Show your boat not sailing

[Ishmael 4,520]

20 minutes ago, Grith said:

We don't have those problems here down under. Is this called Snow Boating as distinct from Show Boating?

Well, at least he doesn't have to worry about it bursting into flames.

[Grith 38]

16 minutes ago, Ishmael said:

Well, at least he doesn't have to worry about it bursting into flames.

Hmmm Snowed in versus bush fire. Yep, Agree, I would go with snowed in as well.

[chester 472]

9 hours ago, Ishmael said:

Is it still under litigation?

haha, you know what i mean

[Red Sky 4]

I’m the one on the right.

 

Stake-boat duty at AC 34.

[IStream 1,753]

Seems like a pretty tall rig for the size of boat, what is it?

[Grith 38]

Believe it or not this thing was rigged and equipped to sail with a centreboard and junk style rig. It had a steering station up on top. I saw it on the road side for sale and curiosity got the better of me and I just had to have a look!  

PS Yes that is also a day bed up on top between the steering station seats. At least it could be good for something! 

[Ishmael 4,520]

That needs to be reposted in the Uglyboat thread.

 

[chester 472]

A big pram with a lid.  Looks like pretty competent job.

[Ishmael 4,520]

1 hour ago, chester said:

A big pram with a lid.  Looks like pretty competent job.

Craftsmanship does not by itself imply any seakeeping qualities, such as not capsizing, etc.

[Grith 38]

28 minutes ago, Ishmael said:

Craftsmanship does not by itself imply any seakeeping qualities, such as not capsizing, etc.

I agree. It was beautifully built but scary to even think about having any significant canvas up on. I believe subsequently the new owner derigged both the sail and keel, took off the two small outboards which rose out of the water on an elevator system and fitted one big one. It just caught my eye in passing driving back from Brisbane to Southern NSW having test sailed several trailable yachts up there. Its amazing what some people will think of. Apparently the builder was a competent boat builder and a bit of an inventor but not a sailor. 

[stumblingthunder 563]

2 hours ago, Ishmael said:

Craftsmanship does not by itself imply any seakeeping qualities, such as not capsizing, etc.

I don't know.   According to my practiced eye, it looks equally stable on all four sides.

- Stumbling

[Bull City 1,336]

9 hours ago, stumblingthunder said:

I don't know.   According to my practiced eye, it looks equally stable on all four six sides.

- Stumbling

FIFY

[Bull City 1,336]

17 hours ago, Grith said:

Believe it or not this thing was rigged and equipped to sail with a centreboard and junk style rig. It had a steering station up on top. I saw it on the road side for sale and curiosity got the better of me and I just had to have a look!  

PS Yes that is also a day bed up on top between the steering station seats. At least it could be good for something! 

Another nut job.

[woahboy 214]

18 hours ago, Ishmael said:

Craftsmanship does not by itself imply any seakeeping qualities, such as not capsizing, etc.

Hard to tell up from down on that “boat”.

[Grith 38]

Probably so no one noticed when it turned turtle.  

[NormanHMartin 9]

Averisera in Provincetown, MA harbor

Now for sale.. .

[Sail4beer 1,688]

I can’t quite see the Dodger, however...

Oh yeah, and buy an ad for $50 bucks and it will sell immediately.

[MauiPunter 500]

8 hours ago, NormanHMartin said:

Averisera in Provincetown, MA harbor

Now for sale.. .

Tell us more....

[Sail4beer 1,688]

J

Just another 8 hour Saturday sanding and varnishing while the sails are on order.

[Cwinsor 102]

^^ Labour of love and looking very well loved indeed

[Whinging Pom 115]

On 3/30/2019 at 12:43 PM, NormanHMartin said:

Averisera in Provincetown, MA harbor

Now for sale.. .

Aphroditie 101?

[willp14335 119]

My boat with new fender covers. 

[monsoon 327]

On 3/31/2019 at 10:37 AM, Sail4beer said:

J

Just another 8 hour Saturday sanding and varnishing while the sails are on order.

That is a pretty boat. But, sorry, I hate that taffrail.

[SloopJonB 6,835]

It needs to be chopped to about 1/2 that height.

[Sail4beer 1,688]

I would do it if it didn’t replace the stern lifeline pulpits. When it’s time to go offshore, I need the lifeline stanchions and lines re-attached. They’re in the aft lazarette waiting for action. 

The whole boat is a little unique. I often lay awake at night and wonder if the transom wasn’t chopped a few feet due to freshwater rot and a mizzen removed.

I have vestigial running backstays with the replacement mast. They’re disconnected and dropped into the main cabin hatch for varnishing in the pics 

[Sail4beer 1,688]

Making my way to the Toms River Yacht Club on Thursday. 

 

[Jim in Halifax 146]

1 minute ago, Sail4beer said:

Making my way to the Toms River Yacht Club on Thursday.

Pretty boat, glad you took the fenders in. Ummm...what's the line you are trailing from the bowsprit?

(tough crowd here this morning)

[SloopJonB 6,835]

A nice double spreader alloy rig - with radar - and an old wood boom??????

