Tartan Progress

Steve and Karen, my Tartan members, spend all weekend working.  Captain Lou admonished me that I'm driving them too hard...so I asked if I was being bad.  These are sailors baby!  They are a couple tough cookies.  We really made great progress these last 3 days.  All the exterior of the boat scrubbed. All the exterior teak re-oiled. Steering quadrant taken apart and the rudder dropped.  Then we cut open the side of the rudder (pictured below) and removed the skin to scrape out the soggy foam filler.  We'll epoxy the inside and refill it with foam.  Lastly we'll barrier coat the rudder to prevent it soaking up water again. This is a major repair that increases the value of the boat by quite a bit.

Next weekend we should be able to get the bottom done.  Close to getting Pilgrim in the water!  How exciting!  Summer is swinging...come join us and you'll be swinging too!

Sailnet comment about Cal 29

Here's a thread I found, the question was how much headroom does a Cal 2-29 have;

the link: http://www.sailnet.com/forums/sailboat-design-construction/92708-do-you-own-cal-2-29-headroom-question.html

FWIW we owned a Cal 2-29 from 1976 through 2002 (and in a way I regret that we ever gave her up). I am (or at least was) 6' tall and I never had any difficulty with head room aboard the yacht (and my much better half, at 4'-11", none what-so-ever!). Note, however, that the sole of the yacht is not "flat". Accordingly, headroom along the centerline is greater than it is if one has one's toes up against the cabinets to starboard, or the seatee/berth to port. That said, however, one rarely has one's feet in such positions unless the yacht is heeled, in which case "vertical" is "diagonal with respect to the yacht. The only position where one might have an issue is forward of the salon, in the "head" compartment. On the other hand however, one of my routine crew was 6'3" and he never had an issue with "head room". We sailed the yacht all over the west coast, from as far north as San Francisco to as far south as Ensenada, and to heck's half acre in between, and finally brought her to Florida in '92, where we did the same between Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa Bay. The boat is a sweet, fast, strong, safe yacht that can take far more than her crew and come up pert and smiling. As, when, if we give up the "big boat" I shall look for another 2-29 as one cannot find many yachts with her qualities anywhere near what's asked for them these days. (And, for what its worth, I still get grief from my daughter about having sold the little yacht, even after 11 years. As we stood there on the dock at our club as the new owner pulled away, my daughter balled her eyes out. The yacht had been ours, and our holiday/vacation home, from the time she was born, and she couldn't forgive me for "selling part of our family!".) FWIW...