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Looks like another great time! Sorry to miss the raft-up, those are always a good time. Kalos was at the Madisonville Wood Boat festival again this year (that why we missed the Messabout) . She again got first place for sailboats. With the amount of drones in the air I am quite certain there will be YouTube videos soon.

It is a custom design. Round bilge, longer than the 26 and has just on 6' head room which I find comfortable being 6'1". Boat weighs 5000 # (not fully provisioned) and draws just on 2 ft with the centerboard up. There is 14 HP diesel that burns less than 1 gal per hour at 2000 rpm with 15 gal tank. Two Freedom batteries 200 Ah, 100 W solar panel with full fuse panel and smart charger/inverter. Composting toilet in an enclosed head, 40 gal water in two tanks. There is a two burner plus oven marine stove and 25# fiberglass LP tank. Ice box that holds 100# of ice. Sits on a trailer. I tow it with Ford F150 2.8L Eco boost. Made a trip to Charleston, SC cruising at 55MPH. Good quality cabinetry through out. The entire build is documented here on this forum. PeterP

Pictures from the Messabout. Feel free to add if you have some! The weekend flew by. Writeup to come. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ot1AimxV9mwmcFGd6

Alan, great pics. Wish I was there. I've made a promise to myself to focus on being there next year. I'm assuming those two boys are yours. Enjoy every moment of the amusement and unproductivity they provide. It doesn't last forever.

It's been awhile (15 years) but I went into Home Depot back then and looked in the Vinyl siding section and found a piece of extruded trim that is about 3/4 x 1/2 and I think it's at least 10 feet long. It's pulled may fair curves in it's lifetime with hopefully many more to go. Hopefully yhey still have this. Pic: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMlU_1VC8tTkcQQrtwHpU0YSOjUznp0Kz2C0tbHR0uaWbor3cClQKHbcb_cIcCbGw/photo/AF1QipMZql8HiuNEpM8O0YrfTly7gplUzH0J_YIZfweV?key=Q3JhMGRjeHpOMjFOakR6VnNpbXd0bVFxTHUyVGNR

@Andy Woerner Please introduce yourself to me. I’ll be there with my CS17 Windependent.