this year and surprise me when I finally get to sail it.
Just want to say welcome aboard to both of you (Ingy and gpddno) I think you will find a good grope of sailors here that have a very hi level of knowledge available to you again welcome aboard
Greetings all.
My wife and I are retired, healthy and not-quite-out-of-money. A very lucky place to be. Speaking of lucky places to be, a number of years ago I awoke from a dream with a clear and very important message. The message was: If you are lucky enough to be alive on Earth and you are not living next to the ocean, you are just throwing your life away.
Well, I'm near Port Huron, MI, at least. I did live next to the ocean for a while in Guinea, West Africa but that's another story.
It may be off topic in this forum by about 500-and-some feet, but I got my first taste of sailing working on a 1905 556' ore freighter in the mid sixties. That is another story too. It was like working in a finely cared-for museum.
A couple of other attempts at sailing ended wildly out of control. But I always felt I had it in me.
So when tag-teaming with my sister to care for our mother came to an end in the late fall of 2010, I hit the water in a dry suit and a Laser. I sailed until the deck iced up.
A Wayfarer, with our serendipitously similar names, has been my goal for a long time and in the summer of 2011 I finally found a beauty. She's wood. I sailed her almost every day into December. It seems like the wild days are a little behind me. My wife has noticed that. She wants to sail.
So, here's the evolution of our thinking, my wife and me. She wants to sail but doesn't want to camp out on our woodie Wayfarer dinghy for two weeks at a time. She does camp out every year for a while, so she knows what she's talking about. I guess that means a cabin.
I'm satisfied with the Wayfarer. I tend toward small. Looking at tons of boats on the internet and reading a few books, I gravitated to something along the Alberg line. We looked at a Cape Dory Typhoon Weekender. It was a really nice boat and fit the bill for me. The trailer was even better. But the cuddy was very small and so low I couldn't even sit up straight. Still, I would have gone for it, but she said it was just too small. OK, I'll go along with that.
So now what I'm looking for is a Typhoon with standing headroom. I guess that means: not more than 27' LOD, relatively narrow beam, relatively low freeboard, around 50% B/D, and a galley, at least. Add to that maybe (but what do I know?) something fun about the sails to play with like a fractional rig or a cutter, a tiller, and shallower than 4' (3'6" is better).
And oh, yes, it's got to be pretty. Every time I see the Wayfarer it strikes me how pretty she is and you know how that goes for getting involved.
We're not in a position (or experienced enough!) to jump onto a boat for long periods of time right now. We can get away for a week or two at a time several times a year, spring and early summer being the least likely, and more likely as the year goes on toward winter. We live between Port Huron and Bay City, Michigan.
We're most interested in sailing around islands in the Great Lakes, say Les Cheneaux, Georgian Bay, the islands around Rossport on the north side of Superior. Then there is the Trent-Severn waterway and the Rideau Canal...and on and on.
The Maritimes...mais oui!. We're not very interested in sailing south. Trailerable puts all those places within a couple week's reach.
People who (like you, by now) have been kind enough to sit through my snowballing boat-parameter spiels have calmly told me at the end of it that I am describing a Cape Dory 25D.
As for speed vs seaworthiness, my wife and I both lean to seaworthiness where big water is concerned, for sure. It's just the two of us for cruising--maybe a couple more for an afternoon, but that's all.
As far as a fixer-upper goes--I want a really nice boat. The nicer the better. I'll keep it that way. I have indoor storage available. But I don't I want to redo it. I want to sail it.
I'm obsessed it's fair to say. Am I in the right place? When I stumbled across this site in a search for CD25Ds the couple of threads I read led me to believe I might be. I was impressed by the down-to-earth level of the discussion. (Which reminds me: I think it was Issac Asimov who said something like, Any outsider looking at this planet would not call it "Earth". They'd call it "Ocean.")
I'm hoping that I may be able to get the help of some experienced eyes and ears to find a boat. If this introduction is not the place to ask for help like that, please direct me to the right one.
So thanks for letting me come onboard.
Porter
I split the discussion regarding Porter's boat search off to this thread (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,3534.msg38693.html#msg38693) so the replies won't get lost in future introductions.
Brenda and I are currently trailer-sailors who are working our way toward an extended cruise. We recently became empty nesters and plan on selling our Wisconsin home and moving to the Orange Beach / Gulf Shores area for a new home base.
We sail a Com-Pac 19/II which we love, but it is time for something bigger. We are working on our short list of 24' to 31' bluewater cruisers (Dana 24, PS 27, IP 29, Baba 30) and sailing as much as Wisconsin weather allows.
We started a blog to keep our family and friends up to date on our adventures if anyone is interested in following along.
Fair winds my friends.
Mike and Brenda
Another new member!! I was born and raised in the great lakes region and have sailed small boats there most of my 46 years. For the past several years I have been living in Norway and cruising an Albin 30 around Europe. (maybe a bit big for this forum but hear me out) A boat this size is not MY favorite cruiser but my wife seems to think she has some input, ::) . Summer of 2012 we are planning on moving to Virginia Beach and I will sell the Albin and purchase a smaller simpler boat. Maybe a bilge keeler. I'm very enthused with the dry anchorage option.
Anyone with experience in the southeast (ish) US or the chesapeake area please feel free to contact me with stories or ideas etc... OR anyone interested in information about cruising in scandanavia/ northern Europe, please ask! Great to be here and hope for lots of good discussions. Found the site on google while looking for small boat cruising info. Ultimately I have a scoot plan and have had for 20 years. I had the boat and was two years from departure in 2009. Thanks to the economic situation in the US I was forced to extend my departure date several heartbreaking years. It is my intention to live in the moments I've been given rather than mope about the plans that have gone awry. This looks like a great place to do that.
Welcome Skagerrak. Although I'm guilty of kidding about boats being too big, having owned both a 30-foot/9000-lb boat and then a 25-foot/5,000-lb boat, they have a similar feeling to me. From sails on others' boats, I find that the feel and experience is dramatically different (and starts to feel "too big") on a 35-foot/15,000-lb boat. (Obviously, just my personal opinion and experience) I sold the 30-footer and got a 25-footer to scale down enough to be able to set the boat up on a trailer, and gain more self-sufficiency and lower costs--and in that respect it was a major difference in size. You may have already found that there are some bilge-keel boat enthusiasts and threads, including here (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,3117.0.html) and here (http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,3340.0.html).
What an interesting experience it must be to cruise around Europe. Both the Chesapeake Bay area and the Bahamas/Keys are at or near the top of my places-to-cruise list. As with many of us, the economic situation has been (and continues to be) a setback to plans like these.
Also welcome to Mike and Brenda. The Com-Pac 19 seems like a great size [and design] for trailer sailing. I had a slightly smaller but similar boat for several years, and sold it a few years back. I wish now that I had kept it for these lean years, since it was so economical to sail, and easy to trailer-sail to places--especially when it became difficult to afford to use my larger boat. I'm working toward getting back to that situation, and never want to be without such a boat again.
Fair winds to you, too,
-Jim
Thanks for the welcome Jim. And yes it is a real treat to be able to sail Europe without the time and expense of a Trans atlantic voyage. Amazing how inexpensive it can be when you start out on this side of the pond LOL.
You're welcome for the welcome, Jon. :) That is an interesting topic, and one that I've thought about often. Think I'll start a thread on it. Grog to you for mentioning it.
-Jim
mmmmmm grog. 3 :1 for me please ;)
Another new guy!
I really don't know how I found this site. It was saved on my iPhone's bookmarks so I thought I'd check it out on a screen I can read, and here I am.
Anyways...been living aboard my Orion 27 since October, getting her ready for the Big Trip. The Big Trip starts in August when I leave 10 years flying fighters for the Air Force to "semi-retire" and go long-distance cruising. The Big Trip doesn't have a first stop yet, but I figure I'll just sail east out of the Pamlico Sound and turn either left or right when I hit the Atlantic (or keep going straight?!?). Since it'll probably be late fall, I'm sure I'll turn right. Now it's time to start combing the forums to learn me a few things!
Quote from: jmpeltier on February 09, 2012, 06:39:08 PM
Another new guy!
I really don't know how I found this site. It was saved on my iPhone's bookmarks so I thought I'd check it out on a screen I can read, and here I am.
Anyways...been living aboard my Orion 27 since October, getting her ready for the Big Trip. The Big Trip starts in August when I leave 10 years flying fighters for the Air Force to "semi-retire" and go long-distance cruising. The Big Trip doesn't have a first stop yet, but I figure I'll just sail east out of the Pamlico Sound and turn either left or right when I hit the Atlantic (or keep going straight?!?). Since it'll probably be late fall, I'm sure I'll turn right.
Welcome Aboard Sailfar.
If you don't mind saying, where are located now that you will be heading East out of the Sound to begin your journey?
Quote from: Captain Smollett on February 10, 2012, 12:07:20 AM
Welcome Aboard Sailfar.
If you don't mind saying, where are located now that you will be heading East out of the Sound to begin your journey?
I'm in little Washington...about as far up the river as one can get!
-John
Cool. We are right down the road from you, and pass through Washington often. We like that YOUR Dairy Queen is open all year round! (Ours closes in winter).
;D
Lower starboard corner of page 71 in the latest Good Old Boat.
I have a C&C 27 in the Chesapeake which I need to take south, in search of my sanity.
Chris Ferrier
Second Wind
Referred by a fellow sailor friend.
I am a new sailboat owner, just learning the ropes, so reading the forums helps me. I grew up in the wrong place, the Detroit area, and have known this ever since I can remember. As a kid, I dreamed of moving to California, but my father told me it was going to fall into the ocean, so I switched my fantasy to the East coast, and pointed my career in that direction. I have loved the water, and have had a burning desire to own a boat for, well, forever. My preference would be to be a dolphin or manatee living in the water, but I will have to settle for being a human, gliding across it under sail. My boat is on the big side for sailfar, Pearson 424, but when she's "out there," I feel like I "might could" (I have SO got this Southern thing going on), get away with being on this forum.
Since getting my beautiful girl, ET, my thoughts have seriously drifted from career and "normal" life, to sailing. (I really DO try not to roll my eyes too obviously, when "my people" advise me on how to grow my business.) I'm in the process of figuring out how to make the transition. I hope to see some thoughts about how to do this on your website, while trying not to be too jealous of people who are already "there." I feel hopelessly "dialed in to the real world" right now. For the immediate future, I am living vicariously through the sailing stories.
Someday I aspire to be a live-aboard sailor. But, I fear, there are many miles to go before I can realize my dream. Meanwhile, I am cramming as much sailing information into my old brain as it will hold. (Darn it, there doesn't seem to be a lot of room left in there. May I have a bigger brain, please?)
I was invited to join in by someone who read a post I put on Cruisers Forum.
Larry and I have sailed about 200,000 miles on what others would call small boats. Seraffyn at 24'4" may be short, but she definitely is mighty and a great sailing boat. She took us to 47 countries over eleven years. We are told the stories we wrote about our adventures on her launched a lot of dreams. Then came Taleisin, her big sister at 29 feet. (The book that was just published called Bull Canyon, a boat builder a writer and other wildlife tells of how we built Taleisin). What a wonderful vessel she turned out to be, though when it came time to antifoul I often wished we had her little sister back. So we are definitely small boat enthusiasts.
Speaking of small boats, have any of you been watching the amazing voyage of Matt Rutherford in his Vega 27. He has successfully sailed right around the Americas through the Northwest Passage, around Cape Horn and is only a few days away from tying the know by arriving back in the Chesapeake - amazing accomplishment, especially as he is doing it to raise funds for my favorite group of sailors with disabilities.
Lin Pardey
www.landlpardey.com
Welcome aboard Lin, many of us have been influenced by your voyages and writing and are happy to have you amongst us.
Welcome aboard Lin.
I've been reading your stuff since your first started writing. Remember the story about your dinghy getting all tarred up alongside a ship? You and a friend were visiting and Larry making you clean it up? That long ago :D
I've not had the cross ocean time, but have around 12000 miles of coastal, on two boats, but much of it on a 1961 Meridian 25.
It's all great and these folks are really into smaller, simpler boats.
Lin, welcome. I have read and enjoyed some of your books about cruising on Seraffyn. Inspiring stuff. Looking forward to reading the rest.
I have not been following Matt Rutherford`s voyage in his Vega 27. Will have to check that out. When I recently heard a prediction that the Arctic ice may melt in summer in a few years and there was some discussion about how that might change shipping routes, it did make me think that it may also change the way cruisers sail the Northwest Passage and beyond.
Welcome to S/V Emerald Tide, John, & Chris, too.
-Jim
Its a pleasure to say welcome aboard to ou two. I have enjoyed reading your books and following your travels far a long time again welcome aboard
Quote from: Lin Pardey on April 02, 2012, 10:26:22 PM
I was invited to join in by someone who read a post I put on Cruisers Forum.
Larry and I have sailed about 200,000 miles on what others would call small boats. Seraffyn at 24'4" may be short, but she definitely is mighty and a great sailing boat. She took us to 47 countries over eleven years. We are told the stories we wrote about our adventures on her launched a lot of dreams. Then came Taleisin, her big sister at 29 feet. (The book that was just published called Bull Canyon, a boat builder a writer and other wildlife tells of how we built Taleisin). What a wonderful vessel she turned out to be, though when it came time to antifoul I often wished we had her little sister back. So we are definitely small boat enthusiasts.
Speaking of small boats, have any of you been watching the amazing voyage of Matt Rutherford in his Vega 27. He has successfully sailed right around the Americas through the Northwest Passage, around Cape Horn and is only a few days away from tying the know by arriving back in the Chesapeake - amazing accomplishment, especially as he is doing it to raise funds for my favorite group of sailors with disabilities.
Lin Pardey
www.landlpardey.com
Welcome onboard!
I think quite a few of us here has been wondering when you would join this friendly small boat community. I too, have found your writing to be insopirational.
I have sailed smaller boats all my life, Folkboat being an absolute favourite.
