Brand-Xers, Save My Seat!!

Clay Stalker · Post by **Clay Stalker** » Feb 24th, '07, 08:22

Brand-Xers, don't give away my seat!! I have just taken ownership of a 1981 Sea Sprite 28, the new "Yankee Lady." She will be arriving in Rhode Island around March 6. Sorry, Leo, I really did look for a Cape Dory this time....but this board is so effective a sales tool that the good ones disappear faster than I can write a check! Anyway, some folks won't even be able to tell the difference.

Clay Stalker

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Feb 24th, '07, 08:46

Clay,

I'm keeping your seat warm and welcome back to boat ownership. Hope this intitles me to a sail and a cold one. Any mooring decision yet?

Clay Stalker · Post by **Clay Stalker** » Feb 24th, '07, 09:30

Mike:

It would be an honor and privilege and to have you and Merrie on Yankee Lady for a sail (and cold one, I usually have one or two extra

). No decision on location quite yet. Am still hoping to go back to Bristol Marine, but have line up moorings at Dutch Harbor and Norton's Marine in East Greenwich as backups...but have to make a decision in the next week.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Feb 24th, '07, 09:42

Clay,

We accept

Nortons...that's where I kept my boat when I lived in RI many years ago. I believe it is still the home of the West Bay Yacht Club of which I was once a member. At the time a fine assembly of sailors who knew not to take themselves to seriously. Let us know what mooring decision you make...the better to find my cold one

Dean Abramson · Post by **Dean Abramson** » Feb 24th, '07, 09:55

Clay, glad to hear you are back in business. Congratulations! Please think about joining up with the Maine cruise this summer. Enjoy.

Dean

mahalocd36 · Post by **mahalocd36** » Feb 24th, '07, 09:57

Hope you make it up to Maine this year!
We'll be keeping Mahalo at Handy Boat in Falmouth this year.
Turns out the be roughly the same drive for us as going down to
Buzzard's bay and there's so many places to go in Maine. (Assuming you can see them in the fog

In theory I have a sabattical coming to me this summer so we
hope to be spending August/sept cruising the coast.

Carter Brey · Post by **Carter Brey** » Feb 24th, '07, 11:12

Congratulations, Clay. 1st class boat. Hope to see you on the water this summer.

Didn't you miss spending money??

Carter Brey
Sabre 28 MkII #532 "Delphine"
City Island, NY

Warren Kaplan · Post by **Warren Kaplan** » Feb 24th, '07, 14:50

I have to say that this collection of Brand-X sailors are a classy bunch indeed! Cape Dory Alumni tend to be that way!!

Sea Sprites are great boats.....I loved my SS 23 when I had her back in the 1970s.

Cathy Monaghan · Post by **Cathy Monaghan** » Feb 25th, '07, 14:04

Congratulations Clay! Love those Sea Sprites. The 28 is a very pretty Bill Luders design and I'm sure she'll make you happy.

Cathy
CD32 Realization, #3
Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay

Mark Yashinsky · Post by **Mark Yashinsky** » Feb 25th, '07, 16:40

as you put her thru the paces.

Clay Stalker · Post by **Clay Stalker** » Feb 25th, '07, 17:23

Mark:

I am somewhat techno-challenged and have never learned how to post pictures on this board....if I ever figure it out, I would be glad to post some pics....I do take a lot of digital photos and put them on the PC (actually, my wife puts them on) but still haven't learned how to post on the board

Mark Yashinsky · Post by **Mark Yashinsky** » Feb 25th, '07, 17:27

Promise you will let her drive the new boat (once).

Its the whole "picture is worth a thousand thousand words" thing.

Cathy Monaghan · Post by **Cathy Monaghan** » Feb 26th, '07, 00:41

Clay Stalker wrote:Mark:

I am somewhat techno-challenged and have never learned how to post pictures on this board....if I ever figure it out, I would be glad to post some pics....I do take a lot of digital photos and put them on the PC (actually, my wife puts them on) but still haven't learned how to post on the board

Hi Clay,

Once your photos are digital, all you have to do is upload them to either your own web site or to a photo service's web site. If you don't have your own web site, try Photobucket.com (there are lots of others). Photobucket.com is super easy to use. Once your photos have been uploaded to the photo service's web service, you can "point" to them via a "hot link" using the URL of the photo(s). The instructions for that are in the "Stickys" in the "About this Board" forum.

Cathy
CDSOA Webmaster
CD32 Realization, #3

Sailing Soldier · Post by **Sailing Soldier** » Feb 26th, '07, 01:26

Clay,

I keep my CD 28 at a mooring at Norton's. Am happy there. We'll keep an eye out for you this Spring!

John

CD 28 #177
"Liberty"

Dick Barthel · Post by **Dick Barthel** » Feb 26th, '07, 21:25

I am truly happy for you. I know how much you love sailing and you have certainly picked a beauty. I think you are only a 1/2 X'er by the way. I can't wait to see her.

Dick

The Cape Dory Board

Brand-Xers, Save My Seat!!

Brand-Xers, Save My Seat!!

Of Course

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Brand X just got classier

We want pictures.

Techo-Challenged

What, you cant (nicely) ask her???

Re: Techo-Challenged

Congrats Clay

Congrats Clay!