PIRATE splashed...film at eleven!

**Nicholas Carey** · 03-03-2003, 12:39 AM

Well.

We splashed PIRATE

on 22 February 2003, after a mere 3 years on the hard. We'd arranged for her to hang on her lifting bridle for a day, but it was utterly unnecessary—she didn't leak a single drop. Kudos to her double planked construction (teak over red cedar.)

How's that for a wineglass?

One salutory beer before splashing her.

On the roll.

Hanging on her lifting bridle.

Under tow.

PIRATE is at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats, where the rest of the work will take place.

Stop by and visit if you're in the neighborhood—we'll likely be working on her on the weekends. This past weekend we rebuilt a float and moved both here and the float next to the shop so we can build a shed over her.

More photos at http://www.r-boat.org/ — click on 'Restoration'.

There's still a lot of work to be done yet, though. We need to

build the interio/font>
install the house
install the laid teak deck on top of the subdeck.
build out her rig
and make her sails
and paint her topsides (she's in primer right now)

...not too bad

[ 03-03-2003, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: Nicholas Carey ]

**ion barnes** · 03-03-2003, 02:21 AM

Very nice Nick.

**BillB** · 03-03-2003, 06:22 AM

That should be:

http://www.r-boat.org/

**Mrleft8** · 03-03-2003, 06:55 AM

Beautiful! But those masts seem a little bit stout... They look like telephone poles!

**Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )** · 03-03-2003, 08:45 AM

Man, those are some sweet lines. Nice work thanks for the photos. Loose the tow lets see her healed under full sail [img]smile.gif[/img]

**Noah** · 03-03-2003, 09:01 AM

That sure is a sexy boat! Good work. I'm sure she will be ready in no time.

Noah

**Mr. Know It All** · 03-03-2003, 09:42 AM

Great pictures Nick. Ya done good. [img]smile.gif[/img]

**TomRobb** · 03-03-2003, 10:23 AM

**LAGOS** · 03-03-2003, 11:17 AM

Nick,

I'll let Tim Reagan know that she is in the water and dry. I stopped by the yard one day a few weeks ago while our boats were on the hard at Pacific Fish's yard. I knew Tim was working on a quick caulk job at Seaview. I fell in love with her lines as soon as I saw her. Tim does a lot of work for us (the boat company) during the winter months. I will see him today in Port Orchard and will pass along the news. We hope to have our lobster yacht project over at the center in July. What a boat you have.

[ 03-03-2003, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: LAGOS ]

**Figment** · 03-03-2003, 12:09 PM

breathtaking.

**John Bell** · 03-03-2003, 12:29 PM

Ooooooooooooooo...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

**Nicholas Carey** · 03-03-2003, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by LAGOS:
I'll let Tim Reagan know that she is in the water and dry. I stopped by the yard one day a few weeks ago while our boats were on the hard at Pacific Fish's yard. I knew Tim was working on a quick caulk job at Seaview. I fell in love with her lines as soon as I saw her.

Thanks. Mr. Reagan did do a great job. I'm sure Scott Rohrer (Chief Instigator of the PIRATE project) has already talked to him.

PIRATE has been something of a halftime job for Scott the last few years -- working on PIRATE, raising money for her, scrounging gear, arranging things with various suppliers, etc. -- it helps to be a 501(c)(3) organization.

Other people who have put in at least as much time (if not more) on PIRATE I have are: Paul Marlow, Joe Cable, David Kennedy, Daniel Firor, as well as many others who've put in time here and there. Many thanks to them all.

It is rather gratifying to see her floating again, even in her incomplete state.

**ishmael** · 03-03-2003, 12:43 PM

Magnificent Nicholas! Really beautiful.

**htom** · 03-03-2003, 02:20 PM

Yummy. Teak over cedar sounds wonderful; why did you paint the topsides?

**videoguy** · 03-03-2003, 03:17 PM

WoW [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] ....Phil

**Nicholas Carey** · 03-03-2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by htom:
Yummy. Teak over cedar sounds wonderful; why did you paint the topsides?

She's been painted since the early 30s. It seems she had a, uh, little incident on the race course that scarred her topsides amidships. That scar is still there, in addition to 75 years' worth of accumulated dings. It would be an awful lot of work with dental picks to get all the white paint out of the teak pores.

Not to mention the infinite ongoing varnish project she'd turn into. No thanks, white paint is better.

**JeffH** · 03-03-2003, 05:59 PM

Yowzer, what a superbly gorgeous hull! Good on ya!

