Wednesday is photo day!
- Thread starter Dave Gibson
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McLoon's Warf, Rockland, Me. Where I spent the Summer of '77 aboard Sunflower. Those 10' tides and seaweed coated ladder made for interesting gymnastics.
Sunflower, our 56' family live aboard. I don't recognize the marina, but it looks like Tarpon Springs, Fl. judging by the sign on the building in the background.
-Will (Dragonfly)
-Will (Dragonfly)
Will, i spent the season of 77' as a wheelsman aboard the SS Sylvania. built in 02'
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/historic/perspectives/sylvania/sylvania_geneo.jpg
and used some of my earnings to pay cash for this
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/180377-imai-b-1196-bmw-r100s
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/historic/perspectives/sylvania/sylvania_geneo.jpg
and used some of my earnings to pay cash for this
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/180377-imai-b-1196-bmw-r100s
Clark Mills design, sharpie schooner inspired, fiberglass over plywood construction, 56' LOA, 12'+ Width, 5' Draft. A walk-in engine room separated the main cabin from the aft cabin, where my two brothers and I lived. There were no staterooms, the main cabin was all open. main cabin had a head, the aft cabin had a milk jug. The center cockpit was flush deck with bench seat storage boxes. The three mast rig was intended to keep it small, simple and easy to sail single handed.
Sunflower in her home birth at Clearwater Marina.
I'll post more pictures when I have more time.
-Will (Dragonfly)
We're ready to move to Georgia. Especially how they are handling this attack on the NRA. Sounds like our kind of people. I've only been thru Atlanta, but it's supposed to be a nice place to retire.
A discussion for a different forum. We've been looking at retiring in Georgia for some some. Going to have to plan some visits there.
There are very few docks in my area. I don't have shore power on this boat, and I don't recall ever needing it.
We do have great sunsets.
Will, did your Dad build the schooner? It must have been wild in those days.
'Cruising', as we know it today (long term living and traveling on a sailboat), was a pretty new idea.
We do have great sunsets.
Will, did your Dad build the schooner? It must have been wild in those days.
'Cruising', as we know it today (long term living and traveling on a sailboat), was a pretty new idea.
Clark
Clark built the Old Man's first boat, an optimus pram when he was a kid around 12. They had known each other a long time. Clark also built my pram, mostly.
- Will (Dragonfly)
Naushon Island, across Vineyard Sound from Martha's Vineyard. A cottage and a nearby lighthouse...
Banshee at the Barred Islands (east Pen Bay) this September.
I built a Pizza Hut in Littleton, New Hampshire many moons ago....roughly 1969 or so...great Mayor at that time...
I took him a set of plans and a box of doughnuts and he introduced me to all the office staff and handed me a building
permit....all in one morning.....a very special place.....you are very fortunate to live in such a beautiful place !!! Patrick
I took him a set of plans and a box of doughnuts and he introduced me to all the office staff and handed me a building
permit....all in one morning.....a very special place.....you are very fortunate to live in such a beautiful place !!! Patrick
Nice Pics Tod. I sail around those same waters and recognized the pictures immediately... We pass by therensailing between Lake Tashmoo (MV) and Cuttyhunk. Sail out of Cataumet, but venture down that way several times per year. It's gonna be ugly there tomorrow with the Nor'easter!