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Ooooohhhh!
It was a particularly rewarding workday for the Sebago Sailing Committee today - it's not just every day that a boat is resurrected!
This 420 has been on the grounds for several years after being donated by a club member a few years back. Unfortunately, for various reasons (primarily lack of knowledge about how to use the boat combined with plenty of boats that people DID know how to use), she's languished on her trailer gathering grime ever since them. A couple of us who have sail-curious family or significant others have looked at her with a lot of interest but none of us really had the time, energy, or skill to spearhead the process of getting her back into working order.
Well, among the numerous sailors who've joined the club this year are a couple of gentleman who have actually sailed these - and so today, they brought her back to life!
It turned out not to be all that difficult, either - listening to the guys talk, there are some structural repairs that need to be done before the boat can be put to regular use - but all the pieces were there & by the early afternoon, they'd gotten her fully rigged & deemed her ready for a trial spin on the Paerdegat - and there she is!
6 comments:
Sail-curious! Love that expression.
Always good to see. :-)
Sail-curious is definitely what TQ is.
I'm hoping that we can get him into the Spring dinghy-sailing class at Sebago; we can always go mess around with double-handing a Sunfish but the 420 looks far more comfortable for 2.
In fact it was funny - the guys who knew what they were doing took the inaugural spin (with the spinnaker) and then they took turns taking others for rides. Afterwards, there was at least one Laser sailor who couldn't stop raving about how comfortable it was!
The 420 is a more comfortable boat to sit in than the Laser is. In fact I must write a post some time about my one and only sail in a 420... which was quite eventful.
That sounds interesting!
I love the Alden in the top photo....did you know that a Force 5 is more comfortable to sit in than a Laser? I even have a cup holder!
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