Jeff

**John B** · 03-03-2003, 06:41 PM

Fantastic Nicholas. how can she be anything but rapid!!

I haven't got through the whole site yet, although I have read it before when you posted a link some time ago.
The drawings look slightly different to the actual hull in the keel area and the draft dimension of 5'6 surprises me a bit. has there been a keel modification at some time? a bit of depth added and the keel rounded off a bit in profile?

**Nicholas Carey** · 03-03-2003, 07:07 PM

Originally posted by John B:
Fantastic Nicholas. how can she be anything but rapid!!

I haven't got through the whole site yet, although I have read it before when you posted a link some time ago.

The drawings look slightly different to the actual hull in the keel area and the draft dimension of 5'6 surprises me a bit. has there been a keel modification at some time? a bit of depth added and the keel rounded off a bit in profile?

No...it's all original. If the drawing looks different, it may be just an artifact of scanning/reducing the drawing (or of my photography.

The drawing isn't original, so it could be different, too. Ted Geary drew it in 1952 and gave it to his daughter as a wedding present (along with PIRATE.) We're not sure if the drawing was a tracing of the originals or done new. Mrs. Adamson was kind enough to loan us the drawing, from which we had a high resolution scan done courtesy of the Boeing engineering department.

**Erie Deerie** · 03-03-2003, 07:36 PM

Brings tears to my eyes.

My dad and I use to own the old Rogue (R-111) on Lake Erie.

Lots of memories especially the restoration part.

The only boat that truly felt alive.

**Wild Wassa** · 03-03-2003, 07:48 PM

Congratulations, and to think that you gave me advice on sugar on paint, Nick. I feel privileged.

Warren.

ps, What an awsome looking boat you (?) have. I hope she sails fast.

**John B** · 03-03-2003, 10:02 PM

I'm always fascinated to read about boats of a similar size to my own. a hang over from when I was accumulating data for my own rig changes I spose.That recollections section has some good stuff in it.9 knots!!
Pirate is only a couple of feet shorter, same beam and a foot shallower than us but she's considerably lighter.
I couldn't make out the sail area info on the site.
Can you give me an idea of the main and jib sizes?
500' and 100' working? 600sq ft approx working total?

**brian.cunningham** · 03-03-2003, 10:53 PM

**RGM** · 03-04-2003, 09:25 AM

Nicely done! Congratulations to all of you folks that devoted so much time and effort to her restoration. It's truly a wonderful thing that you guys did. I can't wait the see her under sail.
Where do you guys plan on building her rig? What do you need in the way of clamps, etc?
I'm looking forward to stopping by the south end of the lake a paying a visit.

**Art Read** · 03-04-2003, 11:35 AM

Wow! She's come a long way since our little "field trip" to the boatshop that evening after our last PSEBS meeting. You guys did all that just working "part time"? I'm impressed!

(BTW... I was down at the Center last week, looking over some details on the various gaff jaw arrangements on the H 12 1/2 and noticed the work detail putting that new floating dock together next to the gangway. Where you there too? Sorry I missed you.)

**Nicholas Carey** · 03-04-2003, 01:23 PM

RGM said
Where do you guys plan on building her rig? What do you need in the way of clamps, etc?
I'm looking forward to stopping by the south end of the lake a paying a visit.

The spar is in the loft at Marcos where its getting a coat of varnish every few days. Clamps...Hmm, I'm not sure what we need in that department (you might want to give Scott a ring there.)

Art Read
Wow! She's come a long way since our little "field trip" to the boatshop that evening after our last PSEBS meeting. You guys did all that just working "part time"? I'm impressed! (BTW... I was down at the Center last week, looking over some details on the various gaff jaw arrangements on the H 12 1/2 and noticed the work detail putting that new floating dock together next to the gangway. Where you there too? Sorry I missed you.)

It wasn't all us -- Brad Rice, The Boatwright did a fine job planking her and Tim Read did a superlative job caulking her. (Shameless plug: if you need work done on your boat, these guys do great work.)

It's too bad you didn't stop by. I was down there Saturday and Sunday. We were rebuilding an old float to be PIRATE's work float -- 60 feet long by 12 feet wide. The floatation is 3 old-growth cedar trees of unkown vintage

The project this week and weekend is to get a shed up over PIRATE so we can work on her in [comparative] comfort.

**John Gearing** · 03-04-2003, 07:21 PM

Pirate under sail....

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