"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ps.com...


A boat like the
19 is sold on it's practical aspects, which has no place in the heart
of a true sailor.


You are absolutely correct here Rob, a true sailor is guided by his mind,
not his heart.

Gilligan

You are absolutely correct here Rob, a true sailor is guided by his
mind,
not his heart.



One might hope you didn't believe this....but I bet you do.
A true sailor is guided by both.


RB
35s5
NY

That's a shame. Do you know if he had insurance?

SBV


"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scotty wrote:
Destroyed? What's the damage report? Was it in the
water
at the time? No one aboard, I presume?


Yes, in the water, nobody on board. He said it was like a
stick of dynamite went off inside the boat. The hull is
cracked open all the way around, hatches blown off, wiring
burnt to a crisp.

The mast was grounded to the centerboard pivot, I wondered
if the lightning bolt flashed the water ballast tank to
steam but he said the ballast tank appeared intact.

There will probably be pictures of it, along with the
story,
in the next Boat U.S. magazine.

It's really a shame since these folk got as much out of
the
boat, or more, than we did. They have two small children
both of whom have learned to sail and can skipper their
'Conchita.' They moved up to the Hunter 19 from a ComPac
16
and thought it was like an ocean liner!

DSK

Scotty wrote:

That's a shame. Do you know if he had insurance?


Yes, and we talked about what it would be worth to keep /
buy back from the ins co. such as the motor, equipment, etc.
It's going to be some loss no matter how he works it.

DSK

Judging by how much sailing it has done, it's a better boat
than any you'v ever owned or ever will.




Oh, so the King of Keels judges boat quality by how much it is sailed.
That makes every new boat pretty crappy.
This summer we still sailed our 35s5 an average of 3 days a week,
mostly daysails with little Thomas. Was that Hunter 19 used 3 days a
week? Maybe it was used 7 days a week. That would make it well used
junk...but still junk.
How many H19's did you sail before buying it, Doug?


RB
35s5
NY

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scotty wrote:

That's a shame. Do you know if he had insurance?


Yes, and we talked about what it would be worth to keep /
buy back from the ins co. such as the motor, equipment,
etc.
It's going to be some loss no matter how he works it.


Well, at least it should help some. I never had insurance on
any of my trailerables.

SBV

That's a shame Doug, I use a pic of your boat as a wallpaper/screensaver.
Regards,
JR

"DSK" wrote in message
news
Well, I just got a phone call earlier tonight from the man who bought our
Hunter 19 a few years ago. The boat was hit by lightning this afternoon
and is destroyed.

It's really a shame, a lot of miles of water (and highway) passed under
that boat. We enjoyed it tremendously as did he & his family.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

JR wrote:

That's a shame Doug, I use a pic of your boat as a wallpaper/screensaver.
Regards,
JR


Thanks for the kind words. I'm a bit surprised that anybody
else would like more than a passing glance at our sailing
pictures.

For some impressive wallpaper how about this?
news://news.bellsouth.net:119/1UPLg....s-preussen.jpg

or
http://tinyurl.com/h5hf5

There is a constant stream of great pictures... photos &
paintings, historical & current... over in
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships although there is not as
much of the banter... possibly a good thing sometimes.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King