Re: WINDERMERE( mini-update no.3)
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dbaldnz" <oink@p...> wrote:
peter L
> Well done Peter, a day to savour for years to come.Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! LOL
> I can see Windermere in a couple of years......remember 'One Flew
> Over The Cuckoos Nest', the boat trip? A tribe of your charges
> whooping it up on the mighty St Lawrence.....what a hoot!
> DonB
>
peter L
Well done Peter, a day to savour for years to come.
I can see Windermere in a couple of years......remember 'One Flew
Over The Cuckoos Nest', the boat trip? A tribe of your charges
whooping it up on the mighty St Lawrence.....what a hoot!
DonB
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <ellengaest@b...>
wrote:
I can see Windermere in a couple of years......remember 'One Flew
Over The Cuckoos Nest', the boat trip? A tribe of your charges
whooping it up on the mighty St Lawrence.....what a hoot!
DonB
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <ellengaest@b...>
wrote:
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost" <djost@m...> wrote:marmut
> >
> > However, you never told us how you dealt with the rodent /
> > problem.
> >
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Lenihan,still giddy from the flip and lovin' every minute of
> it,from along the muggy shores of the St.Lawrence.........
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost" <djost@m...> wrote:
all the excitement of flipping the bottom over followed by the
intense relief of success,the first thing on my mind was a cold
beer.And then another cold beer and lots of chatting with the flip-
gang. I suppose that we could have made a serious attack on it had
someone thought of it but fortunately we were distracted by Bruces'
Twisted Seagull.So part of the gang went wondering around the boat
yard and Bruce and I went down to the seaway to launch his boat.What
a fine rowboat it is too!! With what seemed like minimal output from
me,the boat just scooted along with great ease.In very short
time,the rest of the gang wondered down to each take a spin in her.
We all had a turn in her and all were very impressed with how well
the boat performed.Equally impressive was the nice job Bruce made of
her,and with marine ply to boot!
Now,once Bruce figures out the correct placement of several
batteries, it is only a matter of time before there is a Kooltron
cooler on board for cold beer,all the time,rain or shine and to hell
with lugging ice around :-)
Nevertheless,the days are numbered for the groundhog. For the time
being,I must focus on cleaning up the inside bottom(removing epoxy
stalamites etc),installing the chine logs and maybe even the bedlogs
for the centerboard trunk.As long as my bulkheads are stored
flat,the groundhog is safe. If all goes well, I should be raising
the bulkheads by the end of July.......then goodbye beasty!!
In about 5 hours,I'll be back at the boat getting in as much work as
possible before the full heat of the day comes on strong( 31 degrees
expected!).What a beautiful way to kick of the beginning of
summer.Lets hope it lasts :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,still giddy from the flip and lovin' every minute of
it,from along the muggy shores of the St.Lawrence.........
>Ah yes,the groundhog/woodchuck/marmotte/devils' spawn.....well,with
> However, you never told us how you dealt with the rodent / marmut
> problem.
>
all the excitement of flipping the bottom over followed by the
intense relief of success,the first thing on my mind was a cold
beer.And then another cold beer and lots of chatting with the flip-
gang. I suppose that we could have made a serious attack on it had
someone thought of it but fortunately we were distracted by Bruces'
Twisted Seagull.So part of the gang went wondering around the boat
yard and Bruce and I went down to the seaway to launch his boat.What
a fine rowboat it is too!! With what seemed like minimal output from
me,the boat just scooted along with great ease.In very short
time,the rest of the gang wondered down to each take a spin in her.
We all had a turn in her and all were very impressed with how well
the boat performed.Equally impressive was the nice job Bruce made of
her,and with marine ply to boot!
Now,once Bruce figures out the correct placement of several
batteries, it is only a matter of time before there is a Kooltron
cooler on board for cold beer,all the time,rain or shine and to hell
with lugging ice around :-)
Nevertheless,the days are numbered for the groundhog. For the time
being,I must focus on cleaning up the inside bottom(removing epoxy
stalamites etc),installing the chine logs and maybe even the bedlogs
for the centerboard trunk.As long as my bulkheads are stored
flat,the groundhog is safe. If all goes well, I should be raising
the bulkheads by the end of July.......then goodbye beasty!!