As of today, since 2007 Isabelle and I are cruising full time on a somewhat bigger vessel - a Southern Cross 35 - but in my heart, always a small boat/ simople boat guy.
All the best and may you have many miles to go.
www.svnanna.wordpress.com
Hi Lin,
I'd like to extend my welcome as well, and also my many thanks to you for sharing your experiences over the years.
I think it was one of your articles in a magazine that was my "hint" that small boats can "do it," too. For several years, the dream seemed impossible as I believed all the 'hype' about only big, fully outfitted boats can "go."
--John
Quote from: Lin Pardey on April 02, 2012, 10:26:22 PM
... So we are definitely small boat enthusiasts.
Lin Pardey
www.landlpardey.com
Thank you for stopping in and thank you for writing your books. I read one of your books while in high school and it made me decide to become a sailor. I am 50 now (can that be true?).
You have been mentioned here many times and often referred to as a guiding spirit here.
Welcome!
Hello Everyone!
I am very excited to be a part of your community. I currently live on the hard in Boston, and work in Beantown as well. My sailing experience is limited to the past 3 summers in the Mass bay area on J24s, J29s and such. Also, I've been a surfer, open water swimmer, fisherman, and ocean lover for a while.
I turn 30 tomorrow, and I purchased my first boat at the end of March (best b-day present ever)! She's the 1972 Alberg 30 #499. Currently, the boat is at it's temporary home down in Brunswick, GA for some TLC. Hopefully by next spring I'll be living aboard her in Boston. The plan is to spend a few years in Boston honing my seamanship skills and learning as much as I can about cruising before casting off to sail to distant shores to surf great breaks, meet new friends, and experience the freedom of the ocean.
I look forward to sharing and reading about your stories and adventures. Also, it'll be great to get your feedback on any questions ??? I may have or predicaments :-\ I may get myself into with my new sailboat (had to use some faces).
Cheers,
Tim
Alberg 30. Nice. Welcome.
Welcome, Tim, and congrats on the big 3-0.
Can't fault you at all on your choice of boat...no sir-ee, not at all! ;D
Welcome Timbo
Nice boat choice and Alberg victim joins sailfar!
Maybe we should get a list going of all the Alberg designs owned by members.
New thread started in boat discussion. No link I`m lazy ;D
Thanks for the welcome everyone!
I stumbled across this site! I am new to the idea of sailing. My plan is to start in about 10 years. I have no experience, but a basic idea is to do much research, ask lots of questions, go out on sailboat a few times, and if all goes well perhaps get a sailboat! I would like to start for the first 6 months or so cruising in the sea of cortez to get myself familiar with things before venturing out. That's the condensed version of my plan at least! Hope to get to know some of you all over the years!
Cheers, Eric
Hey everyone!
I am the owner/moderator of the website www.maineliveaboards.com, and I check the "referred from" data on that page pretty often. I was noticing that a lot of people were coming to my website from this one, so I decided to check it out! So far it looks like it's a great community!
My husband and I live on our 32' Downeaster cutter, we are sailing to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island this summer (home port is Portland, ME). We sail with our cat and dog, and have been living aboard since 2010. We love it!
Hope to meet some of you in the future...
Sophi
Welcome aboard Sophi, sorry it took a bit for the approval, busy time of year :)
Welcome, too, Sophie, Tim, and Eric.
Sophie, Appreciate your website. Since I am in your area, maybe we will get to meet sometime.
Tim, I'll be interested to see how it goes living aboard in Boston. Nice boat, those A30s.
Eric, Good luck with your plan to get into sailing. Many find that one good way to start is by crewing on other sailors boats. Most areas have local forums that you can post on to let people know that you are interested and available.
I have been a sailor of other peoples boats for most of my life (with the exception of my 11' 6" Petrel).
I'm currently beginning a major refit of a Grampian Discovery 7.9 here
in rural southern Ontario. When ready, I plan to head south for winters
in the Caribbean. I wonder if I could coastwise circumnavigate in my little boat. I shall certainly have the time.
I have been "catching up" on the forums and greatly enjoying it. I'm looking forward to meeting members (at least virtually) and picking up tips for my project.
best wishes
Ian
Bula Sophi and welcome aboard!
We're on a DE 38, and there is a 32' here right now as well, Jason aboard S/v Bodhran.
best,
Michael
Quote from: sep2x on May 23, 2012, 04:21:50 PM
...My husband and I live on our 32' Downeaster cutter...
Hope to meet some of you in the future...
Sophi
I've owned a small 20 foot lift keel sailing boat for over twenty years, which I keep in South Queensferry Harbour next to the famous Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland. I've also owned and sailed a Westerly Chieftain extensively on the spectacular Hebrides of Scotland.
I'm keen to sail further afield and I have an ambition to sail around the Mediterranean.
I found sailfar.net on the links page of Atom Voyages.
All the best,
Jim Leggett
Welcome aboard, Jim.
I'd love to hear some stories (and see pictures!) of sailing around Scotland. That is one of my dream destinations (The Shetlands, for example, and I've long wanted to do some climbing on/around Ben Nevis).
Regards,
JR
Newly registered, have lurked & learned here for several years. We sail a Montgomery 17 on the Great Lakes and trailer to other inland lakes occasionally. Homeport is 50 Point Marina (dry sail yard) on the SW Canadian shore of Lake Ontario. So cruises for us are along that shore from Niagara on the Lake to Hamilton, or across to the North Shore of Lake O. We have had 5 boats now, all under 18 feet. I guess we like the aspect of trailering to new waters. A SailFar for us would be 25 nm across the lake to Toronto, launching at Britt Ontario, and working our way up the east side of Georgian Bay and then west to Killarney, or going out to the tip of Long Point on Lake Erie
Howdy Bill- welcome aboard. You'll enjoy it here.
Welcome Bill, Interesting that all of your boats have been under 18 feet. My interest in trailer-sailing has been increasing. Sometime I would like to do the Erie Canal - Lake Ontario - St Lawrence - Lake Champlain - Hudson River - Loop. Will be interested to ready any blogs of your cruises and to learn more about your area.
It was so long ago that I can't remember. I've been a lurker here for years but just joined because... I bought a boat!
She's a 1972 Kenner Kittiwake 23 footer. A Carl Alberg inspired design and we all know how beautiful those are. I'll be sailing her in the Daytona Beach, FL area staying in the river mostly until I get some experience. Before this my only sailing experience was a 14 foot Hobie cat in high school and 28 days on the USS Nassau (I was just cargo).
The site matches my philosophy of "living small" and I've already learned a ton and been entertained by your exploits. So, I've got the "small boat" thing, now I have to work my way up to the "long distance".
Pete
Hi!
My name is Ian and I'm an idiot! ::)
I have always sailed OPBs but went for it at the beginning of June when I found a boat wrecker with lots of good old boats. I fell in love with a used Grampian 7.9 which I bought for very little and plan to refit for cruising. So far I'm wrestling with a worn out wooden cradle and am reluctant to climb on her until I can effect repairs.
The boat was named "Dawn Treader" and shall remain so as though I am not particularly superstitious, I have to answer to three daughters and a wife who were raised on C.S. Lewis.
When I have usable photos I shall post them.
best
Ian
Welcome aboard. I believe you will find a lot of knowledge here and a lot of people willing to pass on what they know, so don't be afraid of asking questions
Jotruk,
Thanks!
I was delighted to find Sailfar.
It was my intention to use the expertise available here from like minded people who like small boats.
Ian
Welcome Ian,
Where do you (and Dawn Treader) hail from?
Welcome aboard. :)
I have been a long-time lurker, like many... sailed chesapeake and potomac in late 60's and early 70's and later some lake michigan while in college... after relocating to north cackalacky, I owned a venture 21, catalina 22 &25, santana 22 primarily lake sailing... after children, their interests were weekend organized sports, and sailing took a back seat... no longer the case, I am shopping eastern NC and have looked at so far several IP27s, compac27s, cape dory 27s, 26, and 25, c&c 29, but as yet have not pulled the trigger... this website is a wealth of knowledge, and, I look forward to adding some of my limited minutiae in the future, cheers, -jim
Quote from: s/v Faith on July 02, 2012, 09:50:35 AM
Welcome Ian,
Where do you (and Dawn Treader) hail from?
Welcome aboard. :)
I am a born and bred Ontarian. I live just south of Lake Simcoe on the Trent Canal system. The boat used to race (it is said) near Collingwood on Georgian Bay. She is more recently spared from the crusher which is quite close by.
As it was, I have to re-attach her ballast keel as it was awaiting being melted down.
There is lots to do before launch next year (maybe).
regards
Ian
Morning!
Short of the story is that I'm an un-reformed saxophonist that got hooked on the open water thing while playing cruise line gigs. I'm currently landlocked north of Dallas. Barring a strange twist of fate I will be remedying said forlornness April-ish. Hopefully with either an Ariel or Bristol 24. But as long as I can keep the rig up and the water out I'm not so worried about what I wind up with.
I'm a Strange critter in this day and age. I drink coffee black, and bourbon straight. I do math with a slide rule, and really like real books. I can be crusty, but I try not to be mean.
Quote from: Headcase on July 03, 2012, 04:31:29 AM
Morning!
I'm a Strange critter in this day and age.
I think you will fit in here just fine. ;)
Welcome aboard!
Howdy folks, I'm Tom an aussie living (for the moment) in UK but very soon taking off on my 31' very traditional Dutch built (in the late 70s) steel cutter down through the French canals and onto South America and beyond...after many years of constant planning and failing to actually do it I'm moving onbard this coming weekend, giving up my job next week and taking off the following :)
Welcome aboard Tom, I hope you can get a chance to post more about your boat and your adventure along the way.
Quote from: tomski on July 04, 2012, 07:03:40 AM
...down through the French canals and onto South America and beyond...after many years of constant planning and failing to actually do it I'm moving onbard this coming weekend, giving up my job next week and taking off the following :)
Welcome aboard, you're a few years ahead of me but It's also my plan to cruise the canals of Europe for a few years.
I hope you'll keep us posted or keep a blog, etc. I'd love to hear your experiences.
Pete
Hi!
This is Claire from NYC. Me & my husband recently started to learn sailing under guidance of Offshore Sailing School. We have also created Blog The Sun Over the Yardarm to share our experience about sailing.
I was surfing around the internet for more sailing blogs & forum & landed here. I am greatly enjoying this Forum!
We recently sailed in BVI & now going to Florida!!! :)
I've been sailing since jmwoodring talked me onto a rotten, old Dickerson ketch 4 years ago. We lived on her for a year in the Chesapeake and in Wilmington, NC. He next owned a 25' Aleutka that we cruised to the Florida Keys from TX two winters ago. We bought a flush deck Westsail 32, Mona, in May and just finished sailing her back to Texas from Ft. Lauderdale. She has most of the qualities we found lacking in the last two (not so wooden, not so gasoline-powered, standing headroom, a double berth), so hopefully we are done doing the boat shopping dance and can start getting ready to fix up Mona for more extensive cruising.
I found this forum through my boyfriend, jmwoodring. May my stupid questions not reflect poorly on him... :P
outstanding raylay
Welcome aboard Rachel. Maybe this time we can all meet each other. We sure missed last time you guys were around.
Going on a short cruise along with David and Lisa (GrimE) tomorrow, down to Port O'Conner.
Don't be too hard on him-I did the same thing, on a customers boat I had just painted ::)
Welcome Rachel. Have enjoyed your great blog. :)
Welcome also to you Claire, Tom, Jim & Ian.
Hi All,
Long time lurker and general boat junkie and decided it was time to start contributing. I've been messing about in boats since I was very young and have owned and sailed many different boats. In 2000 I bought a 1962 Alberg 35 (Magic - hull #16) and sailed her in New England until 2007.
Since then, events conspired to keep her out of the water for a few years and in late 2009 I started a multi-year restoration (seems like forever, see my blog http://www.alberg35.com). Roughly 20 gallons of epoxy later I am just about finished recoring the decks. The boat is partially primed and hope to paint sometime in August. Then it's reassembly time as well as a number of other projects including a new caprail, seahood, and electrical system. With a little luck and a bunch of money she will be back in the water next year to celebrate her second 50 years.
My long term plans are cruising the Atlantic seaboard and possibly points south, but that's a story for when I retire.
-matt
Welcome aboard Matt,
Did you take any 'in progress' pictures? That sounds like a lot of work, would love to see some pictures... and that they would be of such a fine ship would make it all the nicer. ;D
Thanks for the welcome! I've pretty much documented the whole mess to date with pictures and narrative on my blog (www.alberg35.com). It's been like therapy for me, and I find myself using it to help remember some of the techniques I've used if I need to repeat a similar process/procedure.
Hello everyone,
I'm Dean, and I own a 1969 Westerly Nomad. I am new to the sailing world, but not to the dream of long distance cruising.
Actually, I had the desire since I was in my mid teens. The first time I saw Jaws, I wanted to live on a boat. Most people were scared by it, but I saw Quint?s boat, with a living area in it, and thought it was the coolest thing!
From that time on, I was hooked on the idea of living on a boat. I realized that a stinkpot would be expensive to maintain and operate, and that a sailboat would be the perfect escape vehicle! World travel was possible. Freedom!
That was the beginning, and only recently have I been able to realistically do anything about it.
I'm looking forward to learning more from everyone here.
Welcome aboard, looks like a great boat for cruising, keep us posted on your new adventure!
Quote from: dsmastern on August 10, 2012, 01:09:17 PM
I'm Dean, and I own a 1969 Westerly Nomad. I am new to the sailing world, but not to the dream of long distance cruising.
Welcome, probably a few more of those around this side of the world - for those unfamiliar, a Westerly Nomad (and similar first generation Westerlys) are built like a brick outhouse 8).......probably accounts for there longterm survival rates.
Thanks for the welcomes!
Yes, she is a very well built boat, and I won't be afraid to take her anywhere I want to go. I was very fortunate to find her. :D
Then I lost her. :(
And then I got her back! :D ;D
I'm working on a blog telling about the whole story, but I'll probably post a condensed version on this forum too.
Found this from a URL posted on Cruisers forum.
