Re: Lake Champlain
Garth,
By all means,bring yourself and GYPSY to the messabout!The more,the
merrier!!
More importantly,build your CHEBACCO!!This beautiful boat deserves
the time to be done well.If you haven't already,check out Bill
Samsons' terrific tribute to the CHEBACCO in his CHEBACCO NEWS(it is
linked in the"Bookmarks" dept.,just under the "Files" heading).Some
really fine photos to encourage and inspire great work,especially
Jamie Orrs' CHEBACCO.......very nice!
Of course,there is the BOLGER group to solicit tons of
advice/support from as there are a few Chebaccologists in the fold.Pay
no mind to those troublesome MICROLOGISTS who will attempt,at every
corner,to whittle away at your resolve and sway your better judgement
for,alas,they have succumbed to.....THE FEVER,a.k.a.;"seen the
light".;-)
Best of luck with your CHEBACCO and see you in KINGSLAND BAY,LAKE
CHAMPLAIN,AUGUST 4th and 5th,2001!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,wearing a rut in the rug from all the eager pacing while
thinking about Lake Champlain,on the still frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence.
By all means,bring yourself and GYPSY to the messabout!The more,the
merrier!!
More importantly,build your CHEBACCO!!This beautiful boat deserves
the time to be done well.If you haven't already,check out Bill
Samsons' terrific tribute to the CHEBACCO in his CHEBACCO NEWS(it is
linked in the"Bookmarks" dept.,just under the "Files" heading).Some
really fine photos to encourage and inspire great work,especially
Jamie Orrs' CHEBACCO.......very nice!
Of course,there is the BOLGER group to solicit tons of
advice/support from as there are a few Chebaccologists in the fold.Pay
no mind to those troublesome MICROLOGISTS who will attempt,at every
corner,to whittle away at your resolve and sway your better judgement
for,alas,they have succumbed to.....THE FEVER,a.k.a.;"seen the
light".;-)
Best of luck with your CHEBACCO and see you in KINGSLAND BAY,LAKE
CHAMPLAIN,AUGUST 4th and 5th,2001!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,wearing a rut in the rug from all the eager pacing while
thinking about Lake Champlain,on the still frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence.
--- In bolger@y..., garth@b... wrote:
> Continuing the rough head-count -- I think I'm in for the Lake
> Champlain messabout. Barring any unalterable family obligations,
I'll
> certainly show up with my Gypsy and a sleeping bag.
>
> I will be starting work on the lapstrake Chebacco this summer -- and
> wish I could bring that along with the whole family -- but have
> decided to take it slowly and give myself no deadlines, so as not to
> obliterate all the rest of my everyday life -- wife, children, job,
> neighbors, etc., -- as I've discovered happens when I get too
> feverish about a boat. (The fever may set in anyway . . . )
>
> I just bought a copy of George Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding,
after
> hearing so many on this list sing its praises, most recently David
> Ryan recommending the "masts" section. Well, I'm here to confirm and
> testify that the book is worth its purchase price many times over.
It
> is fodder for the grandest dreams.
>
> Now I'm thinking -- OK, finish the Chebacco late this year, have it
> as a weekend cruiser for the family for the next few years, THEN
> begin work on a stoutly built 50' oceangoing boat, to be completed
in
> seven to ten years, when the kids are old enough to sail to Europe
> for the summer . . .
>
> Today I'm going to do a practice mini-lofting of the Chebacco on
> graph paper.
>
>
> All best wishes,
>
> Garth, developing acute boat-fever while looking out at a snow-
> covered mountainside, 2000' above mean sea level, in the Catskills
Continuing the rough head-count -- I think I'm in for the Lake
Champlain messabout. Barring any unalterable family obligations, I'll
certainly show up with my Gypsy and a sleeping bag.
I will be starting work on the lapstrake Chebacco this summer -- and
wish I could bring that along with the whole family -- but have
decided to take it slowly and give myself no deadlines, so as not to
obliterate all the rest of my everyday life -- wife, children, job,
neighbors, etc., -- as I've discovered happens when I get too
feverish about a boat. (The fever may set in anyway . . . )
I just bought a copy of George Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding, after
hearing so many on this list sing its praises, most recently David
Ryan recommending the "masts" section. Well, I'm here to confirm and
testify that the book is worth its purchase price many times over. It
is fodder for the grandest dreams.
Now I'm thinking -- OK, finish the Chebacco late this year, have it
as a weekend cruiser for the family for the next few years, THEN
begin work on a stoutly built 50' oceangoing boat, to be completed in
seven to ten years, when the kids are old enough to sail to Europe
for the summer . . .
Today I'm going to do a practice mini-lofting of the Chebacco on
graph paper.
All best wishes,
Garth, developing acute boat-fever while looking out at a snow-
covered mountainside, 2000' above mean sea level, in the Catskills
Champlain messabout. Barring any unalterable family obligations, I'll
certainly show up with my Gypsy and a sleeping bag.
I will be starting work on the lapstrake Chebacco this summer -- and
wish I could bring that along with the whole family -- but have
decided to take it slowly and give myself no deadlines, so as not to
obliterate all the rest of my everyday life -- wife, children, job,
neighbors, etc., -- as I've discovered happens when I get too
feverish about a boat. (The fever may set in anyway . . . )
I just bought a copy of George Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding, after
hearing so many on this list sing its praises, most recently David
Ryan recommending the "masts" section. Well, I'm here to confirm and
testify that the book is worth its purchase price many times over. It
is fodder for the grandest dreams.
Now I'm thinking -- OK, finish the Chebacco late this year, have it
as a weekend cruiser for the family for the next few years, THEN
begin work on a stoutly built 50' oceangoing boat, to be completed in
seven to ten years, when the kids are old enough to sail to Europe
for the summer . . .
Today I'm going to do a practice mini-lofting of the Chebacco on
graph paper.
All best wishes,
Garth, developing acute boat-fever while looking out at a snow-
covered mountainside, 2000' above mean sea level, in the Catskills