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AlanH said:
My best friend in HS had a 110 mouldering away in his driveway all the years they were at that particular house. I never saw it on the water. I'd be really curious to sail one.
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There are iconic one designs from 80 or more years ago that still turn heads and give much pleasure as well as heady competition. The Star, the Snipe, and the Folkboat come to mind. The 110 is one of those special designs, first built in 1937 by Ray Hunt. If you want to see 110's in action, Inverness Yacht Club is the place with an active (and highly competitive) fleet.

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AntsUiga said:
Wheels seem more appropriate.
Last time I saw blades and sails in action was in Adirondack region.

Do we get build updates?

As for wheels and sails, the last sighting for that was on the road between Quartzsite and Prescott?

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Did I forget to mention wheels?:confused:

And of coarse, Sled, will require UPDATES....

But first a little background; Decades ago a friend of ours, Wane Kocher, who worked for SparCraft down south told us about the guys he worked with would go out to the dry lakes and race Land Sailors. So, of coarse, our group of over energetic sailors had to try it. I was part of that group, thay eventually had great success building state of the art machines, and securing a world championship, for Dennis Bassano. Catamaran racing and development was more important to me than the dirt boat scene at the time. But my life situation is now allowing me to pursue a mid level one design dirt boat.
I currently have all the materials orderred and paid for except for, the tires and wheels, and paint. I am waiting for one of my Advisors to return home so he can advise me which wheel and tire combination will serve me best.

Try this link instead of the pdf below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEX1kM0hBjg&t=36s
 

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Howard Spruit said:
Did I forget to mention wheels?

I am waiting for one of my Advisors to return home so he can advise me which wheel and tire combination will serve me best.
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That happy balance between side slip and rolling resistance.

Where is the nearest dry lake bed suitable for this craft?

If you and Tchoupitoulas could post alternate days I would be most happy; this is exciting stuff!
 
110s in Inverness

sleddog said:
There are iconic one designs from 80 or more years ago that still turn heads and give much pleasure as well as heady competition. The Star, the Snipe, and the Folkboat come to mind. The 110 is one of those special designs, first built in 1937 by Ray Hunt. If you want to see 110's in action, Inverness Yacht Club is the place with an active (and highly competitive) fleet.

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Thanks for posting these fun pics Sled ! We have a lot of fun and almost 30 boats up here, and a brand new fleet on Bainbidge Island !
 
With a 43 knot gust this morning in CBC's offshore neighborhood,the Coast Guard's words of warning to "tether your boat to port" does not seem so strange. In fact, CBC's Director of Currents and Wind took the Coastie's warning to heart and advised CBC members to "Bolt your socks on and leash your puppies with a tether.."

As I paddled by the 44 foot sloop PARADOX, homeport Missoula, MT, I noticed she was swinging into the fairway with no one aboard..Again my handheld VHF proved its worth with a call on VHF 9 to the Harbor Dept, who fetched the wayward boat and secured. Apparently whomever originally tied up PARADOX flunked knot tying and wrapping a dockline on a cleat. Yeehaw!

Speaking of "puppies," on a recent visit to CBC with puppy RReveur, Synbad nominated herself for club "Dog Wrangler."
Said Synthia, "Every yacht club worth its salt needs a dog wrangler." I did not disagree and the appointment has been made.

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Headlines in Providence, RI, features photos of two, 110 foot superyachts burning over a period of hours at the Hinckley facility. The powerboat was in slings on the TraveLift, and the maxi-sloop next door.

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OK, Team, maybe someone can help me understand the below NCPHRF Guidelines. Item VII.2.a. seems to contradict Item VII.7.a.


VII. ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE RATINGS
2.a. A 3spm credit is typically issued if LP of the largest headsail is less than 125% of J

7. ITEMS FOR WHICH THERE WILL BE NO CREDIT GIVEN:
a. Sail inventories with headsails having an LP less than 125% of J


A friend who hopes to race SSS ordered a headsail measuring at 124% LP to qualify for the 3 second credit for having an LP less than 125%. It is the largest jib carried.

