ThijsK 5 #601 Posted June 6, 2014 FOP, loving seeing these photos of it all coming together. Having seeing all the earlier photos of the components being made (like the lightened storage hatch frames) it's great to now see them in place and get a better understanding of how it all fits together. Keep it up, just under a month to go. Regards, Thijs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #602 Posted June 6, 2014 Hi Thijs, yeeeeaaah that makes me also very stressed, now it is for real for the first time in a loooong time, but I don't complain just that I can not hide now when we have a deadline. The boys worked on the floor panels and Per did a lot of small details I show you later. It is so cool to see the pros work. Cesar and I installed the Dynema tie-rods keeping the back stay in place, it is now designed with four tie-rods, two on each side and installed in a 90 degree angle, it might be difficult to see from the photos but it looks extremely strong and sturdy and also light. They are good for some 10000 kg each so in order to pre-tension them I hooked up the overhead crane to the 4000 kg forklift we have and I lifted the front. Let it hang there for a few minutes and the Dynema was almost like a rod. New update tomorrow I guess. //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lahana 22 #603 Posted June 7, 2014 Small update; /FOP Jävla svenskare... Shit det er flot båd du får lavet! The next time im in that vicinity, i'll have to go see your boat.. admirable work.. and you know how hard it is for a dane to acknowledge something swedish... well done! Hahaha, now imagine how hard it would be for a German! LoL Amazing work, truly!... And thank you for sharing FOP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shanghaisailor 1,156 #604 Posted June 9, 2014 What an amazing record fo such a complete and wonderful restoration of an old IOR warhorse. You should compile it all into a a boat restoration handbook. She is beautiful SS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #605 Posted June 9, 2014 I don't know about a book... remember my Swedish class when you should write a novel, scary memories. Anyway here is a small update; First a few photos of the floor panels details and a small overview and finally the door to the cabinet in the aft cabin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 665 #606 Posted June 9, 2014 I would buy a coffee table book of this restoration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magool 76 #607 Posted June 12, 2014 I would buy a coffee table book of this restoration. Me too, beautiful work FOP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #608 Posted June 13, 2014 Here is a small teaser showing the preparation of the support to the steering pedestal. Roman welded it today and we will polish it tomorrow and install the entire steering system permanent tomorrow. Last photo show the old tiller and old cockpit.. //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaramaz 34 #609 Posted June 22, 2014 Well, FOP, we expect some progress now. You haven't been out dancing around during Midsummer and singing about the frogs have you? Pics, we want more pics! Best J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #610 Posted June 22, 2014 Hi all SA friends, We work seven days a week now including the guys from Najad... opps we have done that for the last 5 years, almost forgot. Progress is good but the floor is sooo time consuming, the spars are now in the shop and it looks pretty good with a really glossy and fat Awlgrip paint applied some three years ago. The rig will be lifted in place late this week or next week while FOP still is on the hard. We intend to launch her on the slipway standing in her cradle. I have had computer failure the last week or so and that is the reason for lack of updates, now I just wait for my photoshop before I can update with new photos. I don't know if this works or if you use it but I will update several times per day on my Instagram account, if you want to follow the next two weeks work get an Instagram account and search for lasseklingstrom. //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lahana 22 #611 Posted June 27, 2014 Hello FOP, You must be very busy doing the final touches for the launch. Must be hard to continue to put maximum effort into every detail without rushing it now. I'm sure it's a very exciting time for you, your family and all helpers. Good luck and best wishes, wish I could be there for the big event! Please keep the updates coming, we are all hanging for more information. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThijsK 5 #612 Posted June 28, 2014 Seen from your Instagram site that you are also doing work on your house as well as trying to complete the most meticulous rebuild of a yacht with a deadline weeks away. You are a glutton for punishment. If anyone needs proof of the phrase, "if you want something done, ask a busy man", they just need to reference to you! Good luck with it all. Thijs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windwhisker 1 #613 Posted July 1, 2014 I'm thrilled for you. Splash day -4. Beautiful work and gorgeous workmanship Hope it floats right side up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wynott 0 #614 Posted July 2, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/pages/ONE-TON-Class/352362528216625?hc_location=timeline posted photo of flirt today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #615 Posted July 4, 2014 Here is a small and quick update, more to follow... