Swiss Navy's Fate (was Cal 2-29 interior casework question)

Chris inquired: "Jog my memory--whatever happened to Rog's boat?" I don't know if this was ever posted here on the list. Sadly, we could not find anyone interested in taking on the partially-completed project boat (which was parked up a mountain in Reno, and would have required some extensive work to extricate). I don't know for certain what happened, but the last I heard is that someone had been found who would do the chainsaw work required to haul it off in a dumpster, and I assume that is how it went. It's a really sad ending to a very special project. Roger worked in the Jensen Marine factory when Cal 29 #1 "Swiss Navy" was built, and it was a basket case when he found it many years later. (While he was repairing and rebuilding it, he'd refer to it as "Swiss Cheese".) He had to peel the hull due to delamination, and then build it up again from the outside. He then invested a lot of time and money in turning it into the "21st Century Cal 29", including the sugar scoop stern, lengthened cabin top, and much more. He learned how to do carbon fiber construction, and I believe he even built his own autoclave for baking his projects. I know that he made some carbon fiber spreaders for his Cal 30, and I believe that he either built or was going to build several carbon fiber masts for Swiss Navy. Progress on the project was slow - Rog always seemed to have several irons in the fire at a time - and the cancer got to him before he could finish the boat. I have attached a page from the Cal 29 brochure that shows Swiss Navy in better times. Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 "Jambalaya"

That is really sad. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Alfred Poor <ap… [at] bellatlantic.net> wrote: > [Attachment(s) <#1227f109472234a2_TopText> from Alfred Poor included > below] > > Chris inquired: > > > > “Jog my memory--whatever happened to Rog's boat?” > > > > I don’t know if this was ever posted here on the list. Sadly, we could not > find anyone interested in taking on the partially-completed project boat > (which was parked up a mountain in Reno, and would have required some > extensive work to extricate). I don’t know for certain what happened, but > the last I heard is that someone had been found who would do the chainsaw > work required to haul it off in a dumpster, and I assume that is how it > went. > > > > It’s a really sad ending to a very special project. Roger worked in the > Jensen Marine factory when Cal 29 #1 “Swiss Navy” was built, and it was a > basket case when he found it many years later. (While he was repairing and > rebuilding it, he’d refer to it as “Swiss Cheese”.) He had to peel the hull > due to delamination, and then build it up again from the outside. He then > invested a lot of time and money in turning it into the “21st Century Cal > 29”, including the sugar scoop stern, lengthened cabin top, and much more. > He learned how to do carbon fiber construction, and I believe he even built > his own autoclave for baking his projects. I know that he made some carbon > fiber spreaders for his Cal 30, and I believe that he either built or was > going to build several carbon fiber masts for Swiss Navy. Progress on the > project was slow — Rog always seemed to have several irons in the fire at a > time — and the cancer got to him before he could finish the boat. > > > > I have attached a page from the Cal 29 brochure that shows Swiss Navy in > better times. > > > > Alfred Poor > > 1973 Tartan 34C #288 “Jambalaya” > > > > > > -- Robert Bruce Stirling, II, Esq. 602.254.6638 602.460.5631 [Cell] br… [at] stirlinglaw.com http://www.stirlinglaw.com/lawyers This message is protected by attorney/client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee, or the agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender of this email or by telephone. If you believe it was sent to you in error, do not read it. Please reply to the sender that you received the message in error, then delete it.