Archive for the 'rebuild' Category
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
The Y30? T30? S&S 30??
Now I knew that those guys at S&S were good, but I didn’t realize just how prolific they were. The Tartan T30 is one of their designs of the MORC (Miget Off-shore Racing Class) era of the 1970’s. Strong built hull, long fin keel, skeg rudder, head sail driven, the cool center placement of the engine, the whole 9. Here’s what the profile drawing looks like.
Now here is another boat called the Yankee Y30.
Now here’s where it gets interesting
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
A change in “work-style”
It’s been very different working at the new site. Back in the bone yard of the Morgan Marina I had this constant feeling of pressure pushing the project into the gravel that the boat was parked on. Between the crushed boats and the oppressive tent that I had to work on, it was pretty miserable. Especially that tent! Sure it kept the whole thing bone dry and allowed me to make a work shop of sorts, but at the cost of working in 94º heat in a bunny suit. I never knew I could drink so much water until this past August. Read the rest of this entry »