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  1. Congratulations, Pete. She looks very fine. Can’t wait to see the final color.
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  2. Wrapping up this CS15 Building Thread My Core Sound 15 is built, rigged, and sailed more than a dozen times. In a crazy year, bringing the Norma T from a van-load of wooden pieces, materials, and supplies into a nicely functioning sailboat for my family and me has been very satisfying. I brought the full kit home on April 26 and launched it for the first time on July 23 after about 50 working days over three months. My sails were delayed from COVID issues and I finally actually sailed Norma T on my 67th birthday, September 14. What a GREAT birthday gift!! After practice with rigging and actual sailing days I’ve become comfortable and efficient getting the boat ready for launch and putting it away next to my home. I am learning more about how to sail it. So, now it’s a good time to close this building thread. I’ve begun a new thread called CS15 — Sailing the “Norma T” on this forum website. The boat is now tucked away for the winter and will come out of its hibernation in six months. Then, it’s all about having sailing adventures in the spring, summer, and fall of 2021. I enjoyed my trip to the 2020 Messabout last week as my first adventure. I described in the new thread. Here I am in the B&B Yachts yard: I came home from the sunny 80 degree sunshine in North Carolina to Wisconsin’s 25 degree snow. Then again, Wisconsin’s cold weather IS moving us toward ski season, just around the corner. Yesterday, I traveled downstate with my wife to briefly visit three of our four kids (my fourth just arrived today from Ohio for a week’s visit.) We also used the day-trip to stop in at the former service station where the Norma T is spending the winter. We got things out of the boat, opened the hatches, threw a couple packs of De-Con on the sole, and put a couple tarps over the top. It is neatly tucked away next to my oldest daughter’s little Scamp camper. I just noticed the gas price in the upper right corner... yes, I remember those prices when I was buying gas for my ‘63 Olds 88 and my 11 foot speedboat. ? So, thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed my CS15 build thread. Now, for some sailing adventures.
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