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... have been greatly exaggerated.
My sincere apologies to everyone. It has been far too long since I've worked on the Munchkin's saga. In truth, I have been working on the Munchkin, just not the one you all know and love. There is a second Munchkin in my life, but I can only work on her during good weather. Being that winter will soon be upon my little corner of the world, it's time to cover one Munchkin and brush the cobwebs off the other.
I hope you enjoy the latest installment of Matilda's adventures.
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P.S. If anyone want's to know what I'm talking about, follow this link to see the pictures of my other Munchkin.
http://picasaweb.google.com/112780736162408700796
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Lovely
Unfortunately, for all sorts of reasons my sailing days are past but I've done a bit in my time in both smaller and much bigger vessels than your Munchkin. Though it looks like her trip to the water may be impeded by the lack of wheels on her trailer.
I've always been a bit wary of drop keels, preferring to stick with the instability of centreboard dinghies or the security of fixed fin or bilge keel jobs. How long is Munchkin? I did once sail across the Irish Sea in a 23' Westerly which had the windward qualities of a pregnant duck and much preferred the 54' concrete ketch I made a similar voyage aboard more frequently.
Great stuff, though you should be ashamed of the apparently neglected bike I saw in one of your pictures :)
Robi
Pregnant Duck?
Robi,
I'm not sure I've ever seen a pregnant duck in the water so I don't know if that's good or bad. I'll assume from your phraseing the 23' Westerly doesn't maneuver very well.
The Munchkin is a vintage 1973 Clipper Marine 26' MKII. As for the trailer, all the wheels are there, just not on at that time. Looking at my posted pictures again, it looks like I've forgotten to post a couple, the Munchkin's first wetting down. She spent about 20 hours in the water last May; and some of her plywood is still wet, I didn't know about the bad seal around the depth sounder transducer. All that will get sorted out in time. Next summer I plan on doing lots of sailing, She should be in much better condition by then.
The bike belongs to my middle daughter. She abandoned it with me when she joined the Marine Corps, 5 years ago. I guess it's mine now and I really need to fix it up and start riding it around, to help me loose some weight. Although, I have a different idea of what biking means. I usually ride a 1988 Honda Goldwing, now that's a nice ride.
The windward ...
... qualities of a pregnant duck are poor. The Westerley Pageant is a sailing caravan and full headroom makes for too much windage. We sailed from Pwlhelli into a strong westerly towards Wicklow 25 miles south of Dublin but the Irish Sea has a 5kt tidal flow and we were off Dublin at one point in the night. The reward was a helter-skelter downwind surf on the way home 3 days later. I had her goose-winged all night with a preventer on the boom to stop a gybe and steered by the light on Bardsey Island. Everyone else was asleep below and I had a whale of a sail all on my own.
My last dinghy was a Laser but two-handers with varnished decks like a grand piano preceded it. Raced several times a week throughout the season for many years.
Done a lot of motor cycling too but a Leadwing isn't my scene :) BSAs, Triumphs, Ariels and 1960s BMWs for example and lots of them were thrown at rocks and mud from time time - sometimes with a sidecar attached.
Too bloody old and broken now, sadly.
Robi
Your'e a sailor too !!!
Congratulations! You know all the ropes then? Is Salt Lake too dense to sail on?
My last boat was a Magregor 26x, and I thought about living on it after the divorce, but just could not do it with my back the way it was then. It looks that you are doing a nice job of putting it all back. I hope that you have a good time with it next summer. Please let me know if you need a first mate, will you. My committment is up about mid June, and then I am free!
It is sad because up in Portland, there is mostly not enough wind to said with. Though I used to take it up to The San Juans, and just loved it.
Much peace
Gwendolyn
All the ropes
Hi Gwen,
I thought the only thing on a sailboat referred to as rope was the boltrope, in the leach and foot of the mainsail; which I have to replace in mine (my next sewing project, sail maker). Actually, this is my first boat. It's something I've always wanted to do and when I found this one listed on craig's list I couldn't pass on it. The standing joke is, I paid $1000 for a 30' duel axial boat trailer and the sailboat was free. They even threw in a couple of outboard motors to help seal the deal, they're both older than I am and only one runs, for now.
There are a couple of marina's on the Great Salt Lake, I'm told it makes for a nice sail. I'm much closer to Bear Lake and will probably try it out first. As for a first mate, I'm looking for someone that can teach me the art of sailing. Perhaps we can work something out.
eefdede
Hello! gkeacgg interesting gkeacgg site!
Nice project!
But there's to much 'glass and not enough wood! I'm a WoodenBoat kind of gal... (Hmmm,time to renew a subscription..)
A friend of mine recently added a Potter 19 to his family. Claimed he wanted to sail, not a project... He does get to sail, between the various "must fix now" and "Hmm, that looks nasty" projects on his boat. I laughed and reminded him of the truism about boats. All boats are project boats, it's just some of more straightforward about it...
Janice
ps. Be sure to show us the pictures from her first voyage. :-)
What is a boat?
Hello Penny!!
We had a couple of small boats in the family while I was growing up. We had 16 foot Boston Whaler with a 40 Hp Evinrude on the back. It was great for fishing and learning how to ski behind. The next boat was a 20' tri-hull boat with an 80 hp Evinrude. Eventually my dad sold them both. Then for retirement he purchased a 12' John boat with oars and trailer. Again that was sold eventually. He had a sign near his work bench. It reads like this.
What is a boat?
It is a hole in the water to pour money into.
So, I know you really like this sea worthy craft. You will put your heart and soul into it. The only way to do it justice, is fix it. Make it seaworthy again. Enjoy it to the max. Soon, the day will come that you will want a smaller boat, hence a smaller hole in the water to put your money into it.
Have fun with it Penny. Bring your friends on board have a great time to create a lot of great memories. I wish I am there when it happens.
Rachel