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Looks like Swiftsure, ex Blue Ruby, ex Swiftsure III ☹️
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IOR landfills?
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Not landfill...
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sledracr
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Good call. I was thinking SC70-ish, but that stern looks more like one of the NMs.
Rotting in the yard in Hawaii? Or being brought back to life? @Great Red Shark ?
Great Red Shark
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Yep, that's the NM68 Swiftsure.
Had been converted into a boozecruiser with 4 foot tall stanchions and a back porch worthy of a hotel. Now being re-booted for private operation again, non-race.
Had been converted into a boozecruiser with 4 foot tall stanchions and a back porch worthy of a hotel. Now being re-booted for private operation again, non-race.
sledracr
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Sad, but not surprising. It was a good boat back in the day, but "the day" was a long time ago...
Great Red Shark
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I mean, what do you DO with a boat that size? The budget to keep it merely safe is too much for most.
and That Rig... in some light air venue, perhaps, but you could take 20feet off it for use out here and rarely miss them.
and That Rig... in some light air venue, perhaps, but you could take 20feet off it for use out here and rarely miss them.
sledracr
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Yeah. I used to know the guys who ran Scotch Mist (SC-50) out of Lahalna. It was way too much rig for their day-sail business.... they raised just enough sail (IIRC, deep-reefed main and high-clew #3) to make it feel like sailing without scaring the tourists on board.
Many sleds that have been retired to casual (non-race) use have the same issue, and some have actually gone to shorter rigs just to keep things manageable. Fast is fun, but... within limits?
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I was always frustrated they would never put much sail up anytime I went out on Scotch Mist. I had way more fun on America II where they put it all up and sunk the leeward rail while blasting across the Molokai channel. Such fun. Some of the tourists were horrified while my wife and I were smiling with glee.
Definitely needed a bathing/wet suit to sail on that boat. Scotch Mist was comparatively a snoozefest as a real sailor.LordBooster
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Swiftsure III Wins Race to Cabo San Lucas
Swiftsure III, owned by Nick Frazee of San Diego Yacht Club, and skippered by his brother, Bob, used a fast finish Wednesday to win line honors in the 790-mile Newport-to- Cabo San Lucas race.
www.latimes.com
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"Frazee professed not to be disappointed, but later said he'd never do another TransPac on a normal displacement boat again. He later built the ultralight Swiftsure III and finished first in the last TransPac.", see: https://www.fastisfun.com/wizwisdom/sod.html
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Has a Schumacher look to it, not a synergy 1000 unless the blades were both changed, but close.
Mold plug?🤨
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Nope. 23 feet.
Old 1/4 pounder from a first-time designer, a very young-at-the-time Dave Collignon. Built by him, late '70's on Oahu. Anyway, it was saved - re-cored, new rig, keel, rudder - in the late '90s and raced a while, but has now been abandoned for several years in the back of a boat yard. About to get the chop, I fear.
'Tis a pity, but a sailor I regard as knowing his stuff says its a cranky little thing, and I don't know anyone game enough to get into it (time or money) and sort is out.
Trying to ID that keel - it's thought to be a Mars metal order, for some other boat, and it's not the Ultimate24 that someone suggested - maybe one of the SRs or something?
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Jethrow
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Awww
I sailed on Silverado for a time when she first came to Sydney (Pittwater) from NZ, must have been mid to late 80's. She was a stunner downstairs back in the day. The hull was silver IIRC.
Blue Ruby was parked for decades up at Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. Lined up with Coruba, another N/M 68 on the main dock. Coruba is still there, last I saw.
sledracr
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And in absolutely gorgeous shape. I have no idea how much sailing Rob and Zanne do these days, but they sure keep Coruba pretty.
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Nice ride!!! Nelson-Marek 68. A lot of similarities to the Derektor-Kaufmann 65 ft Boomerang I was Boat Nanny on from 82-84.
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