Commander #256 (Ceili)

[Lucky Dawg]

Yippee! I feel for Chance, but I'm delighted that Ceili is going to get to complete the royal treatment. Cheers to you Mike!

[mbd]

Awesome! Mike, you're starting a renovation revolution up there. And fairest of winds to Chance and his future Alberg-related endeavors!

[Commander227]

Ceili has new owners;
Roger, yacht broker, Ta Shing dealer, former Pacific Seacraft, Beneteau and Catalina dealer.
Woody, former manager at SYC.
Ceili is now in Roger's hanger a few miles away and Tim is moonlighting over there as we are booked solid at SYC.
The goal is to get the decks done, touch up the freeboard and get her rigged and in the water ASAP. We will save painting the freeboard and a few other projects for next winter.
Mike
C227

[Commander227]

Tim just emailed these pictures of Ceili to me. He has the decks faired and painted. They opted for Kiwi Grip for the non skid. I have not seen it yet but Tim likes it and also liked working with it. Soap and water clean up and easy to apply. it is flexible, bridges and fills so the prep work is greatly diminished. He is over there now installing the same rubrail we have on the other Commanders and Ariels. The freeboard has been touched up and Tim reports that it looks pretty good for a bandaid. Now she just needs some hardware installed. She should be in the water within a month.
Another local Commander owner stopped by today (he does not know the number as the data tag is missing) He has been restoring his boat for a few years and thinks it will be done by July 4th. It had been hit by lightning and partially burned before he bought it. That could make five Commanders on our little lake.
Mike
C227

[Commander 147]

Mike

I'm guessing you will like Kiwi Grip also the more you see and work with it. I plan on using it on Destiny also and my personal opinion is that it is the best option currently available for non-skid. But as always your mileage may vary. :-)

Celi is looking pretty good. I'll bet Chance will enjoy seeing these photos.

[paulsproesser]

WOW! Is that the flag blue?

[Commander227]

Ceili sailing in the Lake Minnetonka Burton Cup

[DavidSpaulding]

Chance -- Happy New Year!

I was doing a little surfing and found your posts on the Ariel site detailing all the work you did on Ceili, and all I can say is Wow!

You did so much, and so painstakingly. Someone ended up with a very nice boat, indeed, and I am humbled -- she never would have received that much attention if we still owned her since we have neither the resources nor the skills and knowledge . . . It must have been the definition of the "worst day/best day" saying about selling your boat . . .

Anyway, just wanted to say I really admired your work and it is clear that we sold Ceili to the right buyer. We are tickled pink that at least for now she seems to continue to bear the name of our daughter!

Take care and good luck!

David

[DavidSpaulding]

Mike, aka Commander227,

I meant no disrespect when I singled out Chance above -- you definitely did a lot of work, too, and took Ceili into the end zone! What beautiful results!

[Commander227]

David, no worries... All the heavy lifting was done by chance and his workmanship was over the top.
It is nice to see her land in good hands. Woody and Roger have her back in their shop for further work this winter.
Mike

[Lucky Dawg]

Will her portlights return when she comes back to the shop? While not having them curtails leak issues, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around her whited out eyes!