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moody frog 62 #616 Posted July 4, 2014 Whow ! Well done ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #617 Posted July 4, 2014 Boy those old IOR racers were sure a high water mark in sailboat aesthetics - the undistorted ones anyway. Beautiful job - enjoy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feenstrap 0 #618 Posted July 10, 2014 Very nice job. She looks sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pinching 14 #619 Posted July 14, 2014 FOP: Will this thread end with her successful launching (Yay!) from your instagram page, or will you be able to share a bit of launch day with us? Eventually, the story becomes sailing or cruising anarchy, rather than fix-it, but again, thanks for sharing. If your relaunch was anything like ours have been, there were a 100 little things that needed to be done -- and that assumed the engine cranked and that the big things worked Ok. Good to know she is back in her element. Regards P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #620 Posted July 19, 2014 Hi, due to some stupid computer problems at home I have not been able to update the progress as planned, in an attempt to give some feedback I have an instagram account "lasseklingstrom" and there are a few new followers. Anyway computer is cured and progress is fine. First here is a few photos of the frame for the vertical hatch, which Mathilda and Roman polished and a detail of the rigging. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #621 Posted July 19, 2014 Due to the poor weather in beginning of July we removed the backstay each morning and pushed here back into the building up to the mast and we had a nice and dry boat to work on. The amount of details to be completed is massive and my credit card is burning, we have had a few problems I did not think should occur, details of this will follow soon and some things I thought should be difficult has just passed without any concern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alcatraz5768 413 #622 Posted July 19, 2014 You have entered what is probably the most expensive phase, good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hdra 74 #623 Posted July 20, 2014 Hey FOP, are you in the water? I just got on board our boat in Nya Varvet and saw what I swore was Flirt across the harbor, but she's gone this afternoon. Wish I had gone over to take a look, but been battling a dead alternator all weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliboat 246 #624 Posted July 29, 2014 FYI there is a brief shot of Flirt in the sorc video on the front page today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mronka 0 #625 Posted September 5, 2014 FOP, how about an update? Have you managed to get her to water? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casc27 113 #626 Posted September 6, 2014 I sincerely hope reason for FOP's recent quiet is that he and the rest involved with the project are out sailing the gorgeous old girl. Updates would be nice, but that can wait if the girl is finally stretching her wings again... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alphafb552 365 #627 Posted September 6, 2014 Check out his instagram page ! http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-697373279/lasseklingstrom/photos edit: you'll need to scroll down a bit to find Flirt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #628 Posted September 6, 2014 Boy, he gets it in the water and promptly forgets about us. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inquiring Mind 1 #629 Posted September 6, 2014 Boy, he gets it in the water and promptly forgets about us. Can you blame him? If anyone needs a chance to kick back it's got to be him (and Marie). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windward 332 #630 Posted September 11, 2014 Did I hear he was shopping for a new boat? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #631 Posted September 12, 2014 There was a pic from Port Townsend posted on another forum that had a shot that looked just like FoP - could he have shipped it over here already? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Innocent Bystander 840 #632 Posted September 19, 2014 There was a pic from Port Townsend posted on another forum that had a shot that looked just like FoP - could he have shipped it over here already? Not unless he teleported back. According to instagram,he was sailing in the Skagerrak an hour ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overthehorizon 1 #633 Posted September 24, 2014 Great project......the restoration of IOR 21.7 half ton projects is picking up pace along with quarter ton here in the UK as the classic fleets are attracting fantastic interest. We have looked very closely at entering the fray but are a bit alarmed at the costs and unless fully committed you end up with an noncompetitive half tonner which also rates badly in IRC. You have to go the whole way which involves a multitude of design alterations which we feel destroys the attraction of racing an IOR boat and we wonder if this was the intention of the Half Ton Classics Association when reviving the class ??? All the same having come from that era of yacht racing and raced with some of the best in Poole in '78 and '81 I get a huge wave of nostalgia in looking at boats of this generation and wish you the very best in your endeavors. I am am from a background of racing dinghy manufacture and it certainly looks from your photos that you are giving it 100%.......fantastic !!