Rigging set and Sails Hoisted

[D Gobby]

Thank You, to all on this forum who have held my hand and helped me along the way.
I'm posting a couple of pics showing the mast and rigging up and the sails hoisted.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df00b3127cce969bd5f7fc6100000026108AYtHLlyzbtd

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df00b3127cce969beaaebcbf00000026108AYtHLlyzbtd I have only a few minor things left to do before launching.

[JimD]

Lovely! smile.gif What is it?

[Thorne]

Looks like the infamous Dachshund One-Short-Design racing class to me...

... ; -0 )

Nice boat, likewise what is it?

[FSS172]

Or would that be 'Docks-Hound' :rolleyes:

[StevenBauer]

Lookin' great Darrel! Has Anita seen these pics? Can't wait for the 'in the water' shots. And a review of sailing perfomance would be great, too.

Steven

[Hwyl]

It's an Atkins Bart. Looking good ... Just add water!

[StevenBauer]

An Al Mason Bart, Gareth. ;)

Steven

[Hwyl]

Durned CRS.
I'm off to the Eastern Prom today.

[ 01-22-2006, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: Hwyl ]

[D Gobby]

It is an Al Mason Design Bart. Thank you for the compliment's. This is my first boat building project and I've enjoyed the experience so much I've already started thinking about the next one.
Steven I have e-mailed the pictures to Anita. She has not responded to any of my e-mails for over a year, maybe Shane the wild one from down under can coax the Girl out of hidding.

Darrel

[rbgarr]

Al Mason worked for Sparkman and Stephens during his career, but I don't know when. I wonder if he had a hand in designing the Lightning (which the boat pictured looks similar to) or alternatively, whether this design was influenced by the Lightning.

[D Gobby]

rbgarr: acording to Al's daughter Anita, Al Mason was a draftsman for Sparkman and Stephens when both the Lightning and Blue Jay were designed. I think this design was influenced by both. At 14'11" it is smaller than the Lightning and larger than the Blue Jay.
This boat was designed in 1960 for his daughter, as a birthday present, when she was a teenager and was never built. This is the first one built that I know of.
I can't wait to get the boat in the water and see how it sails.

[ 01-22-2006, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: D Gobby ]

[rbgarr]

AShe looks very nice. I built a few fg Lightnings and they were a handful unless you had a crew. The Blue Jays were a bit too small even for a Lightning 'trainer' so yours may be, as Goldilocks said, 'Juuuuuuust right'.

Good luck.

[A. Mason]

Darrell -- She looks beautiful!!!

The past year has been difficult. Mother is now over 90 years old and her dementia has become quite serious. She is currently in the hospital. I've been her 24/7 caregiver for the past 10 years since Al died.

Were she of sound mind I know she would be very pleased to see the results of your boatbuilding efforts.

FYI, "Bart" was the name of my father's second dachshund. His first dachshund was named "Poochie" which was also the name of Al's "How-to-build" 6-foot pram.

Decades ago I made a promise to my parents that I would be there for them at the end of their years as they were for me at the beginning of my years. At the moment I'm not sure which is worse, the death of a body or the death of a mind.

Take care,
Anita, Al Mason's daughter

[BTW: In the yachting world for over 50 years I was known simply as "Al Mason's daughter." For decades whenever yachting people saw a fair-haired girl with a dachshund, they knew Al was not far away.]

[StevenBauer]

Hi Anita, nice to see you here. Sorry about your Mom, that's such a difficult situation. Have you seen Fumi's post in People & Places? He's looking for info about an Ostkust, Amethyst. A former owner sailed her to Japan!

Steven

[htom]

Looks great, Darrel, when is she getting wet?

Anita -- very nice to see a post from you. Take care of yourself, as well, please. My best to both of you.

[Ken Hutchins]

Looks great smile.gif smile.gif and ready to do some land sailing. :D

[Buddy Sharpton]

Anita, it is so good to "hear" from you back on the forum. Just a few days ago someone in Japan asked where you went to and someone said your last post was in 2003.

Now we know and I'm so sorry about your mother.

My 83 year old dad is just about to enter stage seven of Ahlzhiemer's. With me just helping my two brothers help Mom manage to make decisions about where first to locate for assisted living together and now come Katrina, which Ahlziemer's facility for Dad, and with four homes between us with bedrooms/ suites that won't do, which seniors apartment will be right for Mom.... the worry, the sadness, the time and travel do take their toll. But then Mom resisted for years making ANY changes to allieviate the strain of her own 24/7 caregiving of Dad.

And you're doing it all by yourself.

I don't know what options you might have to consider, and it's mighty presumptuous of me to make any suggestions to you. But I want you to know that while it took Katrina to put a stop to continuing another "status quo" for my Mom and Dad, now that he's in a dedicated facility,with three shifts of trained staff, Dad is in a much more ordered, suited just for him, lifestyle. He is less fearful,is happier,gaining weight, and has actually made his first new friends in ten years, staff and patients both.

Rather than letting, expecting, being made to have Mom decide, filter, prevent,explain, answer... you know all this behavior... Dad is connecting with the world directly. This man has valuable things to do himself , meal mates for instance, that he undertakes on his own even during Mom's visits. I, and Mom, would never have believed it possible again.
Mom is much more the old Mom, now that she can see that someone else, that it actually, reasonably, takes several "someone elses" to do this difficult care. She sleeps through the night, she laughs, she tells us about activities she has done, not what we should know she can't do because she has to take care of our father.And just as importantly, activites and projects she is going to do. Mom has seen her fears that her family , and his sisters would think she wasn't doing EVERYTHING she should, could do for Dad were unfounded.

She readily admits that the same life style can't meet both her and Dad's continually diverging needs- and that they are both in better positions for the change. As the wife of a another patient demonstrated for over a year ago: entering the elevator at 5:00 to go home after having had lunch and spending the afternoon with her husband, allowing the staff to see her husband on to supper, not alone but with his hallmates, "I've done my 'do' for the day. My mom has a long last found a "do" of manageable proportions for herself.

Until Dad can move back to somewhere appropriate in New Orleans, a two day a month visit for Mom seems to be "doing" alright. Dad's got sisters, brothers in law, and three sons making visits during every week too. Even better that way.

This is the nastiest disease I have seen folks, truly the families of folks, suffer with.

Strength unto the day yes, but please take best care of yourself, so your mom can get the best care herself.

You are a dear person.
Buddy

[A. Mason]

Buddy: Thank you for your kind words.

I'm an only child who made a promise to my parents over 20 years ago that I would reciprocate. They spent 20+ years raising me from birth. It was my obligation to spend how ever many years it took to see them through their final years. I was there for all five of Al's strokes as a shoulder/whatever for my mother.

Darrell: As soon as the crisis with mother is resolved, I definitely want to see "Bart #1" in person. She's not a horse but I might just make an exception and go for a sail [G].

Take care,
Anita

[Jay Greer]

Darn! That there boat is so pretty it gives me a lump in my throat!
JG

[D Gobby]

Anita, It is nice to see you here, it's been far to long. Just let me know when you would like to take Bart for sail. If you can make it on a weekend, I'll bring the boat to you. Take it out solo or I'll be your crew.

I wish you all the best with your Mom. I went through the same thing with my parents. I had my sister's help, between the two of us we took care of them both till the end. They both past away within a month of each other,here at home with me and my sister by there side.

Take care Anita,, I will keep you updated on the satus of the boat, not much left to do. You and your Mother on in my thoughts and prayers.

Darrel