Florida Sharpie update

Discussion in 'Wooden Boat Building and Restoration' started by Florida_mariner, Mar 30, 2005.

  1. Florida_mariner
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    Florida_mariner Junior Member

    First mate and I took the Sharpie out on Matanzas bay today..beautiful
    and sunny,high tide was about 11:30 at the Vilano ramp...the water was
    beautiful and green and the wind was NE about 10-15 when we started
    motoring into it... headed for the Vilano beach point later it clocked
    over to SE...we hit the beach,
    set up the rigging and sailed back across the bay a couple times..

    big fun...it did become apparent that staying the mast would no doubt
    improve performance...the boat is not tender at all and is pretty
    swift now...with stays and a spinnaker I could probably get it to
    plane in the right conditions :)...it does have some of the notorious "Sharpie slap" when motoring into a good chop but downwind it runs like a scalded dog...this boat loves to surf...

    anybody who would like to see pics :

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/St_Augustine_Florida_Sharpies/
     
  2. Andy
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    Andy Senior Member

    Why dont you post some pics here?

    Andy
     
  3. Florida_mariner
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    I'm not sure how to do that here...
     
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  5. Florida_mariner
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    Florida_mariner Junior Member

    Florida Sharpie pics

    Here's a few pics...I hope they load correctly

    there is a couple that is the first dip in the water with me motoring away...
    I wanted to see the waterline and how it would set and ride in the water before rigging the sails and mast...
    also one after the first sail under only main as we further tested...
    I hope to have some pics under full sail soon,once and can talk the better half to come out and be the camera op from shore for me...she's not as enthusiastic about boatbuilding as my boy and I...she was about to get me an intervention during this Sharpie's build...said she was a "project boat widow"...:)

    can't wait to start the next project...

    Floridasurfcaster1@yahoo.com
     

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  6. Corpus Skipper
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    Corpus Skipper Hopeless Boataholic

    For sale on her maiden voyage? :eek: Oh, you meant "For Sail" :D
     

  7. Florida_mariner
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    nope it was for sale...before I was finished building this one I was already itching to start on another design I had made...I know I'm possesed :)

    it happened to me like that a few years back when I built that Dory too...

    I don't have room for more than the three boats I have now...If I had the space I would build a nice little collection and keep a bunch of them of varying types..but you know...

    I've had the boat out several times since these pics were taken on the first dip...on tuesday my first mate and I anchored a bit and wet a line in
    St Augs bay, people were tearing up some nice table size whiting...first time to see how the boat would swing and bob on the hook...

    we had a good steady 15kts se and for fun made a downwind run under jib
    only to see how well it would pull...now if it doesn't sell soon I'm afraid I may be forced to make a spinnaker :)

    my wife says she thinks I could get better with a few years of cutting edge therapy :)
     
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