sounds like it's pretty fun out on the bay! glad to see this boat doing well.
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roguetoaster we're waiting for your contribution here...
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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So am I. I bought, or should I say, signed the contract, for a 35' slip near me.roguetoaster we're waiting for your contribution here...
Have missed out on multiple boats that would suit, and am still looking.
Still have two smaller power boats, one with twin engines.
Also waiting for your boat pics, homie.Comment
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Last month we did the Belvedere Classic, put on by the San Francisco Yacht Club. Its a classics race, and we had 4 Birds show up, one of which I've never seen off the dock, let alone under sail. The start was the worst organized start I've ever seen. We had two groups in the race, the fast, big boats, and the small boats. The sailing instructions stated, the second race will be a rolling start after the first start at 12:20. Okay, so, is that a 1 minute after, 5 minutes? How big is the gap between starts? (There was no clarification on this before the race.) So, the first race starts, and I'm guessing that it will be a 5 minute spacing between starts. We are covering Cuckoo (the fastest boat in the Bird fleet.) and about 2 minutes in, a gun goes off. Was that the 1 minute gun? No, it can't be as we are 3 minutes out... Cuckoo and Oriole are close to the line, we peeled off as we had what was thought to be 3 minutes to go... Bang, another gun goes off with two minutes still on the clock... Cuckoo, Oriole and a few other boats that were close to the line head off to the first mark. We are two minutes from the line still... Perfect. We started 2 minutes late. The rest of the fleet crosses the start and heads off toward the first mark. Kittiwake was a little ahead of us, I chose to try and take the route that Oriole had taken, and as usual it backfired on me. We went backward further. Kittiwake rounded the first mark well ahead of us probably 2 minutes ahead, with Oriole 4 minutes up on them, and Cuckoo another minute ahead of Oriole. I was less than happy about it. We hit the downwind stretch that spanned from Ft Baker all the way down to a buoy between SF and Treasure Island. We had Hummingbird going well, and we were making up ground on Kittiwake. By the time we reached Blossom Rock (the second mark) we had caught Kittiwake and overtook them rounding the mark. The next leg was a reach up to channel marker "R4" that sits in the middle of the slot about a mile east of Angel Island. We were chewing into Oriole and Cuckoo's lead quickly. They sailed a strange line, we straight shot to R4. At R4 we were about 6 minutes behind Oriole and Cuckoo, and close enough to see where they were going. This leg of the race was interesting as it took us back south around the bottom of Alcatraz, and then west to the last mark. Now, getting around Alcatraz can be easier said than done, especially on a flood tide, however we were on an ebb. The big boats rounded R4 and pointed back down to SF, the Birds however went due west to Pt Blunt, the southern tip of Angel Island before turning south (riding the ebb west before turning south. Game on.. We pointed west pointed very high into the wind and essentially put the boat on her side. We bucked our way through the building chop bringing the gap to Oriole down the whole time. Kittiwake decided to give up and go home, we weren't sure if they had a problem or what the story was. All we knew is that they left the course and went somewhere else. (There was a worry that they had a serious issue and ran for somewhere shallow. This wasn't the case however. They simply didn't want to finish last.) We got out to Pt Blunt and turned south. We had made up another 30 or so seconds. The tight reach to Alcatraz was a wet ride, but Hummingbird was flying. At this point the Birds had caught the fleet of big boats at Alcatraz, (showing they made a mistake by pointing south to SF rather than west to Pt Blunt like we did.) We passed Alcatraz very close, and tacked north as soon as I thought we could clear the Alcatraz bell buoy on the west side of the island. (There are rocks between it and Alcatraz so you don't want to try and sail through there.) We were now dicing with a "Yankee one Design" one of two on the bay that on paper should have been faster. We overtook them, but couldn't put them away and eventually they got back in front of us. We were chasing hard, but at the final mark Cuckoo and Oriole still had a good lead on us. At the finish, we were about 5 minutes behind Cuckoo, who won outright on corrected time. We ended up 4th. Had we not had the horrible start we had, it would have been a close race between the 3 Birds. We sailed the boat well, and didn't make any serious mistakes, aside from the start, that was more bad luck than a mistake.
