Jim Stumpf Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 I just got in from the boat show and here are a couple of pics from the Cleveland Amateur Boat Building Society's booth. Along with my Kingston 15 we have a C12, a Peapod, a CLC kayak and a Bolger Cat (under construction). I hope you enjoy the pics on such a miserable January day. Jim Quote
Craig Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 Great lookig boats Jim! It is 75 degrees down here today. Can you believe it. I've spent the whole day on taxes and plumbing. What a waste... Quote
Mike Routley Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 I'll bet you got lots of positive comments on your Kingston. Thanks for the pictures. Quote
Jim Stumpf Posted January 16, 2007 Author Posted January 16, 2007 Shame on you Craig plumbing and taxes are best done when you are sick of the weather and cabin fever has set in Thanks craig, it is always good to hear from you. Thanks Mike I did have lots of nice comments as did all of the very fine boats our members have put together for this show. Jim Quote
ScottWidmier Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Jim, you get the most beautiful finishes on your boats. Do you have pictures of the inside of the Kingston? Tell Joe I love his C12. I noticed he went with the lug rig instead of the gunter he was thinking of. I also noticed he got one of those harbor freight folding trailers. How is he liking it? I am moving ahead on my modification project for my C12 and will post more pictures soon. One other thing, we went to the Atlanta boatshow this past friday. What a difference from Cleveland outside with us casually walking up in our short sleeve shirts vs. freezing our behinds off scrambling through a blizzard to get to the mid-america boatshow. Once inside, I was immediately dissappointed by the Atlanta boatshow. The sailboats were even more sparse, no homebuilt boats at all, very few interesting shows, and no marine equipment. It basically existed to sell powerboats. Another difference was the nature of the powerboats with not nearly as large or well-appointed boats as the mid-america. It was interesting to walk through all of the houseboats however. Looks great! Quote
Craig Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 That is the trouble with boat shows down here and in PCola Scott. You damn near have to buy a boat to get in, then all they have is fishing boats or power boats for really rich people. Quote
Jim Stumpf Posted January 16, 2007 Author Posted January 16, 2007 They changed the show here a bit this year. They have retitled it the Boating and lifestyles show ( or some nonsense like that). They dedicated a section to lake front property and condos. Some one is acctually selling Lake Erie floating homes. It use to be the only way to get a floating home on Erie was to have an ice jam let loose on one of the rivers and have your home relocated to the lake, for free may I add. Still a good show, I got ODNR to come over and measure the boat and issue a HIN number, I am one step closer. Scott I don't have any interior shots as the inside is still in the raw/tape and epoxy stage, I have some sanding and painting to do when I get her home after the show. Joe is currently building a hydo, I will pass along the complement. He stole the sail rig off of the San Fransico Bay Pelican design, it was the same sqft'age but with shorter spars. I guess that experimental nature of you rubbed off on him. Jim Quote
ScottWidmier Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 I think the lug is a better rig for the C12 and Jacqeus, the designer of the C12, has said he really likes it. I think he went with the marconi because it is a more "modern" sail that people are used to and that fits in better with his bigger boat designs which are more modern in appearance. The beamy C12 hull needs to be sailed flatter so a low center of effort sail makes sense. Not to mention the reduced spar length and simplicity of the standing rigging. Where did Joe order the sail from? I may want to order a sail for my modified C12 and get out of the polytarp business. I moved the mast on my C12 forward by 16" so need to go with a rig which moves the center of effort aft a bit. I am thinking of either a gaff rig or a sprit rig. The gaff I like because I am familiar with it but it is a complex rig to have on a 12' boat. The sprit I am a little more uncertain of in the size I would need on this boat. The sprit itself would be of heroic proportions! However, it is imensly easy to "lower" the sprit by brailing it to the mast. Tell Joe I am glad I am rubbing off on him. Though, I do think he needs more sail area! :shock: Quote
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