In about 5 hours,I'll be back at the boat getting in as much work as
possible before the full heat of the day comes on strong( 31 degrees
expected!).What a beautiful way to kick of the beginning of
summer.Lets hope it lasts :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,still giddy from the flip and lovin' every minute of
it,from along the muggy shores of the St.Lawrence.........
Hooray! Congratulations, Peter. It has been my
experience that these things are never as hard as you
fear they are going to be. Sometimes they go better,
sometimes they are much, much worse. Glad yours was
the former. Sam
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experience that these things are never as hard as you
fear they are going to be. Sometimes they go better,
sometimes they are much, much worse. Glad yours was
the former. Sam
--- Peter Lenihan <ellengaest@...> wrote:
> Bolgerados!__________________________________
> The first day of summer has come and past and
> what a flippin'
> success it was!
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Ah Peter,
There are few joys in life approaching that of having a group of friends
flip your bottom... er.. I mean.. Congratulations!
David "welcome to the right-side-up world" Romasco
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lenihan [mailto:ellengaest@...]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:16 AM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] WINDERMERE( mini-update no.3)
Bolgerados!
The first day of summer has come and past and what a flippin'
success it was! As some of you may know or at least those who like
to follow these sorts of things,that today was the day that my
WINDERMERE bottom was to be flipped right side up.After going
through the usual hemming and hawing and seeking advice here,
a "plan" had finally jelled.
This plan called for the raising of the entire bottom to
about eight inches off the building jig followed by the building and
installation of a tilting table.The tilting table essentially is but
a frame work constructed of two 4"X 4"X 10' legs and held inline by
two 2"X 12" X 6' cross pieces.Added to this are two hinges secured
to the underside of the 4X4 posts.The table is then slid under the
raised bottom until the halfway point is reached,relative to the
station molds of the jig.At this point,the hinges are then secured
to the jig itself.
Once all set up,the bottom is then pushed/slid off the
building jig and out along this tilting table.
And so,this morning straight after work,it was off to the
building site to take care of any last minute details and to set up
my mini reception area for the various invited guest and dignitaries.
O.K., so it was just a sheet of plywood set up on two horses
with a few cases of beer stashed underneath with some ice and
the "guests and dignitaries" were just beer guzzling friends.....a
guy can dream.no?
Without a minute to spare before the stroke of10:00Am the
first of the hands appeared. I was pleasently surprised and glad to
meet Jean Gauthier and Gaby ( of AS-39 fame,LA CABOTIN). Soon after
arrived the gang from Vercheres,Jean-Pierre,Robert,Charles and Jean.
After reviewing how I wanted things to proceed,we quickly went
to work.In short order,the bottom was slid out onto the tilting
table.Once the bottom had reached the balance point,I feared that
perhaps one other pair of hands could be used and so recruited my
boat neighbor Bernard(he is building a steel Bruce Roberts 40
SPRAY).With 3 bodies holding guidelines or arrestor lines,the rest
of us slowly tilted the bottom up the vertical.Stopping to assess
our progress and to re-position ourselves,I observed that despite
the size and weight of the bottom,we indeed had things under good
control. Without further stalling,we then procceeded with finally
lowering the bottom to its upright stance and onto a platform set up
to recieve the bottom at its proper rocker.
And it was very shortly after this that Bruce,Le Baron de
Kingston, arrived with his Twisted Seagull. Like a true pirate and
King of the road, Le Baron de Kingston endured the formalalites of
introductions and quickly beamed himself over to the reception
area,I mean bar :-)
Under the bright blue sky, the beer felt really smooooth going
down the hatch and of course, the wave of relief that all went so
well without a single accident was most palatable.
