Mighty Merloe
- Thread starter Bill Gibbs
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PIL66 - XL2
Super Anarchist
Check out CDL's facey page.... one can only hope he's better at sailing than social media.... he's worse that me and that's saying something'.....
Had have a look and maybe he should stop posting there too some "interesting" pics he posted. Like one of the boards, it looks like it has a crack on the trailing edge maybe? and what boat that has been run into the ground with poor maintenance needs the de rigueur shitty old genny on deck. Interesting that he mentioned that the engine has an oil leak and need some other stuff done to it.. can't have been much of a re-build job on it...
...after all this is basically an old tractor or bulldozer, rather than a high performance multihull...
^ I did make this reference earlier, and DL seems intent on proving me right
Wellll another update...
Happy Friday!!!!
Every step adds up to the dream, and we are almost there!
I am so grateful for our team here in Acapulco, our partners, and our family/friends for standing by us and supporting our work!
It’s been a long journey to get this far, but we are almost ready to head home!
Work list completions:
1. J1 Sail repaired and delivered
2. 2nd coat of paint applied!
3. Main daggerboard painted
4. Final patch work for hull damage completed
5. Stainless steel radar mount near completion
6. Radar delivered
7. Docklines cut and stored
Down to the last 5 things on the worklist that was once 5 pages long!!! I'm SO grateful and proud of everyone!
To see videos, please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@captaindonaldlawson
Oh and a motivation vid form his youtube... I'm sure that he has got permission to use the music he uses too, he hasn't just stolen it...
Captain Donald Lawson is in Acapulco, Mexico.
18h ·Happy Friday!!!!
Every step adds up to the dream, and we are almost there!
I am so grateful for our team here in Acapulco, our partners, and our family/friends for standing by us and supporting our work!
It’s been a long journey to get this far, but we are almost ready to head home!
Work list completions:
1. J1 Sail repaired and delivered
2. 2nd coat of paint applied!
3. Main daggerboard painted
4. Final patch work for hull damage completed
5. Stainless steel radar mount near completion
6. Radar delivered
7. Docklines cut and stored
Down to the last 5 things on the worklist that was once 5 pages long!!! I'm SO grateful and proud of everyone!
To see videos, please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@captaindonaldlawson
Oh and a motivation vid form his youtube... I'm sure that he has got permission to use the music he uses too, he hasn't just stolen it...
I suppose the boat was painted quick and dirty right there in the water on it's mooring, along with the hull repairs too?
That can be done of course, but it's unlikely to be at the same level as back in the day in, for example Antigua, where boats were taken over into the mangroves of English Harbour, heeled over (monohulls), and a new roll and tip Awlgrip finish applied...
That can be done of course, but it's unlikely to be at the same level as back in the day in, for example Antigua, where boats were taken over into the mangroves of English Harbour, heeled over (monohulls), and a new roll and tip Awlgrip finish applied...
ExOmo
Best Anarchist Ever
someone remind me where he is headed once he leaves
silent bob
Super Anarchist
Out of the Environment!
ExOmo
Best Anarchist Ever
well in that case we'd better hope the front doesn't fall off.
Wess
Super Anarchist
B’more Hon!
DtM
Super Anarchist
Each environment that he progressively heads out of heaves a big sigh of relief that he is gone.
timotheysski
Member
Can the footage be any smaller I can almost see the video
timotheysski
Member
Mighty Merloe once Don adds a diesel power plant
timotheysski
Member
That is a worrisome crack in the daggerboards. Doesn't seem too structural, but you know damn well no self-respecting French team would leave it that way. Saying hull repairs are rough is an understatement, it looks like they're made out of plaster.
Autonomous
Turgid Member
Well he did call them patches rather than repairs so it's okay to lower your expectations.
