Summer's here?

Now that summers here, there's no sun. Its been raining for weeks and everyday the 10 day forecast calls for more and more rain. Even if we can work on the boat outside because of the rain, we will try to chip away at everything we can do off the boat and in the garage.

Frisco Flyer in Sausalito, CA

Wow.

1965 Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer - US$12,000.00
(£6,130)

Year: 1965

Price: US$12,000.00 (£6,130)

Located in: Sausalito, CA


See it here:

http://ae.boats.com/listing/boat_details.jsp?entityid=19387731

Eggemoggin Reach Race....

Just returned from a great weekend up in Maine. I went up to spend a long weekend with some friends and to race in the Reach Race. We raced on Cicada, a friend's Nevins 40 with a long racing pedigree. Maybe a hundred of the best looking sailboats I've ever seen in one place. (Although there were no old Cheoy Lee's to look at) . I could have skipped the Mystic wooden boat show if I knew how good this was going to be. It was hard to just let your eyes settle on just one boat because there was so much to look at.


There was little wind and a lot of fog but we did well, (really well) in the race. The trophies were handed out and we didn't get one on awards night, we may get one yet because there were some mistakes made. We were placed in the wrong class and may not have been given the correct start/finish time.

Aside from the race, (which was the best) we simply had a great time. Delicious food constantly pouring out of the companion way, a cold Heiniken in the sun and hot buttered rum for the lighting/rain squall, music, dancing and some really nice people.


My daughter wasn't with me unfortunately, she was having her own great time at a girls weekend in the Cape with her Mom and some friends. We did have the two boys who will be inheriting Cicada eventually, so there was three generations of the same family on the boat all who have or will eventually own her. Probably not something that happens much these days.

I'm looking for more pictures of the race. There's some more here:
http://ellsworthamerican.smugmug.com/gallery/5643227_oBcZQ

More here on the ERR website:
http://www.erregatta.com/photos.html

Pooka update...

After meeting the owner of Pooka, the small Cheoy Lee in our local harbor (Maya calls it Jackaroe's sister) we noticed that it wasn't sitting on its mooring for several weeks following it's launch.

I found this on line....

June 27, 2008

Coast Guard tows sinking sailboat into harbor

By Michael Farrell
Staff writer

Two people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after their sailboat was taking on water.

As it was traveling from Rye, N.H., to Boston, the 30-foot sailboat Pooka began to take on water and flood while it was four miles northeast of Gloucester Harbor.

The Coast Guard received a distress call over VHF radio at 12:40 p.m. from the owner, John Mixie, a resident of Hampton, N.H.

A 25-foot response boat and a 47-foot motor lifeboat were dispatched from the Gloucester Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop to assist the Pooka.

"There were about 50 gallons of water on board," said Petty Officer 2nd class Gary Fleming, a crewman on the response boat. "And there was water in the cabin."

When Fleming was sent aboard the Pooka, the water was rising above the deck plates. Unable to get the Pooka's on-board pump to operate because there was too much water in the bilge, to keep the boat from sinking, Fleming and Mixie had to use a Coast Guard's dewatering pump and buckets.

According to Fleming, after the Pooka was towed into Gloucester Harbor, they were able to get the boat's own pump working.

The Pooka was escorted to the Gloucester harbormaster's dock and safely moored.

We wish them the best and hope the boat and everyone is fine and back home in Rye Harbor soon.

A 1965 Flyer III in California for sale...

Hopefully our '65 will oook this nice someday. (Without the Teak decks). There are only two photos of this boat but its looks well maintained. Interesting place for the running lights to be placed up on boards on the cabin house rather than in the usual spot of on the cabin house walls themselves. I wonder if there is any visual advantage to having them placed up higher.
Link here:
http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/10020

1961 Flyer in for sale..

Nice looking 1961 Type II Flyer in Michigan for $7,995.00 . Great looking little wooden boat. The owner pulled the inboard motor, filled the aperture in the Rudder and uses a small outboard instead. Nice, clean and simple.
http://www.sailboattraderonline.com/find/listing/1961-CHOEY-LEE-25-Frisco-Flyer-93095103

Duck Boats....

I watched about 90 Celtics games this past season and Maya watched lots of first quarters before she had to go to bed. She even fell asleep on the couch and floor for a couple of the bigger games. So when the C's finally won, we had to go to the Rolling Rally parade in the beginning of June. I was trying to think of a reason to post the pictures of it here on our boat project blog. I'm going to use the excuse that this is boat related because the Celtics rolling rally was on the Boston duck BOATS.

A shot of Lucky, the mascot leading the parade and KG holding the trophy and his bud Sam Cassell.

Big Baby with no shirt (he doesn't seem like the sharpest guy on the team but he did his part to help with the win).


Also Ray Ray, showing the three point signal the refs made all season long (except for the painful end of the season drought.)

Lots of kids there.

We had such a great spot and were with in reaching distance of the guys and the trophy. I don't know who had more fun.



Lets do it next year!

Sail folding 101...

Not much to write here. The kid and I took advantage of a nice sunny day in June to learn to inspect, clean and fold the sails. Basically, it was just an excuse to be outside on a nice day.





Super cute Mommy (Mammi) looking on.

Volvo broken down and "cleaned" up...

Basically, this was/is a learning experience for me. The Volvo, being a single cylinder diesel is a very simple motor for me to work on. I've never done this but the huge simple parts make it very easy to understand and work on.

Like the Johnson outboard, I just scrubbed this thing as clean as I could get it and then broke it down being careful to take lots of pictures as I went along. To my novice eyes, the major components looked to be in serviceable shape and I think I have found the rest of what I may need on line (for the right price). To have someone else do all of this would be easier but expensive and I wouldn't learn anything so it makes sense to me to tool around on this myself.


This thing in its current state could almost be taken apart a little more, dipped and painted the original color before assembly. We'll see how much that costs.

Deck waiting to go down...

The deck pieces have been cut and soaked up as much West System as they can handle. Its all ready to go down as soon as I come up with the funds to buy the cloth, screws and more Epoxy. Hopefully tis will happen before the summer ends. Until then I'm working on things that I have all the parts/equipment/money for.