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New Boat 4 Sled
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Howard Spruit
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For those that are interested in my Skeeter dirt boat build project.
All the big parts are made, now I enter the realm of un-ending detail and 1000 little jobs.
All the stuff required to be done pryor starting on the deck is complete, including, the mast step, the foot and Hand steering.
The rear axel has been glued up shaped and 2 coats of epoxy applied. all the metal parts have arrived from the metal fabricator.
They will be test fitted then disassembled to be painted. The deck and sail controls are next. Then fiber glassing and cosmetic paint.
All the big parts are made, now I enter the realm of un-ending detail and 1000 little jobs.
All the stuff required to be done pryor starting on the deck is complete, including, the mast step, the foot and Hand steering.
The rear axel has been glued up shaped and 2 coats of epoxy applied. all the metal parts have arrived from the metal fabricator.
They will be test fitted then disassembled to be painted. The deck and sail controls are next. Then fiber glassing and cosmetic paint.
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The below photo shows an interesting conundrum of the recent 3BF: The boat that was first to pass all the marks was not first to finish! Moore 24 #80, TED'S BOAT (John Hansen and Tony Basso), went clockwise and passed the GGYC finish first. But were a little too far outside, got swept by the finish buoy on the wrong side by the ebb, and had to anchor.
The photo shows TED's BOAT on starboard tack on the outside, and MOTORCYCLE IRENE, who also went clockwise (Crissy, RR, TI), approaching the finish to win first overall and first DH. Congrats to Julia and David for milking the shoreline to victory despite more favorable ebb offshore.
Thank you Slackwater for sharing many excellent photos.
The photo shows TED's BOAT on starboard tack on the outside, and MOTORCYCLE IRENE, who also went clockwise (Crissy, RR, TI), approaching the finish to win first overall and first DH. Congrats to Julia and David for milking the shoreline to victory despite more favorable ebb offshore.
Thank you Slackwater for sharing many excellent photos.
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slackwater_sf
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More TBF images are on
norcalsail.com +
pressure-drop.us
Moore 24 #80 at anchor
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Moore 24 #80 finish area
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Moore 24 #80 moving upwind in ebb past the finish line
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A nice photo of Drakes Cove, in Drakes Estero, taken by my cousin Steve today on a hike to the overlook. The original cove went deeper into what is now marshland and a freshwater lagoon. In 1940 the local landowner bulldozed a berm that created the narrow beach in the foreground and a watering hole for his cows. Drake's shore encampment would have been located near the black object on the far right of the photo.
Francis Drake careened GOLDEN HIND in this cove in June/July of 1579. His ship had been leaking heavily, as well had bottom fouling.
Is this lead sheath found recently in Drakes Cove from GOLDEN HIND? It is not an impossibility. In Drake's time lead sheathing was used to cover leaking planking seams and to discourage entrance of teredos into the hull. Similar lead sheathing has been located in at least one other Pacific Coast wreck, the Manila galleon SAN JUANILLO, on the west coast of Baja from the same decade as Drake's landing.
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Howard Spruit
Member
Ah yes, the look of genius!
Try it, if it doesn't work, through it in the corner.....
Try it, if it doesn't work, through it in the corner.....
Hiking yesterday at Pt. Ano Nuevo found us in the neighborhood of what is likely the largest elephant seal rookery on the West Coast. Upwards of 2,000 were congregating on the beaches, the males chest bumping with each other to gain stature and the right to their harems.
Losers went to "Loser's Beach" to lick their wounds. I estimated this big boy at Losers Beach to be 15 feet and weigh 2 tons
While the boys were sparring, new mothers were taking care of their new born "weaners."
Losers went to "Loser's Beach" to lick their wounds. I estimated this big boy at Losers Beach to be 15 feet and weigh 2 tons
While the boys were sparring, new mothers were taking care of their new born "weaners."
Fresh off the press, Jackie's What I Saw, Sailing in the California Delta is available in limited supply. I've already read it and can vouch for a fun read, full of homespun tales.
Now is not the time to dally, and I offer a 2 part Trivia, perhaps the hardest yet, with the prize being a fresh and autographed copy of What I Saw.
Follow closely, here is Part 1: Leo Sampson Goolden's 48 foot, 112 year old, cutter TALLY HO, currently being rebuilt in Port Townsend by Leo and team, has something very significant in common with two ocean racing legends of the 20th century, Dick Carter's RED ROOSTER and Dave Allen's (no relation) iMP. What is the commonality that took place for all three boats in English waters. Hint: it is not the fact I have sailed on all three boats, but the hint does have bearing.
To win Jackie's book, you must also answer Part 2 correctly: What else, when relaunched, will TALLY HO have in common with nearly all the Santa Cruz built ultralights, including Bill Lee's Santa Cruz designs, Carl Schumacher's Express designs built by Alsberg, and George Olson's boats, including the SHTP All Star Olson 30.
