It Floats

[kc8pql]

After waiting out a long Great Lakes winter in storage at the marina, my Buehler Jenny gets wet the first time. All went well. So far, everything's working.

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[StevenBauer]

Beautiful Ken! You must be peaking. :) I can't wait to hear about sail trials.

Steven

[Scott P]

Let me be the first to offer you my congradulations. Have fun this summer

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Congratulations, she has very nice lines.

[Kim Whitmyre]

Well done! Must feel unspeakably nice to see her in the water. :)

[JimD]

Awesome!:)

[Dave Lesser]

Beautiful job. This boat has been an inspiration to me since your earliest posts. Have a great summer.

[kc8pql]

Thanks guys. I'll post some sea trial reports once we get it all ironed out.

[paladin]

beeeyootiful...but didja remember to plug all the holes?:D

[Woxbox]

Fantastic. Keep the photos coming.

[Paul Girouard]

Nice boat :cool:

Why is the water so brown?? Is it generally like that? Just around the marine's ?? From boat screws . Is it a lake??or the Big Muddy??

[kc8pql]

Nice boat :cool:

Why is the water so brown?? Is it generally like that?

The marina is on a river and is swollen from heavy spring rains and brown from farm field runoff. It's not usually like that. Lake Erie is about a mile downstream.

[brad9798]

WOW! Very nice.

[S.V. Airlie]

Great to see pictures of anyone getting ready for another season... Umm.. it is that time of the year and I am getting antsy...
Good job..

[katiedobe]

Great Build!!

Wonderful job you did there!

Looks like a great cabin space inside there. Any photos of the interior?

[kc8pql]

Great Build!!

Wonderful job you did there!

Looks like a great cabin space inside there. Any photos of the interior?

Yes. There are some I posted last fall here:
http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=52998

[htom]

Very nice!

[Marcio Moreira]

Great work! Congratulations!

[Jim Ledger]

What a boat! The interior is just stunning! Beautiful cabinetry.

Congratulations on the launch and good luck.

[donald branscom]

What can i say.
Beautiful job ,congradulations.
Also i bet you inspired many others that came in contact with your project. By the way what was the name of your boat?

[kc8pql]

By the way what was the name of your boat?

Alaya. It's Sanskrit, meaning home or abode, as in Himalaya, home or abode of the snow. In Tibetian budhism, alaya is the center of all things. Offshore, your boat is definitely the center of everything.:D

[seanz]

Bump
So , any sailing pics yet?

[kc8pql]

May be some on the way. We went out yesterday in 15 to 20 kts. wind and a 4 to 5' Lake Erie chop. The only other boat around took some pics and said they'd email them. The boat takes the short period, steep sided waves great. No pounding and no spray on deck even when beating. Fun Fun! :D

[River Sailor]

A work of art — congratulations! Love the boat, the workmanship and the name...

[Ron Paro]

I heartily agree with everyone else in saying "great job..."! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Since I just joined this forum in June, I missed these pictures, and the interior ones as well, until these recent bumps anyway. So thanks to seanz for bringing this up again.