Recently bought a Com-pac 16 in order to have a boat I can haul to different places.
Want to explore the Gulf more.
Selling, hopefully, my Pearson Ensign.
May end up with a larger cruiser, but will wait until I find the part of the coast I like best.
I've been registered here for a while but just bought my first own boat a few weeks ago:
(http://i.imgur.com/VeHyU.jpg)
A 27' Fingal. She'll be converted to a junk rig during the winter, the plan is to sail to warmer climates next year.
(http://i.imgur.com/I9sBu.jpg)
Used to sail as a child but caught the bug again a few years back.
Lots of things to learn, lots to explore!
Congrats, looks to be a great SailFar boat.
Quote from: chas5131 on August 16, 2012, 12:05:17 PM
Found this from a URL posted on Cruisers forum.
Recently bought a Com-pac 16 in order to have a boat I can haul to different places.
Want to explore the Gulf more.
Selling, hopefully, my Pearson Ensign.
May end up with a larger cruiser, but will wait until I find the part of the coast I like best.
Welcome aboard! (Sorry for being late :-[ )
Things have been a little slow around here lately, hopefully because everyone's out sailing! ;)
Post some pictures when you get a chance.
Very nice! :D
Quote from: Oscar on September 10, 2012, 04:45:06 PM
I've been registered here for a while but just bought my first own boat a few weeks ago:
(http://i.imgur.com/VeHyU.jpg)
A 27' Fingal. She'll be converted to a junk rig during the winter, the plan is to sail to warmer climates next year.
(http://i.imgur.com/I9sBu.jpg)
Used to sail as a child but caught the bug again a few years back.
Lots of things to learn, lots to explore!
Hello All
I found your site quite by accident,you know how it is ,your looking for a lawnmower and end up on someones Else's web site talking about sailboats and stuff this time however i have no complaints .i have been a inland boater for many years and have decided to buy myself a budget sailboat .
I really am starting from the the bottom so any help would be appreciated I hope enroll in a night school here and then when it is warmer to come and start to work .
I very much look forward to hearing your views and gaining from your experience.
Kindest Regards
Mad Frankie
Welcome Aboard, Mad Frankie!
Welcome aboard I am sure you will find a lot of knowledge here and people very willing to share it.
Hi, Marlan here. I'm not sure if my last pose went through. So if this comes twice I apologize. I've been sailing for seven years on OPB's (Other People's Boats). And I just recently bought my own boat - a Rhodes 22 made by General Boats Int'l (www.rhodes22.com).
I came across Sail Far through a google search. I 'm just looking to learn new tricks and tips.
Happy to be here.
Welcome aboard Marlan, Rhodes 22s are good little boats.
Hello everyone.
I've lurked on this site for a while & figured I register. I feel this is a pretty unique site without alot of static.
I've got a Sabre 28 that's in the yard undergoing a renovation. I'm the 2nd owner, picked it up last year. The hull & deck are in good shape but after 30 years it's suffering from the typical Sabre Rot. Bulkheads, compresssion post support, sole, etc. So hopefully I can learn from you guys & also be able to offer advice to others.
I come from the stinkpot arena, sport fishing most of my childhood & adult life. I always liked sailing & seeing how it's getting to that point in my life that I really appreciate peace & quiet, decided it was time to come over to the dark side :)
Hope all of you in harms way don't take too much of a thrashing with Sandy!
Welcome misfits! What an appropriate user name.... That sums up many of us here. :)
Welcome to all the new members, look forward to hearing more from you all.
Welcome aboard to all the new sailFarer's! There are tons of great folks here, but we're always glad to have more join in. :)
Misfits - our boats sail at *perfect* trolling speeds, so rig up a 'hoo on a flat line, and... Fish On!!! ;D
Thanks for the welcome.
Misfits, sums me right up so it's good to know that I'm not alone & have come to the right place :)
You are correct about the right trolling speed & all with not hearing that drone of the motor(s). Doesn't get any better than that! Saling does make it kind of hard to back down on the big one.
Peace
Well, after being away for what seems like forever, I have returned to Sail Far...
Many of you know me - although you might not want to admit it - so this is more of a Re: Introduction. :)
For those who don't know me (personally or by reputation - hey, it's not all bad!), I'm a small boat sailor formerly based in California with a Columbia Challenger 24 (keel boat). Life took me in another direction: I built a Goat Island Skiff; retired; moved to central Michigan; and decided what I really needed was a small boat designed and intended for beach/camp cruising. I am now building a Welsford Pathfinder.
The intention is to explore the Great Lakes, the PNW, the NE coast and the Gulf Coast.
So, I will chime in every once in a while to share my escapades and adventures (yes, building a boat IS an adventure!).
Bob Wessel
Fenwick, MI
Building Gardens of Fenwick, a Welsford Pathfinder
Karen Ann, a Storer Goat Island Skiff
Welcome back aboard Bob. Was good to see you again up at Sail Oklahoma. Been quite a year since we last crossed paths
I found this site while looking for bluewater boat info. I have been sailling a catalina 30 to Maine for the past 5 years and now I', looking for a bluewater-capable boat for farther destinations.
Welcome aboard Richard, I think you will find some useful information here.
Hello.I'm Kasy. I bought a Falmouth 22 last summer and live on her here in Philadelphia. I had a Westsail 28, 10 years ago, that I spent 6 of the 7 years I owned her fixing her up. After I sold her I took a long break and said I wouldn't get another boat, but when I sold my house, it was either a long bicycle trip or a boat, and here I am.
Welcome. Nice choice of boat !! Very well built, pretty and a great sailor as well. Ya gotta post some pics. Any plans??
I'll have to wait on the pics until I get a couple cosmetic things done this spring or summer. My short term plans are to make her more efficient inside( shelves in cabinets,etc) sail her around here for a while then to the Chesapeake to get some more experience, then who knows.
Quote from: Stout on February 02, 2013, 03:31:09 PM
I'll have to wait on the pics until I get a couple cosmetic things done this spring or summer. My short term plans are to make her more efficient inside( shelves in cabinets,etc) sail her around here for a while then to the Chesapeake to get some more experience, then who knows.
before and after pics are kewl; they provide paradigm jumps for those of us that need a pair of dimes to jump over a knickle, ::)
Here's one when I first went to look at her.
grog Stout; or a stout, your preference !!!!! ::)
I like the look of that Falmouth 22
Beautiful boat, Stout, welcome
Richard & Stout - Glad to have y'all join us! A Grog for you both. :)
And a belated one for that BobW fella, too. ;)
Stopping by to introduce myself. I'm H3LlIoN, I'm just starting out on my pacific seacraft mariah. I'm currently in St. Croix, bound for Virginia for haul and refit over the course of the next year or so while I finish some things stateside. I then plan to head out cruising full time. Heard about sailfar from the guys on the forums over @ cruisingoutpost.
-h3
We are Glenn & Joanne , we have been outfitting our Macgregor 26X for fulltime living aboard . We got retired from our jobs and figured we were close enough . So we sold our house and stored the rest of our stuff in a container on an empty lot we still own.
Last july 2012 , we officially moved aboard and have made a few short cruises to the Gulf of Mexico . We are back in our homeport of Montgomery Ala , having come home for Christmas .
We are getting the Gypsy ready for our first serious cruise , a yearlong voyage to Key West , planning to leave in March .
We heard about the this forum thru the Cruising Outpost Forum . It sounds like what we are looking for .
We are living and cruising in a small boat , on a small budget .
H3 and Gypsy....welcome aboard!! Keep us posted as you travel and/or do repairs. Pictures please !! ;D
Hello to all you cruising folks. I bought an O'day 25, Cassandra, (Ken-Do before I renamed her) back in 2009 in my senior year of college, and have been slowly fixing and outfitting it for extended cruising. I've taken my beloved Cassandra on a few week cruises around the East coast of Lake Ontario, but I hope to go south September this year. But as in all things, we'll see.
welcome aboard Tench andI think you will find a lot of good knowledge here. Keep us posted as to your plans.
Hello All,
I do not remember how I found sailfar but I have visited the site many times over the years. I started dreaming of sailboats back in 2005, and I have not been cured yet. I bought
a Catalina 30 in 2010. I did not own the Catalina for too long, but I fixed it up and knew that it would not be my last sailboat. I sold it to get a bigger boat, something in the 35 foot range.
Soon as I sold it, this 1982 Hunter 25 fell into my lap for $200. It was worth EVERY penny of $200 also! It sat on the hard for 4 years, abandoned with plenty of rainwater in it and mold. After a good pressure washing outside AND on the inside I dismantled the inside and started to restore it on a shoestring budget. I am about finished.
The goal was to work hard on this boat to make a profit and have money for the next "dream boat" to move aboard. We will see, I may not be able to sell her after the year and a half of work I have done on her so far.
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-Dan
s/v Del Sol
welcome!! Amazing before/after pic ;D Aren't power washers just the greatest!!!
Hello Tench. Where on Lake Ontario are you??
I can see that this site is going to be the source of all kinds of trouble. I'll be wanting to read when I should be working on the boat. Perhaps I can download a batch and read while underway. Hmmm.
I'm planning a trip around the Great Loop beginning in May of 2015, and found the site while researching what others have done in their little boats, and how they did it. I want all my mistakes to be originals! I began documenting preparations for the trip earlier this year at great-loop.us; if any of you get the inclination (and a spare few minutes), take a look and weigh in with your thoughts.
This is a great site, and I'm looking forward to everyone's tales, trials, and tribulations (and perhaps the occasional libation when rafting up).
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Quote from: H3LlIoN on February 08, 2013, 09:12:43 AM
Stopping by to introduce myself. I'm H3LlIoN, I'm just starting out on my pacific seacraft mariah. I'm currently in St. Croix, bound for Virginia for haul and refit over the course of the next year or so while I finish some things stateside. I then plan to head out cruising full time. Heard about sailfar from the guys on the forums over @ cruisingoutpost.
-h3
Welcome aboard!
I was in St. Croix a couple weeks ago (S Cacos right now) and stayed at the mooring feild right off of the. Schooner channel. Where do you keep your boat? St. Croix marine by any chance?
Hydroace--For the smilies shown, all you have to do is click them-it'll put them where your typing cursor is sitting :) ;) :D
;D Got it! The first thing I learned at SailFar - how to insert smileys! Somehow that's appropriate ::)
@ S/V Faith - Thanks for permission to board the forum. Or forum the board. Or something.
I ran across a post on another forum that seems appropriate here:
Major Jones is Satisfied
In case you missed the 70's, a Jones is a yearning. So let's talk yearnings. I'm not going to ask you yours and I'm not telling you most of mine, because then we'd have to lie. You'd have to say something about Mahler and I'd have to respond with Adria. Pish and Tosh. What I want to do is take a risk and tell you about my major jones, no make that Major Jones.
My Major Jones goes back to 1983. I crossed the Atlantic Ocean as crew in a 92 foot, steel-hulled wishbone ketch named Sintra. Life-altering blah blah blah, but there were two effects of that trade-winds cause. One was that I will forever be in love with everybody who made that crossing with me. The other is that I have wanted sailing ever since. Yes, wanted to move across water powered by wind. Waves, breeze, smell, difficulty, craft, strategy. Elementary.
I've owned a couple of sailboats since then, one of them so beautiful that I could cry about it, but neither of them addressed, much less satisfied Major Jones. What the Major wants is a boat on which a man could sail out on big water, go to sleep and then wake up and sail some more. The Major wants a boat that feels just a little bit like home, that smells a little bit like adventure, that shrinks the world and blows it wide open at the same time. A boat where you plot your course, cook your dinner, drop your anchor and pick it up again. The Major wants to be able to go to the boat any time, to sail in the rain or eat a cheese sandwich in the cockpit and not leave the dock on the prettiest day of the year.
Now, like every other unresolved human being, I've got a Jones family. Fortunately, it's a family that shrinks every year. Most of my Joneses now are about accomplishments or wishes for some certain younger souls who - I assume - have Joneses of their own. I don't care much where I live, hardly want any thing or accolade. But the one persistent, monster, Kick-ass, Grandfather Jones is the one about the sailboat.
...
So here she is. A Rhodes22, red-hulled, white-sailed, carefully designed and reworked by a genius named Stan Spitzer to be sailed single-handed by a jonesing old man on medium-sized water in light to semi heavy air.
I met her last weekend in North Carolina and we had a couple of sails on the Albemarle Sound behind Cape Hatteras. She'll be delivered by trailer up to the Jersey Shore next week. What's it like to have Major Jones satisfied? It doesn't look like any of those Olympic gold-medal winner ecstasy fests. In fact, it's not ecstatic at all.
The feeling is more like coming home after a long trip. It doesn't make you want a new Jones to pursue, it doesn't make you want to promote Major Jones to Colonel and go for a bigger and faster boat. It makes you feel that rarest of modern feelings: satisfied.
Oh yum, savor it - satisfaction - not "closure" or any feeling that diminishes someone else, feel free to smack your lips and throw a twenty in the collection plate the next time it comes your way.
The best thing is that having one Major Jones satisfied, makes you inclined to see the rest of your personal Jones family in a different light: a slanted, low-angled, orangey light reflected off brackish water filled with life. Sometimes, the Major says, enough is enough and if the Major is satisfied, maybe you should be too.
... wish I could write like that - but that was courtesy of Lynn Hoffman, on the Rhodes 22 forum. I will go one step further though. Getting Magic Moments was a major step towards my Jones, but my zen lies in the journey - I have to get in the boat. I don't necessarily have to cast off on any given day or, if I do cast off, I don't have to journey to fabled ports or stay on any particular schedule. My Major Jones is just to get on the boat - and savor the possibilities.
oh, BTW, Magic Moments is in a hoist hanging over the Detroit River in Gibraltar, Michigan - taunting me just outside the window ;)
Quote from: Hydroace on March 10, 2013, 01:39:45 PM
I ran across a post on another forum that seems appropriate here:
That was really cool. Thanks for posting it!
