Tim Diebert

Captain, my '72 Johnson 6hp is 50:1 as well. Ask Max, he will know...

Doc, I just read a book about that race...about four books ago. Awesome stuff. Oh, actually, it was the 98 race...where all those folks died and boats sunk? I got into audio books a few years back, played them in the shop while working.....got bugger all done....didn't want to make any noise. Ah, I hate those dang machines anyway.

I was struck by how funny looking it was as well....and by the way it looked like a real life cartoon. I also thought it was a poorly sized image and was squished. I posted the pictures here....but then later on came across a file with a WORD doc of the owners performance report of the boat after a season of cruising. I believe he is (was) on the eastern US coast somewhere. Anyway, I read that piece this afternoon and it sounded like the chap was very pleased with the boat. As the designer/builder and owner he felt the project was a total success. The measured speed range is basically identical to a weekender. I am glad you all got a kick out of it. Actually, crawling around the file room of the microcruisers stuff found some pretty unusual boats...this one is fairly 'normal' looking. I find them all fascinating. Guitars, cars, women, art, music, motorcycles and boats.......it's all in the eye of the beholder. 8) Someone loves that boat.

Yes Ray, I see your point. Though this one looks a capable little unit. Funny looking yes, but solid. To me, it looks like the basic hull form has taken some cues from Laytons Little Cruiser or Paradox. And that boat and owner has a distinctive set of accomplishments.

OK...I think I figured out why you can't see'm. They are hosted by a yahoo group and these pages are members only....so unless you know the secret handshake you are not going to see them. So I downloaded them, and then uploaded them to my own server....and Viola` here you go...

Found this in the Micro Cruiser files. No, it is not a photshoped imaged, that is to scale and real. Called 'Bredan'. A one-of me thinks. Described as Larry Brown's ultimate microcruiser.

What are you doing home Mr. 1? You should get back out there too!

Thanks Tom, now I don't have to call the guy I borrowed the book from. The thing that got me was not the survival process...which was amazing enough....it was the fact that the boat was stove in by Orcas. I have sailed and fished with those things close enough to smell thier breath. They have always scared the hell out of me (whilst always in a wee boat) and yet, somehow after reading that book my fear of these critters has not diminished. :shock: I am going to look for a copy of Adrift. Other folks misadventures make for excellent reading.

I borrowed it from a sailing buddy here in town, I will ask him the particulars Mr. Tom.

kind of reminds me of a book I read a coupla months ago. Family out cruising on a big beautiful 45 foot wood ketch. Attacked by killer whales two days west of the Galapigos...nowhersville9I would not have believed it, but they actually watched it happen). The boat sunk in less than ten minutes. They grabbed one 'disaster' bag, an inflatable and a 8 foot hard dingy. They were in those two 'boats' for a while, the inflatable died after about 14 days and ended the adventure with all these folks in the glass dink.....28 days I think. Husband, wife, and 3 kids...one kid was a guest. An amazing story. Not the best writing in the world (the author was the skipper), but very informative and inspiring.

Before you do the job, go out and rent a digital video camera and have your wife shoot the whole thing.....we need some action shots!

If you have to have a motor boat I figure that one is pretty cool. I often thought if I ever got another one I would want a vintage runabout or better yet, a wood/steam powered launch. I say go for it fireman, it will be fun to take it to your local boat show when you are done. Plus the damn thing is right where you live, how often is a chance like that going to come around? My two sense.

Got this link from another group....very interesting. http://www.hyc.ie/news/newsview.asp?newsid=285

Excellent as always Bob. Just wondering what (exactly) is the foam double sided tape? I use the stuff a lot in my work, two types; the thin clear stuff and some that has about a 1/16" foam core between the two sticky faces. You have a nice sized piece there. Mine (the foam stuff) is only available (what I have found) in a 3/4" roll. What brand is yours and where do you get it? Thanks. BTW, is this boat for your own use? Or a client project?

Sounds like an excellent day Ray. I am glad you finally got to go out. It was very clever to hang on the puddle jumper. Any action on the Cal? Never did like root beer. Why would anyone want to ruin good beer with roots? :?

