Re: The cruise of the Chebacco Samantha
Way to go Paul. You're living a dream I've also had. I live at the
entrance to Tulls Bay, in sight of the waterway alternate to the
Dismal Swamp canal. It goes south at the Elizabeth River bridge
instead of West. Then it comes out from the Blackwater River in the
Currituck Sound. I've wanted to take my wife on a cruise down the
Dismal Swamp canal for years, but she can't make the trip any more.
Keep up the good life....and post lots of photos so the rest of us
can enjoy your trip too.
Tom Pannell
Tulls Bay, NC
entrance to Tulls Bay, in sight of the waterway alternate to the
Dismal Swamp canal. It goes south at the Elizabeth River bridge
instead of West. Then it comes out from the Blackwater River in the
Currituck Sound. I've wanted to take my wife on a cruise down the
Dismal Swamp canal for years, but she can't make the trip any more.
Keep up the good life....and post lots of photos so the rest of us
can enjoy your trip too.
Tom Pannell
Tulls Bay, NC
--- In bolger@y..., "prthober" <prthober@y...> wrote:
> Dear Bolgerphiles,
>
> Sorry about the very brief post a couple of days ago - I was in the
> process of being kicked off the computer at the library in Hampton.
>
> I am now in Elizabeth City, NC, having gone through the Dismal
Swamp
> Canal. The canal is nice but the Pasquotank River is nicer very
> little development and no busy road parallel it. I am waiting here
a
> couple of days because of an impending gale on Albermarle Sound.
>
> The Samantha has been a real joy to sail. The only criticism I can
> offer is her lack of windward ability the first two days after
> leaving Maine were into a south wind and I only managed about 12
> miles a day. The shallow keel and the gaff rig are probably the
> limiting factors. Now if I need to go to windward I either wait for
a
> favorable wind, motor-sail or motor.
>
> I've had some memorable sailing, quite a few beautiful anchorages,
> mostly friendly people and one major (MAJOR) scare. The sail down
> Long Island Sound was the best reaching most of the way at 5 to 6
> knots and arriving at Hell Gate just at the right time to be
flushed
> down the East river at 8 to 10 knots. The best anchorage so far has
> been the eastern-most of the Norwalk Islands a "C" shaped island
> with a lagoon and uninhabited. Two anchorages is the Chesapeake are
> worth mentioning Brannock Bay between the Choptank and the Little
> Choptank and Milford Haven Harbor. All of these were smooth as
glass
> all night. The big scare was on Delaware Bay. I tried to sail from
> Cape May to the C & D canal in one day and was overtaken by dark
> about 10 miles short. I made the decision to continue and was
almost
> run down by a freighter as I tried to cross the main channel. These
> boats move amazingly fast, are hard to see, and it is difficult to
> judge where they are headed. I feel that I dodged the bullet and
have
> learned my lesson.
>
> Jack I do remember seeing you in Hampton small world. Not much
of
> my Chebacco is per the plans except for the shape of the hull. The
> cabin is longer and higher than the design. Also, the boat has a
keel
> (A la cruising version shown in Boats With an Open Mind) rather
than
> a centerboard. These two changes make for a much roomier cabin I
> have been living aboard for about six weeks and can't imagine doing
> that in the cabin as originally designed.
>
> Mike I will be in Wrightsville Beach in a week or two I am
having
> my mail forwarded there and am also going to try to locate an old
> friend in Wilmington, so will probably spend a couple of days
there.
> I will try to email you when I have a better idea of my arrival.
>
> More later,
>
> Paul
Hi
Can't help you with the Chebacco site -- that's Richard Spelling's, I
just send stuff to him. I tried the site myself just now and
everything worked for me.
Good question about Bill McK. though -- I haven't seen him for quite
a while. I'll follow that up, maybe we can get a report from Bill
for the Chebacco site.
BTW, since you were asking about Industrial Formulators, Wayward Lass
was built with (mostly) Industrial Formulators' Cold Cure epoxy. I
tried some MAS, which was also good, and another brand whose name I
forget, but came back to Cold Cure both times. For me, it was
cheapest, locally available, and did a good job on gluing, sealing
and glassing. I built outside, under a tarp shelter, and the epoxy
never let me down.
