Here is a pretty good summary of the fiberglass repair / reinforcement portion of my Telstar restoration project.
Restored Telstar 28 Launch!
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Yeah, this video rocks too!
So Andrew, @agprice22 , when can you host a fly in that machine with Cindy and I. We'll gladly trade you a weekend daysail on Cayuga, and I promise little heel for the Mrs. Seriously...we need to meetup! Send me a PM if you're game.
Congratulations. An impressive block of work you did there! DIY awlgripping! Do you have a background in composite repair and paint work?
That made me giggle! No. I learned from my last few boats. But my father taught me to fix anything, so I know it is just a matter of research, tools, materials, and hard work.
Thank you for the compliment. And thanks to everyone who appreciated my video and the work on the boat!
Perhaps the best gift a dad can give a boy. My dad demonstrated a willingness to take on any task, even if he had no idea how to do it. He always said, "you don't need to know how to do something you just need to be willing to learn". He set up a paint booth in the basement and pretty much painted everything from shutters to bicycles. The fumes filled the house!
This is a great post, and very inspiring. I regularly say that my next upgrade from our Mac26S is going to be a Telstar 28. It seems to have just the right combination of simplicity, speed, shallow draft, price point, and comfort to make it a keeper. Looking forward to more videos! And congrats on a lot of hard work paying off.
So.. another goal for this season! I just purchased an asymmetrical spinnaker to deploy off the bowsprit. The PO, yes, him again, had never even used the genoa, let alone deployed the extendable bowsprit! We have restored it, and I am rigging controls for it this weekend. By next weekend, we will have an asymmetrical spinnaker with a sock ready to deploy. We are excited because Summer in the Finger Lakes can feature some light winds.
We are also ordering a Screecher for next season.
My friend will create a video of the Asymmetrical rigging and, hopefully, performance!
We are also ordering a Screecher for next season.
My friend will create a video of the Asymmetrical rigging and, hopefully, performance!
The Telstar is going really well. She is light and FAST compared to a mono. She is stable too. She does not have weather helm or round up in a blow. It is a little weird. She points fine. I have pointed high enough to beat several of our marina's faster 30+ foot monos to windward.
If you search on Sailing Firefly on Youtube, you will see lots of video I have posted. We have begun weekending on the boat, and she is comfortable. She rocks less than a mono.
My dad thought he could fix anything also. Then my Brother and I had to figure out how to fix what he had messed up. I learned a lot fixing his mistakes. It gave me the confidence to work on my own projects, and the understanding that I would screw them up as well. LOL
Haha. Yeah. It could get exciting to lift more than one hull of a Tri! Trimarans seem to be built to lift a hull readily or not. The telstar is a cruising tri built for stability, so she does not lift a hull as easily as a Corsair or a Dragonfly. However, she is easily as fast as 35 to 40 ft monohulls. I have had her up to 14 mph. That is an exciting ride. In 7-8 knots of wind, she will go 9-10 mph.
There are always a few of them for sale, but they are not cheap. I just happened to find one that needed a lot of care.
If you are interested, the boats seem to show up for sale first on the Telstar forum:
http://www.telstarowners.net/bb/index.php?sid=2aeed912127b260ac035273ab6c02b45
Honestly, for a 28 ft boat, it has an excellent amount of room, is fast, stable under sail and at the dock, doesn't heel, and easy amd exciting to sail. Like all boats, they have their flaws, but they can be overcome. It doesn't hurt that they turn heads and are pretty rare at only 60-ish built.
If you are interested, the boats seem to show up for sale first on the Telstar forum:
http://www.telstarowners.net/bb/index.php?sid=2aeed912127b260ac035273ab6c02b45
Honestly, for a 28 ft boat, it has an excellent amount of room, is fast, stable under sail and at the dock, doesn't heel, and easy amd exciting to sail. Like all boats, they have their flaws, but they can be overcome. It doesn't hurt that they turn heads and are pretty rare at only 60-ish built.