Interesting 6mR blog

[bamamick]

Look under the 'news' section at www.6mrnorthamerica.com, and you will find a really neat blog about the restoration of the Luders 6mR 'Totem'. I thought that you might like it.

Mickey Lake

[Hwyl]

A saggy butt

[Paul Pless]

A saggy butt

Did ya read the portion of the blog where they modeled her in various sailing conditions with the sag left in and with it restored to see which was faster?

[bamamick]

take on projects like this. My Dragon looked about like that when we brought her home. We replaced 25% of the planking, 12 frames, refastened her, rebedded the keel, yadayadayada, and then we glassed her, which from what I have read on this blog is probably responsible for most of the really ugly looking spots on that boat. But there is a difference between doing that down here and doing it in places where there will (or could be) delamination because of icing in the moisture between plank and cloth. Or at least I tell myself that to make myself feel better.

We have boats down here that we 'glassed in the 70's that still look good today. Pretty much any wooden boat used for racing where I live has a layer of cloth on it. Maybe we are limiting the life of the boat by doing this, but I am not sure. All boats have a lifespan built into them. To 'restore' a boat by stripping it down to the ballast keel is all well and good, but 99% of us don't have that option. Rich said that he spent something like 16 years restoring his 22 square. That is absolutely, positively admirable and I honor him for it. I can't do that. I've got to sail. Now. Or at least as close to 'now' as I can get.

Still, if it were financially feasible I would love to buy that 30 square in California and do a proper restoration. I have a great love of such boats and spend hours upon hours looking at drawings and photographs. I dearly love the Dragon class, but quite honestly like many people I would love to sail something even more grand.

Mickey Lake