Interesting Boats

[John Stone]

Last year I met Harley, Jen, and their daughter Sophia in Bermuda. They were completing a multi-year circumnavigation aboard their Sundeer “Kailani”. A great, and fast, passage maker. I was invited aboard for dinner one evening. I mentioned that Orion would comfortably fit in their main salon.....with room to spare. Harley is the grandson of the legendary styling chief of the Corvette, Harley Earl.

This photo was taken as Kailani was leaving St. George’s on 6/15/19, headed for Newport

Excellent photo and story Jim. Those sundeers grow on you. Dashew is an interesting guy. It’s hard to argue with a lot of his design rational. Too much tech for my tastes and his boats are shockingly expensive to maintain but they are fast and seaworthy.

[John Stone]

I’m not sure how these panoramic pictures will turn out posted on the forum. But, I have attached two photos taken from different places in the yard this morning that don’t really even overlap. Look at all the big power yachts. I was wrong when I said the ratio is 10:1. It’s more like 20 or 30:1. Jarett Bay Boatyard also makes custom sport fishing boats. They are high end. $3-6 million I think. A few are in the 70’ range. Big money. Keep in mind this is not south FL with millions of people near by. This place is very rural. Fishing is a way of life here.

There are a lot of highly experienced very competent watermen here in eastern NC. Very few of the captains and crew, and maybe even a few of the owners, have fancy degrees or blue blood pedigrees. But they are tough honest men and women who work hard and love being on the water. All the ones I have met and chatted with have been pretty friendly. Probably a lot like Maine lobsterman and swordfish crews. You just don’t want to get cross-wise with ‘em. We are 40 miles from the Gulf Stream. The annual Big Rock tournament has a million dollar first prize.

From a nautical perspective the boats are impressive. Many have gorgeous lines...well except for the mega yachts. Nonetheless, even if I miss seeing fine sailboats it’s a very interesting place....

[John Stone]

Speaking of sport fishing boats, I saw this one at the dock this morning. Must be a 70 footer. Something tells me they don’t use a kerosene anchor light.

[John Stone]

For those interested—that’s the mast of the Far Reach...sticking up behind Western Branch Diesel. We are located within a small cluster of sailboats in a subcontracted boatyard. It’s an oasis in a sea of engines and stainless steel....

[wikakaru]

I snapped this shot yesterday of the 45.5 foot K. Aage Nielsen-designed cutter Elskov as she beat out of Fox Islands Thorofare towards East Penobscot Bay. There is lots of good information on her here: https://www.charterclassics.me/the-yacht

It's hard to believe, but when this photo was taken at 1521 on August 4, tropical storm warnings were in effect and TS Isaias was forecast to pass by overnight. We had around 5 knots of breeze for most of our sail and had to tack frequently just to stay in the patches of breeze. According to local weather stations, we had 43 mph winds by 2214 that evening--less than 7 hours later.

It's not a beautiful golden-hour photo, nor a gnarly beating-to-weather-with-a-bone-in-your-teeth photo, just a pretty, classic boat on a gray day off the coast of Maine.

Smooth sailing,

--Jim

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[John Stone]

Another gorgeous picture of a lovely boat. Easily a magazine cover shot. What kind of camera lens are you using?

[wikakaru]

Another gorgeous picture of a lovely boat. Easily a magazine cover shot. What kind of camera lens are you using?

Thanks!

I have two cameras that I use depending on conditions. If it is a bit dicey on the boat and I'm worried about getting the good camera wet, I use a point-and-shoot Canon PowerShot SX130. It has a built-in 12x optical zoom. If I lost the Canon to a big wave I'd be upset but not distraught. My good camera is a Nikon D5300 DSLR. I recently upgraded to a Nikkor 18-300 mm zoom lens, so photos taken with the Nikon this year are with that lens. In previous years I used a smaller Nikkor zoom, which I think was 18-140 mm. If I got that camera wet I'd be inconsolable.

The shot of Elskov was with the Canon, as was the Angelique, Mercury, Sazerac, and the Dark Harbor 17.

The shots of Boyd N. Sheppard, Mako, Vela, Victory Chimes, and the Stone Horse Snowy Egret (I don't think I posted her name) were taken with the Nikon.

