DrA

Eagle's Wings racing again, now out of St. Augustine, Florida.

Hello, Is this the same sail referred to by IMR? Please contact me with details: [email protected] Thanks, Richard

Very interesting information! I wonder how we could locate it?

Eagle’s Wings Update, After a (too) long stay in New Bern/Beaufort NC, I was finally able to sail her down to her new home in St. Augustine, Florida. We lucked out with a great weather window and mostly sailed a broad reach the whole way. Some great spinnaker runs, and an awesome day with main and jib surfing almost constantly at 11-15 kts. This was with the awful aft superstructure with solar panels, two wind generators, and a dinghy! The very old and partially delaminated main got us all the way there, but with one side nearly completely separated and spaghetti hanging out. She’s

Thank you, brother.

I joined SA because the general comments about the J125 were interesting and informative. I was hoping for constructive ideas from actual J125 owners on how to maximize enjoyment of Eagle's Wings. It was great to see, for example, a recommendation for an improved rudder bearing, which I need to replace. Clearly, selling the boat (that I just bought and is still on the hard) to a committed racer for a complete makeover isn't what I had in mind. Enough said. Kiss and make up. Cheers!

Thanks for the great story. Sad that I never got to meet Walter. Sounds like an amazing person. That was the former owner in Bequia, en route to Martinique, then the US. Cheers!

Haha! Good eye! Looks like a bear away to duck without easing main. I’ll check out the rudder. Thanks! CarCrash: That’s the plan. Any suggestions? DrA

OK, so I bought this boat. The old owner admitted he had converted a Ferrari into a Winnebago. I knew the boat from Grenada, where I had been living until Covid hit in March. She is in NC, and I'm planning to slowly sail back to Grenada, starting probably in November. If anyone wants a ride, do let me know. I flew down to move her to Beaufort for haul out and survey. The saildrive failed during the first hour, and I helped short tack out of a very narrow channel. When we got to more open water, I was able to sail, upwind at least, in 14+ kts. She was tender with no one on the rail