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  • WI-Tom
    Seaside Expat
    • Jan 2009
    • 15901

    Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

    I hear there may be an upcoming article in Small Boats of interest to some here.

    The usual suspects were involved...

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    And some of the usual places...

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    Nice places...

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  • WI-Tom
    Seaside Expat
    • Jan 2009
    • 15901

    #2
    Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

    A good time was had by all...

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    Some sailing...

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    Some rowing...

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    And some aimless wandering ashore...

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    • MattMKE
      Member
      • Oct 2021
      • 58

      #3
      Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

      Looking forward to it!

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      • AJBTC
        Member
        • Jun 2022
        • 95

        #4
        Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

        Next month? I'm glad I can still read at least one more of your sailing tales before you headed off into parts unknown (and by that I mean I know you moved somewhere in Europe but I can't remember where).

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        • WI-Tom
          Seaside Expat
          • Jan 2009
          • 15901

          #5
          Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

          Originally posted by AJBTC
          Next month?
          Inshallah.

          Tom
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          • cstevens
            Dreaming of a boat
            • Nov 2014
            • 6357

            #6
            Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

            Definitely looking forward to this one!
            - Chris

            Any single boat project will always expand to encompass the set of all possible boat projects.

            Life is short. Go boating now!

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            • WI-Tom
              Seaside Expat
              • Jan 2009
              • 15901

              #7
              Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

              A few more preview photos. Some nifty easy scrambling:

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              The ubiqitous "inukshuk" style cairns:

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              Lots of just easing along, in no hurry at all:

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              • WI-Tom
                Seaside Expat
                • Jan 2009
                • 15901

                #8
                Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                Some light airs:

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                This channel was about a mile long:

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                Leading right into this one:


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                Last edited by WI-Tom; 09-23-2022, 11:20 AM.
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                • amish rob
                  Emperor For Life
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 24273

                  #9
                  Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                  Some of those photos look very familiar.

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                  • WI-Tom
                    Seaside Expat
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 15901

                    #10
                    Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                    Originally posted by amish rob
                    Some of those photos look very familiar.
                    Speaking of which, I have a couple of students who are AMAZING artists (8th grade, and 9th grade). I told them I'd bring in a certain transom-centric print to show off drawn by a certain Forumite... They also draw digitally--not sure if it's the same set-up you use, but very digital.

                    Tom
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                    • The Jeff
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 505

                      #11
                      Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                      Looking forward to it! Your adventures in your brother's Phoenix III really tipped the scale for me when I was sorting through way too many boat plans.
                      http://sailingmoga.com/

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                      • WI-Tom
                        Seaside Expat
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 15901

                        #12
                        Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                        Originally posted by The Jeff
                        Looking forward to it! Your adventures in your brother's Phoenix III really tipped the scale for me when I was sorting through way too many boat plans.
                        And now I follow your own Phoenix III adventures with equal interest--very cool to see the coastal cruising you've been doing out east.

                        Tom
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                        • WI-Tom
                          Seaside Expat
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 15901

                          #13
                          Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                          The article is out--having my second cover shot on Small Boats makes it a little more fun than usual:

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                          A nice moment for Ross Lillistone's Phoenix III design, too--what a great boat!

                          Tom
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                          • The Jeff
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 505

                            #14
                            Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                            That was a fun read and the Google map really helps tie everything together. Just out of curiosity I checked and it's 14.5 hours to Killarney from here... not a huge amount more than your 12. Must be some amazing sailing for that kind of drive!


                            I found myself nodding my head in agreement at Hen Island. I did a daysail a while back and I've been trying to figure out how to write it up ever since. But basically the trip consisted of ignoring my gut asking if I was about to do something stupid, watching the lee rail dip under water, breaking waves pouring over the windward side to add to the gallons of water sloshing around, and no time to bail or even panic. Eventually I made it through with a newfound respect for mother nature and an appreciation of my boat.


                            Do you think your boxed in thwarts helped with water sloshing around? I could definitely feel my much more open First Mate starting to get rather sluggish. How'd your brother's Phoenix III fare in those conditions?
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                            • WI-Tom
                              Seaside Expat
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 15901

                              #15
                              Re: Sneak Peek At A Boating Adventure

                              Originally posted by The Jeff
                              That was a fun read and the Google map really helps tie everything together. Just out of curiosity I checked and it's 14.5 hours to Killarney from here... not a huge amount more than your 12. Must be some amazing sailing for that kind of drive!
                              You'll never know just how amazing until you make the drive for yourself...

                              Originally posted by The Jeff
                              Do you think your boxed in thwarts helped with water sloshing around? I could definitely feel my much more open First Mate starting to get rather sluggish. How'd your brother's Phoenix III fare in those conditions?
                              I don't think there was really enough water for sloshing to be much of an issue. It just gave me wet cold feet. Lance reported that he took no water whatsoever in the Phoenix III on that leg of the journey. It really is a much dryer ride than the Alaska, and just feels more capable or forgiving. The Alaska does fine if handled well, but even the designer describes it as "needing a deft hand on the tiller when the wind pipes up." I think that's accurate.

                              Where the Alaska's boxed in thwarts really helps is after a capsize. Enough water comes aboard on recovery then for sloshing to be a potential problem, but the way the interior is broken into small compartments (one just behind the mast that's filled with large duffel bags, 1 on each side of the CB case between thwarts, and one just forward of the sternsheets) almost completely eliminates the sloshing effect. This is the one place the Alaska stands out as better than the Phoenix III--it comes up as stable, or even more stable, when filled with water. The Phoenix III comes up wobbly, like you could re-capsize it if you weren't careful. But then, I think the Phoenix III is less likely to capsize in the first place, so it's a tradeoff.

                              The reality is, I think both boats can handle more serious conditions than I ever hope to be out in!

                              Tom
                              Last edited by WI-Tom; 10-22-2022, 10:25 AM.
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