(With my cameras, if the file name starts with DSC it was taken with the Nikon; if it starts with IMG it was taken with the Canon.)

Smooth sailing,

--Jim

[wikakaru]

Here's something a little different: The Doug Peterson-designed NY 40 Rose (not to be confused with the Herreshoff NY40 design!).

The Peterson NY 40s were commissioned as one-design offshore racers for the New York Yacht Club. According to the NYYC web site (https://nyyc.org/history-heritage/-/blo ... ng-at-ny-1) 21 of them were built in 1977-1978, with hulls by New Orleans Marine and finish work by Palmer Johnson.

This is the kind of boat you don't really see anymore: a racer with with a full wooden cruising interior. No pipe berths or carbon fiber here. This is the kind of boat that you could race from Newport to Bermuda, then go on to cruise through the Windward Islands; or race Marblehead to Halifax and then go on to cruise the Bras d'Or Lakes. Back when yacht owners were the captains and racing was a family sort of thing, not a hired skipper and professional crew sort of thing.

The first photo is Rose sailing past Brown's Head Light on Vinalhaven. The second is her sailing along the shore of North Haven. Both were taken in September, 2018.

--Jim

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[John Stone]

Just beautiful. Look at the IOR skinny main and fat but shapely hull. IOR boats had their own unique beauty. Always be a soft spot in my heart for them. It’s what I grew up on.

And more outstanding photography I might add.

[robwm]

Not seen/photographed in person, hence no pictures attached. However, these are absolutely stunning contemporary versions of classic sailboats.... executed in wood no less! Once at the site click on the menu hamburger and make sure you explore the "007" boat! :

spirityachts.com

Hope you enjoy. Robert

PS: I wonder if I could get them to take my CD22 as a trade in ???

[John Stone]

Not seen/photographed in person, hence no pictures attached. However, these are absolutely stunning contemporary versions of classic sailboats.... executed in wood no less! Once at the site click on the menu hamburger and make sure you explore the "007" boat! :

spirityachts.com

Hope you enjoy. Robert

PS: I wonder if I could get them to take my CD22 as a trade in ???

Buzzer! You have to take the photo yourself on this thread. LOL.

It is a lovely boat. And I am glad to see that Bond continues to be a sailor. In all seriousness though, your CD 22 will still be cutting the waves and putting smiles on peoples faces when that Spirit 46 is is dead, trashed, and neglected at the dock. We are winning...

[John Stone]

I drove past Triton Marine in the boatyard today. If you have heard of Steve and Linda Dashew you might be interested in the below pictures. The Dashews are very accomplished sailors. They designed the Sundeer fast cruising yachts and wrote books and sailing a couple hundred thousand miles. Steve is also a naval architect. They transitioned from sailing to designing, living aboard, and voyaging on fast power boats. Steve says he took a lot of what they learned about fast easily driven sailing hulls and incorporated it into powerboat hulls. Anyway, their 78 footer is in the boat yard along with three other of their FPBs.

Below is their boat Cochise. If you go on YouTube and type in Dashew and FPB you’ll see all kinds of videos on these interesting power yachts.

I also included a photo of the aft underbody of one of their 50 footers. It’s is a single screw. But look to the left and you’ll notice a small folding propeller. I think it is connected to a small diesel or to a generator. It’s a “get back home” auxiliary propulsion system in case they have a primary engine casualty. Very clever.

[wikakaru]

Yesterday's sightings...

The schooner Stephen Taber sails through Fox Islands Thorofare:

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A pair of Dark Harbor 17s cross tacks during a race:

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Smooth sailing,

--Jim

[wikakaru]

Here's a shot from yesterday. The Concordia 41 Sea Hawk beats into foggy West Penobscot Bay, Maine. More about the boat here: https://www.woodenboat.com/register-woo ... sea-hawk-1

Smooth sailing,

--Jim

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[John Stone]

Here's a shot from yesterday. The Concordia 41 Sea Hawk beats into foggy West Penobscot Bay, Maine. More about the boat here: https://www.woodenboat.com/register-woo ... sea-hawk-1

Smooth sailing,

--Jim

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Wow! What a photo. Just beautifully composed. Well done.