Tom Lathrop Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Good to see Core Sound MK3 Avocet out with the other 44 boats on the Neuse yesterday. Looking as sailing great while doing well against all the big boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blkskmr Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Tom, Thank you. We had a very nice sail. Were you sailing as well? I just did a quick post on an idea I borrowed from you about the mizzen sheet. It worked well. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Blkskmr said: Tom, Thank you. We had a very nice sail. Were you sailing as well? I just did a quick post on an idea I borrowed from you about the mizzen sheet. It worked well. Regards We were out but not in a sailboat and had Bluejacket 24 LIZ out. I have either sold or given to others almost all my boats. There comes a time for that and doctors say that my time has arrived to take things easier. Here is a photo of Avocet. Avid birdwatcher Liz was impressed as the avocet is her favorite bird. Sorry for the quality as she had the camera on the wrong input and Photoshop plus my skill level can only do so much. Wonder where the other 43 boats were in this picture? Edited January 3, 2019 by Tom Lathrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blkskmr Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Tom, The photo is very nice. Also it shows your mid-sprit sheeting for the mizzen. Thank you for the photo and the idea. We have named all our boats after birds from our first boat Free Range Chickn' to our present Dinghy BlackSkimmer, and now the Avocet. I would like to build a Marissa and name it Kingfisher with a light grey hull and black boot stripe All in good time. I need to sail more now. Kind Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blkskmr Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I remember Liz commenting on the Graphics, they were done by my oldest daughter. She did our first graphic when she was 8 with a grease pencil. It lasted for 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Our Spindrift 10 was named Scoter. Bay River Skiff was Loon, Liz named all the Birder kayaks. She also named the Lapwing. 8 foot tender was Chirp. Grand Slam 7.9 was Merlin. Hunter 22 is Rooster. Windmill 15.5 was Harbinger. There are some outliers like a 13' runabout Scamp and BJ24 LIZ was named for her. There are more birds than boats so there will be no shortage of bird names for anyone. Mike and Linda's Red Knot continues the tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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