Mighty Merloe

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I was driving from LA to Long Beach last week and when coming down from Palos Verdes thought I had spotted Mighty Merloe's big mast at Cabrillo. Turned out to be TRITIUM though.
 
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silent bob said:
Not in Cabrillo, for over a month now. Any news on where it went? Rumor is that Tritium is on it's way south, soon.
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I heard Tritium is on its way to FL on its own bottom. I don’t know which idea is more I’ll-conceived, Tritium to FL on her own bottom or Merloe RTW solo. Merloe was in much better shape…once upon a time.
 
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Does not look good, new photos from Facebook.

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I read here a lot of sarcasm towards a hapless “captain” who bit more than he could chew. However, no one actually is willing to step up and pony up what it takes to run this program. Just another illustration that sometimes the right price for a boat is not zero but negative. Probably needs a low six digit annual budget just for local racing. 7 digits for “beating offshore records”. I saw it at the dock in San Diego before it was donated. It was in pretty good shape.

Can’t help but to compare the lives of boats to people’s. Everyone’s childhood is full of optimism and joy, but ultimately is the same boring story. Which prom dress to wear? Should I install B&G or NKE systems? The deaths are more interesting and diverse. Like that Val 31 dying quietly in her sleep on the mooring. Or this ORMA, going out similarly to the real life story that Fastball sang about in “The Way”.
 
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Lykke said:
I read here a lot of sarcasm towards a hapless “captain” who bit more than he could chew. However, no one actually is willing to step up and pony up what it takes to run this program. Just another illustration that sometimes the right price for a boat is not zero but negative. Probably needs a low six digit annual budget just for local racing. 7 digits for “beating offshore records”. I saw it at the dock in San Diego before it was donated. It was in pretty good shape.

Can’t help but to compare the lives of boats to people’s. Everyone’s childhood is full of optimism and joy, but ultimately is the same boring story. Which prom dress to wear? Should I install B&G or NKE systems? The deaths are more interesting and diverse. Like that Val 31 dying quietly in her sleep on the mooring. Or this ORMA, going out similarly to the real life story that Fastball sang about in “The Way”.
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Some say the West Coast is where old boats go to die...
 
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Lykke said:
I read here a lot of sarcasm towards a hapless “captain” who bit more than he could chew. However, no one actually is willing to step up and pony up what it takes to run this program. Just another illustration that sometimes the right price for a boat is not zero but negative.
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Or that there are people willing to step up but those individuals have serious concerns about the experience level of Capt. Lawson and the security of their investment in the program.

Based on his ability to trash a completely cherry race boat in a short amount of time, any amount of funding put towards this pipe dream might not be made maximum benefit of.
 
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