Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

Robatoy wrote:
Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

OF COURSE, that's how you do it! Might verify that you sent in those
insurance premiums on time too...

"Robatoy" wrote:

Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

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Sure beats having to unstep the masts.

Cant tell for sure, but looks like a Hinckley.

IOW, if you have to ask, you can't afford.

Lew


Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4e967b73$0$5606
:


"Robatoy" wrote:

Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

---------------------------------
Sure beats having to unstep the masts.

Cant tell for sure, but looks like a Hinckley.

IOW, if you have to ask, you can't afford.

Lew


Lew

Something like "unstepping" the mast is what we did in sailing summercamp
in Friesland often enough, with 16 m^2 boats and such.
The "tjalk" didn't, though. For images see:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/4xntg87
or
http://www.google.com/search?q=tjalk...w=1003&bih=633
&site=webhp&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ& sa=X&ei=ir6WToeqHKjG0AH
Wuc3TBA&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQsAQ

They still race these things ... Not all boats finish every race:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6hlw8le
or
http://www.debinnenvaart.nl/binnenva...chepen/vrachts
chepen_oud/skutsje/skutsjesilen/kentering.html

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:48:20 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote:

Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

That's one way, eh? I wonder if he flooded her bilge to get that
buoyancy change. Do wee ships like that have ballast tanks or
adjustable ballast weights?

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

On Oct 13, 1:46*am, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote:
Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

---------------------------------
Sure beats having to unstep the masts.

Cant tell for sure, but looks like a Hinckley.

IOW, if you have to ask, you can't afford.

Lew

Lew

That is a beautiful ketch. Probably around a million?

On 13 Oct 2011 10:45:16 GMT, Han wrote:

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4e967b73$0$5606
:


"Robatoy" wrote:

Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

---------------------------------
Sure beats having to unstep the masts.

Something like "unstepping" the mast is what we did in sailing summercamp
in Friesland often enough, with 16 m^2 boats and such.

Seeing that name sure shocked me this morning. I started a book by
David Drake, _The Sharp End_, last night and the title of the first
chapter was "Nieuw Friesland".


The "tjalk" didn't, though. For images see:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/4xntg87
or
http://www.google.com/search?q=tjalk...w=1003&bih=633
&site=webhp&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ &sa=X&ei=ir6WToeqHKjG0AH
Wuc3TBA&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQsAQ

They still race these things ... Not all boats finish every race:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6hlw8le

What? No keel? They must operate in very shallow areas.

I had the good fortune to be at the harbor in Oceanside, CA about 15
years ago and got to ride on an old sailing ship, the Pilgrim. We
"crew" got to haul the sheets and they sailed her out about a mile
from shore. There they let the more adventurous of us climb the
rigging. The movement up there was about a 6x8' oval. That was a real
blast! One of the very best $20 trips I've ever been on.

Paying $20 for a ride in a Bell 47 (the Bubble) and $25 for a ride in
a Robinson R-44 helicopter were two more. I was the first commercial
ride the new pilot girl gave after soloing that morning, so we had
fun.

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

Larry Jaques wrote in
:

What? No keel? They must operate in very shallow areas.

Yes. I think the draft of these things is about 3-5 feet.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Oct 13, 9:08*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
*I was the first commercial
ride the new pilot girl gave after soloing that morning, so we had
fun.

I take it you sent out the laundry that day, eh?

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *-- Herbert Spencer

On Oct 13, 6:45*am, Han wrote:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4e967b73$0$5606
:











"Robatoy" wrote:

Good chance you've seen this already, but to me it never gets old.

http://tinyurl.com/643vm5k

---------------------------------
Sure beats having to unstep the masts.

Cant tell for sure, but looks like a Hinckley.

IOW, if you have to ask, you can't afford.

Lew

Lew

Something like "unstepping" the mast is what we did in sailing summercamp
in Friesland often enough, with 16 m^2 boats and such. *
The "tjalk" didn't, though. *

Ah yes, the good old BM, and later a couple of Regenboog (20m^2)
When all my friends went camping with family or church groups, I was
lucky enough to go to sailing camp on the Friesian lakes.
My water polo coach was the leader of that camp and was an
enthusiastic sailer and hailed from Sneek. A bit of a bully when it
came to keeping things tidy, but that was helpful later in life. The
Rainbow was my favourite and I'm told that original ones are fetching
stupid money to collectors. Some fine examples are like jewelry.
The last year I went we had 2 Volksboots. We were tied up to the dock
more than we went out.

On 13 Oct 2011 13:15:54 GMT, Han wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote in
:

What? No keel? They must operate in very shallow areas.

Yes. I think the draft of these things is about 3-5 feet.

Amazing. She has two akimbo centerboards for keepin' her straight
with a side wind, I see.

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:33:00 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote:

On Oct 13, 9:08*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
*I was the first commercial
ride the new pilot girl gave after soloing that morning, so we had
fun.

I take it you sent out the laundry that day, eh?

Ackshully, I was drunk that day but remember it vividly, and I didn't
void from -either- end, thankyouverymuch. No, when I meant fun, it
was just a blast zooming around like a dragonfly in that bubble. I did
stop to point out the 3/4millionKV lines above once, though.

Happily, I had sobered up by the time I enjoyed the other two trips.

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

"Robatoy" wrote:

That is a beautiful ketch. Probably around a million?
-----------------------------
That will get you started.

Depending on how it is fitted out, could easily reach $2Meg.

Lew

Larry Jaques wrote in
:

On 13 Oct 2011 13:15:54 GMT, Han wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote in
m:

What? No keel? They must operate in very shallow areas.

Yes. I think the draft of these things is about 3-5 feet.

Amazing. She has two akimbo centerboards for keepin' her straight
with a side wind, I see.

Yes. The amazing thingis that these boats could be handled by just 2
people, skipper and his wife/tow mule.

--
Best regards
Han
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