Jamie
Can't help you with the Chebacco site -- that's Richard Spelling's, I
just send stuff to him. I tried the site myself just now and
everything worked for me.
Good question about Bill McK. though -- I haven't seen him for quite
a while. I'll follow that up, maybe we can get a report from Bill
for the Chebacco site.
BTW, since you were asking about Industrial Formulators, Wayward Lass
was built with (mostly) Industrial Formulators' Cold Cure epoxy. I
tried some MAS, which was also good, and another brand whose name I
forget, but came back to Cold Cure both times. For me, it was
cheapest, locally available, and did a good job on gluing, sealing
and glassing. I built outside, under a tarp shelter, and the epoxy
never let me down.
Jamie
--- In bolger@y..., "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
> Hi Jamie,
> Speaking of photos, what happened to yours at chebacco.com? I can't
> get them to come up.
>
> Also I was wondering how Bill McKibbens was doing with his
Chebacco?
> Any photos I wonder?
>
> Nels
>
> --- In bolger@y..., "jas_orr" <jas_orr@y...> wrote:
> > Six weeks in a Chebacco, and still not finished!! How does a guy
> get
> > so much time to go sailing? Sounds like a dream holiday, I hope
> > your're keeping a log, taking lots of pictures, and plan to post
it
> > all one day.
> >
> > Meanwhile, keep up the emails, help us all get through winter....
> >
> > Jamie Orr
> >
Hi Jamie,
Speaking of photos, what happened to yours at chebacco.com? I can't
get them to come up.
Also I was wondering how Bill McKibbens was doing with his Chebacco?
Any photos I wonder?
Nels
Speaking of photos, what happened to yours at chebacco.com? I can't
get them to come up.
Also I was wondering how Bill McKibbens was doing with his Chebacco?
Any photos I wonder?
Nels
--- In bolger@y..., "jas_orr" <jas_orr@y...> wrote:
> Six weeks in a Chebacco, and still not finished!! How does a guy
get
> so much time to go sailing? Sounds like a dream holiday, I hope
> your're keeping a log, taking lots of pictures, and plan to post it
> all one day.
>
> Meanwhile, keep up the emails, help us all get through winter....
>
> Jamie Orr
>
Six weeks in a Chebacco, and still not finished!! How does a guy get
so much time to go sailing? Sounds like a dream holiday, I hope
your're keeping a log, taking lots of pictures, and plan to post it
all one day.
Meanwhile, keep up the emails, help us all get through winter....
Jamie Orr
so much time to go sailing? Sounds like a dream holiday, I hope
your're keeping a log, taking lots of pictures, and plan to post it
all one day.
Meanwhile, keep up the emails, help us all get through winter....
Jamie Orr
--- In bolger@y..., "prthober" <prthober@y...> wrote:
> Dear Bolgerphiles,
>
> Sorry about the very brief post a couple of days ago - I was in the
> process of being kicked off the computer at the library in Hampton.
>
> I am now in Elizabeth City, NC, having gone through the Dismal
Swamp
> Canal. The canal is nice but the Pasquotank River is nicer very
> little development and no busy road parallel it. I am waiting here
a
> couple of days because of an impending gale on Albermarle Sound.
>
> The Samantha has been a real joy to sail. The only criticism I can
> offer is her lack of windward ability the first two days after
> leaving Maine were into a south wind and I only managed about 12
> miles a day. The shallow keel and the gaff rig are probably the
> limiting factors. Now if I need to go to windward I either wait for
a
> favorable wind, motor-sail or motor.
>
> I've had some memorable sailing, quite a few beautiful anchorages,
> mostly friendly people and one major (MAJOR) scare. The sail down
> Long Island Sound was the best reaching most of the way at 5 to 6
> knots and arriving at Hell Gate just at the right time to be
flushed
> down the East river at 8 to 10 knots. The best anchorage so far has
> been the eastern-most of the Norwalk Islands a "C" shaped island
> with a lagoon and uninhabited. Two anchorages is the Chesapeake are
> worth mentioning Brannock Bay between the Choptank and the Little
> Choptank and Milford Haven Harbor. All of these were smooth as
glass
> all night. The big scare was on Delaware Bay. I tried to sail from
> Cape May to the C & D canal in one day and was overtaken by dark
> about 10 miles short. I made the decision to continue and was
almost
> run down by a freighter as I tried to cross the main channel. These
> boats move amazingly fast, are hard to see, and it is difficult to
> judge where they are headed. I feel that I dodged the bullet and
have
> learned my lesson.
