This is a Shur-Flo strainer for the seawater-flush head of C44 no.35, Alliance (2015). Note the idiotic design of the bracket. How does one screw elbows to the strainer's head if the mounting holes are directly behind it? This perplexed me to the point of ranting angrily at the Shur-Flo tech people. 2 Oct 2014
This is C44 no.16, Frolic, which was riding anchor in Fall River when a large steel fishing boat dragged in a hurricane and tangled alongside. This caused Frolic's anchor to drag till she came up against an ugly steel bulkhead and, with the fishing boat banging into her all night, the bulkhead sawed through the shrouds, bringing down the rig, and holed her topsides. Keeping to his policy of 'We don't scrap our boats', Dave bought her as salvage and brought her home, where her hull and deck were repaired. Now she awaits a new rig and a new owner's choice of Awlgrip and updated equipment. Dave may choose to keep her as a 'shop boat' and attend shows and events up and down the East Coast. 13 Jan 2015
Here is the seawater-flush pump we got from Raritan for the toilet in Alliance, which, though unmarked, has these Shur-Flo-type connectors for slip-in hose barbs. They're almost impossible to pry up and down without damaging the pump, the barb or yourself. I nicked this one pretty well with the needlenosed nippers. It's another sad example of how little thought goes into the design and engineering of equipment we ought to be able to take for granted. 2 Oct 2014
Here is the toilet-flush water's intake seacock on Alliance, the typical 3/4" Forespar Marelon unit. I complained about this because the hose barb on the head is too short to allow two individual hose clamps, such as ABYC recommends/requires. I mean what the heck? Note that this is the OEM type of Marelon seacock, which retail buyer can't buy, because it relies on proper application of 5200, which too many retail customers won't do properly; so the retail customers get the ones with three ears and three bolt holes, which retail customers so often feel is a nuisance. I have this type on Diana [wink]. 2 Oct 2014
This is a Shur-Flo strainer for the seawater-flush head of C44 no.35, Alliance (2015). Note the idiotic design of the bracket. How does one screw elbows to the strainer's head if the mounting holes are directly behind it? This perplexed me to the point of ranting angrily at the Shur-Flo tech people. 2 Oct 2014
This is White Hawk, C44 no.7 (1977), which was restored by Dave and his new Cherubini Yachts in two extensive sessions over 2003-2009. Lastly in 2012 it returned and Lee removed its original 11,500-lb lead shoe and had it recast as a Scheel keel, matching the profile of newer boats. It was a beautifully-done job-- the boat floats exactly on its lines (note slime line aft), perhaps one of the few C44s that, as sailed, ever did. Most are stern-heavy due to owner-specified add-ons like generators, etc. Hull no.7 was the 1977-1979 show boat at Stamford, Newport and Annapolis. I designed the interior layout of this boat when I was 20. It is one of only two or three C44s with varnished-teak cabinsides, although Chris, the owner, took the advice of a friend in the coatings business and had us apply a porch-furniture finish to the stripped teak. This caused irreparable damage to the 35-year-old teak planks, opening the grain and admitting water; and the boat will never look the same again. 28 Jul 2012
This is First Light, C44 no.6 (1977), which was dramatically restored at Cherubini Yachts from 2005-2008. It is now loving sailed by Rob, an environmental lawyer at Charleston. Dave and I developed what we call the 'D'-rig, having independently-stayed spars (no triatic), for this boat and as the current new-boat spec.
This is Emerald, ex-Ecstasy, ex-Diana, the Cherubini 44 plug (1975) which was meant to be my dad's own boat. Circumstances conspired to deny him this, which is part of the reason my H25 is called Diana, in memory of this boat and his dream. Despite appearances this poor boat was really in sad shape, needing a full drying-out of the strip-planked hull (such as in a dehumidified barn) and a full gutting of the hydraulics and mechanicals that the former owner, a hydraulics engineer, had cluttered it with. But the new owner's budget did not permit us to do a first-rate job, such as the boat deserves. You can see the internal bronze sheave which the former owner installed inside the metal-cage bowsprit to carry the anchor rode out the end of the bowsprit (read my comments about the first pic here). Still, this is where I reported to work all summer of 2012. Pretty cool. 13 Apr 2012
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This is a Shur-Flo strainer for the seawater-flush head of C44 no.35, Alliance (2015). Note the idiotic design of the bracket. How does one screw elbows to the strainer's head if the mounting holes are directly behind it? This perplexed me to the point of ranting angrily at the Shur-Flo tech people. 2 Oct 2014

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