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- Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:10 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Continuing the Cabin Sides Forward of the Mast
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2256
- Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:41 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: John Alden's Q-Class Sloop Hope
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1824
- Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:37 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Continuing the Cabin Sides Forward of the Mast
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2256
Wow, that's a nice Knarr picture !!! Yep, they tugged at me pretty good for a while. My take was that they want just a bit more air then we usually get in the Northwest. But they must be heaven in San Fransisco bay. I couldn't find any nordic Folkboats with this feature but this is one of my favori...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:47 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Continuing the Cabin Sides Forward of the Mast
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2256
Continuing the Cabin Sides Forward of the Mast
OK, I am stumped on this one. I keep running into older designed, usually Scandinavian, boats that run the cabin sides forward of the mast. Here are two examples. First the wooden Knarr. http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/Knarr%20-%20B_800.jpg And this is the Turmlaren. http://www.pho...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:56 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: John Alden's Q-Class Sloop Hope
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1824
John Alden's Q-Class Sloop Hope
I have been spending buku amounts of time researching old designs to get a feel for what Bolero will become. This has been some of the most enjoyable research hours that I have ever spent. There is just something about classic yacht design that just seems right to me. But occasionally I run across p...
- Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:45 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Washing State Ferries Silver Lining
- Replies: 2
- Views: 965
Washing State Ferries Silver Lining
One of the realities of living in the San Juan Islands is getting to travel on the Washington State Ferry system. It is woefully under utilized int the winter and busy and crowded in the summer. But there is a huge silver lining for sailing up here. They report the wind encountered during their cros...
- Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:05 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Shields #9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9521
Bill- I just, finally, clicked on your link to your blogspot. Thank you, You are very welcome. This is my first attempt at blogging although I have put together a few websites. At first it seemed a great way for me to host the photos that I end up posting here. But now it is also a great online sto...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:34 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Time to gloat - We took a second in our second race
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1949
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:53 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Time to gloat - We took a second in our second race
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1949
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:34 am
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Winch Ignorance
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4587
So, are you not keeping the under-handled winches on Bolero? Those things are awesome!!!! If at all possible yes! It will depend on what Tim finds when he starts tearing the Shields down and if any of the current parts are still good. I guess it also depends on how dear the winch makers think the u...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:19 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Shields #9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9521
Bill, she's a beauty. I look forward to seeing her in Fisherman Bay! Thanks Peter. So do I. I thinking it was last summer there was a Vega in Fish Bay and I talk with someone a bit about their boat (pretty quick as I was sailing by). Was that you? They are great little (and I mean that as a complem...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:02 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Winch Ignorance
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4587
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain Well, now that I have removed all doubt, thanks for the cob webbing clearing. I knew something in my thinking didn't quite fit I just needed a heads up. The funny thing is tha...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:29 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Winch Ignorance
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4587
Winch Ignorance
In my Bluenose Sloop I happily sail without a winch handle. First because I never could find one of those old styles handles and second because the jib is small. In a pinch I run the leeward jib sheet around the leeward winch and trim to the windward winch. Then if I need extra power I just pull she...
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:45 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Shields for Tritons
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1225
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:45 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Shields #9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9521
This is a picture that I have been waiting to see for almost two months. Bolero sitting on her trailer at Tim's house. http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/Shields%20%239%20-%20Bolero%20-%20First%20Day%20at%20Tim's.jpg There has been a bunch of logistic hurdles but in the end they appar...
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:25 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Schooner Adventuress
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1145
Schooner Adventuress
On Saturday I had the opportunity go for a public sail on the Schooner Adventuress. I imagine pictures like this are a common site in the NorthEast but not so much out the Pacific Northwest. A little more wind would have been appreciated but what a beauty. http://bp0.blogger.com/_rqLNS-z1IIU/RsnztJ1...
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:29 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: A Little Six Metre Inspiration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1245
she is a beauty, although headroom is NOT an option That is a definite fact. But this is where the trade-off of sailing verses accommodations comes in. The Aphrodite 101 is a sailboat that I imagine can sail almost anytime, anywhere in the fickle winds and currents of the San Juan Islands. It is no...
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:34 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: A Little Six Metre Inspiration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1245
A Little Six Metre Inspiration
I rushed through work this morning so I could grab an afternoon sail. It was a bit overcast and cold so most boats were motoring in. But lo and behold there was a classic looking boat sailing out of Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. As I got closer (and I always get closer to beautiful boats) I realiz...
