[bolger] Re: re: Pippo get on with it!

Dear Don - well, I was a bit angry, but not offended, naaahhhh
Anyway, I will reloft the side panels if and when I'll be able to go
downstairs into my garage. Luckily enough 10 days of Xmas holidays are
coming...
So you are the guy who wrote two nice articles about launching a Micro!
I don't quite remember where I read those - I just remember the boat's
name...
Thanks and best

Pippo

"don" <oin-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1218

> Dear Pippo,
> I am glad you were not offended by my tongue-in-cheek hurry up.
> You sure are a perfectionist, and will produce a lovely boat (well, as
> lovely as a Micro can be....cute is probably a better word). It is
> interesting that you (and I to some extent) have chosen to turn a tart
> into a lady!
> Incidentally, my Micro is the longest in the world, because I didn't
> notice until assembly that my ply sheets were old imperial, so my boat
> is 4cm longer than standard. If I was as perfectionist as you, I

guess

> I would have cut it off.
> My boat has been on an exposed mooring for 6 months now, and we had a
> real blow this week of 40-60knots. Needless to say, my heart was in

my

> mouth......but there was little Oink at the end of it, bobbing up and
> down looking for all the world like a be-headed seagull searching for
> it's head. Very reassuring considering that she is built to
> specification with 6mm plywood throughout, except for the stem which

is

> 20mm ply with a solid breasthook glued and screwed through the shear
> stringers.
>
> Good luck and keep building,
>
> Don
>

Dear Pippo,
I am glad you were not offended by my tongue-in-cheek hurry up.
You sure are a perfectionist, and will produce a lovely boat (well, as
lovely as a Micro can be....cute is probably a better word). It is
interesting that you (and I to some extent) have chosen to turn a tart
into a lady!
Incidentally, my Micro is the longest in the world, because I didn't
notice until assembly that my ply sheets were old imperial, so my boat
is 4cm longer than standard. If I was as perfectionist as you, I guess
I would have cut it off.
My boat has been on an exposed mooring for 6 months now, and we had a
real blow this week of 40-60knots. Needless to say, my heart was in my
mouth......but there was little Oink at the end of it, bobbing up and
down looking for all the world like a be-headed seagull searching for
it's head. Very reassuring considering that she is built to
specification with 6mm plywood throughout, except for the stem which is
20mm ply with a solid breasthook glued and screwed through the shear
stringers.

Good luck and keep building,

Don