captjack Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 As she gets closer to being completed my nerves are getting worse :shock: . Am going to set her on her trailer this weekend....then all that is left is to rig her......then sail into the sunset....... 8) Quote
T. Nelson Surbrook Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 How very exciting for you to be approaching the launch and the first tug on the main sheet. As I have said before, building is great fun, sailing is much more than fun. No need to worry friend, soon you will be floating on the wind. Quote
Dave R1 Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 Don't let it get to you. If all you have left is putting her on the trailer and rigging, you're almost home. Don't forget to check tongue weight with the boat in loaded-for-travel trim. We're close behind you with Julie K. Almost all the rigging had been done before painting the deck and cabin. I did that so I could avoid drilling into screws. It also allowed me to make sure that I drilled into solid wood in places where I used screws. Now, we have a bit of touch-up painting on the boat, the seats and rudder need paint and we need to finish the rigging. Most of the hardware has been reinstalled. Just need to attach the chainplates and then the mast can go back on. After that, it won't fit through my garage door so it will get parked outside from then on. Keep plugging. You'll get there. Quote
Fintan Murphy Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 It's a three horse race. Suaimhneas is nearing completion. I finished the cabin and fore hatches, and put on the non-skid (coat of epoxy, playsand, vacuum off, and seal with a coat of epoxy) last week. I have to paint the deck, cabin top, and cockpit, varnish the spars, set up the rigging, and make the sails. Plus the loads of little jobs that will spring to mind that I've forgotten. :roll: I hope to be in the water mid-August, wife willing. Quote
Chris Gerkin Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 I think I am about with the rest of you. I am figuring August or September. Quote
Dave R1 Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 August 23rd is the official launch party for Julie K. I'm wondering, though, if I can get the painting done tomorrow on the seats and rudder and do a test launch on Sunday. Quote
ken connors Posted July 26, 2003 Posted July 26, 2003 suaimhneas. fintan, im assuming thats gaelic. whats it mean :?:and how is it pronounced(im hooked on phonics) Quote
Chris Gerkin Posted July 26, 2003 Posted July 26, 2003 Ken have you been hitting the single malt again. Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted July 26, 2003 Posted July 26, 2003 Might be the spantex shorts cutting the flow of blood off to his brain. Quote
Fintan Murphy Posted July 28, 2003 Posted July 28, 2003 Suaimhneas Ken, you're right, it's Gaelic. It's pronounced SUVNESS I was pondering for quite some time on a name. I am not alone here I'll bet, as it is probably one of the most important things (in my opinion) about the boat. After all, if you have built it, it embodies part of what you are, feel, or believe in. (OK I'll lighten up again - it's Monday morning, and it's raining). It can be translated to mean a feeling of peace, or calm. And it's the sort of feeling that descends on me when I'm in the middle of the harbour, with a light breeze, sitting back with the Sun setting, sailing past Cobh with the cathedral off port, and Haulbowline Island off starbord. Off the stern you can see Monkstown, and the entrance to the Lee River, and off the bow, the harbour mouth and beyond. Quote
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