Commander 93 - Unholey

Andrew, YOU are a true Ariel/Commander HERO for rescuing C93, my hat is off to you,,, SALUTE!!!! No wonder the mast was pilfered, my guess is many many would have written C93 off. Now if you can keep the pirates off her, you'll be doing great. I'll check on that J24 headsail for you this weekend, I have a half a day off. Still need that picture with the sails flying..Did the mainsail slugs work or were they the wrong size?. Here is my latest find in MD, Triton 705, one owner, purchased from Young's Boat Yard in Baltimore. Phil Young was the absolute nicest man. His facility is spotless, perfect grounds quiet well protected docks and some very very interesting sailboats. Regret not bringing a camera. I bought this boat on the hard, as pictured unseen. He put it in the water and floated it to the lift, took it back out and secured everything for transport. When I arrived, I simply put my trailer under the boat threw a couple more lashings on everything and was on my way home.

Phil Young is a former Ariel owner and an expert on rehabbing. My Commander would not be on the water without his good advice.

Sounds like a great boatyard. We could use one of those around here! For the commander it costs about 600 a month to store and 300 lifting fee. But with the amount of boats and lack of boatyards its no surprise about the price. The slugs unfortunately didn't work but we made due just using the bolt rope. Sorry about the lack of pics. Been busy with work lately - going to get out both days this weekend. Appreciate you having a look! Almost as many pirates here as Somalia :P. Enjoy the weekend!

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Again a special thanks to Carl for his help in getting us those sails!

You are entirely welcome. Beautiful sight Andrew, The sails look as white as the wind driven snow in the photo, glad your enjoying the boat at last! Carl

Andrew , Where have you been offf to????? Carl

Hey Carl, Still here, just haven't been doing much sailing for the past few months with work really picking up. Only 6 more months on my contract so I need to get out and enjoy it more!

We actually did a sail around the island in October but didn't get a chance to take any photo's - the reef system here keeps you on your toes with little time to actually sit back and enjoy the sites. Apparently one of the co-owners of the boat took it out when I went home for the Holidays and ruined the winch on it so I'll be going to have a look at the damage tomorrow night to see what I need to fix it.

A friend provided us with a spinaker but we need to get it patched and get a pole. None of us have ever sailed with one so I'm pretty hesitant with flying with one unless I have a pretty seasoned sailor on board with us. Hoping to find a free pole around the island which shouldn't be too hard.

Andrew, good to hear from you, I thought you may have deported or something. LOL. Let me know if I can help with the winch. Happy New Year as well. C.

Well moved back to Calgary - the land of no water. So no longer sailing. She's still in the hands of my two good friends down there. Hoping for a visit back down to Bermuda mid next year. Wife is pregnant with identical girls (due next month). Miss the water and sailing so much. Hoping maybe I can find a Commander in Alberta sometime in the near future. Thank you again for your help Carl and everyone on the message boards, you made my time in Bermuda that much more enjoyable! I still come back from time to time to look at everyones beautiful pictures and boats!

Your Welcome Andrew, Hope your wife is doing well, I'm an identical twin myself, I could offer some pointers on what not to do with twins...... LOL Enjoy being back home.... maybe you could trade some sun faded shorts for long handles LOL Take Care Captain , good to hear from you.

Hi Everyone! Been a long time since I've been on here. Moved back to Alberta and enjoying the mountains for the past year. Actually heading down to Bermuda at the end of next month to be reunited with my commander. I had one of my friends check up on her and he said the backstay chainplate is in rough shape along with the winch. May spend a day fixing her up so I can sail Unholey while I'm down there. I saw a couple posts here in the past for a refurbished backstay chainplate drawings so will look to see if I can get a local welder to put a stainless steel item together for me. I don't suppose anybody on here knows where to get a spare backstay chainplate or is it basically get a local welder to remake one for you?

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I had a new one made for me by a local sheet metal shop. Mine had been bent and I wanted something heavier and then I also redid the reinforcement in the boat to attach it to so it came up closer to the bottom side of the deck for additional support. They are an odd shape so you will not likely find one "ready made".

Thanks Jerry! I figured that was probably the only way of going about it. Fortunately it will be cheaper than in Bermuda since welders are a dime a dozen out here.

Andrew, Good to see your still kicking around, Alberta is nice country!!! Carl