Just checked the weather in these folks area and it looks........interesting. Some rain, maybe some sun....but thunderstorms passing through so lots of wind. Could be some interesting stories here.

Great read. Man, you got it! That's the deal. It's not about building boats it's about sailing them. Stump...you read this dude? Get on it! You are doing all that crappy sanding and time spent so you can own a sailboat and sail it! Bill and Barry...you guys nailed it. Doesn't matter what I am doing on a boat...even when I worked on them while in the water (which was a LOT)....just being on the water is the best place a person can be. Even riding the giant BC Ferries over to Vancouver Island, as often as I do this, I love it every time. Last time across it was blowing 28knots down the straight and the water looked amazing. How do I know it was blowing that hard?... I knocked on the bridge door and asked

Wow, that's quite an offer Mike. I have found that there is a kind of perpetual maintainance aspect to a boat. Every Spring there are always things that need to be done, new cracks, bad varnish/paint, loose joints etc. I am usually having to fix things all during the season as well. For me though, I am currently 'into it'. As long as a person is still interested in their boat and is actually actively using it, these things get taken care of on an ongoing basis it seems... because the interest is there. I have seen what Konrad and Frank are feeling. I have come to think it can be just part of the natural life cycle of boats....specially wood boats. Personally, I love to see an older not so wonderful boat go to a new owner that is going to have the focus and energy to get the job done and get out there and give the boat new life. Even if you can't sell it for much, someone like Mikes program or even an ad in the paper saying free boat to someone that wants to fix and sail. Could help out a young guy with a new family or some kids that will put life and love into a boat that will be new and wonderful to them. My 2 cents worth.

Yes, thanks Bill. I got an email from him last night. Pretty exciting stuff! That boat carries plenty of sail :shock: There should be a pretty interesting sailing report from you next week eh?

Actually, going by your descriptions there, I had planned on making and experimenting with something like a 'ghoster'...what I had been calling a reacher. All these names eh? Keeps you on your toes.....and keeps lubbers lubberly. So a yankee is basically almost a lapper deep, but with a higher clew. Interesting. Thanks Dave. In my case the plan is to not hank to the forestay, as none of my headsails will be doing that any more (they are all wired luffs now) bu that the sail is attached at the tack and head and the clew is flown or poled out....I figured it would work from a beam reach on down. To gibe the sail you have to exchange tack for clew. A pain yes, but I have actually sailed with one of these on another boat. As long as there are two crew it is just time spent. And, like the previously mentioned sails, I expect this sail would come down at the first sign of a steady working breeze. I see this sail cut almost like a flattish spinnaker or a chubby genny. Like this: If anyone has any idea what shape two poly panels might need to be to create a similar shape, I am all ears. I plan to play with some poly versions then make one in light sail cloth eventually.

Busting in on R1's thread here: Craig says: So what's a Yankee? And why would you need additional stays? Curious. I am still planning on the topsail. I figured it would be awesome on those light days (sounds like a tv commercial.... :roll: ) Just so I can get a topsail up and working for the early part of this season, I am going to try and do it without extending the actual mast but add an extension to it. Kind of like we spoke of before. http://www.timtone.com/tt/ttphotos/PhotosSailingTopsail.htm On the image of Charles Stocks boat on the bottom of that page, I just found out that on this 16 foot boat, the top sail spar is nine feet long. That is a substantial increase in area. :shock: Could be interesting. Charles writes that the top sail comes down as soon as there is a working breeze....I should say so.

Man, you put a ton of work into the website alone. Great job. The boat looks excellent! I love the one shot of it almost done sitting there in the back yard, grass all around except for a raw patch of dirt around the immediate perimeter of the boat Been there done that. Dirt on dry days, mud on the others. But my favorite image is this one....

Great story Andrew. Laughed my butt off.

Awesome story Barry! Thanks for that. A wicked day for sure. Can't help but think about all those dozens of discussions about electric motors as an auxiliary. Sorry you guys had some hassle, but it might be a good and easy warning for other folks. Cheers, Tim D. with a 2 cylinder 6hp outboard on the Sailing Tugboat Annie M. 8)

Now me....I would build a form and gluelam veneers in my vaccum bag....but that's only me.