However, by having a jib less than 125% LP, "No Credit is Given."

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I believe it means the credit is not automatic. If the boat's rating assumes a headsail LP <= 155% of J and the owner chooses to only carry a <125% headsail, he doesn't automatically get a 3 sec. credit - he has to request it. It's similar to Carliane's spinnaker question: PHRF assumes you carry a spinnaker. You don't automatically get a credit if you choose not to. However you could apply to have the boat rated with no spinnaker and the rating would probably be adjusted.
 
There's another way to race to Hawaii other than the SHTP. This involves bigger, faster boats, professional crews, wet boats, breakages, a ton of money, black sails and black interiors, and finishing at a metropolis of cars, noise, and pollution. It's the other Transpac, known as the Honolulu Race. Here's their 2021 story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzqkvh2RuKE

Did I mention hiking out over the back of the boat to keep from submerging the bow or being washed off the deck?

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An interesting article has come to light from the April 18th, 1968, Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper and reveals how close we were 53 years ago to no "Fast is Fun", no MERLIN, and a much reduced Santa Cruz ULDB boat building scene.

Boat Sinks, Two Local Sailors Saved

Two local men were rescued Saturday afternoon when their catamaran capsized and broke up off the Harbor. Bill Lee, 25, of Capitola and Dave Garibotti, 25, of Santa Cruz were spotted clinging to the yacht club's starting buoy about 1 p.m.

They were pulled from the water by Howard Spruit of Santa Cruz, who braved heavy waves to get his own catamaran out of the Santa Cruz harbor. Neither man was injured.

Garibotti, a passenger in Lee's craft, said they were riding the 21 foot Shark catamaran down a wave in a surfing technique when it turned over and split. One hull of the two-hulled craft sank immediately.

"We must have hung onto the buoy for quite a while, probably half an hour," Garibotti said. "When Spruit pulled us out, we were pretty tired."

Ed Twohig of Twohig's Boat Rentals also came from the Santa Cruz Wharf and took Garibotti in, since Spruitt's catamaran was overloaded.

The Harbor rescue boat could not join the rescue, apparently because of the low tide and the sandbar at the sandbar at the Harbor mouth.

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Wow! Look what just came out of the shed at Port Townsend after a total restoration. Doc Ricketts probably wouldn't even recognize her.

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When I first saw WESTERN FLYER sunk in the mud in the Fidalgo Channel, only the top of her mast was visible, and there seemed no hope. She was raised, sank again, and was towed to PT, where she sat for several years, the object of continuing dereliction.

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Plans for WESTERN FLYER include a cruise down the West Coast to her original home port of Monterey, where she will become an educational research ship.

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AntsUiga said:
Wheels seem more appropriate.
Last time I saw blades and sails in action was in Adirondack region.
Do we get build updates? Ants
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Here's a Howard Spruit update on the building of his Mini-Skeeter dirtboat:

All but the Okume plywood has arrived. The Okume from Edensaw is in San Jose where it has been stuck for 10 days with no driver for the delivery truck. Howard has completed the lamination of the fir axle:

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The sail has arrived from sailmakers in Oregon with the label "China." Hmmm.

Howard is currently building the bow of the Mini-Skeeter on the strongback. The trailer and hitch have also arrived.

Here is a photo of two Mini-Skeeters sisterships:

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The last of the steamships passed Steamer Lane yesterday.

Aloha to an old friend, SS MATSONIA, being towed outbound ship breakers in Brownsville, TX, by tug JULIE F. MATSONIA was well known to Hawaii racers and delivery crews, and indeed many Transpac vets, including Capt. Bob, served aboard.

MATSONIA, at 48 years old, was the oldest survivor of the once proud Ponce class. 6 years ago MATSONIA's ragged sister EL FARO sank in a hurricane with all hands. As a result, MATSONIA underwent 42 CG inspections between 2017-2018. None of the inspections prevented a 2019 hull fracture approximately 15 feet below the waterline adjacent to the starboard fuel tank. The resulting fuel spill in SF Bay doomed the already aged workhorse.

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