In response to Frank. Power washers are indeed great BUT for any boaters that need to clean plastic / fiberglass or even tile in Bathrooms, there is some
stuff at Home Depot called "Mold Armor mold remover" in a green bottle. It is amazing stuff, and I used it on my blue canvas covers and it did not bleach it out. Tip: don't buy the stuff in the same looking bottle called Mold Blocker by same company - it won't work! A few people at my marina have used it to clean their desks with amazing results also.
The sides are painted with Interlux Perfection Snow White, rolled and brush tipped. I did not paint my deck just pressure washed with cleaner I mentioned above.
-Dan
Hello everyone! I initially stumbled across this website when I typed the name of a boat I was considering buying into google. The boat was the Pearson Triton "Deep Blue" owned by the late Phil Prosser. I had found Deep Blue for sale on craigslist not far from where I currently live, and after having spent at least the last two years combing the internet for a good deal on a bluewater boat, I believed at least initially Deep Blue fit the bill. After finding Phil's posts on this website, reading his obituary, and learning that he was a fellow Coloradan I was sold (after of course seeing the boat in person). I typed in his username here and read every one of his post's. They and all of your comments were so educational and inspiring that I thought it would be a mistake not to join. I am much younger than Phil, but am coming up on a time in my life when I will finally be free from land-locking obligations, and am planning on continuing the "Adventures of Deep Blue." No concrete plans as of where, exactly when, or how (with my limited experience), but most likely this fall I will be moving aboard and sailing south.
Fair Winds,
Ryan
Welcome aboard, Ryan.
That's really awesome that Deep Blue has found a new home with someone passionate about sailing. I'm looking forward to hearing about her continued adventures.
Quote from: Captain Smollett on March 12, 2013, 11:23:41 AM
Welcome aboard, Ryan.
That's really awesome that Deep Blue has found a new home with someone passionate about sailing. I'm looking forward to hearing about her continued adventures.
Agree completely. I saw Deep Blue when I was in Soloman's Island , but missed seeing Phil. Alas, there was never another chance
Welcome to the forum Ryan. Looking forward to seeing you on the water!
We should all take Charlie's experience to heart and never miss an opportunity to meet fellow sailfarers when they come within hailing distance.
What a great connection. I am glad you found us, and I also look forward to hearing about your future adventures.
Welcome.
Waving...just waving, not the other thing. Just to say hallo. I found the site - and all you people - just looking for answers and hints on all the little details (devils) I'd like to straighten out as I try to get a 19 footer together to sail along the UK coast a bit. I went to sea as a 17yr old on a cargo ship, later lived on a 28 ft sailboat for some years but not done any long voyages under sail. Much older now and want to simply spend some time sailing. Or spend some time simply sailing. I'm absolutely certain you know what I mean. Which is why I'm here. :)
Welcome, and you certainly are in the right place
I was searching for other sailors who sail 29' Bayfields and found someone discussing a purchase of a Bayfield on your forum. I would like to have a foru,m for sailing info etc.
Looks like a nice group of sailors at this site.
Cheers
Moondancerl
My name is Mike Mallory. I met D. Franklin and C. Amos in Grand Turk and they gave me a SailFar sticker.. so here I am.
My yacht is a 28' Bristol Channel Cutter. I bought a semi-complete boat from the factory in 1994 and finished it myself in Bothell, WA. It was christened in July of 1998 after which I took a leave from my job as an airline pilot and sailed to the Bahamas via the Panama Canal. I lived aboard in the Bahamas during the winter for the next 11 years, storing the boat in Indiantown, FL for hurricane season. In 2011 I took another leave and have just completed a solo circumnavigation (Mar 11-Mar 13)
Cheers,
M
Quote from: Flyer on May 12, 2013, 12:36:26 PM
My name is Mike Mallory. I met D. Franklin and C. Amos in Grand Turk and they gave me a SailFar sticker.. so here I am.
My yacht is a 28' Bristol Channel Cutter. I bought a semi-complete boat from the factory in 1994 and finished it myself in Bothell, WA. It was christened in July of 1998 after which I took a leave from my job as an airline pilot and sailed to the Bahamas via the Panama Canal. I lived aboard in the Bahamas during the winter for the next 11 years, storing the boat in Indiantown, FL for hurricane season. In 2011 I took another leave and have just completed a solo circumnavigation (Mar 11-Mar 13)
Cheers,
M
I look forward to the wisdom you bring on so many levels, cheers!!!
I have been reading "the book of flyer"... a most excellent blog... bookofflyer.blogspot.com (http://bookofflyer.blogspot.com)
Hi Mike. Welcome aboard!!!
Quote from: Flyer on May 12, 2013, 12:36:26 PM
My name is Mike Mallory. I met D. Franklin and C. Amos in Grand Turk and they gave me a SailFar sticker.. so here I am.
My yacht is a 28' Bristol Channel Cutter. I bought a semi-complete boat from the factory in 1994 and finished it myself in Bothell, WA. It was christened in July of 1998 after which I took a leave from my job as an airline pilot and sailed to the Bahamas via the Panama Canal. I lived aboard in the Bahamas during the winter for the next 11 years, storing the boat in Indiantown, FL for hurricane season. In 2011 I took another leave and have just completed a solo circumnavigation (Mar 11-Mar 13)
Cheers,
M
Ahoy Mike!
Glad to see you are here! Welcome aboard.
Craig
Hello all, tks for permission to come aboard the board.
Found sailFar while looking for sheet steering setups for small craft. Long story short, after 25 years of full time cruising (15 years with 2 kids, 10 years single hand) on an elderly Tripp designed 45 I swallowed the anchor. 2 years later, I realized that was a giant mistake (first one ever!... really! ...well maybe) and hooked up another boat. As I will be single handing, and the bigger the hole in the water the more money it takes to fill it, a 25' Coronado will work just fine. And, it fell ihto my lap. Sometimes when the universe hits you up side the head with a wet mop, you oughta listen.
So now I am scuffling to get the cash together to do what I can to get her underway by Labor Day.. Fortunately she is sound, with a decent set of rags. Needs electroncs, lighting, new running rigging.
Anyway, this site should provide a great source of information and inspiration. I might even be able to contribute a few odds and ends of my own.
See you in the funny pages.
Cap' Couillon
Welcome....ya otta fit right in ;)
My bride and I are restoring a 1977 Cape Dory 27 that we bought about a year ago. She's our first sailboat and it has been quite a learning experience, but we've learned a lot about sailing and working on boats, which has been great. We've both enjoyed working on Mariah and getting her back up to shape. We're both n00bs, but we're try to learn as much as we can from those around us.
We keep a blog on our progress at http://missionmariah.wordpress.com/, we haven't had any major sailing adventures yet, but the boat is starting to come together and we hope to have more real soon :)
Welcome Bow & Shelly. I've glanced at your blog [and look forward to reading more]. Good choice of a boat. Congrats on getting the boat in the water. Grog to you.
Welcome and great boat!!
Welcome aboard Bow and Shelly. I think "Mariah" is a great name for an Alberg design. ;)
Quote from: Tim on July 13, 2013, 05:36:25 PM
I think "Mariah" is a great name for an Alberg design. ;)
Or any other boat- "they call the wind Mariah" remember.
Welcome aboard from me also. Strangely, I was just in both spots you mention- Jacksonville, and Melborne during June.
Wish You had joined a month ago- I'd stopped to visit
Thanks for the welcomes folks, seems like a great community.
Quote from: Tim on July 13, 2013, 05:36:25 PM
Welcome aboard Bow and Shelly. I think "Mariah" is a great name for an Alberg design. ;)
heh, yes! I saw your signature a while ago.
Unfortunately, I can't take credit for the name, it was the name she was giving by her original owner in 1977. We have the original documents, I've actually tried to hunt down prior owners a few times to learn more about her history and naming, but had no luck so far. I haven't gotten bold enough to cold call the prior owners yet.
Quote from: CharlieJ on July 13, 2013, 07:33:54 PM
Quote from: Tim on July 13, 2013, 05:36:25 PM
I think "Mariah" is a great name for an Alberg design. ;)
Or any other boat- "they call the wind Mariah" remember.
Welcome aboard from me also. Strangely, I was just in both spots you mention- Jacksonville, and Melborne during June.
Wish You had joined a month ago- I'd stopped to visit
Bummer! If you pass through again, please let us know!
Probably not soon. Was on a trailer cruise. West Coast Trailer Sailor Squadron affair in Melborne (actually Sebastian Inlet, or just south) and visiting son and grand kids in Jax.
But this is a great group, with some serious sailors. You'll like it here.
I have been living on a catalina c27. Am learning to sail, mainly on an 8' walker bay sailing dinghy. It's been both fun and challenging. Esp since we have had very light to no wind days.
Not sure how I found this forum but glad I found it. :-)
Welcome board
Quote from: shadowraiths on August 14, 2013, 05:36:04 PM
I have been living on a catalina c27. Am learning to sail, mainly on an 8' walker bay sailing dinghy. It's been both fun and challenging. Esp since we have had very light to no wind days.
Not sure how I found this forum but glad I found it. :-)
I am really glad you were patient! Waiting since the 20th of july is too long. There has been a delay in registrations approvals, I am workng on that... Glad you waited for us to get back to you...
Have your first virtual grog on me!
Welcome aboard!
I was surfing the web 5 years ago and I had zero interest in being a boat owner. My wife and I were do working numbers about 6 years ago and we figured we could retire in 5 or 6 years. So the thought of replacing working tonnage to a place where I believe I will have time to smell the roses. That's were the idea of being a sailor hit me as a good way to start play again. Took some lessons looked at 1000's of boats and bought a Nordica 16 to learn on 3 months ago. Hurt my back at the gym 2 and 1/2 years ago now I find out if I can it can take sailing without causing pain. So here I am a old trailer sailor on the forum hoping age doesn't catch up with my dreams.
Welcome aboard- and don't let the age thing get you. I'm 72 and I don't think I'm the oldest on here.
And on my dock, up until one guy left to go cruising (single handed), I was one of 4 sailors in their 70s, a couple of who live aboard.
I do not recall, at this time, how I stumbled onto sailFar.net, but I was probably looking for recipes that could be prepared on a Forespar Hot Spot Mini-Galley. We trailer sail a Com-Pac Suncat from our homeport near Lake Harris in Central Florida. I hope to be retired by the end of September and soon thereafter to begin exploring the nooks and crannies along Florida's Gulf Coast. We have sailed off and on for the past 40 years or so, mostly as guests on other people's boats or bareboat cruising (Chesapeake Bay, The Abacos, BVI, Desolation Sound, Tampa Bay), but we sailed our own San Juan 24, Sea Sprite 22, and Laser (#4041) from our homeport in Oriental, NC, back in the 70's. Before that, we were active in the sailing program at the University of Tennessee. My wife's parents completed an 11 year circumnavigation aboard the Carib 41 "Kennemer" in 1988. Sailing is in our blood. I look forward to sharing ideas with the members of this forum. Fair winds....
Tom and Els Reed
Welcome aboard and we are looking farward to hearing about your sailing past and I know that there are members here that can assist with any questions that you may have again welcome aboard.
Well, you two have just GOT to hook up with Tom Ray in Punta Gorda if you haven't already. He's the SunCat nationals guru. The Suncat racing is for FUN!!
Take a look at this link-
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/catboat/index.cgi
Oh, and welcome to Sailfar
Hi- I am Lance. I am like an old cat lady, except I am a man, and my cats are really boats laying around my yard in various states of health.
I have read and learned so much from you folks that really I just wanted to check in and say THANK YOU!
My wife and I live in Indiana, and sail midwestern lakes and also Florida's west coast.
It was chartering larger boats that let me know my heart was really into smaller and less complex craft.
We are currently messing with an O'Day 23, an AMF Sunbird 16, and a Hobie Wave.
Not sure we will ever cross oceans, but we love several day cruises, and also camp cruising.
See you around!
Welcome aboard. And where on the Florida West coast. Some of my very favorite cruising areas are there.
Our O'Day 23 is docked on Bimini Bay in the interior of Anna Maria island - just off Tampa Bay. My wife and I are still more than full time employed. We have been able to explore just down to Cayo Costa so far.
It was nice to see the boat you did so much work on come back to you. Thanks for saying hello Charlie.
Ah yes- been to Anna Maria a few times, since back in 1964, on a camping, diving trip on the sand island out from the causeway between Anna Maria and Long boat Key. Lived out there for a week on fish we speared. Saw a sign saying "NO CAMPING" there now- sad. Times have changed.
Also spent some time anchored off the municipal pier at Bradenton Beach- love the place. If you get there, go to the "Gathering Place" for lunch. The owner is a Greek lady who is an absolute HOOT. Almost at the foot of the bridge.
Anchored in Cayo Costa a few times also. Twice with the West Coast trailer Sailor Squadron. And several times just me.
If you don't know them, you should-
http://ftp.ij.net/wctss/wctss/
Spent a weekend with them in June. Absolutely wonderful folks. Tell Ron H that Charlie J said hi
Last I was at Cayo Costa was also in June, this year- my fourth or fifth time.. I like to anchor in the little cove just to starboard as you enter.
Stayed at Laishley Park, and sailed down last week of June.
These pics should look familiar. And thank you about Tehani. I do dearly love the boat and she is almost ready to splash again- another week or so yet, but soon. And first short cruise is already being planned.
This is too funny. Just looked at the WCTSS Pics from June 2013, and find several pics of my (now sold) Necessity.
But what is funny is the pic of me, labeled as "an Adventurer" ;D ;D
Just an old fart with some time to travel a bit, preferably by sail ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
http://ftp.ij.net/wctss/wctss/photos106.html
I sailed in that area a few years back (OK..more than a few) as well. The thing I most remember about Anna Maria Island was a funkie hamburger joint near a beach seemingly run by an ole dolly with an awesome outgoing and outspoken personality!! The lil place had poop hanging all over....and a long line up out the door!! Food was awesome. Lance, is it still there???
Charlie - I am familiar with the WCTSS, but have yet to sail with them. Three of us sailed the O'Day 23 down to Cayo Costa for one of last years get togethers - I had some kind of alergic reaction to something growing on the island, and had to leave early without meeting them. Their next Cayo Costa outing is the 3rd weekend in November. I hope to make it but not positive yet.
