SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
A Confederacy of Dunces
Is that the description of the proposed secession movement in the States?
Is that the description of the proposed secession movement in the States?
I thought the same thing when I saw it.
Hehe!A Confederacy of Dunces
Is that the description of the proposed secession movement in the States?
Hehe!Thanks for that. I only know Bill in passing but Bill is a real gentleman of sailing. It's the McKee's I have the relationship with. But did sail with Carl as the Buchan's and McKee's are like family. Charlie McKee is the Moth guy. He probably got Bill's grand daughter into the Moths. Charlie and Jonathan got a bronze medal for the 49er's.
Funny story with Charlie: We were doing a windy Southern Straits race (35 knots or more downwind) on a SC50 and Charlie was driving and I said to: Charlie - you understand that we have to gybe, Sisters Is., are coming up quick and we are almost by the lee! Charlie was driving hard and just said: "I got it....I got it....I got it.....and called for the trip. We gybed and made it. Not by much and we were doing 23 knots boat speed. Hoisted the blade and you could high five the islands that were that close! We did our rounding and two boats behind us lost their rigs. We won the overall going away but there was a lot of carnage by other boats.
Thanks for that. Our Mull 34 was taken on Swampfire and our build was 76 or 77. I no longer have the line drawing but I think it was 76. Vanpire was 75. The owner of ours was in the process of moving to Portland so we said good buy at PITCH 79. That's why we weren't involved with the famous chaos at that regatta. We had a private wake with tumblers of scotch!Poor Swampfire!
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?/topic/120252-disturbed-ior-design/&page=3
“Here is "Swampfire" sitting in a field needing some serious TLC in S Louisiana”
“Here is Swampfire, won the '74 3/4 ton Worlds with bullets in every race. Skipper is Osmond (OJ) Young. The boat is sitting a little over a mile away from me on a trailer dying a slow death. The linked winches have been removed but I could probably find the universal gears and anthill sockets in a boatyard around here somewhere. Incredibly fast upwind in breeze but terrifying DW. Nothing more scary than being trapped in one of the crew wells on a round down. Built by Tom Dreyfus of New Orleans Marine as a one-off using C-flex construction.”
“Something has got to be up with the Swampfire for $6,500 than just some soft spots in the deck.”
“The owner is pretty clueless about selling - they have listed that boat a number of times at ever falling prices and I've tried a few times to see it. The first time was in 2012 when it was up-island and after several failed attempts to view it I gave up. The next time I was shopping it was listed again but in the city for less than the first time but more than now and again, no luck in seeing it. Actually he said it had sold that time but now it's the same guy so....
It looked pretty decent from outside.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Mull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull_34
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Cheers!: "We had a private wake with tumblers of scotch!"Thanks for that. Our Mull 34 was taken on Swampfire and our build was 76 or 77. I no longer have the line drawing but I think it was 76. Vanpire was 75. The owner of ours was in the process of moving to Portland so we said good buy at PITCH 79. That's why we weren't involved with the famous chaos at that regatta. We had a private wake with tumblers of scotch!
Yea, but only "kinda". Any idea what yacht it is? I have no clue...
Nice work!It's mine as it was when I bought it - Mo Bettah Too, a Nelson Marek 1/2 Tonner.
Poor Mad Max!I checked with one of our local harbour commuters to Protection Island - he said that Mad Max left months ago. If I run across her somewhere on the Island I'll let people know. My guess is Ladysmith - that seems to be where a lot of boats are ending up these days - cheap moorage.
No such thing as cheap moorage anywhere on the coast these days. My experience is that once a boat is on the hook - it stays on the hook until the right storm comes along. Cuz lets face - ain't nothin' cheaper than free moorage.I checked with one of our local harbour commuters to Protection Island - he said that Mad Max left months ago. If I run across her somewhere on the Island I'll let people know. My guess is Ladysmith - that seems to be where a lot of boats are ending up these days - cheap moorage.
You seem to have developed special skills for yachts being "hooked" for landfill. One can compare with other yachts dealt with on within "IOR landfills?" such as Magic Bus (Paul Whiting), Great Fun (Laurie Davidson) and Miss Piggy (Tony Castro). In the case of MB it hade been advertised at a number of yacht brokers, without any result. Here is one obvious indicator of being "hooked" for landfill. We were happy that the New Zealanders felt these vibes all the way from Alameda CA. In the case of GF the "hooked" indicator may be "almost sinking". For MP one has to be in place and the "hooked" detector is when the balsa core is just about to suck up water.No such thing as cheap moorage anywhere on the coast these days. My experience is that once a boat is on the hook - it stays on the hook until the right storm comes along. Cuz lets face - ain't nothin' cheaper than free moorage.
It may be a language issue, but when I say "on the hook", I mean this: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article227086409.html#:~:text=Pascale raised a child on a boat.&text=They live “on the hook,or the city's mooring field. Not what I think you're meaning.You seem to have developed special skills for yachts being "hooked" for landfill. One can compare with other yachts dealt with on within "IOR landfills?" such as Magic Bus (Paul Whiting), Great Fun (Laurie Davidson) and Miss Piggy (Tony Castro). In the case of MB it hade been advertised at a number of yacht brokers, without any result. Here is one obvious indicator of being "hooked" for landfill. We were happy that the New Zealanders felt these vibes all the way from Alameda CA. In the case of GF the "hooked" indicator may be "almost sinking". For MP one has to be in place and the "hooked" detector is when the balsa core is just about to suck up water.
Thanks for explaining "on the hook". I basically agree with you. Regarding Miss Piggy (Tony Castro) she was a half-tonner with high potential:It may be a language issue, but when I say "on the hook", I mean this: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article227086409.html#:~:text=Pascale raised a child on a boat.&text=They live “on the hook,or the city's mooring field. Not what I think you're meaning.
Lots of boats anchored off Kits Point here bought mainly as a cheap roof over their head a good many of which end up either on Kits Beach or the rocks of Sunset Beach during the first storm of the season. Of course the tax payors end up paying for the removal and safe disposal because the "owners" are nowhere to be found and refuse to claim the boat (because then they would be liable for those costs).
Magic Bus was an exception. She was an icon much like Ganbare and deserved resurrection. I don't think Max can be put in that same category. A legend? Possibly. An icon? IMO, no.
Also, quite a few old threads here about people who tried to buy MB in the past, but the owner for whatever reason refused to entertain any offers at that time.
Miss Piggy? Never heard of her.
Great Fun? Gone a long time ago - "sunk" off the California coast. Thread on her demise here: