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Sad boat story
I was out walking off Easter dinner with my brother and we spotted a
large sailboat on the hard in the middle of a field in St. Cloud, Minnesota, not a usual spot for such a boat. We began to look around and found it to be a 37' steel sailboat that a real craftman had spent 18 years building in his back yard so he and his wife could sail around the world when he retired. What a boat, everything new and first class. As it turned out, they launched it last fall in the Mississippi River, went a few miles and got hung up on a wing dam. The builder broke his hand, they turned around, brought the boat home and put it up for sale. They never even got the mast up.... Capt. Jeff |
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That is sad. I hope someone buys her who will take her to sea.
Any idea who did the design? Norm B On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:53:09 -0500, Tamaroak wrote: I was out walking off Easter dinner with my brother and we spotted a large sailboat on the hard in the middle of a field in St. Cloud, Minnesota, not a usual spot for such a boat. We began to look around and found it to be a 37' steel sailboat that a real craftman had spent 18 years building in his back yard so he and his wife could sail around the world when he retired. What a boat, everything new and first class. As it turned out, they launched it last fall in the Mississippi River, went a few miles and got hung up on a wing dam. The builder broke his hand, they turned around, brought the boat home and put it up for sale. They never even got the mast up.... Capt. Jeff |
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I vaguely remember this story from somewhere else. Either that or its
cyber-deja-vu (ceja-vu, I've coined a new term). engsol wrote: That is sad. I hope someone buys her who will take her to sea. Any idea who did the design? Norm B On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:53:09 -0500, Tamaroak wrote: I was out walking off Easter dinner with my brother and we spotted a large sailboat on the hard in the middle of a field in St. Cloud, Minnesota, not a usual spot for such a boat. We began to look around and found it to be a 37' steel sailboat that a real craftman had spent 18 years building in his back yard so he and his wife could sail around the world when he retired. What a boat, everything new and first class. As it turned out, they launched it last fall in the Mississippi River, went a few miles and got hung up on a wing dam. The builder broke his hand, they turned around, brought the boat home and put it up for sale. They never even got the mast up.... Capt. Jeff |
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It's a Roberts 37. Multi-chined steel built by someone who really knew
how to do steel. It's quite a boat and i hope someone buys it and takes it to the ocean. Look for the whole story and some photos in "Soundings." Capt. Jeff |
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:35:37 GMT, engsol
wrote: That is sad. I hope someone buys her who will take her to sea. Any idea who did the design? Norm B Probably a Roberts 38...it's very common for home builds as you can have everything computer cut and delivered on a flatbed or two. R. |
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