Steve Day

We're getting into the 70's tomorrow. I have started to refinish my Spindrift, getting ready for the Perdido Wooden Boat Show. No ice here, except in our drinks. Steve

Greg, I haven't been on the forum for a while. I got from your post that you are getting ready to order sails for the Spindrift. Are you actually building yours? Steve

Now Ray, that is a cool idea. Red Green needs to be further immortalized for all of those who don't know who he is. The Red Green in duct tape is pure genius. Steve

I am planning to go, but ran into a bit of a wrinkle a couple of days ago when my boat got chartered for that week. However, I am not giving up on the BEER cruise yet. I'm working on an alternate for our boat and might be able to make it that way. I don't think I want to do the whole cruise in my Spindrift. That would be a little too small and open. The Hobie Cat might be a possibility, with my wife running a chase car. In some form I plan to be there. Steve

Frank and Greg, You know you can do it. Just get started. Boat building is preferable to carousing around in some bar, so I've been told. It is certainly more healthy. Go for it!!!!!! Steve

Hey, that's cool. Thanks for finding the button again. Those of us that have finished our Spindrifts wish you and Greg would get yours done. :wink: Steve

Frank, I have been away from the forum for some time, but I distinctly remember a spell-check option being available. What happened to it? BTW, have you gotten the Spindrift done yet? Steve

Garry, I have to add that as soon as the bottom bolt is slipped in, I put the top two bolts in and get the nuts on them. I probably over-simplified the process, but it is harder to describe than to do. How are you doing down there in Crystal River? We were down that way in Leesburg last week, but we were on a tight schedule and could not even try to get over to the coast. Steve

Hey guys, I opted to use the five bolt setup for my Spindrift rather than Garry's clips. I assemble the boat in the water by crouching in the after section and bringing the forward section to me as I slip the first (bottom) bolt into the mating holes. It is a bit intimidating the first couple of times you do it and you get a little water in the boat, but it is now quite simple to connect the boat. Would I do it this way again? Yep. Would I consider the "clips?" Yep. Depends on what you want to do, where you are sailing, and how often you assemble and disassemble the boat. Steve

I am using a Dell Insperion 1300 laptop that we bought for my work as Registrar for our Emmaus Community. I have the Microsoft Office Suite on the machine and use an Access database extensively in the registrar role. This machine has 540 Mb of RAM and a 1.6 GHz processor and I have had no problems with it, but 1 GB of RAM is a good idea. This unit, with all of the software installed, cost us $600, so we bought three of them for the leaders of the orgenization. This happened this summer. Your price of $800 is right in the "ball park." Steve

I went ahead and registered too. I hope this thing works out. Steve

Interesting concept, Frank. I wish you well and will lurk out there for a bit to see how it develops before joining in. Steve

We put the boat in the water today and she floats! Here are a couple of shots of the boat and me on the water. BTW, we did not get any water or spray in the boat running around at speed on 1' chop. She will do 19+ knots with three folks in the boat. Great boat!! Steve

Howdy Y'all, I know I haven't been on the forum much lately, but what little spare time I have had has been invested in the little Garvey that I have built. It is now ready for the water and I expect to have it floating sometime tomorrow. Here are a few shots of the boat resting on its trailer for your enjoyment. I know it is not a sailboat, but I wanted something to explore the rivers around here that went a little faster than my Spindrift. I expect this one to do a little better than 20 kts. Hopefully, this boat will do that. It is also configured to be towed behind the big boat when we sail locally. Steve

Hello All! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I have been away from the forum for a time as things are a little busy around here, but will try to get on from time-to-time in the future. Our prayers go out to each of you today. Also, we are praying for those in uniform, particularlay those in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. May we all have a blessed and safe day today. Steve

Mike, I was wondering how your boat was coming along. She sure looks fine! Makes my boat look like a work boat, but that's OK. Great work! Steve

Gina and I had a nice visit with Garry and his wife as they passed through the Mobile area this afternoon. We visited over dinner at the local Cracker Barrel. It was great to meet another member of this forum. They expect to be in the Crystal River area tomorrow. Thanks for the visit, Garry. Steve

Howard, The only seats on my Spindrift which were not epoxied in place (Compartment in the bow and aft compartments) were the aft seat and the center seat. The aft seat was set up so it fit tight and remains in place unless I pop it out with the heel of my hand. The center seat has to be positioned carefully to get it in and/or out of position (past the nesting screws) and it would be difficult for it to come out by itself. Additionally, I added a seat on each side of the boat for sailing, that spans from the center seat to the floatation compartment. Those seats are bolted to the compartment and to the center seat. Here are pictures of the side seats before I added the hold down bolts to the seats. I found that they needed to be bolted down when I sailed as they would move out of position as I moved about in the boat. I hope that gives you an idea of what I did. Steve

No, I expect you are not looking forward to driving the truck across the country. You will be going past the house about 2.5 miles from where we live when you "land" on the east shore of Mobile Bay. We could meet you guys for a meal or overnight, if it works out on your way through. My cell phone is 251-421-1847. We can meet with you if you give us a couple of hours notice. I never worked at Crystal River, but I've known a bunch of folks who worked there during the construction of the units. I was working at St. Lucie, Martin and Manatee Plants for FPL at that time and a lot of the craft folks worked at Crystal River. That is a nice area and a good location to look for somewhere to build the Princess 28. Glad to see you are getting back to the east part of the country. Steve

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What a cool note! This boatbuilding thing is truly international and it is great to cross those political borders so easily. Where are you going in Florida? Steve

Scott, "Jenjor Renea" it is! I just picked up on the thread above and thought you had named her that. :oops: It would be fitting, but this name is much better, as I'm sure there is a family connection there. Sorry about the mix-up. Glad to hear you had a good trip over and back and a successful fitting out and launch. Remember to have a little fun with the boat while it is on the lake for the trailer adjustment. Steve

Good to see another nesting Spindrift on the water! Congratulations on the launch and what looked like a fine day on the water. Steve

Scott, She looks great on the water and you guys look like you were enjoying yourselves even with very little wind. May you have many fine adventures on "Raindrops." She is a fine looking boat. Steve

With all of the accolades, it's a little redundant to add mine, but I will anyway. Great job and a very nice looking boat. You should be proud of her. Steve