will be joining the Lodges and Gendarme
7 and 8 June in beautiful Reed Creek, just north of Piney Point on the Chester River. I hope you can too!
Mike
Cruising Commodore
Cruising Commodore
Friday, May 30, 2014
Reed Creek 7 -8 June
Rinn Duin
7 and 8 June in beautiful Reed Creek, just north of Piney Point on the Chester River.
I hope you can too!
7 and 8 June in beautiful Reed Creek, just north of Piney Point on the Chester River. I hope you can too!
Friday, May 23, 2014
Maintenance Weekend Success!
Another great Maintenance weekend, with a lot of work getting done on Felicity. Towney is in the lazarette in the picture below, with Steve supervising.
John Maliszewski got hoisted up to work on Sikora's windex aand tacking arms, and Brian Walter went to Luna Blu's masthead to change a light bulb. Tern II go a new head in a very quick change-out by Mike Lehman and
I got the tops of Rinn Duin's spreaders painted and new spreader boots put on. In the process my main halyard jumped the sheave and got jammed, so the last work of the day was hoisting me all the way up. It was well in there, and I cursed a blue streak audible all up an down Mill Creek. I just about gave up before unjamming it. I am definitely going to convert it to all-rope now!
This is always one of my favorite events of the year, on par with the Fall Cruise and Rankin Weekend. Thanks so much to Mike and Trish for all their work to host it.
John Maliszewski got hoisted up to work on Sikora's windex aand tacking arms, and Brian Walter went to Luna Blu's masthead to change a light bulb. Tern II go a new head in a very quick change-out by Mike Lehman and
I got the tops of Rinn Duin's spreaders painted and new spreader boots put on. In the process my main halyard jumped the sheave and got jammed, so the last work of the day was hoisting me all the way up. It was well in there, and I cursed a blue streak audible all up an down Mill Creek. I just about gave up before unjamming it. I am definitely going to convert it to all-rope now!
This is always one of my favorite events of the year, on par with the Fall Cruise and Rankin Weekend. Thanks so much to Mike and Trish for all their work to host it.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Maintenance Weekend
Calling all Hands to Maintenance Weekend
This great Alberg 30 tradition continues and is full of benefits. Bring your boat and benefit from years of expertise and the help of willing hands. Work on other boats so you can see what you want to do with yours. Enjoy the society of fellow A30 sailors in beautiful setting. The weather will be gorgeous and I hope a lot of you will there.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
2014 Cruising Underway
 |
| Follow-The-Wind Cruisers aboard Muskrat |
Brian and Lydia Walter are still hosting the Follow-the-Wind Cruise, joined by Jim and Colleen Menucci and Bob Leigh aboard Muskrat. They found a sheltered spot on the South River for tea-time.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Nettlle Screen FOUND
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
An Atomic 4 For a Spy Boat
In my last Mainsheet column I mentioned an article in the December 2013 WoodenBoat Magazine titled "A Trumpy Fit for James Bond" by Dirk A.D. Smith. I have permission from the author and the magazine to reproduce a few pictures and quote the article. I highly recommend WoodenBoat to anyone who loves boats . You can subscribe or get digital versions of the magazine at their website, reachable by clicking the logo below.
The article describes the development of a CIA-sponsored clandestine operations craft. The requirement was a 50 mile range, very low observability, and the ability to be submerged for a month and return with its small crew. The author's father, Dawson C. Smith directed the project, and the boat was built at John Trumpy and Sons in Annapolis in 1953. The topsides can be seen below. The pilot could see through bubble, required because the boat ran right at the surface and was very wet. What really interested me was the prime mover, an Atomic 4. It was housed in a watertight shell which can be seen below. This shell could be sealed when the team reached its destination, and the boat sunk below the surface.
The article describes the development of a CIA-sponsored clandestine operations craft. The requirement was a 50 mile range, very low observability, and the ability to be submerged for a month and return with its small crew. The author's father, Dawson C. Smith directed the project, and the boat was built at John Trumpy and Sons in Annapolis in 1953. The topsides can be seen below. The pilot could see through bubble, required because the boat ran right at the surface and was very wet. What really interested me was the prime mover, an Atomic 4. It was housed in a watertight shell which can be seen below. This shell could be sealed when the team reached its destination, and the boat sunk below the surface.
Because of its low freeboard the craft had to be "flown" with dynamic pitch control fins.
Dirk Smith researches and writes on technology transition, and much more of his work can be found on his website, which you can reach by clicking the logo below.
Morgan Freeman - A30 Sailor!
Check out Morgan Freeman's article at the National Sailing Hall of Fame site. It appears he sailed an A30 on his first trip to the Carribean!
"I first sailed south in 1979, going to Bermuda on a 30-foot (9.14-meter) Alberg-designed sloop. The crew included my wife, Myrna; my youngest daughter, Morgana; and our cat, Zipper. It took 9 days to get there, and we stayed for 6 weeks, anchored in the shelter of White's Island in Hamilton Harbor. On the way back to New York in October, we hit our survival storm. Two hundred fifty miles due east of Newport News, Virginia, we ran into the worst weather I have ever experienced — sustained 50-knot winds and seas that appeared mountainous to me in my little sloop. Luckily, Morgana had already gone back to school, so it was just me, a deathly seasick Myrna, and Zipper on board. It is an experience that I will never, ever forget. It's like an exclamation point in my life. "
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)