Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
love that boat
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
From the add:
"The boat was originally built in 1929 and was completely rebuild and lengthened to 39ft in 1949. ... Construction is white pine over oak, with a birch keel."
Gentlemen, please tell me what's the forum wisdom on birch keels? Even if it's there only since 1949 that's still 73 years.Comment
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
These are beautiful, fast and seaworthy boats, but they are not the best built vessels, in general, that I've seen.Comment
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
a board member of this organization has reached out to me, suggesting that donations made to them specifically directed towards airlie's restoration would help them to get involved in her rescue
Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.Comment
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Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.Comment
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"If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red GreenComment
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's Airlee
former forum member mmd has been in touch with me to let me know that "Airlie has a new owner who intends to restore her."
no other details forthcoming at the momentSimpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.Comment
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
From the add:
"The boat was originally built in 1929 and was completely rebuild and lengthened to 39ft in 1949. ... Construction is white pine over oak, with a birch keel."
Gentlemen, please tell me what's the forum wisdom on birch keels? Even if it's there only since 1949 that's still 73 years.
Having worked in Norway and learned the ancient(Viking) method of boatbuilding, the ordinary (peasant) folk still needed boats for fishing, transport, etc. They adapted the gloriously beautiful methods and materials of the Viking age-vessels that were built by the very wealthy and connected people- to their ongoing needs. This meant that more Furu(Pine) and Gran (Spruce) were used in the areas where they were plentiful, as were Birch and other so called trash woods. In the case of Norway, these trees were slow growing and could yield nice strong wood.
The boats were built for their budget and needs, not glossy magazines and historians. And it was these folk who insured the old techniques were continued, and we have some of these craft alive to this day.
I love grand yachts built with very high specifications and materials, and craftsmen...and owners with open checkbooks for maintenance. But some boats are built as tools, like a hay wagon, or a pitchfork, or an oil lamp.Comment
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
Great news. I found a few pics from when Jamie trucked her to Maine for launching after the work he had done in Nova Scotia.
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With our Talisman:
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Jamie onboard:
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Re: Tancook schooner for free Jamie's ARLIE
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Bill Ryall, Tylerdurden, Jamie
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Jamie at the helm
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Tylerdurden again.
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