| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
OH MY GOD!!!!!!! WHAT HAVE I DONE??????????
Hello folks! I just bought a sailboat! Now what?
What a scary situation! I just bought a Herreshoff S-boat. 27 feet
long, 46 foot mast, cedar on oak, mint condition. It is presently
located in Niantic, thought I am not sure that is where it will
stay.
This boat is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. Sleek, fast,
a real sailboat. But I have never owned one before. Fortunatly,
I have wooden boat owner friends, but what an adventure to start
out on!
Do you remember your first boat? Your feelings when you got it?
Your apprehensions? I can only repeat in my mind what Joshua Slocum
said when asked (while rebuilding the Spray), "Will it pay?" He
said, "I'll MAKE it pay!"
Can I get enough sailing out of it? Am I up to the boat?
I'll make it pay!
I am grateful for the existence of this note file! Hope to strike
up many aquaintances! Write when you can!
Gregg Germain
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 686.1 | 3D::GINGER | Wed Nov 04 1987 15:01 | 11 | ||
Bought, actually built, my first boat about 27 years ago (scares
hell out of me to note that number!)
One old proverb I believe is very true- Two happiest days in a mans
life are when he buys his first boats, and when he SELLS his first
boat!.
Good Luck!
Ron
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| 686.2 | a beautiful boat!! | VLNVAX::FRENIERE | Thu Nov 05 1987 10:39 | 30 | |
You picked a hot one! You have got to get your friends
with woooden boats together to counsel you. I could not tell
if a, you have no sailing experience, b, you have never owned
any boat before?
Winter layup and Spring prep are the first things you need to
get in order. If no prior seanmanship experience, then the
Power Squadron course!
You need to prep the hull for winter layup. Has it been in the
water and just pulled? If so, you should coat the bottom with
a 50/50 mix of cheap soft workboat paint and boiled linseed oil.
I actually throw some varnish in the mix as per "Wooden Boat"
magazine. This is intended to help keep your hull from drying
out too fast and stressing the fastenings. They also recommend
giving the topside a coat. I'm going to do that this year.
Mine is mahogany over oak and unless you can get her in by
early June, she will open up on you. Then you fill the seams
with gunk, put the boat in the water and all the gunk gets
squeezed back out.
I would recommend the 5200 sealant as opposed to seam compound,
it is elastic and I did not have to spend hours picking out
loose dried compound and then resealing and finishing.
Well, that is an idea or two. Check your rigging and sails now!
If youwait till spring, you may not find a shop with enough time
to work on your items!!
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