The upshot? I am one very very happy boatbuilder who can now
look forward to some fresh new progress/construction on my
Windermere.However,and perhaps most importantly,I am also very very
lucky to have such a fantastic circle of friends and buddies.Without
them, I would be very poor indeed!!!
"Where the hell are the pictures Lenihan?" I can imagine some
of you asking right about now. I have 4 frames left to finish the
roll and will post them soon.Bruce,Le Baron de Kingston,did take
some shots with a fancy digital camera and mentioned that he would
try to post a few of them.Hopefully this will help until I can get
mine up.....they show the flipping"in progress".
Hope this didn't drive you to contemplating taking up a
different hobby or put you to sleep :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with new found spring to every step I take,from along
the shores of the St.Lawrence....
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There are few joys in life approaching that of having a group of friends
flip your bottom... er.. I mean.. Congratulations!
David "welcome to the right-side-up world" Romasco
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lenihan [mailto:ellengaest@...]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:16 AM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] WINDERMERE( mini-update no.3)
Bolgerados!
The first day of summer has come and past and what a flippin'
success it was! As some of you may know or at least those who like
to follow these sorts of things,that today was the day that my
WINDERMERE bottom was to be flipped right side up.After going
through the usual hemming and hawing and seeking advice here,
a "plan" had finally jelled.
This plan called for the raising of the entire bottom to
about eight inches off the building jig followed by the building and
installation of a tilting table.The tilting table essentially is but
a frame work constructed of two 4"X 4"X 10' legs and held inline by
two 2"X 12" X 6' cross pieces.Added to this are two hinges secured
to the underside of the 4X4 posts.The table is then slid under the
raised bottom until the halfway point is reached,relative to the
station molds of the jig.At this point,the hinges are then secured
to the jig itself.
Once all set up,the bottom is then pushed/slid off the
building jig and out along this tilting table.
And so,this morning straight after work,it was off to the
building site to take care of any last minute details and to set up
my mini reception area for the various invited guest and dignitaries.
O.K., so it was just a sheet of plywood set up on two horses
with a few cases of beer stashed underneath with some ice and
the "guests and dignitaries" were just beer guzzling friends.....a
guy can dream.no?
Without a minute to spare before the stroke of10:00Am the
first of the hands appeared. I was pleasently surprised and glad to
meet Jean Gauthier and Gaby ( of AS-39 fame,LA CABOTIN). Soon after
arrived the gang from Vercheres,Jean-Pierre,Robert,Charles and Jean.
After reviewing how I wanted things to proceed,we quickly went
to work.In short order,the bottom was slid out onto the tilting
table.Once the bottom had reached the balance point,I feared that
perhaps one other pair of hands could be used and so recruited my
boat neighbor Bernard(he is building a steel Bruce Roberts 40
SPRAY).With 3 bodies holding guidelines or arrestor lines,the rest
of us slowly tilted the bottom up the vertical.Stopping to assess
our progress and to re-position ourselves,I observed that despite
the size and weight of the bottom,we indeed had things under good
control. Without further stalling,we then procceeded with finally
lowering the bottom to its upright stance and onto a platform set up
to recieve the bottom at its proper rocker.
And it was very shortly after this that Bruce,Le Baron de
Kingston, arrived with his Twisted Seagull. Like a true pirate and
King of the road, Le Baron de Kingston endured the formalalites of
introductions and quickly beamed himself over to the reception
area,I mean bar :-)
Under the bright blue sky, the beer felt really smooooth going
down the hatch and of course, the wave of relief that all went so
well without a single accident was most palatable.
The upshot? I am one very very happy boatbuilder who can now
look forward to some fresh new progress/construction on my
Windermere.However,and perhaps most importantly,I am also very very
lucky to have such a fantastic circle of friends and buddies.Without
them, I would be very poor indeed!!!
"Where the hell are the pictures Lenihan?" I can imagine some
of you asking right about now. I have 4 frames left to finish the
roll and will post them soon.Bruce,Le Baron de Kingston,did take
some shots with a fancy digital camera and mentioned that he would
try to post a few of them.Hopefully this will help until I can get
mine up.....they show the flipping"in progress".
