Brent Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Dale, While we are waiting for Joe to get his CS20 out under sail how about showing us some progress photos of your CS17 construction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Niemann Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Brent, Well I just returned this afternoon from a 10 day sailing trip on my nephews 31 foot Farrior F9A tri. And also a car trip to Summerland Key about 25 miles from Key West. Both trips were just perfect. On the sail trip we sailed from Clearwater to Ft. Meyers and then trailered back. The tri is a duracore wood boat. We were hitting 9 knots on some days having a ball. He trailers the boat everywhere. He lives in Walnut Creek, CA. His son sailed it in the Bahamas for 7 months two years ago. However, it is a very big boat and took us about half day to rig and same to de-rig it. I will stick with shallow water sailing in "Lively". In the keys I caught a 25 lb dolphin fish. The biggest fish I have ever caught. This was the first time I did any deep water fishing. I am not a fisherman. Anyhow, to your question. I will get some more pics up next week. Basically, all I have left to do is to sand and apply 3 coats of varnish to the deck and spars, mount the hardware, centerboard and rig it. I want to take this moment to give a special thanks to Ray. I followed his directions on building the combing and it worked very well. I am very pleased with the results. Another side lite. We used the 2HP Honda 4cycle air cooled engine I plan to use on "Lively" on my nephews rubber dingy for the sailing trip and it worked like a charm. It is a great little motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Niemann Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Ok Brent. Here are some photos of "Lively". I am still not finished. Made a trip to Atlanta to visit my son and have not had a chance to get back to the boat yet. I am going to add another post on my concept of bow deck hatch in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Looking Good Dale! You are soooo close to getting this boat in the water! Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.