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05-19-2013, 04:41 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

I'm on a search of my own with some of the same bodies from the same era, not design but numbers of boats, and so far I have found no records -- lost...

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05-19-2013, 02:57 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

Will keep trying.

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05-19-2013, 11:58 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

You still think the I-class a one design?

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05-19-2013, 10:50 AM

Thad replied to a thread Wood Al Mason design, Maine CL in Misc. Boat Related

Print I got from Anita years ago.

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05-19-2013, 09:57 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

I do wonder where you're going with this. You have the Mower drawings from The Rudder, and it is likely in the Mystic collection of Mower designs if...

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05-19-2013, 09:19 AM

Thad replied to a thread Wood Al Mason design, Maine CL in Misc. Boat Related

AM designed Manana in 1944, called A Racing Sloop. length 29' 3.5", design WL 19' 6", extreme beam 6' 4.75", draft 3' 11", Main 201, jib 107 = 308...

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05-19-2013, 08:11 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

I'd say it's hard to tell. It may be another 18' water line knockabout, of which there were many, the Triangle sloop among them. Not being able to...

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05-18-2013, 04:13 PM

Thad replied to a thread OGA 50th, Round Britain Cruise, blogs, links in People & Places

Me too.

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05-18-2013, 04:12 PM

Thad replied to a thread At least he quit trying to dig his own basement and gave me the coat closet back. in Building / Repair

Looks like a fine boat. It would be nice to know what the design is. No idea where you are. That's a factor that involves the intended use of the...

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05-18-2013, 01:36 PM

Thad started a thread OGA 50th, Round Britain Cruise, blogs, links in People & Places

http://www.classicboat.co.uk/news/sue-lewis-oga-blog/ http://www.eastcoastclassics.co.uk/news/sailing-follows-fleet...

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05-18-2013, 07:06 AM

Thad replied to a thread Building 72' schooner in Viet Nam in Building / Repair

Thank you, Luke.

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05-17-2013, 08:24 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

Thanks, Peter. Good work!

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05-17-2013, 05:27 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

The only I I know is a keel boat. I 4 there doesn't look like a scow. That rig calls for some serious ballast. The big inland scows used...

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05-16-2013, 08:01 AM

Thad replied to a thread Why "outside of heart"? in Building / Repair

Pretty well illustrated in your picture, Chuck.

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05-14-2013, 02:16 PM

Thad replied to a thread The DUKW and Rod Stephens in Misc. Boat Related

The Rose is Alden design #700, shown in the book of Alden designs. Gerald Smith is mentioned in READY ABOUT as a captain for Peabody. Gerald spoke...

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05-13-2013, 08:54 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

It does seem to me that things haven't changed so much, for example the so called Open designs, 30, 40, 60, and 70. The same happened and still...

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05-12-2013, 10:25 AM

Thad replied to a thread Schooner Munteyn Top in Misc. Boat Related

post #47 seems to be a little Tancook whaler. With those sharp ends they are quite small boats for their length.

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05-12-2013, 08:51 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

My impression is that many of the early classes were development classes often nearly one design in effect and often broken up as a class by a rule...

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05-11-2013, 08:06 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

I just happened to have that 1937 Race Week Supplement out on my desk just now with just the information called for. Ha. The BPL does identify the...

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05-11-2013, 05:13 PM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

I don't know what rule the "I"s were built to, but I'm think it was a development class with different designers and builders. (There is still one...

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05-11-2013, 04:24 PM

Thad replied to a thread Concordia Yawl #26 Restoration in Building / Repair

Excellent!!!

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05-11-2013, 10:18 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

What's not to get? They are running and everything is pulling.

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05-11-2013, 07:10 AM

Thad replied to a thread Asking for identification of a sailing class in Marblehead in the thirties in Designs / Plans

The boats in the first picture might be I class, with a Star in the background. The second and third are the same and I don't know though it has the...

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05-10-2013, 08:13 PM

Thad replied to a thread Albert Strange's Cherub 111 in Designs / Plans

This is VENTURE, 29.5'x6'8"x4'4", 4.3 ton: CIII does have a foot and a half more beam.

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05-10-2013, 07:33 AM

Thad replied to a thread Albert Strange's Cherub 111 in Designs / Plans

Charm and Sea Harmony are 33' enlargements of the 29.5' Venture design, which in that 30' range is about as sweet as they come. Not as fulsome as...

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