Commander #155 'Mephisto Cat'

Hello everyone! - I've been having a peek around the site after quite a while...

Lots of developments and lots of 'new' boats. Some beautiful work out there! - It is really great to see. The boats are hard to beat. They are not the fastest, but if you have wind - they'll move!

Also some bad news... I was very sorry to hear about Bill's passing. He was a very enthusiastic steward of the site and of the community. We spoke Ariels & Commanders a few times over the phone during the time of my ownership. I also had a chance to meet him at several events.

I see little traffic on the site over the last few days. I wonder what everyone, and every Ariel / Commander are up to... I know I've been 'gone' for a while (Kids offer lots of distraction!) life also away from the Bay and from the country for a few years. I've been doing some exciting sailing from the East coast to Mexico and while living Australia. These oceans are beautiful wherever you go!

One of my highlights was two days sailing (with wite a bit of time at the helm) on a VOR boat (Volvo Ocean Race). Man - what a thrill! Even the toilet was carbon fiber on those beasts!

I have lost track of the Mephisto Cat after the family that bought it from me sold it on... I do wonder what she is up to these days... I had a great time sailing and working on C-155 during my tenure!

I had C-187 ('Assigned Risk') on the dry for a few years awaiting my return, but as I mention in C-187's thread, I've lost everything due to a fire at the place where everything was stored. The whole building went. Sadly, only the hull and the trailer remain.

Everything burned and everything that was metal, simply melted into a puddle. I hope to find a path forward for C-187 - but it would need to make sense... I have not decided on what path to pursue. It is, very sadly sitting on a trailer awaiting its future.

Reach out if anyone has good bits, but needs a (very solid) hull. C-187 is available. (See its thread for details.

I am currently in San Luis Obispo. We have a 17' trailer-able catboat. (A 17' Hermann Cat). It is a pretty little boat I am working on it to get it sailing. I need some gaff rig hardware to get it going peoperly.

I hope everyone is sailing-on and enjoying the water!