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #634 Posted October 4, 2014 Hi guys Finally I have had a chance to get back with some fresh photos. Since launch July 5 we have been working and actually sailing FOP a lot, She perform really nice and we are so happy with the job, details and also performance. We still have a big list of things we need to fix but overall she is ready. More updates will follow from now on but first a few shots from Thursday evening sail on the river. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #635 Posted October 4, 2014 I really appreciate all your comments. The big splash was epic, we had some +80 guests family, friends and even people walking by stopped and looked. Our big neighbour Svitzer (tugboat company) was looking and they signaled with their big horn once she touched the water. Here are a few more photos of the party and of details, more to follow if you are still interested to hear about Flirt of Paget. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #636 Posted October 4, 2014 a few more from July 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sculpin 83 #637 Posted October 4, 2014 Looking sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #638 Posted October 4, 2014 I really appreciate all your comments. The big splash was epic, we had some +80 guests family, friends and even people walking by stopped and looked. Our big neighbour Svitzer (tugboat company) was looking and they signaled with their big horn once she touched the water. Here are a few more photos of the party and of details, more to follow if you are still interested to hear about Flirt of Paget. Congrats - you must be very happy. Looks like you chose your crew carefully. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #639 Posted October 5, 2014 First sea trails went up and down the river, the engine could not rev good and instantly started to smoke and felt it was overloaded even at 1500 rpm and the gear was extremely difficult to engage and also get back to neutral. Finally we decided to lift her with mast and everything (travel lifts are rare here) and we found a service yard with an old high lifting crane and extreme sling. I changed the pitch three times before we got it reasonable good and suddenly the gear was also easy to maneuver... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #640 Posted October 5, 2014 Few more from this summer... not so much about restoration but I think you can handle it anyway. Swedish archipelago and my best partner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #641 Posted October 6, 2014 Life is good. Don't you have to get her out of the water soon? That weather looks mighty fine for Sweden in October. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #642 Posted October 6, 2014 Life is good. Don't you have to get her out of the water soon? That weather looks mighty fine for Sweden in October. Sure is, the weather has been fantastic this fall, mild and fair winds. She is to be lifted this week or latest next week. I am figuring how to cover her up, shrink wrap or proper scaffolding (or what you call it). Mast up or not... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,938 #643 Posted October 6, 2014 You mean you don't have a heated and carpeted shed for her? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halfmoon 5 #644 Posted October 6, 2014 You have to go the whole way which involves a multitude of design alterations which we feel destroys the attraction of racing an IOR boat and we wonder if this was the intention of the Half Ton Classics Association when reviving the class ??? No it wasn't, and we do not encourage this. That is why at half ton events we have both a 'corinthian' and the 'half ton true spirit' trophies. To do well in IRC with a IOR-halftonner, it is generally known that a runner-free 9/10 rig (back-swept spreaders) on a longer halftonner (9m45 or more) is a good combination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 665 #645 Posted October 6, 2014 Well done. Congrats!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tucky 27 #646 Posted October 7, 2014 Well done. Congrats!! +1 to that. You deserve some wonderful sailing. Thanks for sharing the rebuild. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
py26129 77 #647 Posted October 7, 2014 +1 as well. Thank you so much for all the details of the project. It's inspiring to say the least. I also share your pain about being lifted out of the water for the winter. We are scheduled for a week Saturday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #648 Posted October 8, 2014 Just two sailing photos from last week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hirsch 0 #649 Posted October 13, 2014 //Fredrik :-D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 580 #650 Posted October 13, 2014 This has been,beyond a shadow of a doubt, the best thread on this entire site the last several years. On Parr with game of thrones in terms if anticipation of updates. Well done. Start another boat! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #651 Posted October 15, 2014 This has been,beyond a shadow of a doubt, the best thread on this entire site the last several years. On Parr with game of thrones in terms if anticipation of updates. Well done. Start another boat! 3 x Thank you. well a new boat is not in sight now... but a 45 ft aluminium boat from 1984 could be cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overthehorizon 1 #652 Posted October 24, 2014 wow !!!!!!!!!!! massive respect !!