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MillyB said:
The 110 is the smallest of the series, after which there is the 210, 310, 410, and 510. There was a design for a 1010, commissioned by the race car driver Briggs Cunningham, but it was never built. Very cool Pic !
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Milly~
We had a Zefer here in Santa Cruz for a while, I was told that it was the smallest in the series, check me on that....and the Spelling.
 
You- or Kimo- sent me a pic of the Sliver/Francis Lee, and I thought at first that it was the Hunt 510. Kimo has informed me about Sparkle, and I knew about Rocinante , but not about Oceanus. Now I do. Great minds think alike. Skinny, double pointy ended boats tend to be quick !
 
Hi Howard.
The Zephyr was a San Francisco Bay, offshoot development from the 110 Class. It is a single handed 110, 20' long , where 110s are 24'long, but it has a slightly heavier keel than the 110 does, to compensate for the lack of crew weight. They are a total kick to sail, and C Ray Hunt would have approved. He liked nothing better than to screw around with his existing designs.
 
A new 110 for Fleet 19 in Puget Sound is nearing completion at Tom George's shop at Port Townsend and about to be sent out for fairing, painting, and rigging. But how will Santa get TWITTERPATED down Kimo's chimney?

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sleddog said:
But how will Santa get TWITTERPATED down Kimo's chimney?
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Oh, please! This is an insult to every deeply held belief in Santa. We all know he has magical powers. Don't ruin it for us by suggesting there is a practical way to do it.
 
I'm all for alternative energy sources. But good grief, the winning Euro bidders can't be serious about anchoring floating wind turbines, over 300' high, in waters 3,320 feet deep 20 miles offshore Morro Bay. That's gonna take mighty big anchors and large diameter cables for the so called "wind farm." If one turbine gets loose or capsizes in a winter gale, all bets are off. Yah sure. The feds can't even keep Pt. Pinos R "2" buoy on station through the winter in 185' of water, and it regularly washes ashore.Pinos Buoy.jpg

https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/12/california-offshore-wind/
 
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I agree Skip
I am all for alternative energy, but this appears to me not thought out very well. Bodega Bay buoy has been offline for at least a year- maybe more, and is the most reliable sea condition source for leaving or entering Tomales or Bodega. If they can't maintain what they have, I have no faith in this.
 
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For Macapuno, if you could see only the bow of this beauty, what could be said about her design and place of build?
 
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sleddog said:
For Macapuno, if you could see only the bow of this beauty, what could be said about her design and place of build?
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To really really appreciate that bow, one must see what’s underneath. And by the way, that flag is a hint as to where it was built.

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It could be said that 20' of her 58' is overhangs - think of the berth rent!

Fife, but the builder is a Thorny question...
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BobJ said:
It could be said that 20' of her 58' is overhangs - think of the berth rent! Fife, but the builder is a Thorny question....
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Gentle Sailors: I'm battening down the hatches for storminess to come. For the moment, current explanation to the trivia will be short. Clearly Dazzler. and BobJ are teasing sleddog with their answers. But I will tease them back. Neither fully answered the question as intended, so the Macapuno will remain in the CBC freezer for the moment..

Thanks to Tom (Dazzler) and BobJ, we now know this stunning, 58 foot, 10 meter sloop, RITA IV is a Fife design built by Thornycroft in Denmark for Royalty....But the question, rephrased, is: "if you could only see the bow (not the underbody, sail number, or launching flags," how would you know this is a William Fife design" The answer will get you Macapuno with pomegranate arils, unless TomP chooses to walk over to his local dealer, Andronicos.

Sorry, Ants...But you can still win!

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sleddog said:
…the question, rephrased, is: "if you could only see the bow (not the underbody, sail number, or launching flags," how would you know this is a William Fife design" The answer will get you Macapuno with pomegranate arils, unless TomP chooses to walk over to his local dealer, Andronicos.
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I’m happy to see this little challenge being held to a high standard. I’d been thinking the we might need an English major to point out that the original question had not yet been addressed.
 
https://www.williamfifeyachts.com/the-dragon/

Good Old Boat used to have an illustrated listing of cove stripe "ends" but that page is gone from their site. Maybe I'll cook one up as a matching game.

I was over playing with the Snipe today. It's the same age as Ragtime! and has the same old-school running rigging issue, which I'd fixed on Rags. Any guesses?
 
These photos are so gorgeous! Makes the boat look like it's made of alabaster!

I'm in Madison where I visited the workshop of a very competitive iceboat racer. The lakes around town are still "soft" water, so I will come back in March and he will take me out iceboat sailing on a double seater.

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I should have some good photos cuz my rodeo queen colleague Amy will take 'em.

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I'll have to borrow someone's helmet.
 
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My lack of extensive knowledge never stopped me from making guesses on what little I know. On slim occasion, the guessing is successful.

Learning a little from each wrong answer.

Cheers,
Ants
 
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