Here is the video. https://youtu.be/6t-kU4p8aVw​
In two weeks we have the last to YRA races, then Oct has the last races of the season, two classics races and one pursuit race. It should be interesting. I think I finally have Hummingbird dialed in and now its all about tactics (or the lack thereof.)
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Okay, just agreed to buy a 1984 Pearson 303.
I'll start a thread, because, IDK, car forums aren't for cars anymore?Comment
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In for more pics!
I've wanted to get a smaller sailboat for a while now (27-29ft). Big enough to be comfy for a weekend aboard, small enough to be easy to sail. I took some dinghy sailing lessons years ago, definitely need lessons (and time and money) before buying a boat. It'll be cool to see some of what goes into keeping a 40 year old boat above the water.sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]Comment
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Invalid images on my endMy two:
'69 Starcraft Seafarer '14 - got it for free with a same year Johnson 9.5 which was pretty dead, titled/registered for the princely sum of $31 and promptly spent almost 54 times my initial spend on a really well kept '07 Yamaha 20.
Dragged it home, replaced the transom, mounted the motor, and have covered hundreds of miles near shore on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. The longest trip was about 21 miles each way, and solo I can get the boat to just over 26MPH.
It takes me to places where it's peaceful, and it's been all you can ask of a boat for almost no outlay. Since it's perfect, I figured I'd better replace it.
'89 Grumman GCC184 18' - clearly recently revamped from probably abandoned by a couple of students from my alma mater, and I may have slightly overpaid them for their work. Has a '89 Mercury 90 ELPTO on board, and it's about the largest boat I can launch/recover solo without waiting for high tide at my local private boat ramp, so the $3900 price tag was fine for a hard to find boat type locally.
Did a few things after the first test ride, pulled the floor behind the console and put the control cables under the floor, tidied some wiring, cleaned old carpet goop off of the interior hull. Spent quite a bit of time on the motor too, tried to do a carb link & sync, but found some plastic bits on the way out, and replaced every fuel line. Greased the heck out of it and made it run nicely for a probably high hour old two stroke.
On the second outing I took it further than I'd ever taken the smaller boat and did a nearly 50 mile round trip. So far I've only managed 38.8MPH, disappoint, need more power.
Bonus boat- a '77 Tartan 34 that a neighbor has at the local marina, he had it blasted this spring and that uncovered some pitting. We filled, sanded, bottom painted and anti foul coated the entire hull. Even got it in the water in time for the June regatta and won on time, but came third because someone cheated, and we had to give index time to another boat.
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Maintenance is a slog sometimes, but until the gelcoat cracks up or the mast needs to be restepped, there shouldn't be much to do. I'm sure I'll do a few upgrades. The only item that I want to fix right now is the autohelm, which is pretty useful for singlehanding.
To be perfectly honest, I'm a fairly novice sailor myself. I can raise/lower, trim a little bit, tack, and run the helm, but setting sails correctly, anticipating adjustments, and optimizing performance are a ways away. There are going to be quite a few quick sails out, and dead slow tackfests coming back because I failed to understand what I should be doing.
I'm a hobbyist, and to be very upfront, I bought this partly because I do enjoy sailing, but also simply because the GF is super in to fucking on boats, so anything with a cabin was a must.
I dunno, I need a project name first, and considering the info above, I'm sure you can come up with one. The boat is named Hide Away, and I think I'll keep that.
It will be at Flag Harbor Marina, St. Leonard, MD, USA. But it's currently at a fancypants marina in Solomons, MD.
I will put that sticker on upside down, it's more fitting for a boat.
PM'd you the addy.Comment
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