Hope this didn't drive you to contemplating taking up a
different hobby or put you to sleep :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with new found spring to every step I take,from along
the shores of the St.Lawrence....
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No Peter, not at all.
Congratulations on your success!!! What a great moment when one goes
from belly down to belly up. I remember flipping my Nymph for the
first time; I put a hole in her (ouch).
However, you never told us how you dealt with the rodent / marmut
problem.
By the way, the key to getting your crew to show up on time is to
only by quality beer a couple bottles short of the total needed.
Round out the offerings with whatever is the cheapest swill that can
be found. (Ortliebs, Fife and Drum, Moxie)
Congratulations
David Jost
Congratulations on your success!!! What a great moment when one goes
from belly down to belly up. I remember flipping my Nymph for the
first time; I put a hole in her (ouch).
However, you never told us how you dealt with the rodent / marmut
problem.
By the way, the key to getting your crew to show up on time is to
only by quality beer a couple bottles short of the total needed.
Round out the offerings with whatever is the cheapest swill that can
be found. (Ortliebs, Fife and Drum, Moxie)
Congratulations
David Jost
> Hope this didn't drive you to contemplating taking up a
> different hobby or put you to sleep :-)
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Lenihan,with new found spring to every step I take,from along
> the shores of the St.Lawrence....
Bolgerados!
The first day of summer has come and past and what a flippin'
success it was! As some of you may know or at least those who like
to follow these sorts of things,that today was the day that my
WINDERMERE bottom was to be flipped right side up.After going
through the usual hemming and hawing and seeking advice here,
a "plan" had finally jelled.
This plan called for the raising of the entire bottom to
about eight inches off the building jig followed by the building and
installation of a tilting table.The tilting table essentially is but
a frame work constructed of two 4"X 4"X 10' legs and held inline by
two 2"X 12" X 6' cross pieces.Added to this are two hinges secured
to the underside of the 4X4 posts.The table is then slid under the
raised bottom until the halfway point is reached,relative to the
station molds of the jig.At this point,the hinges are then secured
to the jig itself.
Once all set up,the bottom is then pushed/slid off the
building jig and out along this tilting table.
And so,this morning straight after work,it was off to the
building site to take care of any last minute details and to set up
my mini reception area for the various invited guest and dignitaries.
O.K., so it was just a sheet of plywood set up on two horses
with a few cases of beer stashed underneath with some ice and
the "guests and dignitaries" were just beer guzzling friends.....a
guy can dream.no?
Without a minute to spare before the stroke of10:00Am the
first of the hands appeared. I was pleasently surprised and glad to
meet Jean Gauthier and Gaby ( of AS-39 fame,LA CABOTIN). Soon after
arrived the gang from Vercheres,Jean-Pierre,Robert,Charles and Jean.
After reviewing how I wanted things to proceed,we quickly went
to work.In short order,the bottom was slid out onto the tilting
table.Once the bottom had reached the balance point,I feared that
perhaps one other pair of hands could be used and so recruited my
boat neighbor Bernard(he is building a steel Bruce Roberts 40
SPRAY).With 3 bodies holding guidelines or arrestor lines,the rest
of us slowly tilted the bottom up the vertical.Stopping to assess
our progress and to re-position ourselves,I observed that despite
the size and weight of the bottom,we indeed had things under good
control. Without further stalling,we then procceeded with finally
lowering the bottom to its upright stance and onto a platform set up
to recieve the bottom at its proper rocker.
And it was very shortly after this that Bruce,Le Baron de
Kingston, arrived with his Twisted Seagull. Like a true pirate and
King of the road, Le Baron de Kingston endured the formalalites of
introductions and quickly beamed himself over to the reception
area,I mean bar :-)
Under the bright blue sky, the beer felt really smooooth going
down the hatch and of course, the wave of relief that all went so
well without a single accident was most palatable.