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic project...............I am a boatbuilder and raced IOR....'smiffy' 'demolition' back in early late seventies / early eighties.........again WOW !!!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pinching 14 #653 Posted October 24, 2014 She looks powerful under sail in the light stuff -- thx for the video! I trust she's well-behaved. P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halfmoon 5 #654 Posted October 30, 2014 wow !!!!!!!!!!! massive respect !!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic project...............I am a boatbuilder and raced IOR....'smiffy' 'demolition' back in early late seventies / early eighties.........again WOW !!!!!!!! They are still racing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
not from this world 4 #655 Posted November 1, 2014 Great to see her in the water mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebyseb 35 #656 Posted November 1, 2014 This is one massive headsail... Congrats on the beautiful work done and getting her back on the water, may you have many happy years together. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #657 Posted November 1, 2014 //Fredrik :-D "Neither art nor nature ever created a more lovely thing". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #658 Posted November 18, 2014 Here is a clip from our first summer with Flirt after the 5,5 year restoration. She is so nice and fun and cannot wait until next summer.Thanks to all for your support and encouraging comments over the years.//FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casc27 113 #660 Posted November 19, 2014 Beauty, FOP. Well done... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whispers 0 #661 Posted November 19, 2014 Beautiful, thankyou for allowing us to live through this refurb online Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sledracr 549 #662 Posted November 19, 2014 absolutely gorgeous. well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windward 332 #663 Posted November 21, 2014 Nice cinematic touch on the movie of the bow wave being when you rolled the The End" credits... Sort of like the beginning of all the sailing, yet the end of the movie. Love it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #664 Posted November 30, 2014 Here comes an update from the big splash back in July, it feels like yesterday but it soon 4 months ago. It is my good friend Claes Axstål behind the camera. I will try to write about Flirt on flirtofpaget.blogspot.se, with updates and future plans, pls feel free to follow the work there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zenmasterfred 399 #665 Posted December 2, 2014 Thanks for taking along for the ride, interested to know what plans you have for Flirt this winter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #666 Posted December 5, 2014 Thanks for taking along for the ride, interested to know what plans you have for Flirt this winter? We plan to rebuild the pulpit and pushpits so they will be easy to dismantled IF I can continue to keep here indoor during winter. Flirt is too high for the door and since I don't plan to modify the keel yet I need a simple way to adjust the hight. I have nearly ordered the dodger/sprayhood with cockpit tent and that will be a fair deal of work for me since I plan to custom made all the fittings and arches to my toughts, updates to follow. We need a new main sail even if that is no work for me, only spending. The table tops need to be properly done, this year we only had MDF board rough cut. Insulation shall be improved around the motor. bilge pumps moved to low spot. Adjusting doors and drawers in the pentry. //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warbird 314 #667 Posted December 6, 2014 Thanks for taking along for the ride, interested to know what plans you have for Flirt this winter? We plan to rebuild the pulpit and pushpits so they will be easy to dismantled IF I can continue to keep here indoor during winter. Flirt is too high for the door and since I don't plan to modify the keel yet I need a simple way to adjust the hight. I have nearly ordered the dodger/sprayhood with cockpit tent and that will be a fair deal of work for me since I plan to custom made all the fittings and arches to my toughts, updates to follow. We need a new main sail even if that is no work for me, only spending. The table tops need to be properly done, this year we only had MDF board rough cut. Insulation shall be improved around the motor. bilge pumps moved to low spot. Adjusting doors and drawers in the pentry. //FOP FOP, after sharing with us a stunning rebuild , comment above sound like you have ordinary boat owner projects. Some how I think even those mundane items will be completed with a flare of excellence!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #668 Posted March 27, 2015 Hi here comes an early spring update. We are working according to a schedule to fix a number of small things we didnt have time to fix last summer. Here comes the first one and we have improved the isolation in the engine compartment and also made it bright and easy to keep clean. It will be interesting to see if we can reduce the engine noise. Last one is from winter of 2008 //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 580 #669 Posted September 27, 2015 ... bump... just cuz I miss this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack_sparrow 7,458 #670 Posted September 28, 2015 ... bump... just cuz I miss this thread Coincidence??...this has to be the bump of the year...a wonderful story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 580 #671 Posted January 18, 2016 Bump..... gawd I miss this thread lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casc27 113 #672 Posted January 18, 2016 Bump..... gawd I miss this thread lol Me, too. Was a nice 20 minutes I just spent re-perusing the pictures. What a gorgeous boat. Thanks for the bump. