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See that's my problem. I get looking at something to closely. Take a step back have a beer and the answers just fall into place. Heck, I bet you could wedge a small cooler between those cabin side thingies and the mast.

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That is exactly my point. See what kind of trouble money can get you into. I also expect boats like this would be very hard on marriages. "Honey, I am just going to go down to check on the boat for a bit" Tim, It is pretty hard to not like her colors. And is that the flag vision you had fo...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Wow! Now that's what I'm talking about. What a beauty. Thanks for the pics.

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Congrats! Nice to see that not only does she look fast, she is fast.

How about a favor. Would be willing to add a picture every time you post :)? I never get tired of looking at your Swede.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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As it turns out three sets of sails came with Bolero when I bought her. So if anyone is interested please contact my privately for more details.

Bill

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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I just love it when a sailboat under sail catches one under motor. It just makes me go hmm!

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Hey that's this boat isn't it? I am afraid I have to repeat myself, nice ass (I hope I am allowed to say that :)).

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MQMurphy

What boat is that in your avitar? That is one great ass end.

Bill

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Welcome also. I just returned from a very short sail in the San Juan's. And today that meant sailing like made against a flood tide with light wind and not even making out of Fisherman Bay on Lopez Island. And this would be a "bad day" in the Pacific Northwest. Still had a heck of a couple...

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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

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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...

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I have a mooring neighbor that has an H28 and what a beaut she is. I am quite jealous your sail.

Bill

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Hey Peter,

Wow, hard to believe that I missed you. I have sailed almost everyday since I launched her. We are pretty close neighbors so maybe our paths will cross someday.

I went out today and it was grand. So far it seems the summer winds have been kind.

Cheers, Bill

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Normally I stick pretty close to my long & skinny with huge overhangs boat fetish but I also have a bizarre attraction to catboats. Up in the San Juan Islands I try to catch every boat I can in my little 16' waterline Bluenose Sloop. It is rare that I can't catch one. But I have a clear relocati...

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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. ...

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