Elf was chosen as BROTM of May.

[elf]

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So today we'll clean up the raggle taggle gypsies.

First the Cape Cod Frosty:
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This one's in the museum in Hyannis.

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Its bow.

And next the 102 year old New Bedford born beetle cat:

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Another iron rot loss, sitting out in the yard.

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When the owner comes up with the bucks, this little beetle will be torn down completely and reconstructed from whatever was salvagable.

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The Cotuit skiff - a lapstrake sided, flat bottomed skiff around 14' long. Carries a huge gaff rigged sail.

[Jim Mahan]

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Echoing johnw, a most excellent BROTM thread. Elegant style. Boatiest. Genius putting the entire month's effort into a single thread already named for the electee. We've still got most of the year until the awards banquet, but I would nominate this for the BROTMOTY. I think splendid is not too strong.

[elf]

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Cotuit skiffs in action. They swamp easily, carry huge sails, make a really scary sound when they are jibed.

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And, like all gaff rigged little dinghies, have enormous classic boat old world charm.

[johnw]

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...and they are steered by people with prehensile feet.

[elf]

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OK. So we have a big catboat - 25', Fenwick Williams designed, built in 1965, currently ensconsed in a barn in Eastham, MA, on Cape Cod.

CIMBA
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Her stem.

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Her rudder

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Her accomodations

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Her off-center centerboard pivot point.

You can see the rest of her here:

http://landsedgephoto.photodeck.com/-/galleries/prints/sailing-images/catboat-cimba

[elf]

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She needs a home. With a mooring. And a chance to participate in Catboat Rendezvous. She's almost ready to go, everything works, she doesn't leak. She'd like to go cruising, too.

[Paul Pless]

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cimba is one of my all time favourite boats
thank you for the posts emily

[CWSmith]

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Echoing johnw, a most excellent BROTM thread. Elegant style. Boatiest. Genius putting the entire month's effort into a single thread already named for the electee. We've still got most of the year until the awards banquet, but I would nominate this for the BROTMOTY. I think splendid is not too strong.

Today is the last day for the reigning BROTM and I think we all owe her a big thank you and a round of applause. This has been one of the nicest threads I can remember.

Thank you, Emily! You did such a lovely job that I regret we will need to elect you again sometime. No good deed goes unpunished.

[elf]

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Looking forward to others' ideas of rat-ness.

[TomF]

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Today is the last day for the reigning BROTM and I think we all owe her a big thank you and a round of applause. This has been one of the nicest threads I can remember.

Thank you, Emily! You did such a lovely job that I regret we will need to elect you again sometime. No good deed goes unpunished.

What CW said. Great job, Emily.

[Joe (SoCal)]

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cimba is one of my all time favourite boats
thank you for the posts emily

I dare you to spend a weekend in the cabin of Cimba slim

That said I can live in there comfortably and yes she’s a sweet BIG catboat

[Ted Hoppe]

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I have watched this thread with great interest. Thank you Emily.

Had i known - i would have avoided putting the boat in the yard and having y'all come.

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Also could have gone this direction too.

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[elf]

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Well, I never did get a Wianno senior, except for Gretchen's sorry transom, so here's a photo of a bunch of them on the verge of action.
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And another class that I missed: the Herreshoff S. There are few left on the Cape, but mostly they've decamped to Bristol.
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And just a reminder that this 102 year old 12' wooden bathtub is still going strong.
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[johnw]

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A final flourish! Thank you!