What's the most wasteful project you worked on this winter?
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I don’t want to look, now.
That is a work of art, Greg. Too bad most guests won't be able to enjoy its beauty, unless they show up to help with spring maintenance.
I have no comparison data. I was fortunate that my Hunter had a Gori folding prop when I bought her. But I like the way you think!
My "wasteful" project was removing the old macerator hoses that were still connected to the holding tank even though it was disconnected from the thru-hull and capped off. There was a lovely "collection" from previous owners being saved for a rainy day in those hoses.
Both of these boats.... I did a ton of work. Sold them. Then neither were ever sailed again.
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I sometimes wonder what happened to my old MacGregor 26S. I put a lot into it and sold it to a young, out of state couple who didn't know how to sail. Never heard from them again.
I wonder about my first two boats. I looked, but could never find them in the net.
My PDQ is sailed regularly. The new owners called or emailed once in a while for instructions for the first two seasons, not things that were wrong. We got along well. I've called them since to ask how certain projects were holding up, just for research. No problems. I sold a good boat.
What models are these? The one on the right looks like an Ericson or O'Day?
Well, that's about 10 days in a nursing home. Seems worth it to me, I'll just go on medicaid a few days earlier.
About 15 years after I sold my first boat, a Tanzer 22, I ended up in the same marina. She wasn't being sailed much until the owner passed it on to his son who is racing it.
My second boat has gone off to Lake Erie/Buffalo. Heard once from the new owner that he loved he boat.
I believe @Tally Ho's old boat, H280, is moored about 200' from me.
Greg - Are there any identifying marks on it besides the name?
Obsession was the name of my Hunter 280…I sold it to a guy who kept it in Belmont Harbor I think…I helped him sail it up there…but then I saw her for sale somewhere in the last 6 months.
Blue sailcover and dodger, nothing too distinguishable From a lot of other Hunters.
Greg
Blue sailcover and dodger, nothing too distinguishable From a lot of other Hunters.
Greg
It sounds like its the same boat since Belmont is close. Obsession is written on the side of the hull close to the stern in vinyl. Two or three colors if I remember correctly. Good looking boat
Yep…that sounds like my old H280. Wife named her…used to be Misbehavin’ or something like that…she didn’t like the connotation I guess.
i changed the name and did the appropriate renaming rituals, and added the name in blue lettering (a couple of shades), near the stern on both sides of the hull.
She is a great little boat. I ended up wanting something a little bigger, a little heavier, with a little more “character”…when Tally Ho (1988 O’Day 322) came back on the market…I had tried to buy it 4 or 5 years earlier. Ut was too late getting an offer made… I made a quick decision to move up.
I could take her out in a fair amount of wind though…
Here is the “fleet” after I brought Tally Ho home from Holland, MI parked next to Obsession.
Greg
Yup. That's it for sure! The ducks love the sugar scoop and leave a mess behind for the owner to clean up
The key to that discussion is "The boat won't heel as much."
You could do like I did, and jibe the main until it ripped across on of the batten pockets…
”I guess I didn’t control that jibe as much as I thought I could…guess we need a new sail”.
The key to that is waiting until the end of the season so you can order the new sail over the winter layup
Greg
There is someone on our forum that will post the RYBC or what ever it's called and say it isn't to code. That was and is my first thought. Then I heard the parrot on my shoulder, yep that red one with the horns and holding a pitchfork, saying "Your boat, your choice".
As for me.....chasing leaks from the top side. I swear that they had every shortcut written down and used them in the build. Example: Teak trim along the cabin top sides above the windows. Drill a hole, apply trim, screw it into the fiberglass. NO consideration that water will get in, soak any balsa core, get into the window frame, flow down and drip out where the interior cabin lights are mounted, rusting out the light fixtures and end up with dirty rusty water stains on my 41 year old cushions. And thats not all. I could go on and on. But I love my boat and all its little quirks. I mean where else can I spend all my money and really enjoy every pennies worth?