Brucel

Aslan is the only boat I have actually sailed (as compared to riding) and I loved it. I've had her up on her side for some long stretches and she seemed pretty fast to me. Unfortunately my wife didn't like when Aslan was heeled up on the chine. Since I got it for free I figure I can invest a little time and money in her; the sailboat that is. With my wife I've invested everything.

Hmmm, having trouble posting pictures with text. I'm not very good with computers.

There is a bow spirit that goes on the top of the bow that anchors the jib sail. Here's what the boat looked like before it went to Washington state.

Here's the main problem with restoring Aslan. My son discovered some wood rot and attempted to repair the keel. He added wood to each side then glassed it. I think I'm going to have to strip the fiberglass and redo it. I'm not sure he used epoxy resin on the repair. This is my starting point, if I can't repair the repair then restoring all the bright work would be useless.

Frank recently posted a classified for the Weekender he built. He gave Aslan to me, I eventually gave her to my son. He took her to Washington state and returned her to me when he had to move to Texas. Long story short, I'm keeping Aslan. I've found when you try to give away a sailboat all the nut jobs show up. One guy offered to take the boat and any other junk off our hands. For a small fee of course. I'm just not ready to scrap a boat my brother built and that I've had so much fun sailing. If I can ever figure out how to post pictures and such I will let you guys see how bad I let Aslan get. After all it's just plywood and fiberglass, how tough can it be?