Appledore in Key West

[Stu Fyfe]

SWIMBO and I got to do a sail on the Appledore in Key West last week. Great crew. Very entertaining. Attachment 1429

[JimConlin]

Weren't there several Appledores?

[Stu Fyfe]

Yes there were. This is the original. There was a nice book written about her circumnavigation back in the 70's or 80's.

[Colin Burt]

Not quite the original, she is the 2. The first was smaller and more yacht like (Do not know what happened to her). I have worked on the 5 which is also in Florida this winter and there is also now a 6 (though he want and called it Eastwind instead).

[johngsandusky]

I think he served aboard CGC Eastwind, an icebreaker. I daysailed with him on one of the Appledores in Maine.

[Willin']

I sailed on Appledore IIi n Camden years back and had a lovely afternoon...all the more so for the free beer for helping hoist and hand the main... but yachtlike isn't exactly a word I would use to describe her condition then. The stench below was absolutely horrible.

[webfoot]

I sailed around the world with Herb, Doris and their two kids at the time on Appledore 3. Their current Eastwind (5, I think) is the same design. I recently saw Appledore 3 for sale in Rockport, MA

[Howard Sharp]

I took one of those afternoon cruises on her a few years ago and they let me steer her for a while - big fun. The wind was picking up on a fast reach and she was sleigh riding down the backs of some big swells to the point where the bow was kicking up massive amounts of spray when we hit the front of the next one, soaking all the passengers up front. Eventually cap'n told me to bear off and I was enjoying the nice feeling of a big heavy boat maintaining inertia through a slow turn when the first mate, who was half my age, commanded "A bit faster there sir!". For a brief moment I felt like a gentleman yachtsman piloting his own schooner.

[Hwyl]

I sailed around the world with Herb, Doris and their two kids at the time on Appledore 3. Their current Eastwind (5, I think) is the same design. I recently saw Appledore 3 for sale in Rockport, MA

Cool, were you in Antigua in 1980

[webfoot]

We were there in 1986 on the way back. Appledore 2 may have been there at that time.

[Stu Fyfe]

Appledore in Key West was in fine shape. There was some clear work being done on the rails. Rigging was all served properly. Sails were in good shape although well tallow stained as one would expect on a traditional gaff rig. Hoisting the sails was easily done by two. One on the gaff the other on the peak. Didn't detect any bilge odor below. Great crew.