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ClamBeach
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Initially Posted - 10/16/2004 :  12:04:12  Show Profile
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/04/cottonblossom/

Timeless elegance brought back to it's original glory...
WOTAM - '77 Catalina 25 SK/SR Sail Number 158
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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  12:22:06  Show Profile
<b><font size="2">WOW!</font id="size2"></b> What a beauty!

I know that taking care of a boat like that is a full time job, but what a beautiful sight. Thanks for the link, Bruce.
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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  12:31:51  Show Profile
I wonder how many gallons of Cetol it would take to keep her looking her best?
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  14:53:08  Show Profile
I like the winch with the vessel's name engraved... what a touch of class.
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At Ease
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  15:52:10  Show Profile
I think it would be similar to some helicopters I flew in an earlier life in an exotic far off land...one hour of use for 25 hours of maintenance.
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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  16:11:41  Show Profile
I was racing at Ensign Nationals a fews ago and an old J boat came sailing through the race course (not interfering with the race), she was a beauty - probably the most beautiful boat I've ever seen. This is a beauty!
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  18:15:19  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Very, very nice. And definitely raising the cultural level of the, as of late, somewhat sophomoric proceedings here. By the way, I heard Mr.Connors budget somewhat broached on this project...to the tune of a million dollars. Hence the planned trip to the Med. Classic yacht racing is de rigeur there these days, and proper yachts command top dollar.

Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Formerly C250 WB #618)
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  18:47:38  Show Profile
Wow! A 79 year old 3-speed winch! Don't see too many of those these days...
Derek
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  19:13:14  Show Profile
She is an undeniably beautiful boat -- a testimony to the days when aesthetics and technology were partners and not enemies. On the other hand, that boat comes from the days when only rich white men could afford to sail. Plastic boats may not gleam like well varnished teak, but I know I couldn't afford the constant maintenance and high repair costs of owning a wooden yacht.

Thanks for the pics, which are reminders in several directions.

Brooke
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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  09:51:53  Show Profile
She's a beauty.

For those NYYC and SDYC guys, she's just a pretty little daysailer.

Ya just can't beat that insider trading.

P
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  10:56:59  Show Profile
What a beauty. Love that dark blue hull. Seeing the pic with someone in the cockpit, I realized she's not as big as I first thought. Does anyone know the LOA?

Must have taken a lot of PAM to get that teak looking so good.

Steve
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  17:44:42  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by At Ease</i>
<br />I think it would be similar to some helicopters I flew in an earlier life in an exotic far off land...one hour of use for 25 hours of maintenance.
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By chance, have you ever flown one of these? (CH-54 Tarhe, my favorite helicopter). I was on a cruise with my sailing club up at Lake Tahoe over the July 4th '03 weekend, and we watched a CH-54 water bombing a forest fire on the maontains behind the town of South Lake Tahoe.
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At Ease
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  19:42:32  Show Profile
Never flew the Sky Crane...flew the CH 47 (Chinook) in SE Asia...after a ground tour. The Cranes are gone from the Army now, replaced by the newer model Chinooks. The newer Chinooks are just as strong and lots faster.

Bert
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bear
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  10:12:09  Show Profile
Rigged a UH-1 at Fort Drum for recovery by a CH-54 from the Connecticut Army Guard while I was in the guard. Also went underneath the CH-54 to do the hookup, had to proceed through hurricane force wind from the rotor wash to do the hookup and grounding of the lift cable. One of my more interesting tasks in the guard.
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  12:10:28  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
A flying travellift! Maybe it can put Lady Kay in my back yard for the next haul out. I think the mast would get in the way of the fling wings though......

Oscar
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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:08:37  Show Profile
Now that's what I'm talkin about! Drop dead gorgeous. Thanks for posting. A new addition to my screensaver collection.

Don't think about the maintenance, just enjoy.

http://www.herreshoff.org/frames/index.htm

Try:

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/index.html.en

and search for "classic".
More fun.

Todd Frye
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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:26:13  Show Profile
How did I miss the Skycrane post? When our UH1-C gunships would get shot down, retrieval was usually by “Pipe Smoke”, a Chinook outfit. But every once in a while a crane would come in and haul us out. I always wanted to crew one of those monsters because the crew chief got to fly the thing from the rear facing controls when attaching to a sling load. Got to crawl over one a few years ago when we had lots of fire fighting activity here in Utah. Could have been the same bird. Todd Frye
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:32:51  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
When I was in Da Nang the rescue choppers were called Jolly Greens; big suckers. I was asked several times if I wanted to go on a rescue mission. I always declined.
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Ben
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:43:00  Show Profile
While not in the same class as the beautiful boat, or historical copter for that matter, I thought this boat was pretty cool. I saw this a week ago on Alum Creek. Very patriotic.
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At Ease
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:48:57  Show Profile
Certainly did not realize we had so many folks associated with Army Aviation on the forum.

Oscar, the new Chinook, with a lift capacity of nearly 30,000 pounds, is capable of hauling your C42 to your back yard. However, your neighbors might not like it when patio furniture, shingles, porch roofs, etc, come flying off and down the street due to the rotor wash.

I fly a corporate jet on a part time basis now, and it's not nearly as much fun as a Chinook or the good old Huey.
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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  13:53:26  Show Profile
My first day in country (Cu Chi), our newbie group got a pep talk orientation to help us so we wouldn't do something stupid, like get ourselves killed. Then the Sarg asks for volunteers for night patrol outside the perimeter. Huh? Anyhow, no volunteers on this one either. I could be off topic here. Sorry. Todd Frye
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At Ease
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  19:06:01  Show Profile
Todd, when were you in scenic Cu Chi, and with whom? I was there off and on from June '67 to June '68...that's when I was an artilleryman (4th and 25th Inf Div), before I started flying helicopters and came back for a second tour.

Here is a good Chinook web site:

http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/G_Models/00-02160/00-02160.html

Bert
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andy
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  21:19:02  Show Profile  Visit andy's Homepage
IMHO... I don't think man has created an object quite as beautiful as a classic yacht of those lines.
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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 10/19/2004 :  13:53:18  Show Profile
Bert,
I was in Charlie Charlie 67-68. I was a crew chief with B. Company, 25th Avn Bn. (Diamondheads). Maybe we flew cover for you on a few re-supplies, or gas drops out by Nui Bah Den. I have some film of “Muleskinners” at work at the French Fort, etc, if you would be interested. Don’t know if you ever bumped into a Warrant Officer…Jack (John) Cooley in the Officers Club. He recently (August this year) died in a helicopter crash in Spokane, Washington. Were you in Cu Chi when the ammo dump blew up? That was one of our B. Company guys. He couldn’t do anything right so he was reassigned to the ammo dump. Nice try. Our site is below. Cheers. Todd Frye

http://25thaviation.org/id28.htm
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