Thanks to everyone, we have found a boat!!!

[oldragbaggers]

Just last night we posted a message that we were looking for a project boat. The responses were overwhelming and in less than 24 hours, we have a boat already. As it turns out, she is a Bristol Corinthian (you can't go wrong with a Carl Alberg design!!). We are very excited to begin work on her.
Boaters are a unique community of folks, and we're grateful to be a part.
Thank you all so much!!!
Becky Williams

[SeaBelle]

Becky,

Congratulations on your new boat (and challenge) and a belated welcome to this board.

If you haven't discovered Tim Lackey's website yet, I recommend it to you. It is a great read and filled with useful info.

Tim started out with a sorry looking, but formerly beautiful, Triton 381, in a field and, with his considerable skills, restored it. Here is his extensive log including pictures.

When he was done, if we can ever be done with a sailboat, he built a workshop beside his home in North Yarmouth, ME and started a second restoration. Today I revisited his site and find that he is relocating to another Maine location, building a bigger workshop and becoming (can you believe it) even more serious about restoring plastic classics.

[oldragbaggers]

Thanks Jack!!
Yes, we have visited Mr. Lackey's site many times. Glissando is beautiful, as was his Pearson Ensign (another of our favorite boats). Another great Triton site is atomvoyages.com. James Baldwin started with restoring his own cruising boat, circumnavigated twice and has now moved ashore and is rebuilding other people's boats for them.
This whole boating thing (including the building part) seems to get into your blood. This will be our fourth rebuild: a Catalina 22 fixed keel was the first, then our beloved "Sojourner" a Bristol 24 (which we really regret ever selling), then a Cabo Rico 38 (it was the first CR 38, finished from a bare hull by a young couple then cruised for 11 years) that boat had some serious structural issues and we abandoned the project for lack of deep enough pockets. We have a Pearson Triton sitting in our back yard right now that needs a rebuild, but I doubt that we will be the ones doing it. Just not enough time, either to build or to sail, so we wanted a smaller project. This little Bristol Corinthian fits the bill perfectly.
Everyone on all the boat forums have been wonderful. We received lots of emails and phone calls, and without exception everyone we heard from was kind and generous and wanted to help. Sailors are just the best!!
Thank you for your kind reply.

[Baysailer]

You guys still working on the Corinthian project?

I'm looking at some Corinthians as well. There's one in Annapolis at a good price with trailer, only problem there is distance. Of course it needs some work. There's also one closer to me in Vermont that looks to be in better condition as its sailed now but of course more expensive.

Fred

[oldragbaggers]

We decided against the Corinthian after all. It is a beautiful little boat, but we really like to weekend aboard and we felt that the Corinthian just didn't have the accommodations that we needed. We bought a Cape Dory 22 on eBay that was a Hurricane Katrina victim, and we are very happy that we did. Even though the CD22 had been totaled out by the insurance company, it actually needs less work than the Corinthian did. We are having a trailer built for her, have already purchased a new motor and ordered new sails this week. The 22 has a nice interior that will be very adequate for weekending. Good luck on your search for a Corinthian. I would suggest posting a message on the Bristol message boards. I really got a lot of responses when I did that.
Becky