[Sail4beer 1,688]

The diesel needs a kick in the ass and was removed on Monday so I can tear the top off and see what’s up so I opted to tow the boat over with our club work boat. My twinbro on board the boat so I could take a few pics for the room here.

The boom is original and in surprisingly good condition and the mast is a 2010 replacement of the original steel mast. But since the boat has steel floors, keel and centerboard trunk as well as a Canadian  Steel stamped mast step arch the mast probably didn’t make much of a weight difference. If an in boom roller main came along that liked I would consider it...

Also, it seems to be a little bow down at the moment. I took all the gear and propane tanks out of the aft storage plus the Yanmar and now there’s standing water in the cockpit forward and the aft scuppers are dry as a bone.

The boat takes on about a gallon of water an hour so I’ll shorthaul it in Late May when the yard has time and check the one bung plug I didn’t get in well enough and then fresh bottom paint. 

[SloopJonB 6,835]

Canadian Steel - that's the good stuff.

[Sail4beer 1,688]

You got that fucking right !

[Steam Flyer 3,863]

14 hours ago, SloopJonB said:

Canadian Steel - that's the good stuff.

That's why we gotta pay extra for it.................

FB- Doug

[Bull City 1,336]

18 hours ago, Sail4beer said:

the original steel mast.

Steel mast? I've never heard of one. The idea sets off alarm bells. 

[Sail4beer 1,688]

Sounds weird to me as well. It was what the PO told me and my surveyor. Apparently the Prince the yacht was built for requested it instead of a Douglas Fir mast for the 1950 Newport-Bermuda race for which it was purpose built.  It was probably much shorter as the boom is set up for a main with a 18 1/2’ foot. Oder rigs with a 50’ mast generally have a 15’ or 16’ max foot.

[IStream 1,753]

1 hour ago, Bull City said:

Steel mast? I've never heard of one. The idea sets off alarm bells. 

Pull up a chair, Son, and let me tell you 'bout a man named Brent.

[SloopJonB 6,835]

Some J class yachts had steel masts.

[frozenhawaiian 96]

1 hour ago, IStream said:

Pull up a chair, Son, and let me tell you 'bout a man named Brent.

LOOOOOOOOOL. I had forgotten about that fucking retard. 

[Veeger 287]

1 hour ago, SloopJonB said:

Some J class yachts had steel masts.

Then they came out with that new-fangled Duralumin stuff....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duralumin

 

[Bull City 1,336]

11 hours ago, IStream said:

Pull up a chair, Son, and let me tell you 'bout a man named Brent.

I didn't know BS was into steel spars. I thought it was just steel hulls.

[Jim in Halifax 146]

I think Brent was into recycled street light standards for masts, or something along those lines. Steel masts sound heavy (even by BS 'design  criteria'). 19 lbs/ft for 6" Schedule 40 would come out to almost 1000 lbs for a 50' spar, before standing rigging.

[Sail4beer 1,688]

Boat is 11 1/2 tons. I’ll bet the mast was more like 40’.

[Bull City 1,336]

It must do wonders to the center of gravity.

[Ishmael 4,520]

1 hour ago, Bull City said:

It must do wonders to the center of gravity.

Brent did not bow to gravity.

[Zora 95]

Spent a day at anchor yesterday, first time the boat had been anchored since her fire in 98. The Anchorage is called Sandy Cove, lovely holding and shelter from the wind. A little open to a easterly swell though. 

[Mr. Ed 439]

4 hours ago, Ishmael said:

Brent did not bow to gravity.

Nor geometry 

[Mr. Ed 439]

1 hour ago, Zora said:

Spent a day at anchor yesterday, first time the boat had been anchored since her fire in 98. The Anchorage is called Sandy Cove, lovely holding and shelter from the wind. A little open to a easterly swell though. 

Congratulations!

Well earned. 

[frozenhawaiian 96]

well the shrinkwrap is off, one step closer to the water 

[IStream 1,753]

1 hour ago, frozenhawaiian said:

well the shrinkwrap is off, one step closer to the water 

She's a beaut!

[IStream 1,753]

11 hours ago, Bull City said:

I didn't know BS was into steel spars. I thought it was just steel hulls.

Sched 40 steel, welded shut and fitted with external halyards for buoyancy. In theory, anyway, not sure he ever did the math. CG? Who cares? It's a bilge keeler!

[frozenhawaiian 96]

6 minutes ago, IStream said:

She's a beaut!

 

thanks!

[Bugsy 309]

4 hours ago, Zora said:

Spent a day at anchor yesterday, first time the boat had been anchored since her fire in 98. The Anchorage is called Sandy Cove, lovely holding and shelter from the wind. A little open to a easterly swell though. 

That's a fine and proper boat, Zora!  Well done.  

Pardon my ignorance but what is the black object hoisted port side near the forward end of the boom?  

[Bull City 1,336]

Elongated day shape for "moored?"

[Veeger 287]

Self-recovery mechanism from inadvertent capsize...

[Ishmael 4,520]

Looks like a fender with a cover on, probably functioning as an anchor ball.

[Zora 95]

5 hours ago, bugger said:

That's a fine and proper boat, Zora!  Well done.  

