RE: [Cal_Boats] Re: The Rest of the Story (Was MacGregor stuff and trailers) (Nick)

David, dreams of a CAL 40 are NEVER gone. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Skipper Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:35 AM To: Cal List Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: The Rest of the Story (Was MacGregor stuff and trailers) (Nick) Mike, LOL..... I've enjoyed reading about this and came close to a similar scenario (the alone part in particular.) Do you know Bill Chun by any chance? I spent a lot of time with him in the winter of '95 looking at Vashon Island with the same idea in mind. I roamed all over the Island and came close to buying one or another of those 5 acre parcels. I also lusted after a really small house with a rather spectacular large dock, deep into Quartermaster Harbor. The dock added great value to the property, but the lot was too small to expand the house and it was really tiny. I don't remember the selling price, but it was very affordable and I really wanted it (I had plans for a Cal 40.) My wife talked me out of it, and she was correct. She has a great eye towards remodeling but the lot was too small to do much with and I had to agree with her. I was working long hours in downtown Seattle and tested the commute for a while which killed the idea and sent me off to Bainbridge, where I put an offer on a house with 2 acres overlooking Rich Passage. The seller countered higher than her original listing (she turned out to be nuts) so I leased a house and I kept looking. After a few months of commuting on the ferry I soured on the whole idea and moved downtown. I ended up back in Santa Barbara and my own home, which has been just fine with me, though that's a long and convoluted story. Dreams of a Cal 40 are long gone, as a local slip would cost as much as $150K now. David Wilkie Owen Cal 2-29 "Mariposa" Santa Barbara, CA http://www.mariposasailing.com From: Michael Kennedy <mailto:mt… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: The Rest of the Story (Was MacGregor stuff and trailers) (Nick) I really liked the area but would have been up there alone, I suspect. I even had an architect start on house plans and it was a beautiful spot and the price was right when I bought it. One time about 10 years ago, when I still owned the land, there was a proposal to build a bridge across from the peninsula to Tacoma with a stop on Vashon, sort of like the bridge to Mercer. There was a community meeting at the high school to discuss the proposal and I heard that 10,000 people showed up with 98% voting NO! I didn't know there were that many people living on the island and it took a bridge proposal to bring them all out. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 On Aug 5, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Terrence Spencer wrote: And it is still like that up here. The down side is that some folks can put a derelict on a self-made mooring in a beautiful little harbor like Quartermaster and leave it to rot or sink (much like that Cal 28 we were discussing last winter). This is leading to some regulation in many small harbors here in the northwest.. By coincidence, if I can get my children to get the rest of their gear packed, I plan to spend tonight on the hook in Quartermaster. Terry Spencer Cal 2-29 Capriccio Tacoma

The problem is that they become bottomless pits. It's hard to say "I won't do that. It's too expensive." The problem is that the boat is worth it. I keep coming up with new things that really should be done. I was looking at Roby Bessent's boat yesterday. He sealed over the hull-deck joint with fiberglass. He didn't do the whole thing, which I would have done, but just the stern and hull to the shrouds. He put a C&C style rail on the bow. Then he painted the hull and it looks great. I wish I had been smart enough to do that. The lessons I've learned have mostly come just a bit too late. THis winter I really have to fix that toe rail. You can't get teak anymore, at least I haven't found a source. Anyway, I spent the weekend varnishing. I started at the bow and worked aft. All inside. MIke Kennedy Conquest cal 40 # 96 On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Husar Charlie wrote: > > David, dreams of a CAL 40 are NEVER gone. > > Cheers > Charlie > > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Skipper > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:35 AM > To: Cal List > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: The Rest of the Story (Was MacGregor > stuff and trailers) (Nick) > > > Mike, > > LOL..... > > I've enjoyed reading about this and came close to a similar > scenario (the alone part in particular.) Do you know Bill Chun by > any chance? I spent a lot of time with him in the winter of '95 > looking at Vashon Island with the same idea in mind. I roamed all > over the Island and came close to buying one or another of those 5 > acre parcels. > > > >

