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John,
I am extremely impressed with your business as usual attitude. Less than a month until defending your cup and you are still bedding hardware. Nerves of steel, I tell you! Crew Rest was on the hard for a simple 3-day bottom freshening and I finally got her back to her slip today—12 days later. Guess we are weather weenies down the bay here.
Speaking of yard chuckles—the guy next to me was pulling the toe rails off a Cape Dory “Super Typhoon” (cute 22 footer—Judy and I had a Typhoon almost 40 years ago). At any rate, the previous owners had used 3m 5200 and he was using a chisel and the teak was splintering every 6 inches. Lots of teak toothpick material available. When they say 5200 is for permanent bonding—they mean it.
A successful 2009 sea trial this morning just in time to beat the thunderstorms and tornado watch. Now on the hard at Cobb’s Marina getting prepped for some “secret slime” bottom sauce. It’s an old Hooper’s Island family recipe–guaranteed to do whatever Irish Mist can do–just a half knot faster.
OK all you readers. I witnessed it myself–Snoodle Time smoked by Old Point Comfort today easily outclassing every other boat in Hampton Roads. Handsome boat–handsome couple in the cockpit. Easily doing 7 knots on a broad reach.
Meanwhile. I got the laundry on the spars—could it be that we take a maiden 2009 sail tomorrow?????
Thanks for NOT telling me.
From Salt Ponds tomorrow, you will be able to enjoy the Langley AFB Airshow. I watched the F-22 practice and the T-Birds arrival show this afternoon. Weather should be glorious. I’ll be up on VHF.
Barry
If Alan made it possible on the forum, this note would be in green font—green with jealousy. Last Saturday was fabulous. My next over slip mate made his 2009 maiden sail in his Pacific Seacraft 34 and came back in just grinnin”. My crew (Judy) is out of pocket this weekend, so can’t join you—but will do so soon. Give me a hail on 16 as you pass by.
And by the way—poppin’ 7.2 knots will make a few Oxford bound folks VERY nervous. It might make Irish Mist start looking for that “private breeze” really early over the line.
😆Have made arrangements with Peggy Cobb at Little Creek once again. Yard is pricey but it’s closer to home so I can more easily go get the tools/ladder/wax/Cetol/brushes/tape/sandpaper/whatever that I always seem to forget.
Assume you’ve already been up and are back in? If so, how did the hull polish/er work out?
Might commission Lil’ Lulu (the dink) this weekend. She’s never been wet since I built her last year.
Hi Steve,
Working down our list as well. Re-bedded the chainplates and tuned up the standing rigging on Saturday. Still have bright work to do–but don’t we all? Plan to haul on 4 May–but we’re sailable now. Saturday’s weather forecast is bright sun and 80 degrees. Hmmmmmm.
In answer to your other post—really want to do some Back Bay/Mobjack Bay/Onancock mini-cruises this year. That said, our schedule is out of control until after the Annual Rendezvous (of course that is our #1 priority).
Barry
We’re pretty close to ready—-’bout another two weeks (should have water back on at the dock by then—-I hope.) Also been thinking about forming the flotilla to go north in June.
Barry
Ahoy Juju,
I add my welcome to Mike’s. I think you will soon appreciate the wonderful group of people you will meet in this forum and just by virtue of your great taste in boats. It won’t take long for “Irish Mist” to come up on line and tell you the benifits of joining the Dickerson Owners Association. We have found that there are several common characteristics of Dickerson owners, one being a thirst for information about these terrific sailing yachts.
To that end, we have collected lots of information about the boats still in commission and their owners. The boat total exceeds 100. I am the collector of that info and will distribute it to DOA members in the June 2009 Directory. Irish Mist has prepared a 2008 version (condensed) and will send that out in the next few weeks.
So when you get a chance, please email me:
Boat name, length, rig, year, year purchased, documentation number, hull number, your names and contact info, hailing port, and previous boat names and owners. You may not have all that info and I might help you fill in the gaps.
We all hope you will be sailing soon and perhaps join is in June at the annual Rendezvous in Oxford—it’s a hoot!
You can see more detail on this boat by going to the following web site:
I currently have the two sea boards out of the companionway and home where I’ve taken them down to bare wood (looks like a hair dryer—but it’s really a heat gun). The top one (with the screen) split vertically (with the grain) two years ago. I got a 1” wide teak strip and used that as a brace down the split and all the way around to make a square on the inside while gluing it back together. Probably stronger now than it was before. I made a one piece hatch out of plywood I had and that’s what is on board at the moment. Think I’ll keep that around as a spare.
Appreciate the encouragement on the chain plates. Guess I’ll try to do all of them next nice day.
Supposed to be almost 60 tomorrow (in the pelting rain).
Hi Guys,
Repairing Crew Rest’s autopilot was last winter’s project—and well worth the effort (if not the money–ouch). I ended up replacing a faulty under deck linear drive (Nexus). But the difference between an autopilot and no autopilot was night and day. Since the Nexus (aka Simrad aka ComNav) was a Swedish product–we named the autopilot “Hans”—Swedish/Germanic–close enough. Hans is a wonderful companion and always there when we need him. And even though I had to train as a contortionist to get it installed, I really like the under deck mounting. Can be an emergency tiller should the Edison steering chain fail.
So current projects? None worthy of mention—just stripping any teak I can bring home to await warmer temperatures.
Still need to re-bed chain plates. Snoodle Time done that yet?
Al,
In one of the ten thousand DYI project books I’ve thumbed through at Borders, I remember seeing a wooden tapered plug that someone had crafted in two halves, then permanently seized around an appropriately placed link of the rode. So when the rode was out at anchor, the metal cover would operate as it does now, but when underway or in the slip (anchor secure), the cover would be flipped up and the plug would provide a seal.
Seems to me that the plug would take a beating through the roller–but who knows. I wasn’t inspired enough to try it—-yet.
We’re way ahead of you (for once), Joe. Bob and I have already discussed a flotilla sail and arrival in the Tred Avon. Might even stop by Deale and “troll” for any good looking ketches of Irish descent sporting new “mystery slick” bottom paint that want to join the formation.
More about this later here on the forum—stay tuned.