Pardon my ignorance but what is the black object hoisted port side near the forward end of the boom?  

i didn't have an anchor ball and thought that fender would serve just as well for now. It's not mandatory here but just good practice

[willp14335 119]

I redid my barrier coat and bottom paint and just put the boat back in today. 

[stumblingthunder 563]

On 4/22/2019 at 4:16 PM, bugger said:

That's a fine and proper boat, Zora!  Well done.  

Pardon my ignorance but what is the black object hoisted port side near the forward end of the boom?  

Its the signal for: "Deploy your mental fenders, I am prepared to offend!"

- Stumbling

[Sail4beer 1,688]

9 hours ago, willp14335 said:

I redid my barrier coat and bottom paint and just put the boat back in today. 

That’s one of my all time favorite day sailors! M Long cockpit and good sailing characteristics. 

[petmac 4]

...on her mooring.

[IStream 1,753]

Handsome.

[Willin' 603]

2 weeks back...

Last week...

[sshow bob 226]

Wow - you weren't kidding about the scope of the project!

[Willin' 603]

2 hours ago, sshow bob said:

Wow - you weren't kidding about the scope of the project!

Yeah, but it's coming together nicely. I'm hoping she'll be done in 2-3 weeks, knocking on wood.

[nebe 48]

I posted my boat this fall in this thread when I bought her.  St his spring I chiseled away at all the neglected teak . Launching in 2 weeks   She’s a 1965 Columbia 31  

[IStream 1,753]

Perky!

[Bull City 1,336]

I like older Columbias. Very nice, Nebe.

[nebe 48]

7 minutes ago, Bull City said:

I like older Columbias. Very nice, Nebe.

Thanks !  There’s quite a difference between  1960’s and 1970’s Columbias.  

[kdh 72]

On 5/19/2019 at 11:02 AM, petmac said:

...on her mooring.

Bermuda 40? Is the hull black or Majestic Blue?

[Ajax 1,542]

11 hours ago, nebe said:

I posted my boat this fall in this thread when I bought her.  St his spring I chiseled away at all the neglected teak . Launching in 2 weeks   She’s a 1965 Columbia 31  

 

Once I zoomed in, I could see quite a difference. Very nice!

[nebe 48]

10 hours ago, Ajax said:

 

Once I zoomed in, I could see quite a difference. Very nice!

Thanks ! Can’t wait to get a good pic for the “post your boat sailing” thread.

[Hukilau 108]

On 5/21/2019 at 8:19 PM, nebe said:

I posted my boat this fall in this thread when I bought her.  St his spring I chiseled away at all the neglected teak . Launching in 2 weeks   She’s a 1965 Columbia 31  

Very, very nice.  Admirable job on the teak sir.  Who is the nice lady in the before picture who seems to be washing her hands of the entire deal?

[Al Paca 229]

On 5/19/2019 at 8:02 AM, petmac said:

...on her mooring.

MK II or MK III

[nebe 48]

On 5/23/2019 at 2:52 PM, Hukilau said:

Very, very nice.  Admirable job on the teak sir.  Who is the nice lady in the before picture who seems to be washing her hands of the entire deal?

Ha! That is the previous owners wife. And she definitely was throwing her hands in the air saying “this chapter of our lives is over!!”  

 

[Hukilau 108]

Here's my "new" boat at her new dock, after her shakedown/delivery cruise on Wednesday.  Still need to sort a couple of things out and set up the bimini, but man, am I stoked!

[IStream 1,753]

Congrats!

[Clipper 41]

My wife’s cruising boat. Elliott 1050

[Clipper 41]

Bugger, it fell over

 

[SloopJonB 6,835]

You married well.

[Clipper 41]

27 minutes ago, SloopJonB said:

You married well.

I think so. She even lets me race her sometimes (the boat).

 

[Alcatraz5768 411]

Nice boat. One day I'll be able to come out and whip your arse. Just kidding I'm never finishing this ordeal. 

[Max Rockatansky 352]

Long Island, Bahamas 

[Matt DI 13]

which one's yours...

[IStream 1,753]

10 hours ago, Alcatraz5768 said:

Nice boat. One day I'll be able to come out and whip your arse. Just kidding I'm never finishing this ordeal. 

Give up on perfection.

[SloopJonB 6,835]

4 hours ago, IStream said:

Give up on perfection.

Accepting good instead of chasing perfection is something I finally learned on this - probably my last - boat.

[hard aground 38]

First time in years it's been in the water. Hopefully sailing soon-ish.

[Ajax 1,542]

5 minutes ago, hard aground said:

First time in years it's been in the water. Hopefully sailing soon-ish.

Bravo,  dude.  Looks wonderful. 

[slap 332]

7 hours ago, SloopJonB said:

Accepting good instead of chasing perfection is something I finally learned on this - probably my last - boat.

Last one until you buy the next one.

[petmac 4]

On 5/23/2019 at 4:21 PM, Al Paca said:

MK II or MK III

Mark III

[petmac 4]

On 5/22/2019 at 8:35 AM, kdh said:

Bermuda 40? Is the hull black or Majestic Blue?

Flag Blue