I got a spinnaker pole! This came off an ugly, but I say, interesting Dufour 27. I cut off about 6", riveted the ends back on and ended up with a pole that matches the Ariel's "J" dimension of 114". I resized the bridle to make the rings stand off the pole about 16", which looks right. I'm slowing but surely getting ready to fly my never used vintage Ratsey spinnaker! Next year Wednesday night racing here we come.
Paragliding around City Island I took a moment and snapped this picture.............Alright, I walked up on the City Island bridge and shot this vista surrounding Noesis. The Ensign is back, off to right.
One I noticed, and it might just be the angle of the photo, does Noesis' spreaders angle downward? If it's not an optical illusion possibly the spreader sockets may be mounted to the mast upside down? If that is the case they are pushing into your mast at a less than ideal angle. But as pointed out on this forum many times already, our extrusions are incredibly 'beefy' for a boat this size so I wouldn't expect the big stick to fall overboard any time soon.
Tony, the spreaders rake backward a little bit. I think that makes them look a little weird. Thanks for the concern.
Why's the boat is out there all by itself? Well it's really not, there other boats nearby but out of the picture. I guess you could say that Noesis is moored in a little unexplainable in between.
Emily and I attached the fancy letters to Ariel 109. At the same moment nearly every motor boat on City Island decided to drive by. But the wife did a good job of steadying the dingy while I tried my best to line things up right.
We used New Times Roman who's design is attributed by some to the great yacht designer Starling Burgess, interesting story. Check out the link.
Well it's been one year since I've taken up with Ariel 109, Noesis and started to sail again, after a hiatus of twenty five years. It was quite a nervous undertaking for me in the beginning. What was I getting myself in for? Was there something major wrong with the boat I wasn't seeing? Could I afford a sailboat? Well things have worked out nicely. The piecemeal approach to fixing up Noesis is moving right along as well as getting out and sailing her at least once a week. She still throws me a loop every once and awhile, almost as if she trying to tell me "Hey stupid, you've got to do something about this over here!".
But how lucky to have picked getting an Ariel. And thanks you guys for creating a community of support with this website. It's truly unique!
I finally got around to getting the Johnson 8hp Sailmaster outboard that came with Noesis running. The engine was froze up when I pulled it out of the Ariel's lazarette just after I got the boat a year ago. Pulled the plugs, dripped some oil into the cylinders and freed up the motor. I was very lucky and a little startled when the Sailmaster started on the second pull. Runs perfect and it's really not that old, built in 98. I don't think it's had much use, looks new under the engine cover. Tried out the motor on this new project, a great old classic dingy. Please don't laugh I really love this little boat and it rows really nice.
Congrats on reviving that outboard. Ah, the sweet smell of victory. As far as the dingy goes, I like it. I highly doubt it will fit on the fore deck but it has nice lines
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