The upshot? I am one very very happy boatbuilder who can now
look forward to some fresh new progress/construction on my
Windermere.However,and perhaps most importantly,I am also very very
lucky to have such a fantastic circle of friends and buddies.Without
them, I would be very poor indeed!!!
"Where the hell are the pictures Lenihan?" I can imagine some
of you asking right about now. I have 4 frames left to finish the
roll and will post them soon.Bruce,Le Baron de Kingston,did take
some shots with a fancy digital camera and mentioned that he would
try to post a few of them.Hopefully this will help until I can get
mine up.....they show the flipping"in progress".
Hope this didn't drive you to contemplating taking up a
different hobby or put you to sleep :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with new found spring to every step I take,from along
the shores of the St.Lawrence....
The first day of summer has come and past and what a flippin'
success it was! As some of you may know or at least those who like
to follow these sorts of things,that today was the day that my
WINDERMERE bottom was to be flipped right side up.After going
through the usual hemming and hawing and seeking advice here,
a "plan" had finally jelled.
This plan called for the raising of the entire bottom to
about eight inches off the building jig followed by the building and
installation of a tilting table.The tilting table essentially is but
a frame work constructed of two 4"X 4"X 10' legs and held inline by
two 2"X 12" X 6' cross pieces.Added to this are two hinges secured
to the underside of the 4X4 posts.The table is then slid under the
raised bottom until the halfway point is reached,relative to the
station molds of the jig.At this point,the hinges are then secured
to the jig itself.
Once all set up,the bottom is then pushed/slid off the
building jig and out along this tilting table.
And so,this morning straight after work,it was off to the
building site to take care of any last minute details and to set up
my mini reception area for the various invited guest and dignitaries.
O.K., so it was just a sheet of plywood set up on two horses
with a few cases of beer stashed underneath with some ice and
the "guests and dignitaries" were just beer guzzling friends.....a
guy can dream.no?
Without a minute to spare before the stroke of10:00Am the
first of the hands appeared. I was pleasently surprised and glad to
meet Jean Gauthier and Gaby ( of AS-39 fame,LA CABOTIN). Soon after
arrived the gang from Vercheres,Jean-Pierre,Robert,Charles and Jean.
After reviewing how I wanted things to proceed,we quickly went
to work.In short order,the bottom was slid out onto the tilting
table.Once the bottom had reached the balance point,I feared that
perhaps one other pair of hands could be used and so recruited my
boat neighbor Bernard(he is building a steel Bruce Roberts 40
SPRAY).With 3 bodies holding guidelines or arrestor lines,the rest
of us slowly tilted the bottom up the vertical.Stopping to assess
our progress and to re-position ourselves,I observed that despite
the size and weight of the bottom,we indeed had things under good
control. Without further stalling,we then procceeded with finally
lowering the bottom to its upright stance and onto a platform set up
to recieve the bottom at its proper rocker.
And it was very shortly after this that Bruce,Le Baron de
Kingston, arrived with his Twisted Seagull. Like a true pirate and
King of the road, Le Baron de Kingston endured the formalalites of
introductions and quickly beamed himself over to the reception
area,I mean bar :-)
Under the bright blue sky, the beer felt really smooooth going
down the hatch and of course, the wave of relief that all went so
well without a single accident was most palatable.
The upshot? I am one very very happy boatbuilder who can now
look forward to some fresh new progress/construction on my
Windermere.However,and perhaps most importantly,I am also very very
lucky to have such a fantastic circle of friends and buddies.Without
them, I would be very poor indeed!!!
"Where the hell are the pictures Lenihan?" I can imagine some
of you asking right about now. I have 4 frames left to finish the
roll and will post them soon.Bruce,Le Baron de Kingston,did take
some shots with a fancy digital camera and mentioned that he would
try to post a few of them.Hopefully this will help until I can get
mine up.....they show the flipping"in progress".
Hope this didn't drive you to contemplating taking up a
different hobby or put you to sleep :-)
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with new found spring to every step I take,from along
the shores of the St.Lawrence....