Our refreshed 1D35 comes out to play.

[Black Jack]

One on my best friends has just refreshed a 1D35. it is as though she just came out of the box. We finally took her our for a tested spin on old sails in the Midwinters in Berkeley. Ron Moore and crew spent nearly a year in Watsonville redoing the decks, hull, keel. We spent hundreds  (if not thousands) of hours and undisclosed dollars getting her back to righting shape. As we begin to redress her, tune her up - it looks like we will have a a competitive boat for the bay and a Pac Cup boat for Hawaii this summer. 

Great skipper and crew will make this the boat to beat this year in our class. PHRF 36 with regular kites.

 

[Black Jack]

 

[Black Jack]

 

[Black Jack]

 

[LionessRacing]

Good nuff, and good luck ! 

 

[Black Jack]

Good nuff, and good luck ! 

Don't think that you are off the hook with my boat which rates like yours. Steve at Hogan sails is making me a new blade for my boat.

Wednesday night races my friend. Wednesday night races.  

 

[SloopJonB]

I'm surprised the usual suspects have not weighed in with their usual advice about what a waste of money that was and how it should have been scrapped and the money spent on a better, newer boat.

By the way, congrats - looks like a great boat.

 

[Cal20sailor]

As long as Helen Keller remains his pit person, you're in good shape! 

A lot of really bad habits in the video and not just the pit.  But he did stand out.  Get your sailmaker to come out ostensibly to check the sails and have him put people in the right positions to do their positions.  The pole bouncing up and down is really bad and could kill someone on a bigger boat.  The guy sitting against the bulkhead and grinding with his left arm doing about 45 degs with each crank is ridiculous.  Nothing that can't be fixed easily and some folks just don't know better.  With the right attitude and desire, easily fixed.  

 

[Black Jack]

A lot of really bad habits in the video and not just the pit.  But he did stand out.  Get your sailmaker to come out ostensibly to check the sails and have him put people in the right positions to do their positions.  The pole bouncing up and down is really bad and could kill someone on a bigger boat.  The guy sitting against the bulkhead and grinding with his left arm doing about 45 degs with each crank is ridiculous.  Nothing that can't be fixed easily and some folks just don't know better.  With the right attitude and desire, easily fixed.  

The boat crew was relaxed after the race. we launched the third spin as a test with beers in hand. Sailmaker was on the boat and new sails coming.

Not everything is a race or a lesson. sometimes it is joy to take time and just see how thing goes.

 

[LionessRacing]

We are applying for a modified rating this year. 

Using the old spinnaker pole for a sprit at 30% "J" extension, to change to a new "J" of 1.3 * 15.6 = 20.3. 

that will allow me to fly the old miter cut "180% " Drifter off of it downwind... 

PHRF committee is reviewing, last year told me that would be 9 sec... 

 

[Cal20sailor]

The boat crew was relaxed after the race. we launched the third spin as a test with beers in hand. Sailmaker was on the boat and new sails coming.

Not everything is a race or a lesson. sometimes it is joy to take time and just see how thing goes.

Sorry, that wasn't clear.  Still, even when relaxing, I couldn't bring myself to relax that much.  Good luck.  The 1Ds were a fixture on the lakes where I raced and I always liked them.  They used to race level with the Sydney 38's in Chicago and the S38s would leg out on the upwinds and the 1Ds would run them down going downhill.  Biggest problem was the build quality and it sounds like you've nipped that in the bud.   

 

[Gorn FRANTIC!!]

I'm surprised the usual suspects have not weighed in with their usual advice about what a waste of money that was and how it should have been scrapped and the money spent on a better, newer boat.

Well now that you've come out and said it they don't need to. 

Also great video, best parts of the vid were the guest appearance down below from Helen Keller & also the up close shots of evrryones PFD.

 

[Svanen]

A lot of really bad habits in the video and not just the pit.  But he did stand out.  Get your sailmaker to come out ostensibly to check the sails and have him put people in the right positions to do their positions.  The pole bouncing up and down is really bad and could kill someone on a bigger boat.  The guy sitting against the bulkhead and grinding with his left arm doing about 45 degs with each crank is ridiculous.  Nothing that can't be fixed easily and some folks just don't know better.  With the right attitude and desire, easily fixed.  

+1,000.

Refurbished boat is great; but teaching the crew how to properly set and trim the sails would be way more effective (cheaper, faster and easier, too!). Or just find new crew who already know how to sail.

 

[Cal20sailor]

The boat crew was relaxed after the race. we launched the third spin as a test with beers in hand. Sailmaker was on the boat and new sails coming.

Not everything is a race or a lesson. sometimes it is joy to take time and just see how thing goes.

BJ,

I've looked at the video again and my comment remains the same, some really bad habits.  I've cruised in under spin a countless number of times and the same people do the same jobs and we square it away quickly to enjoy the beers.  All that it took to keep the pole from skying and then bouncing was a quick tug on the foreguy.  I would have grabbed it from the helm and with two people between me and it, I can only assume that those two are also ignorant to the basics.  Who was the sailmaker aboard as he should be shot.  

Why post a video that shows gross incompetence?  I am very confused.  

Very cool boat, but the crew I saw won't be winning much let alone making it to Hawaii.  

 

[The Dark Knight]

where are the photos?

 Ron Moore and crew spent nearly a year in Watsonville redoing the decks, hull, keel. We spent hundreds  (if not thousands) of hours and undisclosed dollars getting her back to righting shape.

Fixing delaminated gelcoat?

 

[spankoka]

Very cool boat, but the crew I saw won't be winning much let alone making it to Hawaii.  

They are messing about in a boat, good for them. At least they all have a PFD. It is early days for them. 

 

[LionessRacing]

All that fuss is bout you guys busting it down the Estuary back to your slip? 

It's four miles of 200 yard wide slalom depending on the shifts, commercial and power boat traffic. 

We usually transit a lot slower, but equally relaxed, often by the lee to avoid the need to gybe too many times.  

So "leading lady" and "lively lady"... how many others? 

 

[NYBOZO1]

The horror!

 

[IMR]

Congrats on getting the boat back on the water. Good luck.