When I first started sailing, I had an older O'Day 23 than my current one. I was reading all kinds of sailing books and magazines. At that time I just thought that everyone got a bigger boat as their skills increased. But shortly I noticed two things - first, was just how shallow most of the Florida waters were! second, I noticed whenever I was out on a larger boat, after the initial WOW! factor wore off - that I really missed my smaller boat. Charlie, looking through your boat rebuild pics helped me to know I was not crazy in wanting a nicer fully operational but smaller boat.
So I sold my 71 O'Day 23 and bought a better condition 84 O'Day 23 - and am pretty happy with her. I am now trying to talk some of my Indiana sailing friends into getting something similar - so that we can have winter escapes and sail together.
Frank - is the place you speak of right across from the public beach parking, and a half block south? with sort of a closed in porch? if so it is called Skinny's. And it is a favorite stop of mine! You could also be thinking of the public beach concession which is far better than most - and acts like they are happy to serve you.
I couldn't agree more about Bradenton Beach! When other cities zigged toward closing themselves off to boaters, Bradenton zagged and became more welcoming. And it appears to have given the area a little economic boost. Hope it stays laid back.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Yep...it was Skinny's ;) I couldn't remember the name but remember it once you said it. It was real funkie.....and great food.
I'm sure nobody remembers but I was on here almost every day a couple of years ago. I had bought a Bristol 27 and took off. I am back and living for a time in the Clearwater ,fl. area. I sold my boat as I felt too cramped inside. Perhaps if I lost a bit of weight.....nah,just buy a bigger boat.
I am working to make some money to buy my next boat and should be ready soon.
I sure do miss all of you guys as I had my computer stolen while at a marina and never replaced it so I have not had any contact for a while.
BUT I'M BACK..but not for long as being on shore makes me itch!!!!
Cheers, Jerry
Welcome back! I hope you will catch us up on your adventures.
Quote from: Gerald A. Gotts on November 15, 2013, 09:32:07 PM
I'm sure nobody remembers but I was on here almost every day a couple of years ago. I had bought a Bristol 27 and took off. I am back and living for a time in the Clearwater ,fl. area. I sold my boat as I felt too cramped inside. Perhaps if I lost a bit of weight.....nah,just buy a bigger boat.
I am working to make some money to buy my next boat and should be ready soon.
I sure do miss all of you guys as I had my computer stolen while at a marina and never replaced it so I have not had any contact for a while.
BUT I'M BACK..but not for long as being on shore makes me itch!!!!
Cheers, Jerry
Welcome back Jerry!
Great time to buy a boat, on a windy cold day like this I bet you could find a bunch of southbound boats cheap! Especially if you talk to the less committed spouse (you can tell them by the layers of clothing and lack of smile). ;D
Hi All,
Newbie here. Found this sites link in a message located on the Columbia group message board. It was in relation to painting a badly cracked gelcoat finish. Found a lot of great information on the SailFar site, so decided to stay around awhile.
I started sailing while stationed in Iwakuni, Japan during an 1972 overseas tour with the Marine Corps. The Nai Kai Yacht Club had taken possession of the MC Special Services boat fleet at the base. The club kept the Lightnings in good repair and had sailing lessons for those who wanted to learn. Records were kept ;) of how many hours of work we performed on these boats and were substituted for hourly fees of boat rental. If memory serves me correctly, a lot more hourly rental fees were waived than work performed.
Nancy and I just ended a relation with a 1977 Columbia 8.3. This was a wonderful boat, but needed more TLC than we could give. It was located about 4 hour drive away from our home. Slip rental every month was a big hit on our Social Security income, so we gave it to someone that hopefully could complete what we had started. However, we are NOT boatless!
Sitting in our front yard is a 1964 Tylercraft 24, which was purchased on eBay about five years ago. Purchase price was $99.00 and I was the only bidder. Had to go to Port Saint Lucie, FL to pick it up from Sanford, NC where we still own our home. At least the boat is in our front yard and can be worked on anytime, and not have a slip rental fee.
In between 1972 and today there have been a few sailboats. Had a San Juan 21, two West Wight Potters and a Rainbow 24. Have a derelict 1977 Hunter 27 in the back yard purchased for repairs on the Columbia 8.3, but now might be used on the Tylercraft 24.
Noticed someone on this site had recommended me for information on a Tylercraft a few years ago. Entered Tylercraft in the search box. I still own the Tylercraft_Sailboat Group on Yahoo.com.
Hope to gain a lot of information on boat repair and other information concerning sailing in general. Perhaps I can also offer whatever information concerning questions anyone has as well.
Bill Corder
Sanford, NC
Welcome aboard Bill!
Glad you found us, and I look forward to hearing more about you plans and adventures. D you have any pictures of your TylerCraft? There is a section here to discuss different boats, maybe you could start a thread on it there. I would like to see a couple pictures if you have them. Just let me know if you need help posting them.
Welcome!
Stumbled across the site - from International Yacht Club page, I think.
Currently boatless, working on it.
Don
Welcome aboard Don,
Glad to hear ou rink is still active on the international Yacht Club page, our member and moderator here "Zen" was (is?) a commodore with IYC. Very cool guy, had a setback a while back sailing back from Japan...
What waters do you sail (or will you sail again)?
Good luck in finding the right ship for your future adventures!
Hello All,
We stumbled across the site by meeting S/V Faith's trusty captain in the Exumas a few weeks ago. My lovely wife abandoned ship when she heard what sounded like a penny whistle being played and returned hours later with good reports of the captain and crew.
We joined Sailfar because it right up our alley. KISS is our mantra.
S/V Sea Change II
Currently in Georgetown, Exumas
A hearty welcome aboard to Sea Change and her crew!
Glad to see you online Shane, I really look forward to hearing more as your journey progresses!
Welcome aboard you will in joy this site. We look farward to seeing any pictures you might post and read stories you might wish to pass along.
Hi Folks,
Just a quick note of introduction - I'm a 44 yr old complete newbie who manifested 20+ years of dreaming last Augiust when my wife and companion in adventure insisted I pull the trigger on a near-bristol Annapolis 26 at a too-good-to-pass-up bargain, tactfully pointing out that I never do anything for myself, I'm not getting any younger and I can't keep reading and dreaming forever.
We only had her out a few times before running out of season and I am still discerning my ass from my elbow, but from all accounts so far we find this craft to be a perfect (and even luxurious) size for a couple interested in simple, uncomplicated cruising - we spent many years as canoe campers and feel spoiled at having a bed that's always made, a toilet that flushes and room to carry a beer cooler.
It is only in my off-season internet prowling that I discovered how few people share our enthusiasm for what we considered ideal. Enthusiast groups seem to focus on either very small or very large boats, largely ignoring the masses in between. I was therefore grateful to find SailFar with some dilligent Googling and look forward to learning more about sailing and my boat while dreaming about distant horizons in the future.
I currently moor and sail in the Eastern end of Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte - largely considered one of the best freshwater cruising areas in the world. I will enjoy participating in this board while counting the days until my put-in date in May.
Welcome Aboard Darren, I think you found the right place. I too kayak camped for years before getting back into sailing and my first 20' boat seemed luxurious. Of coarse now I moved up to 25' ;D
Thanks for the welcome, Tim!
Quote from: DarrenC on March 04, 2014, 11:08:37 AM
Hi Folks,
Just a quick note of introduction - I'm a 44 yr old complete newbie who manifested 20+ years of dreaming last Augiust when my wife and companion in adventure insisted I pull the trigger on a near-bristol Annapolis 26 at a too-good-to-pass-up bargain, tactfully pointing out that I never do anything for myself, I'm not getting any younger and I can't keep reading and dreaming forever.
What an amazing reason to find a boat, and to find this place! Life is short, and in my journey I have come to realize that there is a moral imperative to seek happiness.... Cheers to you, and to your companion for the decision to make this step! Fairest of fair winds to you both!!!!
Quote
We only had her out a few times before running out of season and I am still discerning my ass from my elbow, but from all accounts so far we find this craft to be a perfect (and even luxurious) size for a couple interested in simple, uncomplicated cruising - we spent many years as canoe campers and feel spoiled at having a bed that's always made, a toilet that flushes and room to carry a beer cooler.
It is only in my off-season internet prowling that I discovered how few people share our enthusiasm for what we considered ideal. Enthusiast groups seem to focus on either very small or very large boats, largely ignoring the masses in between. I was therefore grateful to find SailFar with some dilligent Googling and look forward to learning more about sailing and my boat while dreaming about distant horizons in the future.
True. Few are the number, and more then a few lunatics in the bunch... But a finer group I have never encountered. Welcome aboard!
QuoteI currently moor and sail in the Eastern end of Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte - largely considered one of the best freshwater cruising areas in the world. I will enjoy participating in this board while counting the days until my put-in date in May.
Welcome aboard! Gad you found us, here is your first grog on me. :)
Hello!
I appreciate the welcome and the grog - allow me to return the favour!
Cheers!
Darren
Greetings, One and all.
I found SailFar via link in a larger sailing forum, but i think i prefer the smaller forums, its easier to deal with and you get to know folks better.
A bit about me. 42M, Single, no kids, no dept, few bills. im land locked in AR. and have never sailed a day in my life, in fact im about as far away from any kind of watery background as you can get as i have farmed most of my life. but im not adverse to learning new things.
You may ask your-self what brings me here? Freedom, the freedom to GO mainly! one thing you dont have on a farm is the freedom to just leave for very long and im looking for that. if i want to pick up and go anywhere, it seems with a well equipped boat most of the world is within reach.
Ive been looking about Sailing for a year or 2 now, and i figure when my obligations or done here within the next few years i can get alot more serious about things, but its nice to have a plan in place to begin with when you do get serious about things, so i'll lurk the forums, ask a few questions and keep the hope of freedom alive.
P.S im from Arkansas, Grammer is optional, just so where clear on that. ;D
Quote from: Cyric30 on March 12, 2014, 01:35:34 PM
Greetings, One and all.
I found SailFar via link in a larger sailing forum, but i think i prefer the smaller forums, its easier to deal with and you get to know folks better.
A bit about me. 42M, Single, no kids, no dept, few bills. im land locked in AR. and have never sailed a day in my life, in fact im about as far away from any kind of watery background as you can get as i have farmed most of my life. but im not adverse to learning new things.
You may ask your-self what brings me here? Freedom, the freedom to GO mainly! one thing you dont have on a farm is the freedom to just leave for very long and im looking for that. if i want to pick up and go anywhere, it seems with a well equipped boat most of the world is within reach.
Ive been looking about Sailing for a year or 2 now, and i figure when my obligations or done here within the next few years i can get alot more serious about things, but its nice to have a plan in place to begin with when you do get serious about things, so i'll lurk the forums, ask a few questions and keep the hope of freedom alive.
P.S im from Arkansas, Grammer is optional, just so where clear on that. ;D
Welcome aboard!
You will fit right in here. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are conventions imposed upon those of limited creativity! Or so I often rationalize my childish errors....
Enjoy!
Welcome aboard. I think you will find that this board will give you a lot on info, just don't be afraid to ask.
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Thank you for the welcome guys
Stumbled upon it few years back but never registered until invited by member
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Intro : Male in his forties, living in Ontario, Canada, francophone ( will use this to explain spelling, grammar and idiom misuse ;))
Big news today... I am no longer boatless... I just brought back a Drascombe Longboat home... I will post pictures later for the time being she has no mast/sail on and I will not post pictures of her topless like this ( oh wait, the French in me is saying that I should ;D )
My first sailboat.
This was a good day! :)
Congrats, those are great little boats. 8)
Welcome to SailFar.
I tried posting a pic... No joy... :( (from reading some other posts I can tell I am not the only one experiencing difficulties) I am using an iPad, can't seem to make it work... Oh well.
Here she is in her former home.
http://sailingtexas.com/201401/sdrascombelongboat106.html (http://sailingtexas.com/201401/sdrascombelongboat106.html)
I stumbled across the site while searching for small boats.
A little about me. I am a refrigeration technician in land locked Indiana, before that I was in the military as an Infantrymen. I am 32 never married, no kids, no attachments that I can think of. I only have seen the ocean twice in my life, once from 30,000 ft in the air and once in Mexico. I never been on a sail boat, don't know how to sail a boat, but yet I am getting ready to buy one. I am thinking a Cape Dory 25D. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions for you guys and I hope to become a sailor myself.
Welcome aboard sailfar, Matt. Ask away anything and everything. I think you will find quite a userbase of knowledge on the CD 25D here. Several of our members have (or have had) that boat.
Ahoy!
New here. Found Sail Far while researching composting toilets on board. So yes, poop brought me here! Nonetheless, you guys are doing exactly what i want to do. I had planned all along to go cruising in a much larger boat but somewhere i set a time line and said if i dont have a bigger boat by said time i will go with what i have. i have been a yacht broker, ASA instructor, and delivery captain here in Kemah, Texas for the last 4 years and lived aboard some. Planning on leaving soon and hope to learn a lot from you guys. Thanks in advance!
Welcome aboard, Pelagic. Cool to have another "go now with what you have" voice to add to the mix.
Welcome aboard Pelagic
Our sailing areas somewhat over lap. I'm down in Matagorda Bay. Was in Rockport yesterday
Hey Thanks Charlie,
I used to go thru Matagorda Bay pretty often when i was doing more deliveries. Rockport is an awesome area to cruise. I grew up there!
There was a thread on "Sailnet.com" about sailing around the world on a Catalina 22 and, in one of the messages a poster provided a link to sailFar. For all the lurking I've done on various sailing forums, I was quite surprised to find sailFar, which appeals to my interest in small boats.
Built a Bolger "Nymph" in 1994 - that's a 7'9" cat-boat made out of two sheets of plywood, using a sprit rig. Taught myself how to sail with a sheet of Xeroxed instructions in one hand and the tiller in the other. Did EVERYTHING you can do in a sail-boat in the first 90 minutes - that included a capsize where I watched my rudder float away (Note to Jerry: Tie line to rudder.)
