April TSCA

Met at the seaport. John gave a great talk about the upcoming wooden boat festival in June and a neat slide show on the sandbagger build and rigs. We have to supply painters for the seaport tuck-up so it will be ready to put in the water.

Core Sound

Dreaming about sailing, but the reality is here. Still gluing side panels. Hope they will look as good as these from
http://roguepaddler.com/princess.htm and fivenineclimber.com
March is always a hard month for sailors. It is warm enough to be outside, but the water is too cold to risk immersion.

TSCA March Homebuilt

Snow Day

Snow night at the Dragon for the February TSCA meeting. Phil showed us his movie of the Maine Boatbuilders show from last March. Lots of nicely finished wood for high prices.
Here is a pic of URCHIN in her snow coat.

Nov. TSCA

Phil Zuchman came to Red Dragon and shared highlights of his journey down the Delaware in a home made kayak. Elections were held, mostly by decree. Mike is President again, Wendy is VP, Tom is going to share secretary with a new guy. Ron will be treasurer one more year. Pete has officially stepped down from the getting programs spot. December's Christmas meeting and dinner is at the Cafe Gallery, movies by Phil Maynard.

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival

The whole idea behind MASCF is messing about in boats and sharing that wonderful spirit of "rattiness" or enthusiasm about the water. Here's an England daughter launching off the museum;s steep ramps, next a couple putting the finishing touches on their pram - a first launch, then Roger Allen's crew from FL (Cuba, this time).





I love it when Chesapeake Light Craft brings their boats. CLC folks are very creative and usually have some new ideas every time. In the apprentice boatshop, there was a really nice old Leineir ducker. I like the color and the two tone effect on the following boat.







The log canoes are fascinating, but a tough way to build a boat, hacking it out of solid timber.Our own Karen Rutherford gave a well-attended watercolor demo, and it turned into a wonderful low key social event with painters littering the docks.

The usual Saturday sailing race used up the afternoon calm. Everone sailed out to where the wind dies, had a chat-up and drifted back in on the tide, just in time for the chantey folks from Delaware River Chapter and friends.

I paddled Pete's kayack in the women's long race since he was still drifting in on URCHIN. (I had sailed with Tom on MARION.)


Nice boats on the docks, Peapod.

I rowed out for the 3-legged race, tried to sail round the mark losing leeway to a stuck centerboard and rowed back for fun. Great weekend. I love St. Mike's and all the folks at CBMM who host this event.

Round the Island Race

Max & I sailed the "round Burlington Island" race from the Dragon. The Comet had a solo sail, a tow, turtling, I missed the boat twice, we started a half hour late and still didn't come in last. I am sure there are some funny pics from some of the folks on the beach.
It was a great sail though, nice wind, beat on the way up, run back, and then we reached for some fun & speed.

Three in a row

All the small boats from Maine.

Nice Pictures from Maine

from Eric Slosser

September Sail

Went out yesterday on the Delaware. Beautiful clear day, light wind, high tide falling. Rowed up past buoy 40, sailed back to the Dragon. Centerboard got stuck down. That's never happened before. I think some riverweed wrapped its way around some how. I tipped her on the beach, got it back in again.

ELF day two

Sailed on the Delaware with Bull&Bear's Racing team. Topsail & flying jib up. Mainsheet most of the time. Henry drove me around for these photos.

Elfing on the Delaware

Went sailing on Elf. Winds light & variable. Got the topsail set. Only four lines to topsail. There is about a half mile of running rigging on ELF and it is proving difficult to know which is which. Many of them are the same size and all are the same color. When they are lying on the deck they are hard to tell apart. The mainsheet is two tailed and hangs up on the aft ventilators, the deck blocks and the aft chocks. One accidental jibe. Elf's crew was on her dinghy taking photos. I hope they come out well. The TSCA guys are going out tonite.

torch

Evening racesa at SPYC.

Small Reach

Pictures from my new friends John & Pat Shinaberger. and a flick by Ron Paro. It really is the 2008, so now you know.

Maine

ME
Aug 14-17