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:46 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Herreshoff 28
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1775
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:38 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Howdy from Pacific North West!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1499
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:47 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Howdy from Pacific North West!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1499
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:39 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Howdy from Pacific North West!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1499
- Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:34 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: http://www.northernyacht.com/
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3300
http://www.northernyacht.com/
Hey Tim,
I am having trouble bringing up your Northern Yacht Restoration site. Is running normally? I just don't know what to do with my morning coffee without it.
Bill
I am having trouble bringing up your Northern Yacht Restoration site. Is running normally? I just don't know what to do with my morning coffee without it.
Bill
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:09 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Herreshoff 28
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1238
With a Shields and a Bluenose Sloop you seem to be collecting beautiful boats. I can imagine your owning an H28 one day too. As beautiful as the H28s are I have more of a Rozinante personality. It's that darn engineless thing. I did have some soul searching when that bare Rozinante hull became avai...
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:57 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Herreshoff 28
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1238
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:52 am
- Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
- Topic: Sailing Performance (Warning Rant Ahead)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3321
Sailing Performance (Warning Rant Ahead)
One of my pet peeves is how poorly the average sailboat sails these days. One of the best descriptions that I have read on the topic comes from ?The Proper Yacht" by Arthur Beiser (written in 1966). I believe that the majority of cruising boats today carry rigs that are too small for both perfo...
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:21 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Alberg 22
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1831
So Duncan here is my unsolicited two cents. You mentioned in my Launch Day post: Boy, she looks nice! I couldn't help thinking of the family resemblance to my (McVay-designed) Paceship Eastwind. If you ignore the cabintop, the hulls are quite similar. Well they are a bit different but also a bit sim...
- Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:25 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Just in case Noah's insanity is contagious
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1371
Just in case Noah's insanity is contagious
This might be a multiple organ selling boat, well maybe all them organs have to go for this classic. http://www.gerdny.com/Welcome_files/droppedImage.png http://www.gerdny.com/Welcome_files/droppedImage_1.png S/Y Gerdny is a SWEDISH 95 square meter CLASS built 1920 to the 1918 square meter rule. She...
- Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:32 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Launch Day at Last!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1799
- Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:59 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Launch Day at Last!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1799
Well Tim, you know that by next year there will be a lot easier and cheaper way to explore the San Juan Islands then hauling Glissando across the country. Even if it meant day sailing from one bed and breakfast to the next. Perhaps you could call it customer support. Yea that's it. I can turn anythi...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:37 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Launch Day at Last!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1799
Launch Day at Last!!!
I am normally pretty late in launching my Bluenose. But this year I set a personal best. A combination of getting married and moving my new wife up from California, buying a new boat and repainting Bleu change my normal plans. But now I am in the water. Laura and I had great fun getting Bleu ready b...
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:07 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: The Summer of Sloth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1686
The Summer of Sloth or the Summer of Enlightenment We live in a culture where stress and overworking are promoted and ease and slothfulness (I hope that word doesn't get me in trouble with Tim) are shunned. The Dalai Lama once said that we should all live are lives like we have six months to live. ...
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:10 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Non Electric Lights. Well sort off.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1634
Wow, you all are fast. Thanks for the replies. That scratching sound is me crossing the Weems and Path of the list. Like you, I don't plan to go anywhere at night, but I felt it's a good idea to have navigation lights just in case I have to unexpectedly move my boat at night or I get in a little lat...
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:28 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Non Electric Lights. Well sort off.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1634
Non Electric Lights. Well sort off.
So I have decided to maintain most of the simplicity in my next boat that I have in my current boat, no engine and no built in electronics. But the whole idea of getting a larger boat is to do more and for me that means boat camping / weekending in the San Juan Islands. I don't envision every having...
- Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:58 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Shields #9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9521
Thanks for all the great replies and support. I am momentarily blessed with two neat boats. Here is my Bluenose that I am trying to catch up on launching for perhaps the last time. She already has her new bottom paint and the topside is sanded and ready for renewing. I am also finally going to get a...
- Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:21 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Shields #9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9521
Well as the new proud papa to be, I can offer a bit more eye candy on old Shields #9. http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/IMG_5337_DXO.jpg http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/IMG_5376_DXO.jpg http://www.photoliaison.com/Bill/Forum%20Pictures/IMG_5368_DXO.jpg http://www.ph...
- Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:36 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Let's talk Nonsuch
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3061
- Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:59 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Classic Racing Plastic
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5811
I had the same idea of turning and Ericson Scorpion into a nice day sailor and weekender. I even went and looked at one and sailed it. The one I sailed didn't impress me much. It seems like Columbia and Ericson lost the Racer heritage during their conversion. A pity though as the hull is beautiful. ...