Retired in 2010 - in 2008, I signed a contract to purchase a Montgomery M-23 Offshore Cutter. That was a miserable buying experience which went on for 3+ years. If anybody wants to know the details - I'd be happy to tell my story in a private e-mail. Took delivery of the boat in late 2011 even though it was not quite completed. Got it in the water in Oct 2012 and have been sailing happily ever since.
Having only previously sailed an 8" dinghy, I had a rather steep learning curve, but I found that the skills in the dinghy translated quite nicely to a 23' boat. I rarely fly all three sails - too many strings to play with as I mostly sail solo. So I usually sail with a 100% jib and main. I've found the little inner stay-sail to be a superb storm sail. With double-reefed main and stay-sail, we've sailed in 28 - 30 knot winds. In winds a little over 20 knots, the stay-sail with a single reefed main is a very nice combo. In almost all sail configurations, "Robin's Nest" (wife's name is Robin) will sail close-hauled with the tiller lashed down.
Biggest sail to date was a 6-day solo trip up the Potomac to Mt. Vernon (George Washington's home) where I made a U-turn and headed home. The trip was an absolute delight and I can't wait to replicate it this fall, when the cooler weather arrives. Lottsa history along the way. Read "This was Potomac River" by Tilp every night!
There was a live-fire test going on a Dahlgreen when I passed under the 301 bridge. The range safety boat hailed me and said "we'll give you information for your plotter...". I came back and said, I got a chart, compass, and binoculars - tell me where you want me....". I do carry a GPS, but it's one I use for hiking and use it only to establish lat/long and boat speed.
On a friends 34' O'day, we're planning on a DelMarVa circumnavigation this fall. I'd like to do that in my M-23, inspired by the book "Western Wind, Eastern Shore" by Robert De Gast. I also read his book "Five Fair Rivers" which was (in part) my inspiration to sail up the Potomac.
Truth is, I'd REALLY like to see if I could make it up to Mt. Vernon and back in my 8' "Nymph"! A fellow just completed the Everglades Challenge in CLC kit 8-footer.
Age 69
a zillion interests including ham radio, astronomy, hiking, picking mushrooms, bicycling, photography (both digital and traditional "wet" darkroom), etc.
Just back from a vacation in Scotland where our kick-off destination was the Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival. See:
http://www.stbfportsoy.com/
All the old boats were sporting dipping lugs - that's interesting!
Jerry
M-23 Cutter
Port Kinsale, VA
Welcome aboard Jerry.
I read the Catalina 22 thread too. It's really a shame that people can't be a bit more supportive in those posts. I wouldn't recommend a C-22 for a global circumnavigation, but most of those comments usually get pretty nasty!
They could have nicely suggested that the poster take his C-22 around the Great Loop, but they would rather tear someone apart.
Anyway, good to see you here. This is a much friendlier place for small boaters!
welcome aboard Jerry. I did the "B E 2 step" as well in 2007. A lesson in lies and frustration. Anyhoot..."happy thoughts"...you're here and sharing sailing stories...GREAT! Don't forget to post a few pictures.
Welcome aboard Jerry.
Sounds like you got caught in the turmoil that happened at Montgomery EEG(ads)
I've sailed the Potomac, anchored off the dock at MT Vernon- they wanted way too much to dock during the day. Really enjoyed the museum at St Clements also, and spent some time at Point Lookout Marina. The lady running it was a Cowboys fan !! Another of our posters lives up by DC, and sails the Potomac also
I most certainly did get caught up in the Montgomery (Eeg) "web". What an awful experience - 3 1/2 years of trials & tribulations - not to mention the expense of numerous trips to CA to bird-dog the completion of our boat. Nuff said.
It is, however, a splendid boat. I'm not sure about the "off-shore" moniker - even Jerry Montgomery says it's not really built for true off-shore sailing. I'm retired, but my wife is still working and, while I have a few friends that I sail with, I often sail solo and this little boat is within my capabilities.
The lower Potomac is probably the perfect place for a new sailor like myself to learn new skills. I've found some amazingly rough conditions there!
That museum at St. Clements IS nice. I anchored in that little bay on my Potomac trip. It was interesting zig-zagging around those shoals.
My next trip will be down the bay to link up with a friend at Regent Point Marina on the Rappahhock.
Cheers!
Jerry
Have to look at the log book ( it's aboard) but I think I spent some time in the Rappahanock also. LOTS of good cruising all over that area.
Never realized until I crossed that the mouth of the Potomac is TWELVE MILES across!!!!! And it was standing up that day too.
JerryW, the Potomac is also my main sailing waters, now that I have a trailer slip at Washington Sailing Marina. I was on a trailer in the driveway.
A special welcome from another "newbie". The guys and gals here are very friendly, and have no apparent bias about boats that are limited in the waters they can cruise safely. Enjoying sailing and seeing new places is the bigger goal. I lurked here for years, enjoying the tales, before joining, as I initially felt my boat did not fit ocean crossing. Not really an issue here.
Mostly solo too, and have sailed my Mac 22 to the mouth of the Potomac, planned to go up the bay, but strong North wind and waves breaking over the bow erased that desire. I have sailed on the bay a lot on my boat and other larger and smaller ones.
For a Unique adventure, visit Popes Creek on the Virginia side of the river. George Washington's birthplace is on the North side, just inside the point. Very shallow just after entering, channel splits into 5, check it on Google earth, as no charts show anything. If you walk the boat past the sandbars, which are firm, not muck, deeper water is inside. Unique way to visit, the staff will be surprised to see you!
Welcome aboard, I am one of the shorter distance sailors, and getting more so, at 80, but last week started a 4 day sail Wednesday, down to Popes Creek MD, just above the 301 bridge to enjoy the cooler weather that arrived, plus decent wind. Captain Billy's crabs are great, had them for supper Thursday evening. Arrived back at WSM 2 AM Saturday, slept at the launch pier, and recovered to the trailer at 7 AM.
I have read all three of the books you mentioned, and would have done the inside version of the Delmarva a dozen years ago had any of my friends been willing to take the time to join me. Too old now for the physical challenges, but still doing less ambitious cruises. I have not visited any VA ports below Currioman Landing, but may in the future.
Most of the places in Tilps chapter of a Sea Scout cruise are gone, and many of the creek channels are too silted to sail in except with a very flat bottom catboat with shallow keel and rudder.
Did Mt Vernon charge you to tie to the pier? I have visited 4 times, and never charged, CharlieJ was charged when he stopped. I do have to pay the entrance fee. They are a much more impressive museum than the birthplace.
Nice to meet you Norman!
When I arrived at Mt. Vernon, it was early Sunday morning and I was planning on linking up with a fellow sailor out on Ocoquan Bay - so I did a U-turn (after taking a photo to PROVE I was there!) and headed down-river. So I made no attempt at tying up to that pier. I probably could have at that hour of the morning - I had just come up from my anchoring spot in Pomonkey Creek.
On my Potomac trip, I anchored off Popes Creek but made no attempt to get inside - thinking it was way too shallow. I can raise my CB, but at the moment, I do not have a kick-up rudder, so my draft is almost 4' or thereabouts. Tilp talked about walking the cat-boats across that bar - I didn't think it was possible in a keel boat. What's the draft of your boat? (gonna make a shorter rudder for my boat with an end plate - same as the keel depth (with board up) - if it doesn't work, it'll be firewood).
Best anchoring spot in my neighborhood is all the way into St. Mary's creek up to "Tippity Wichity Island" - back in the days of Tilkp's grandparents, it was THE place for drinking, gambling, and prostitution. None of that now - just solitude and 9 - 10' of water. Nobody goes up that far anymore.
I often wander the WSM ogling all the boats. We should get together sometime and swap yarns - I think you have more than I do! You can e-mail me at jerrywlinux "at" comcast.net.
Jerry
Hello all. I've been lurking around this forum for quite awhile, it seems like a great place to find realistic advice that doesn't always involve throwing several boat-bucks at problems.
I picked up a Parker Dawson 26 a couple of years ago on Lake Superior, which has been a great boat to learn on. We're making grand plans of some long weekend trips around the Apostle Islands, but have quite a ways to go before we have all the necessary equipment and repairs..
Welcome aboard I think you will find that the people here have great advice and are willing to share knowledge. We are very small boat and that makes a big difference again welcome aboard
Hello all. This is my first post. So i came here after the suggestion of a fellow sailor and member of an other sailing forum. Dont know why but maybe because i am of limited income...
Quote from: kostis on August 07, 2014, 07:53:39 AM
Hello all. This is my first post. So i came here after the suggestion of a fellow sailor and member of an other sailing forum. Dont know why but maybe because i am of limited income...
Welcome aboard, Kostis.
Hopefully your friend's recommendation was based on the encouraging nature of sailfar and that you will find this community helpful to you in realizing your plans and goals.
I stumbled on your site googling around about sailing. I am out of Fort Worth Texas and own an O'Day Daysailer 1 (rencently restored) and a Benneteau First 210 which I sail less than I would like but still fairly frequently.
I sail out of Fort Worth boat club here at home, but also frequent other lakes such as Grand Lake in OK, Beaver Lake, and Lake Stockton. I have three kids, two are small, and am pretty new to sailing.
I am generally interested in the variety of small boat minimalist cruiser mindset - mainly because ultimately that is all I will be able or want to afford.
Welcome curifin a lot of our members sail trailer sailors and other small boats. feel free to ask any questions and tell us about your adventures on your boat.
Glad you found us. Trailersailing is great! Get to see a lot of places and still store and maintain at home. Let us know your plans and post a pic or 2 of your boats.
Hi all. Just stumbled upon the site and thought it looked like a good place for an Alberg 35. Have had her for a few years now, and have enjoyed fixing her up. She began as a basket case (but with an almost new 3GM30F): rotted balsa core, etc., etc., you know the story. She's now in decent shape, still with a list of to-dos but the major stuff is done. I have never owned a boat without a long to-do list:-)
I'm from the Adirondacks in NY and lately moved the boat down to Florida in order to make an escape during the winter.
Have been involved with boats for 40+ years, both power and sail, pleasure and commercial, and have renovated many boats over the years, wood and glass. My sailing/boating grounds have been around the NE, from Maine to NY. Sailing down South is a fairly new experience. Have not done any really long offshore trips yet other than along the Atlantic Coast but the boat is ready and pretty well equipped to do so should I get the urge to set out on a longer voyage.
Welcome aboard, Smurphny, :)
Grog to you for saving an Alberg 35. I've often thought of the A35 as my ideal dream sailboat, within reasonable practicality. I remember having one making a long visit to the Downeast town where I was sailing my Typhoon 19 and appreciating how similar their Alberg lines were...though on a much different scale.
I lived in Vermont for awhile and was fortunate to have views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains beyond, into which the sun would set.
I would also like to winter down South on a boat, when I can make that happen, eventually. would be interested to hear more about your escape to Florida--which places you may have tried, where you have ended up, and what your experiences have been.
Hi CharlieJ,
I kept her over on Champlain while doing the major work. It was conveniently close to where I live for going back and forth with tools and such. Did a bit of sailing on the lake. Champlain is nice but it's, well, not the ocean. Did the long and tedious trip down the Champlain Canal and Hudson many times. She's now in Green Cove Springs which is a DIY yard on the St. John's River in N. Florida. I like the place. It's filled with hundreds of sailboats of all shapes and sizes and the kind of folks who like doing their own work. From Green Cove Springs, it's a reasonably short run to the ICW or out the inlet.
I spent most of last winter down in Stuart on a mooring. I have relatives there and had a great time. Next winter I'll get over to the Bahamas for sure and maybe down even further south. Retired, I have no set schedule or itinerary.
I'm Back! Still boatless at the moment but have begun the search once more. Looking forward to getting back on the water next Spring....fingers crossed. :)
Quote from: smurphny on August 30, 2014, 01:58:29 PM
Hi CharlieJ,
She's now in Green Cove Springs which is a DIY yard on the St. John's River in N. Florida. I like the place. It's filled with hundreds of sailboats of all shapes and sizes and the kind of folks who like doing their own work. From Green Cove Springs, it's a reasonably short run to the ICW or out the inlet.
I spent most of last winter down in Stuart on a mooring. I have relatives there and had a great time. Next winter I'll get over to the Bahamas for sure and maybe down even further south. Retired, I have no set schedule or itinerary.
Been into Green Cove many times. The old Navy yard there is where the marina is. Used to keep a boat in the marina off Hwy 17 at Mandarin, years ago (1973!! :o :o). But it's a BUNCH of miles out to the ICW from Green Cove up the St John's. A full DAY minimum.
Stuart eh? Moorings at Sunset Bay by chance? Been in there also several times. Really nice place and with the loaner bikes, an easy 5-6 blocks to the grocery. I'll likely stay there again next time I pass through
I keep CLAIMING to be retired, but people keep putting boats in front of me to be worked on ;)
Yes, it's a bit of a trip but the place is high and dry and far enough inland to not need to worry too much about storms when I'm way up here. I anchor up at Mill Cove to start the trip down the ICW or back up to GCS early next day. Yep, Sunset Bay.
Quote from: CharlieJ on August 30, 2014, 06:19:19 PM
I keep CLAIMING to be retired, but people keep putting boats in front of me to be worked on ;)
One strategy might be that when people try to put boats in front of you, that you are
somewhere else...like off cruising in the Bahamas! ;D
Quote from: Jim_ME on September 01, 2014, 09:16:03 PM
Quote from: CharlieJ on August 30, 2014, 06:19:19 PM
I keep CLAIMING to be retired, but people keep putting boats in front of me to be worked on ;)
One strategy might be that when people try to put boats in front of you, that you are somewhere else...like off cruising in the Bahamas! ;D
;D Well, yeah. But I'm sorta stuck here til around Nov, so might as well do some work ;D
So.....CJ....if I'm understanding this right...Craig and I will see you at a few beach bon-fires this winter at Manjack Cay????? ;)
I'd love that. I can only give it a try. Things are a tad too nebulous right now for firm plans though.
