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Another Weekender...


MikeStevenson

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Hello all,

Peter Stevenson has been working on another Weekender this summer and he just sent me three shots of last week's progress which I thought I'd post. Nothing too new about this one yet, but we'll see how it turns out. One change he's made is to add a lazarette hatch to make getting at the steering gear easier. A few builders have already done this and it seemed like a very good improvement. The main new thing for Peter is that this boat marks his firm commitment to epoxy now! He's so happy with how the epoxy resin performs that I doubt he'll ever go back to poly/vinylester again. He's quite happy with how the resin sands and behaves in the high temps. This summer has been quite long and hot in Texas and the epoxy has made a huge difference in workability. This is his (our) fourth Weekender and you can see a few salvaged parts (the varnished parts and the rudder box) from the last Weekender Frolic (the boat in the building video) placed around to get a little inspirational feeling of progress. This boat seems to be coming together nicely and I'm looking forward to sailing her soon. It will also be interesting to have the Super Skipjack and Weekender out together. When we built the prototype Weekender we didn't take the old Skipjack out at the same time for some reason, then when we had the later Weekenders the Skipjack wasn't around any longer. I'm curious to try them out together.

Click on the link below each pic for a larger version...

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http://www.stevproj.com/MnwtrSide809.jpg

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http://www.stevproj.com/MnwtrCpit809.jpg

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http://www.stevproj.com/MnwtrSideTrl809.jpg

Peter's looking forward to exploring around Texas and further with his new Weekender, and I know he's planning a run to Florida and who knows where else. It'll be fun to have a boat or two to take to gatherings of our builders' machines and get a chance to sail with some of you finally!

If you have ideas of places for him to check out, or just want to get in touch about possibly getting together to sail at some point, the best way to reach him is usually by email at the mail@stevproj.com address.

I'll keep posting stuff from time-to-time as he gets closer to getting it wet.

Mike

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I would love to have a weekender and even a super shipjack come on the Florida 120.  Be a nice trip to test the long-distance capability of these boats as the setting is beautiful, there is civilization around for resupply and to pull out the boat if the weather gets to hairy, and you get to sail in all different wind directions as you make the course. 

Go to this story to read about last year's event: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/09/gatherings/fl120/index.htm

The 2010 event will be May 13th to the 16th.

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