Tucked in at the end of a busy day...
Glad to see you've got her out. I just came here to ask if you had been sailing yet, and I see that you have!
I sailed up to Portland yesterday and thought about heading up the river to see if you were on the boat, but decided to head up the ship channel instead.
She looks good in those pics. You must be very happy!
Nathan
Dasein, Triton 668
www.dasein668.com
Too bad, we were there all day. It'd have been nice to see you. Nonetheless, it was a good call to stay out in the channel. That's basically where we had to go to find some steady wind. The Fore River was quite "flukey". We finally just motored out to Ft. Gorges where we caught a fresh and steady sea breeze coming up the harbor, then headed towards your neck of the woods on a nice beam reach. Great day!
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
I used to sail a 60 foot charter boat out of DiMillos, so I'm familiar with Flukey and Fore River being in the same sentence! That's why we decided to just head up the ship channel...
Nathan
Dasein, Triton 668
www.dasein668.com
Another shot from the first weekend back in the water. I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at these boats!
(Note: The mast is stepped, the water tank has been filled, and the lead pig relocated to the chain locker forward (67 lbs), and she's still not quite sitting on her lines... Oh well.)
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Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Mike
she looks about right to me (A-231 sits the same way with a 288lbs inboard and an aft mounted 12 Gal. fuel tank.). Is there anything in the aft most locker? Its a long moment arm from the CG of the boat. As a rule if I store anything more than a couple life jackets and a deck hose back there the boat squats a bit....
one other question: Where are you batteries & fuel tank located?
Bill
Last edited by bill@ariel231; 06-29-2007 at 08:56 AM.
I've only got my fenders and dock lines in the aft locker. The fuel tank is under the cockpit in front of the tiller post, which doesn't help. I think I recall reading in my Yanmar manual that the 2GM weighs in at around 225 lbs or so. (??) The batteries are at the forward end of the port cockpit locker. Those beasts are on my "someday" list to move forward. Also, I should still get some good ground tackle (chain) as Craig suggested previously.
In any event, a topsides paint job is also on my "someday" list, and I'll fix the boot stripe then. By then, hopefully, I'll have had more chance to shift things around, though I am running out of options. Not that I'm complaining by any means. It's good to be sailing!
So have you guys been out much in Periwinkle this season?
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)