My wife and I currently live in Flagstaff, AZ. at 7000 feet in beautiful mountains but surrounded by desert for hundreds of miles.
Hence the name "Desert Dreamer".
I have worked here in Flagstaff for the past seven years at the Walgreens Distribution Center. It's a 31 year old building and corporate announced six weeks ago that they were closing the DC.
No problem. We were checking into a major move 9 months ago to the Windsor, CT. (just north of Hartford, CT) warehouse. Had already planned to move, in a year or two and eventually retire in CT.
Now the plans are "move now".
Just did phone interview Friday for middle management job in Windsor, CT (Walgreens DC) and they will let me know next week if I got the position.
Sorry so long.
Looking at getting a Catalina 22 (used) once we get settled in CT and trailer it to Mystic, CT, New London, CT on weekends.
I have been researching ton's of websites about "trailer sailor's" and ran across your site.
Your the first one I have tried to join.
I am also a Private Pilot with 500 hours pilot in command. Also have owned horses for 10 years. About to trade in both of those hobbies and venture into sailing.
All above are expensive. Have to stick with just one hobby or my wife will kill me :)
Will join the Catalina 22.org site this weekend.
Just trying to get connected and start really learning about sailing.
Any good books you would recommend for a "newbie"???
Thanks,
Greg Samson
Welcome aboard, Greg,
Unfortunately, there's often not much security in today's workplace. Good to see that you have a Plan B in place.
Connecticut seems like an interesting place to live and sail there on Long Island Sound, with many interesting ports and destinations nearby.
[for books] At or near the top of the list for me are still Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi and the cruising series by Lin and Larry Pardey, starting with Cruising in Seraffyn.
Best wishes in making the move, and transition from flying to sailing. Many of the skills from flying, such as navigation, instruments, etc., carry over to sailing/cruising.
Welcome Greg!
I was bitten by the boat/sailing/liveaboard bug when I was in my teens, living in Prescott, AZ, so I completely understand the "Desert Dreamer" problem!
No one that I talked to could/would understand why anyone would want to leave the desert and mountains.
Finally, after many years of ups and downs, I was able to leave AZ, and move to TX. At least I'm a bit closer to the water here, even though most "boat people" in my area would rather have twin 300hp outboards on their bass boats. They don't get the whole going slow/sailing thing. ::)
At least the folks here on this forum get it! ;D
Greg...good to have you here. There are SO many benifit's to a trailersailor.Store/maintain at home, get to travel to many different locations and most everything is smaller-simpler-cheaper. Have fun learning.
Dear Gents,
So, this is the introduction time! My membership got approved just a few mins ago thus here is the relevant brief on me (as submitted already along with my application):
I do not posses much sailing experience (just somewhat less than 1.000nm, over 3-4years) while I fall into the "Dreamer" category, of becoming a boat owner in a 5-years time frame and to sail away with my family (i.e. living aboard). I am proud to say also that I do have a solid plan towards this goal, thus I am looking forward for the 2020 day to come for me and my family! (...with some patience until then I
guess!)
My congratulations for the Forum and members. I am looking forward to the opportunity to learn more by the experiences and know-how shared hereby.
Best Regards,
Aeon
Welcome aboard Aeon you will find a lot of good info here. Don't hesitate to look back in past posts and feel free to ask questions and you will probably get some very good answers. Again welcome aboard and have fun.
Quote from: Aeon on October 21, 2014, 09:00:35 AM
I fall into the "Dreamer" category, of becoming a boat owner in a 5-years time frame and to sail away with my family (i.e. living aboard).
An approach that worked for me (and seems to for many others) is to have a two boats, one being your large cruiser, and the other a smaller trailer-sailer.
There were times when I didn't launch the larger boat (in order to work on it, or for financial reasons, etc.), and I was always glad to have the smaller boat to sail. I found that I enjoyed working on the larger boat more when I could balance that with some modest sailing (usually daysailing), so rather than being a distraction, it actually complimented the big boat. It relieved the sense that the large boat work was holding my entire sailing life hostage for indefinite periods of time.
So the suggestion that I would make to get that smallish trailer-sailer as soon as possible and use it to gain experience at sailing, and brief cruising--while you are saving up for and looking for a good larger cruiser [and possibly doing some work to get it sea ready].
For examples of this, read about how Frank trailered his SunCat 17 to various destinations (including Moosehead Lake here in Maine), or John (Capt Smollet) trailered his Skipper's Mate 18 up here from North Carolina a couple years ago--among others. I just sold my Hurley-built Alacrity 19 twin keel [project], which at 1500 pounds and under 2-foot draft, is also a good old boat that can often be found at low cost. I have another Hurley 19 with [essentially] a full single keel, that I prefer, despite how its deeper draft and 2400 lbs displacement makes it a bit more effort to trailer. Sailing away for a weekend or a week or two can be very rewarding, as you get ready for longer cruises later.
Here's a video of a Hurley 18 cruising in Sweden, to give you a taste of cruising on such a small boat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfn4pyQ8Mo
Welcome, and good [luck] with your plans.
Thank you Jim_ME for the insightful comments!
Definitely a new direction to consider towards my mid/long term plans, via an intermediate short-term approach (the small boat to "play" with). To be honest my approach has been to do my annual sailing "vaxination" over sumer time with a coupme of weeks on a rented boat. Your approach has the advantage of continuous year-round contact with the sport although I am a bit afraid that the expenses involved (even not too high) will have to put me a bit back on my main target. For the latter (the main target) is to move full time aboard (living) with the family and possibly my in laws (they are really nice people!). To do so I have done the maths and it seems that in a 5years frame it looks feasible for me.
In any case, let me keep your approach in the radar too, possibly for an aquisition of something small with some friends, collectively!
Thank you.
P.S. in case we go off topic hereby, please split to a new thread! Thanks.
//Aeon
Greetings! Been lurking for a little bit and have decided that this seems like a nice, down to earth community, so I thought I'd sign up. Can't remember how I found the forum honestly, I think it came up in a google search about diy boat cushions or something...
Anyhow, I'm mainly a dinghy sailor and probably not a particularly excellent one, but I seem to get by. I have a Bolger Gypsy that I sail around in (well sailed around in...it's been awhile) down in Hood Canal in WA. Not much big boat experience.
I acquired a Clipper Marine 26 with a flush deck awhile back in a moment of weakness. After much work I think I may actually launch her when I get some vacation time this summer. I think it'll be great to have a boat I don't have to squat in or hike out constantly to keep upright. Anyways, I'm looking to solicit some advice regarding fiberglass repair in a "false bilge" surrounding the swing keel trunk, so I think I'll head off to the relevant sub-forum for that. Guess that concludes my introduction, cheers!
Welcome aboard
I think that you will find a lot of good info on this site. I am not much on fiberglass repair but there a sure someone that can assit you with info on that subject. Again welcome aboard.
Greetings!
Haven't been around in a while since selling my Seaward back in 2010, I believe it was. The last time I had it in the water was 2008. :-\
Anyway, today I hauled home a 1983 Com-Pac 23! Looking forward to getting her cleaned up and squared away and ready for the 2016 sailing season. This is our 'Empty Nest' plan as our last bird leaves the nest next year. :( ??? :D
Looking to get the Wife more involved with the sailing part this go around and not just a rider. Already reviewing my collection of sailing books I have with her. :)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/knlanf/Com-Pac%2023%20Hull%20219/dcbc7fb0-b26e-4981-ac66-dad7115c3bbb_zpsxhlgnlbx.jpg)
(Boat name pending)
Congrats, Kevin! Mine was a '79. Be sure to get yourself one of the foiled rudders from Ida Sailor - worth every penny and then some, they make all the difference in the world how the boat handles and sails. The CP23 likes to be sailed flat, too - keep that in mind when you head to weather. You'll get lots of complements, be prepare to talk about the boat a lot whenever dockwalkers come by. :)
Quote from: CapnK on December 18, 2005, 11:18:11 PM
Did you stumble across the site, or were you referred? An interested webmaster wants to know.... :D
Thanks for visiting, stay a while and join in!
If everything works out rite I'll be towing home a Balboa 27 Friday 10/16/2015
She needs some work but this is something I've wanted to do for a long time.
As I am new to sailing I'll probably have Two or Three questions.
I will keep you posted.
Quote from: George58 on October 14, 2015, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: CapnK on December 18, 2005, 11:18:11 PM
Did you stumble across the site, or were you referred? An interested webmaster wants to know.... :D
Thanks for visiting, stay a while and join in!
If everything works out rite I'll be towing home a Balboa 27 Friday 10/16/2015
She needs some work but this is something I've wanted to do for a long time.
As I am new to sailing I'll probably have Two or Three questions.
I will keep you posted.
Welcome aboard! Keep us posted
Hi I am a fossil from Squamish BC at the end of Howe Sound. Purchased a Cal 29 a couple of months ago and am trying to get her ready for cruising the PNW next summer. Not a lot of sailing experience but had a couple of summers on Lake Simcoe back in Ontario. Would be interested in hearing from other cal29 owners to exchange ideas. Looks like a good site hear with like minded sailors. Just surfing the web for boating sites and there you were. Glad I did. Fair Winds to all
Welcome aboard fossil glad your here, and yes this is a great site if you get a chance you might try the Thursday night chat session lot of good things to talk about there. Have fun and looking farward to
hearing about your fix up of your boat.
Yes, Welcome aboard.
Chat was kinda fun last night - covered the country
Jim_me in Maine, Me in South Texas, Jotruk, also in Texas and Frank anchored out somewhere in the Pac NW.
Technology is really something huh?
Greetings all,
Finally got around to registering on Sailfar after coming across the link on the Ariel site some time ago. Certainly looked like a group of folks in my comfort zone! :-)
I'm finally back on the Salish Sea (PNW) after too many years living away in a sea of sagebrush, although I survived there with a variety of trailer-sailors from an SJ21 to a GlenL 17 I knocked together. Work as a pilot (aeroplanes) seasonally and am an archaeologist the rest of the time.
Years ago I had a Cheoy Lee 27/Newall Cadet that I lived aboard and knocked about in, from Puget Sound to Cali, Hawaii, and AK. Dearly loved that boat and hated to part with her.
I'm a confirmed fan of Mr. Alberg...just can't get enough of the traditional lines in his design work. I have an Electra (#250) that's on the hard at the moment....that needs to change soon because I prefer sailing during what other folks think of as the "off-season" here in the pacific northwest. Wish I could find an Ariel (or a Meridian) that needs refitting but they're hard to come by in this neck of the woods...25-27 footers are my comfort zone, but I can squat in the Electra until one comes along.
Thanks for letting me come aboard!
Great to have you onboard!!! Obvious superior taste in boats as well!!!
You'll find no shortage of Alberg fans here..... Actually, this site sprang off of a bunch of Ariel sailors talking way back. Kurt was the brains, tech and driving force!! Tim, John, Craig, Zen, Starcrest, Kurt, myelf and a bunch of others were all Ariel or Alberg sailors. That lil Electra is a fine boat as well!!!
You have a beautiful cruising grounds to play in!!!
Have fun We look forward to hearing about your adventures and seeing a few pics of your Electra!!
Welcome aboard.
Hmmph
Rhodes (Meridians)
;D ;D
Thanks for the welcome fellas! Yup...your Meridian is just so darn pretty she could've come from Mr. Alberg's drafting table...(with apologies to Mr. Rhodes, ha ha).
I hesitated a day (yesterday) and just missed a pretty good deal on a Bristol 27...unlike the northeast, ya just don't find traditional pocket cruisers in need of love hiding under every rock out here. Oh well, the Electra will keep me happy enough until something comes along.
Hope you enjoyed your recent voyage to the fullest Frank. Looks like I overflew you a couple of weeks ago delivering an aeroplane north.
Although we've have had some discussions over the years, Rhodes Vs Alberg. I personally think Rhodes was the master of the sheer line, but truth be told they are, or were, BOTH masters .
Beautiful boats from BOTH drawing boards
Charlie,
Couldn't say it better, nor agree more.
OK...this is kinda hi jacking this thread...a bit...but...
I love Alberg boats....nuff said!
Having stated that.....he was cleverly deceptive!!!!
There is NO swooping "sheer line" to Albergs!!
Look at them!!! Honestlty.... They have "straight sheer lines" , higher at the bow running straight to lowr aft!! How did he make it look so good "straight"??? Seriously??
I've restored and cruised an Ariel...awesome boat!! Best off shore sailor I've ever had!! Restored an electra too....unreal 22fter! Look at them...straight sheer lines!! But, they look awesome!!
Yes CJ...Rhodes was the "master of the sheer" ! That pic I posted of the Rhods 29...simply beautiful!! 50+yrs later...nothing compares!! Wish they made boats like that now!!
Point being tho....how did Carl do it???
Both were old school masters!!! Either created exceptionally fine designs!!!
Hello to all here,
Just joined, have been lurking for a bit as it were.
The idea of keeping things simple is very appealing to me and my wife.
We started our boat ownership with a 1975 Bristol Corsair 24ft. We sailed her for two and one half years, a great boat imo, we sold her to some folks who were down sizing from a larger boat. We then bought a 1977 Bristol 29.9, just big enough for our likes. We bought her this past August 2015, and, then proceeded to remove the pressure and hot water systems, and the marine head and holding tank, manual over board pump out system, then glassed in the now unused thruhulls. We have a composting head that we used on our last boat. Our thoughts are to have simple systems on board, in which to keep the fix stuff to enjoyment ratio on the correct path as it were.
We are looking forward to learn from all of you, as we are going to retire and head "out" in four and one half years. We sail mostly in the fishers island/ Long Island sound, with the intent of going farther afield staring this spring.
I found you guys as a link on another site or blog.
Welcome aboard. Wishing you great cruising
Good to have you along.....
Don't be afraid to post a picture or 3 of your boat.
Keep us posted on your modifications
If you are willing, you can see our work in progress on my wifes blog, at adventuresontheclub.com lots of pictures of what we have been up to.
:D :D
Huge lesson learned- ALWAYS, always tie off ladders.