>
> Jack I do remember seeing you in Hampton small world. Not much
of
> my Chebacco is per the plans except for the shape of the hull. The
> cabin is longer and higher than the design. Also, the boat has a
keel
> (A la cruising version shown in Boats With an Open Mind) rather
than
> a centerboard. These two changes make for a much roomier cabin I
> have been living aboard for about six weeks and can't imagine doing
> that in the cabin as originally designed.
>
> Mike I will be in Wrightsville Beach in a week or two I am
having
> my mail forwarded there and am also going to try to locate an old
> friend in Wilmington, so will probably spend a couple of days
there.
> I will try to email you when I have a better idea of my arrival.
>
> More later,
>
> Paul
> The sail downRight past my front door, so to speak.
> Long Island Sound was the best reaching most of the way at 5 to 6
> knots and arriving at Hell Gate just at the right time to be
> flushed down the East river at 8 to 10 knots.
Anyone interested in cruising stories should read The Boy, Me and The
Cat which is about a cruise down the east coast in a catboat about
1910. One can see how live in general and the coast in particular has
change.
In this story, they took the Delaware - Raritan canal which ran more
or less from New Brunswick across New Jersey to Trenton. The remnants
of the canal are still there and used for canoeing in place, and for
water supply in places. It great thing if it were revivied, but it's
not gonna happen.
Peter
Wow--what a great cruise. I envy you.
I have run boats on Delaware Bay all my life, and
have a lot of affection for it, but it has to be one
of the most unpleasant stretches of the ICW,
especially in something like a Chebacco. The
powers-that-be are considering dredging the Assawoman
canal, once a commercial waterway linking Indian River
and Little Assawoman bays in Delaware, now restricted
to kayaks and the like (shoaled to 6" in places). If
that is done, boats like a Chebacco could run across
Delaware Bay to Lewes, Del., then by canal to
Rehoboth/Indian River/Little Assawoman bays, and on
through Assawoman Bay (behind Ocean City, Md.),
Chincoteague Sound and through inside waters all the
way to Cape Charles and the Chesapeake. Thare are
some great towns to visit in this stretch (Lewes,
Del.; Chincotegue, Va., etc.) plus some of the least
developed, wildest coastline in the east. One the
downside, you'd miss most of the Chesapeake, but it
might be worth it. Sam
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I have run boats on Delaware Bay all my life, and
have a lot of affection for it, but it has to be one
of the most unpleasant stretches of the ICW,
especially in something like a Chebacco. The
powers-that-be are considering dredging the Assawoman
canal, once a commercial waterway linking Indian River
and Little Assawoman bays in Delaware, now restricted
to kayaks and the like (shoaled to 6" in places). If
that is done, boats like a Chebacco could run across
Delaware Bay to Lewes, Del., then by canal to
Rehoboth/Indian River/Little Assawoman bays, and on
through Assawoman Bay (behind Ocean City, Md.),
Chincoteague Sound and through inside waters all the
way to Cape Charles and the Chesapeake. Thare are
some great towns to visit in this stretch (Lewes,
Del.; Chincotegue, Va., etc.) plus some of the least
developed, wildest coastline in the east. One the
downside, you'd miss most of the Chesapeake, but it
might be worth it. Sam
--- prthober <prthober@...> wrote:
> Dear Bolgerphiles,__________________________________________________
>
> Sorry about the very brief post a couple of days ago
> - I was in the
> process of being kicked off the computer at the
> library in Hampton.
> The big scare was on Delaware Bay. I
> tried to sail from
> Cape May to the C & D canal in one day and was
> overtaken by dark
> about 10 miles short. I made the decision to
> continue and was almost
> run down by a freighter as I tried to cross the main
> channel. These
> boats move amazingly fast, are hard to see, and it
> is difficult to
> judge where they are headed. I feel that I dodged
> the bullet and have
> learned my lesson.
>
>
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HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now
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Dear Bolgerphiles,
Sorry about the very brief post a couple of days ago - I was in the
process of being kicked off the computer at the library in Hampton.