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #673 Posted January 19, 2016 Bump..... gawd I miss this thread lol Me, too. Was a nice 20 minutes I just spent re-perusing the pictures. What a gorgeous boat. Thanks for the bump. Hi FOP here, I will get back later this week with some updates from last summer and the work we perform this winter. No photos today but I will figure out again how to do it... Basically she is fabulous light, eager to move at any conditions, even when moored you can feel that she wants to get away. Thanks all of you that you stumble back and look for updates, I really appreciate this action from you. Anyway she is stored indoor with families other yacht, you will see the photos. I have a few pretty cool features to install really super custom parts and they will look awsome. 1-ton cup in Breskens NL will happen this August 25-28 and I plan to truck her down and sail home, need some new sails, pls tell me what you would go for if you had a limited budget without sponsorship, got a new carbon mainsail last summer and the g1 is medium and used 3-4 season. What else shall I aim for? Maybe we have old followers whom want to sail with us in Holland in August? //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neuronz 26 #674 Posted January 20, 2016 you need crew? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alphafb552 365 #675 Posted January 21, 2016 you need crew? I'm local and also willing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #676 Posted January 28, 2016 you need crew? you need crew? I'm local and also willing! Hi, I have never hired crew to my yacht before... I am interested to get help and will most likely not be able to bring a full crew from Sweden. I have a core crew and looking for some additional help. Lets come back to this issue in a little while I am currently busy to arrange with work on Flirt as well as transporting her to Breskens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gewoon ik 45 #677 Posted February 2, 2016 Over water? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flirt of paget 49 #678 Posted February 4, 2016 Over water? Well I had one idea to truck her down and sail back. I was also approached by a shipping company but have not heard back from them yet... Third option is to sail her both ways. Today it looks like I will sail both ways but nothing is finalized. //FOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costanza 0 #680 Posted March 13, 2016 Hi, I have never hired crew to my yacht before... I am interested to get help and will most likely not be able to bring a full crew from Sweden. I have a core crew and looking for some additional help. Lets come back to this issue in a little while I am currently busy to arrange with work on Flirt as well as transporting her to Breskens. Any update FOP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 580 #681 Posted May 20, 2016 have to bump this thread back to the top every now and then where's the boat? any new pics out on the water? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oceanconcepts 173 #682 Posted June 1, 2016 Wow, just stumbled across this thread due to the bump- thanks. I’m in awe of the dedication, discipline, and attention to detail demonstrated throughout this project. And of the labor and expense that must have been involved. I’m the relatively new owner of another Brin Wilson built boat, a S&S designed cold molded kauri one-tonner from 1971, a former Sydney-Hobart winner. The quality of construction is exceptional, and it has helped keep a now 45 year old boat in quite good condition. I’m just getting started with a refurbishing- though one that will be nowhere near this extensive. You are inspiring me to go the extra distance in my efforts to preserve this vessel for the future. I’ll just say, as so many others have, that this is incredibly impressive. Hope you are enjoying it to the fullest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olaf hart 535 #683 Posted June 1, 2016 Nice boat, also has a golf tee rudder ... http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/1-tonner-design-2062.html http://www.brinwilsonboats.co.nz/gallery/building/pathfinder/pathfinder.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oceanconcepts 173 #684 Posted June 1, 2016 Nice boat, also has a golf tee rudder ... http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/1-tonner-design-2062.html http://www.brinwilsonboats.co.nz/gallery/building/pathfinder/pathfinder.html It does, though Brin Wilson deepened the rudder over the S&S design. It is amazing to see how much racing yacht design had evolved in the 15 years or so between Pathfinder and Flirt. Pathfinder is very traditional in appearance. Flirt is just gorgeous, surely some kind of perfection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobot 1,856 #685 Posted June 2, 2016 Old school, I like it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottmax 1 #686 Posted August 29, 2016 2 years after re-launch hows is it all going? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