Sanding for barrier coat is NOT fun. If Kimberly likes it, she's for sure a keeper ;)
But you probably knew that already didn't you? ;D
Oh- and why don't you put the link to the blog in your profile?
Yes she is a keeper 😄 And I will put the blog in my sig, good idea.
Welcome Pegu Club! I have enjoyed looking through your blog!
I read Cruiser Forum and someone suggested Sailfar as Iit pertains to smaller cruiser sailboats. I have a West wight Potter 19 so here I am
welcome to the forum we are looking farward to hearing about you adventures on the ww19
Your site was referenced in one of the Forum articles at: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums
Herb
Welcome, that's how i found my way awhile back, and haven't left yet :)
Welcome aboard Herb
Keep us updated with any improvements and/or adventures.
What a great shallow draft boat!! Pics please ;)
Here's a well written article on a father that took along 2 passengers AND a dog to Bahamas in one!!
http://potter-yachters.org/stories/bahamas/
The guy is funny as heck to boot!
Hi Herb, welcome aboard. I came REAAAALLLLLLLYYY close to being a Potter 19 owner. For a number of reasons, it was one of the 3 boats on my short list as a first monohull, along with the Com-Pac 23, and Flicka. As fate would have it, a CP23 found it's way to me first. :D The WWP19's are very neat boats, tho' - I have yet to sail on one, but still look forward to the day I finally do. :)
Hello there,
I found Sail Far after searching for real people with "small?" cruiser sailboats. I have been on one site mainly but those good folk have way too much money and "fix" their monster cruisers with the "help" of professionals mostly. A few, however, really know the sport from every direction and I take off my hat to them.
You guys (Sail Far) seem to have your feet on the deck and are my kinda people.
My name is Don and I live on the East coast of South Africa in Durban. I'm 64 and have recently bought a van der Stadt Spirit (28 ft.) I'm slowly learning about sailing although I am a skilled dinghy sailor (I sailed on one once when I was about 9 or 10in a little dam). I am an old green-horn when it comes to sailing and my only sea experience is skin diving and spear fishing and fishing off small fishing boats and launching through huge surf. I paddle a surf ski too...
The Bluff suburb where I live with my family is adjacent to Durban Harbour (ZADUR) (I can see the activity) and the other side of the Bluff is the Indian Ocean, (next stop Australia). We have fantastic beaches and heavy foliage is everywhere. Lots of snakes, mongoose and small buck (blue duiker) and millions of monkeys and bad drivers.
The aircons are running most of the year here and the lowest temp I've recorded was 7 Celcius (with wind blowing from the snowy Drakensberg mountains about 2-3 hours away by car).
Summer is fantastic up to 10 a.m. then we cook all day and night. I love it!
We have 3 yacht clubs and even more deep-sea fishing clubs in our area. Bluff YC, Point YC Royal Natal YC (one of the oldest in the world. I kid you not).
Being a tropical area the sea can go from dead calm to really hairy in a very short time and sailors here can regale you with stories of heroism (until you throw up). Nice people really.
What makes our yachties great sailors is the fact that our nearest other port is Richards Bay (North) about 200 plus Km away and East London (South) about 450 Km away, both with NOTHING in between, nowhere to hide! So most of our experienced sailors have seaweed between their teeth and certainly have the right to be respected (and teased).
i have two boys, one 23, 6ft 7" doing his Masters in math and what I call "star gazing" and the little guy is 21 and 6ft 10" (My spare masts?) He is studying something to do with computers and gadgets. They fortunately do not follow in their father's footsteps.
My wife is a school teacher with lots of degrees. And I allow her to rule the roost. (yeah right).
Other than that I am on one hectic learning curve when it comes electronics, batteries and names for bits and pieces of yachts and their functions, never mind sailing. At least I know a bit about how sails work from my hobby of aerodynamics (fluid dynamics) and beer.
Regards,
Don Durban
Welcome aboard Don. Please try to post some pics of the area.
I have found that sailors from South Africa are pretty salty. I've met a few passing thru, and have demolished a jug of rum with one or two.
Glad to have you here Don.
Post a picture of your little ship when you can
Thanks for the Exellent discription of your sailing area
Hi Chaps,
Thank you for the friendly welcome to Sail Far. One day, when you have nothing to do, "Sail Far" away to Africa and pop into Durban and my club, Royal Durban YC and I'll gladly buy you a nights worth of frosties, braai (braai is a barbecue... but better)!
Lots of game reserves around here, lots of Indian Ocean, two World Heritage Sites, Zulus, Indians (the largest population outside of India), and fabulous cuisine. And the Dollar and Pound rule.
All the best,
Don.
(Bring lots of sunscreen for yourselves and perhaps a Budweiser for me)
ROFL- If I was able to come there, I sure as the devil wouldn't bring a Budweiser- I'd bring a REAL beer- a Shiner Boch ;D ;D
Ahoy!
I got here because somebody on a big boat site told me that with my little pocket cruiser I didn't belong there, and that I should come here. So I did!
I sail a 19 foot West Wight Potter, up in Frenchman's Bay out side of Bar Harbor, Maine. Water temps never get above 53 in the heat of the summer. And usually, I am the only boat out in the bay---period.
I'm sort of a newbie sailor. After sailing when I was 16, I didn't start again until I was 66, a 50 year break in between. My wife(the Admiral) and I are pretty much on our own. There is no one up here to teach us, and literally no one up here to save us except the USCG, and they are 12 miles away. Our maiden sail with the boat from launch to our mooring did in fact require saving by the USCG---thru an incredible series of Murphy's Law mishaps, that few people actually believe me.
The admiral and I are current re-fitting the boat for all the stuff we didn't have last year. Day sails up here can easily turn into over-nighters when things change suddenly; and falling into the water is immediately life threatening.
I'll be happy to be able to communicate with another group of people, and hopefully some who sail a boat like me in conditions like mine.
Zed
Welcome aboard
Welcome aboard Zed I'm sure that you will find a lot of knowledge here and if you have questions don't be afraid to ask.
Welcome to you both, Zed and the Admiral!
I am sure that a first sail in a new to you boat after that many years gave Murphy plenty of opportunity. He gets shots at me after just a winter on the trailer. We should always put a figure 8 knot in the end of the main sheet? Yep! Where are the battens?
If you feel inclined to post the story here, I for one will read with care, and probably say "Yep, did that too".
If you have been "lurking" for a while you have read some good ones already. If not, find time to read the tales in the index and check the comments made, you will find that most are helpful, rather than critical.
I am curious, which big boat board did you come from? And kudos to the man that sent you here, he guided you well.
Jim_ME is up your way, and understands the conditions that you sail in, check his posts.
Norman
Welcome
Trailerable boats are great!! So easy/cheap to store, work on at home with all your tools and no yard fees!! And....so many places to see.
Ive trailered to Moosehead 3 times now....simply beautiful!
Well worth the drive for you as it wouldnt be too far to take a week or 2 away.
Have fun and.....pictures....we love pictures :)
Glad my account was still active. :) I missed SailFar. Is there a Facebook page yet?
not if he listens to me!!!
Hello everyone,
Good to find a place that has the same small boat, simple sailing outlook as myself. I have been sailing small boats on and off for about 15yrs. Still consider myself a beginner and have a lot to learn. Sort of self taught and figured it out along the way. I have owned a Cal 27, Cal 29, and a Pearson 26. The more I learn the smaller the boat seems to get. Currently without a boat but looking to purchase in the spring next year. Keeping my eye out for anything 25ft and smaller. Really Interested in the Westerly models. Looking forward to participating in this forum.
Welcome aboard, KB. :)
I share your interest in Westerly sailboats. As you may already know, several members have owned Pearson Ariel 26's.
Where are you located?
Look forward to your participating in SailFar forum, too.
Currently in Nashville. Looking to buy around Florida so I can have easier access to the Bahamas
Hi everyone! I'm Hollie, I live in Seattle, and I've owned a sweet little '79 Flicka for the last year. Her name is Elska. I haven't been sailing her much, I have fibromyalgia (chronic pain and fatigue) and last year sailing was pretty tough. But I'm optimistic that things will be better this year. My husband and I area in our early 40's, and we have two kids (who both have no interest in sailing, ha!). The boat and all her maintenance is mine, and Greg just takes part in the sailing and enjoyment of sail trim. That's the deal we made, and we're both very happy with it.
I plan on spending the next thirty years or so sailing around the San Juans. :) I keep a blog about my two hobbies, sailing and sewing, at www.sewbiwan.com.
Nice to meet you all!
Welcome aboard here
You have a wonderful little cruiser and the perfect playground for her.
Beautiful boat in a beautiful area!!
Welcome aboard, you have a great small boat that is a tough as much larger ones.
Frank and others have Flicka experience, and others wish they had one, including me.
Norman
Antioch, it has been a long time since my wife Shirley and I met you at Catalina Island, on HARD KNOTS, your Newport 20! Are you still driving trucks? I let my medical die 8 years ago, so class A lost its for hire category, but is still good for fun. Biggest I have driven lately is an F350 turbo diesel Ford double cab, long bed, with a 28 foot travel trailer behind it. The owner and I have taken that rig to the Keys to cmp and fish. We load his semi V aluminum boat and its trailer frame on the cap, upside down, and wheels, axle and springs in the cap with the motor etc. Quite a rig.
Very good to hear from you again.
Norman
I recently purchased a 1995 27ft Com Pac and was seeking out Com Pac owners and stumbled across this site. I have owned O'days (23,26) in the past but they were not nearly the level of sophistication as the 27 Com Pac. I am eager to start my adventure in Annapolis, MD at the ripe age of 68. I only hope to be able to navigate the steep steps into my cabin! I am looking forward to picking the brains of any liveaboard 27ft Com Pac sailors.
Welcome aboard! there's quite a bit of CP experience here, and some in the 27. I have sailed on one myself, and know that there is an owner or two here that I'll not name but who wil probably chime in... :) Are you starting in Annapolis and heading south/north, or sailing locally for a while?
Hello everyone. I'm from NewJersey, USA. Found the site through atomvoyages.com
I have a Corinthian19, a Carl Alberg designed similar but bulkier than a Cape Dory Typhoon. Looking forward to be part of this community!
Welcome aboard, and let me give you 1st Grog! ;D Things have slowed here over the years, but we still have a bunch of people who may not write much, though they do read and visit regular.
Glad to have another Appreciator of Fine Older Vessels hanging around! :)
Hi All,
My name is Craig and I found the site through the https://plasticclassicforum.com which I found through atomvoyages .
I sail on the Langford/Chester Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay out of Rock Hall, MD. Started sailing a 1990 Compac-19 about 5 years ago, then bought a 1978 Bristol 29.9 w/centerboard last summer. I'm sailing, upgrading, and updating the Bristol in the hopes of taking her for some longer cruises.
Looking forward to meeting others, learning more, and sharing what I can.
Welcome aboard Craig, If you found plasticclassic useful I am sure you find likewise here. If a search can't find your answers feel free to ask away, answers may be slow in coming but give it a chance.
I just sold my last boat last fall, but have been sailing the Delmarva region for many years.
Welcome to an excellent and friendly web site.
Norman
Quote from: svbreeze on October 27, 2022, 09:58:55 AM
Hi All,
My name is Craig...
Hi Craig! Welcome aboard, have your first Grog on me! :) Man, that B29.9 is a very fine vessel, HH did a
great job on the design. I haven't been aboard one, but the interior looks to be well laid out and proportioned nicely, and they are reputed to have good quality in the overall build. Starting w/a CP and stepping up to the Bristol, you are obviously a man of good taste! :D
Ahoy... I'm Dave and, as you might guess from my username, I live in Rhode Island. I'm one week into ownership of a 2010 Com-pac Sun Cat, and am excited to gunkhole and take the thing much farther than I'm supposed to. I'm 39, have two little boys, and this will hopefully be a fun summer learning the boat. It's an upgrade from my 2006 Com-pac Picnic Cat. I grew up boat-camping on Moosehead Lake each year, and that's how I found SailFar-- Frank was on the CPYOA board with a dodger and sun shade for his former Sun Cat, and then talked about going to Moosehead, so I just had to come over and see if there were any pics. And there were! :)
Welcome, Dave. :)
Nice choice of sailboats, I have sailed on 3 different vessels built by Com Pac, and enjoyed them all. The cats are very stable, with the wide beams, so great starters, and trainer for the kids. Mast raising system is another great feature that sets them apart.
I have not been on the ground in R.I., but flew across twice in a Cessna on a trip to Rockport Maine.
Frank is a fine source of information on sleeping on sailboats, he has done so on many different sizes, and distant places.
Drop in for Chat, Thursday nite. We start earlier than the past practice, with Spot being on before his west coast dinner time, and Jim in Maine, inclined to be on until 10 or later. Small group, and wide ranging topics, but sailing questions trump anything else.
Norman, 89, and presently boatless. Maryland, inside the Washington Beltway. ::)
Still sailing on friends boats! ;D
Ahoy and welcome aboard Dave. :)
I have previously admired Frank's Suncat which he often used on trailer sailing trips with his friend who also had a Suncat.
Frank would often boast about how much better his boat looked than his pal's, when they actually looked like identical twins separated at birth. I wondered whether they had ever, after a typical evening of pillaging and rum, might have woken up on each other's boats--so interchangeable they seemed--they might not notice for a week or so... ;)
Anyway, thanks for posting your photo. Your boat has the promise of frequent use written all over it.
Nice to have you here Dave. I sail a Compac 19/II and have friends with Suncats.
A sticker on a street sign
Quote from: Martin’s Tartan 1984 on September 08, 2023, 12:11:54 AM
A sticker on a street sign
Aha! Craig/S/V Faith's guerilla sticker campaign still "paying dividends"! lol
Glad to have you here, Martin! Where was the street sign location approx, if you don't mind? :)
Quote from: Martin’s Tartan 1984 on September 08, 2023, 12:11:54 AM
A sticker on a street sign
Welcome aboard! I would really like to know where you saw it!
I still have some of them… I think
Welcome Aboard!
Welcome Martin!