Micro, Micro II, or Navigator
Dear Friends all,
I have just acquired the very good unfinished Micro recently for sale on the other group and am considering how to finish it, and whether to finish it for myself or for a customer, should one be found. I already have a good Micro.
For myself, I think it would be a great project to complete this new one as a Navigator. That's a project I would have to do bit by bit over a long time, while building and restoring other boats for a living.
I need to research reviews of that design and the Chinese Gaff rig, which intrigues me greatly. I imagine there's a lot about it in these archives, and maybe Bruce Hallman and others will give us their latest thoughts.
Best for me (and my family) would be to find a customer who would like this boat finished, or nearly finished. At present it's done except for paint and a little trim, outside. It needs a hatch and companionway slides, and the cockpit decking is fitted but not fastened. Has a very good custom trailer with coil springs and shocks, with an extension-tongue to help get the rig deep enough for the boat to float off. Masts are built but unfinished, and sprit-booms and boomkin are yet to be made. Sailrite offers kits for Micro sails, and Hallie is up for becoming a sailmaker since she's been cut back at the Adirondack Museum.
I have a great motor for it, a Honda 7.5 with low hours, which won't idle well until it gets a new carburetor. (I have tried and failed to clean the idling passageways.)
I see about 50 hours working very efficiently to get it done and painted, plus hardware and sails. As a plain Micro, that is.
In my experience, Bolgeristos do things themselves and will not pay the likes of me to do them. All except for the good fellow who allowed me to complete the first-ever Whalewatcher. Which, by the way, will be racing in the Wood Regatta (for wooden one-designs) in Maryland next month.
Best wishes to all---Mason Smith
I have just acquired the very good unfinished Micro recently for sale on the other group and am considering how to finish it, and whether to finish it for myself or for a customer, should one be found. I already have a good Micro.
For myself, I think it would be a great project to complete this new one as a Navigator. That's a project I would have to do bit by bit over a long time, while building and restoring other boats for a living.
I need to research reviews of that design and the Chinese Gaff rig, which intrigues me greatly. I imagine there's a lot about it in these archives, and maybe Bruce Hallman and others will give us their latest thoughts.
Best for me (and my family) would be to find a customer who would like this boat finished, or nearly finished. At present it's done except for paint and a little trim, outside. It needs a hatch and companionway slides, and the cockpit decking is fitted but not fastened. Has a very good custom trailer with coil springs and shocks, with an extension-tongue to help get the rig deep enough for the boat to float off. Masts are built but unfinished, and sprit-booms and boomkin are yet to be made. Sailrite offers kits for Micro sails, and Hallie is up for becoming a sailmaker since she's been cut back at the Adirondack Museum.
I have a great motor for it, a Honda 7.5 with low hours, which won't idle well until it gets a new carburetor. (I have tried and failed to clean the idling passageways.)
I see about 50 hours working very efficiently to get it done and painted, plus hardware and sails. As a plain Micro, that is.
In my experience, Bolgeristos do things themselves and will not pay the likes of me to do them. All except for the good fellow who allowed me to complete the first-ever Whalewatcher. Which, by the way, will be racing in the Wood Regatta (for wooden one-designs) in Maryland next month.
Best wishes to all---Mason Smith