Thom, according to Tom Colvin, Dick put over 200K miles on Migrant
during his ownership including a hell of a lot of singlehanded sailing.
Not too shabby for a rig that according to Doug, can't go well to
windward and is an example of 17C technology.

Information I got is the owner after Dick had the interior foamed and
that's when the rust problems started. The survey when Dick sold her
was fine. The hull is Corten steel spray metallised with aluminium when
built, doubt the new plate is treated so tho apparently the welding was
well done. I think the only cure now would be to remove the interior
and the foam then find the bad plate, cut it out and go from there. No
economic point, so her life is now limited IMO.

PDW

In article , Thom
Stewart wrote:

Pete;

She looks a lot different!! She was all Gray and had wooden mast, with
the for mast cantered slightly foreward.

She looks nice!! I know her when---- ah but that was a different time.
She was a Sailor. A Real Sailor she was. Owned by a College Prof who had
time off to make long Voyages and he did.

Dick is gone and the Vessel we knew is no longer! Time leave only
memories to Old Sailors. Good Ones if you lived them right. "Migrant"
and Dick really lived them RIGHT.

He talked of the So Pacific and Asia like it was the next Harbor over.
They "rounded the world and the Pacific at Will. They went where ever
they wanted, at their will.