Our annual pilgrimage to Mystic and the Wooden Boat show was last weekend. Some virtual friends were rendered analog but a few were missing. A little less bling this year but good weather and the usual great time at our friends in Guilford. Several new Forum members showed up; one family coming from Sitka, Alaska.
Clint Chase from Portland, ME had a booth displaying photos of Sjogin and early plans for the Norzh 22 and other Francois Vivier designs.
Speaking of news from France, I received help in how to take off Sjogin’s lines by way of an e-mail and drawings from Francois Vivier. They will be reviewed along with the pages of notes received from Paul Gartside. Somehow I’ll try to put together a usable set of lines.
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Julia and I were having dinner at the S & P Oyster House in Mystic when the 7:15 bridge opening revealed a gaggle of fine boats waiting for entrance to Valhalla. The Silent Maid brought up the rear with her varnish glowing in the twilight. That’s her Beaton built tender Maid Service towing on her hip.
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This is the bow of Spartan with any early 20th century launch chugging along in the stream.
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Spartan is a Herreshoff 50, built in the 20’s. The 50 refers to her waterline length; she’s 72′ overall.
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The perfect cushion. One of the perfect details to be found on Spartan. We last saw her in 2008 with the deck being installed and the spars roughed out. Craftsmanship lives and is the equal of the glory days.
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Silent Maid in all her glory. Had a nice chat with Wendy Byar and John Brady, some true Maid Servants. Also met Stan Grayson, he of the book Catboats. A long time ago he took some photos of the Silent Maid under sail with Julia and I aboard.
I’ll post some more later. Here’s the link to the Flickr Set
Russ,
It was so nice to meet you and Julia at the WB show. Hope to see you again, but until then the blog will serve. Can’t wait to hear more stories of sailing SILENT MAID. Slow sailing is the best.
Nice to see you again Wen. Will you be in Brooklin for the ERR?
See you in the cloud.