> As someone who has spent hours contorting his 200 lb 6' frame > around stanchions, T-tracks, shrouds, and chocks in order to sand and > paint the toe rail on a Cal 40, I can appreciate the temptation to > glass the whole thing over, but I do think it detracts from the boat's > lines. Incidentally, in the Inland Northwest, varnish just doesn't hold up so well as Cetol--and many coats of that are needed. At the moment, I have 7 coats on the cockpit boards, 4 on the handrails, and 1 1/2 on the toe rail. Hope to have everything equalled out by season's end. Richard Dozier "Pantera" Cal 40 #110 > >

Mike, For teak and almost any other hardwood and marine plywood, try Frost Hardwood Lumber Co.in San Diego, 6565 Miramar Rd., 858-455-9060. They have a large selection of wild and plantation teak in various sizes including 2" planks. Duane Duane & Lynn Knize Marlyn, 1978 Cal 2-39, #18 Berthed: Emeryville, CA At 08:10 PM 8/6/2006, you wrote: >The problem is that they become bottomless pits. It's hard to say "I >won't do that. It's too expensive." The problem is that the boat is >worth it. I keep coming up with new things that really should be >done. I was looking at Roby Bessent's boat yesterday. He sealed >over the hull-deck joint with fiberglass. He didn't do the whole >thing, which I would have done, but just the stern and hull to the >shrouds. He put a C&C style rail on the bow. Then he painted the >hull and it looks great. I wish I had been smart enough to do that. >The lessons I've learned have mostly come just a bit too late. THis >winter I really have to fix that toe rail. You can't get teak >anymore, at least I haven't found a source. > >Anyway, I spent the weekend varnishing. I started at the bow and >worked aft. All inside. > >MIke Kennedy >Conquest cal 40 # 96 > >On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Husar Charlie wrote: > >> >>David, dreams of a CAL 40 are NEVER gone. >> >>Cheers >>Charlie >> >> >>---------- >>From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >>[<mailto:Cal>mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Skipper >>Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:35 AM >>To: Cal List >>Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: The Rest of the Story (Was MacGregor >>stuff and trailers) (Nick) >> >> >>Mike, >> >>LOL..... >> >>I've enjoyed reading about this and came close to a similar >>scenario (the alone part in particular.) Do you know Bill Chun by >>any chance? I spent a lot of time with him in the winter of '95 >>looking at Vashon Island with the same idea in mind. I roamed all >>over the Island and came close to buying one or another of those 5 >>acre parcels. >> >> >> > > Duane & Lynn Knize Marlyn, 1978 Cal 2-39, #18 Berthed: Emeryville, CA

Or try Edensaw in Port Townsend,WA. The seem to have a huge source of exotic woods. Fred Haas On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:40 AM, Duane Knize wrote: > Mike, > > For teak and almost any other hardwood and marine plywood, try Frost > Hardwood Lumber Co.in San Diego, 6565 Miramar Rd., 858-455-9060. > They have a large selection of wild and plantation teak in various > sizes including 2" planks. > > Duane > > Duane & Lynn Knize > Marlyn, 1978 Cal 2-39, #18 > Berthed: Emeryville, CA > > > At 08:10 PM 8/6/2006, you wrote: > >> The problem is that they become bottomless pits. It's hard to say "I >> won't do that. It's too expensive." The problem is that the boat is >> worth it. I keep coming up with new things that really should be >> done. I was looking at Roby Bessent's boat yesterday. He sealed over >> the hull-deck joint with fiberglass. He didn't do the whole thing, >> which I would have done, but just the stern and hull to the shrouds. >> He put a C&C style rail on the bow. Then he painted the hull and it >> looks great. I wish I had been smart enough to do that. The lessons >> I've learned have mostly come just a bit too late. THis winter I >> really have to fix that toe rail. You can't get teak anymore, at >> least I haven't found a source. >> >> Anyway, I spent the weekend varnishing. I started at the bow and >> worked aft. All inside. >> >> MIke Kennedy >> Conquest cal 40 # 96 >> >> On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Husar Charlie wrote: >> >>> >>> David, dreams of a CAL 40 are NEVER gone. >>> >>> Cheers