No worries, you can guess as many times as you want, and I will tell you if your guess is wrong or right. Good thing HEDGEHOG doesn't get home from work until later...I suspect we might hear from him, hihi.
Now is not the time to dally, and I offer a 2 part Trivia, perhaps the hardest yet, with the prize being a fresh and autographed copy of What I Saw.
Follow closely, here is Part 1: Leo Sampson Goolden's 48 foot, 112 year old, cutter TALLY HO, currently being rebuilt in Port Townsend by Leo and team, has something very significant in common with two ocean racing legends of the 20th century, Dick Carter's RED ROOSTER and Dave Allen's (no relation) iMP. What is the commonality that took place for all three boats in English waters. Hint: it is not the fact I have sailed on all three boats, but the hint does have bearing.
To win Jackie's book, you must also answer Part 2 correctly: What else, when relaunched, will TALLY HO have in common with nearly all the Santa Cruz built ultralights, including Bill Lee's Santa Cruz designs, Carl Schumacher's Express designs built by Alsberg, and George Olson's boats, including the SHTP All Star Olson 30.
No worries, you can guess as many times as you want, and I will tell you if your guess is wrong or right. Good thing HEDGEHOG doesn't get home from work until later...I suspect we might hear from him, hihi.
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WBChristie
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All have competed (won) the Fastnet.
All have keels poured by the same man.
yawn
All have keels poured by the same man.
yawn
Well, that was quick! Indeed both the above are true. TALLY HO was overall winner of the Fastnet Race in a gale in 1927, RED ROOSTER won the Fastnet in 1969, and iMP won it all in 1977, 50 years after TALLY HO.
As I write. TALLY HO's 17,000 pound keel is being poured at Port Townsend under the supervision of Doug Brouwer of Santa Cruz, who has poured more than 2,000 keels at his Watsonville boatyard, including keels for America's Cup yachts, and pretty much all the production boats built in Santa Cruz since 1976 including Santa Cruz 27's, Moore 24's, Express 27's, and Wilderness 30's all the way to the current line of WylieCat boats. During the heyday of Santa Cruz boatbuilding, Doug Brouwer would pour as many as 5 keels/day.
Gary, if you will email me your address, I will send you your copy of Jackie's new book. Congrats. skipallanatsbcglobaldotnet.
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WBChristie
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Thanks for posting the fun quizzes. My “yawn” was not intended as a slight … all in good fun.
I follow the Tally Ho rebuild closely as the boat was here in Brookings for a long time. A friend of mine grew up in the boat and sailed to Pitcairn in it when he was a teenager. His family tuna fished it for years out of Brookings.
I follow the Tally Ho rebuild closely as the boat was here in Brookings for a long time. A friend of mine grew up in the boat and sailed to Pitcairn in it when he was a teenager. His family tuna fished it for years out of Brookings.
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Jonathan Gutoff
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Christine and I are really bummed to hear this.
OK, all would be routers, delivery skippers, and interested parties, now is your chance to win some Marianne's Macapuno icecream on CBC's deck. As many satisfied CBC guests will attest, this is not a joke..
Synthia is leaving Richmond YC Monday, 2/17/22, at 1 pm, with two crew on a delivery of Nat's 33 foot, Figaro 2, ENVOLEE, PHRF rating of 51, bound for Santa Barbara. Estimate what day/what time of their arrival and closest guess will win. One guess only, and it must be submitted by Sunday evening, 8 pm, to be eligible. Time to break out your coastal chart, dividers, chart plotter, calculator, and weather forecasts.
Synthia is leaving Richmond YC Monday, 2/17/22, at 1 pm, with two crew on a delivery of Nat's 33 foot, Figaro 2, ENVOLEE, PHRF rating of 51, bound for Santa Barbara. Estimate what day/what time of their arrival and closest guess will win. One guess only, and it must be submitted by Sunday evening, 8 pm, to be eligible. Time to break out your coastal chart, dividers, chart plotter, calculator, and weather forecasts.
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Submission accepted! Your turkey callers are working... flocks sighted in Santa Cruz. https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/11/tough-turkeys-on-campus.html
Let me add some additional information that will impact our ETA to Santa Barbara.
1. We intend to depart Richmond YC at 1300 Monday 2/21.
2. We will linger for a little bit off the coast of Pacifica for a moment of remembrance for my mom's oldest sister that just passed away at age 93.
3. We intend to anchor after dark.
** one of the above is an untruth.
And I will supply fresh frozen pomegranate arils to go with the Macapuno ice cream.
1. We intend to depart Richmond YC at 1300 Monday 2/21.
2. We will linger for a little bit off the coast of Pacifica for a moment of remembrance for my mom's oldest sister that just passed away at age 93.
3. We intend to anchor after dark.
** one of the above is an untruth.
And I will supply fresh frozen pomegranate arils to go with the Macapuno ice cream.