I am now in Elizabeth City, NC, having gone through the Dismal Swamp
Canal. The canal is nice but the Pasquotank River is nicer very
little development and no busy road parallel it. I am waiting here a
couple of days because of an impending gale on Albermarle Sound.
The Samantha has been a real joy to sail. The only criticism I can
offer is her lack of windward ability the first two days after
leaving Maine were into a south wind and I only managed about 12
miles a day. The shallow keel and the gaff rig are probably the
limiting factors. Now if I need to go to windward I either wait for a
favorable wind, motor-sail or motor.
I've had some memorable sailing, quite a few beautiful anchorages,
mostly friendly people and one major (MAJOR) scare. The sail down
Long Island Sound was the best reaching most of the way at 5 to 6
knots and arriving at Hell Gate just at the right time to be flushed
down the East river at 8 to 10 knots. The best anchorage so far has
been the eastern-most of the Norwalk Islands a "C" shaped island
with a lagoon and uninhabited. Two anchorages is the Chesapeake are
worth mentioning Brannock Bay between the Choptank and the Little
Choptank and Milford Haven Harbor. All of these were smooth as glass
all night. The big scare was on Delaware Bay. I tried to sail from
Cape May to the C & D canal in one day and was overtaken by dark
about 10 miles short. I made the decision to continue and was almost
run down by a freighter as I tried to cross the main channel. These
boats move amazingly fast, are hard to see, and it is difficult to
judge where they are headed. I feel that I dodged the bullet and have
learned my lesson.
Jack I do remember seeing you in Hampton small world. Not much of
my Chebacco is per the plans except for the shape of the hull. The
cabin is longer and higher than the design. Also, the boat has a keel
(A la cruising version shown in Boats With an Open Mind) rather than
a centerboard. These two changes make for a much roomier cabin I
have been living aboard for about six weeks and can't imagine doing
that in the cabin as originally designed.
Mike I will be in Wrightsville Beach in a week or two I am having
my mail forwarded there and am also going to try to locate an old
friend in Wilmington, so will probably spend a couple of days there.
I will try to email you when I have a better idea of my arrival.
More later,
Paul
Sorry about the very brief post a couple of days ago - I was in the
process of being kicked off the computer at the library in Hampton.
I am now in Elizabeth City, NC, having gone through the Dismal Swamp
Canal. The canal is nice but the Pasquotank River is nicer very
little development and no busy road parallel it. I am waiting here a
couple of days because of an impending gale on Albermarle Sound.
The Samantha has been a real joy to sail. The only criticism I can
offer is her lack of windward ability the first two days after
leaving Maine were into a south wind and I only managed about 12
miles a day. The shallow keel and the gaff rig are probably the
limiting factors. Now if I need to go to windward I either wait for a
favorable wind, motor-sail or motor.
I've had some memorable sailing, quite a few beautiful anchorages,
mostly friendly people and one major (MAJOR) scare. The sail down
Long Island Sound was the best reaching most of the way at 5 to 6
knots and arriving at Hell Gate just at the right time to be flushed
down the East river at 8 to 10 knots. The best anchorage so far has
been the eastern-most of the Norwalk Islands a "C" shaped island
with a lagoon and uninhabited. Two anchorages is the Chesapeake are
worth mentioning Brannock Bay between the Choptank and the Little
Choptank and Milford Haven Harbor. All of these were smooth as glass
all night. The big scare was on Delaware Bay. I tried to sail from
Cape May to the C & D canal in one day and was overtaken by dark
about 10 miles short. I made the decision to continue and was almost
run down by a freighter as I tried to cross the main channel. These
boats move amazingly fast, are hard to see, and it is difficult to
judge where they are headed. I feel that I dodged the bullet and have
learned my lesson.
Jack I do remember seeing you in Hampton small world. Not much of
my Chebacco is per the plans except for the shape of the hull. The
cabin is longer and higher than the design. Also, the boat has a keel
(A la cruising version shown in Boats With an Open Mind) rather than
a centerboard. These two changes make for a much roomier cabin I
have been living aboard for about six weeks and can't imagine doing
that in the cabin as originally designed.
Mike I will be in Wrightsville Beach in a week or two I am having
my mail forwarded there and am also going to try to locate an old
friend in Wilmington, so will probably spend a couple of days there.
I will try to email you when I have a better idea of my arrival.
More later,
Paul