by CJBROWN on Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:44 pm
Jay, I was captivated by your blog since you're so close to where we live here in CA. I'm not sure how to 'follow' your blog so I'll just watch for updates. A nice start to a big project.
I found the design searching for a small boat project, and then the forum here. Still trying to decide if I'm willing to tackle another build, and what exactly my use would be. I've built a couple of wooden boats and restored a couple, but not since I moved from the NW to CA in '92. I had a Grady White Adventure (offshore cuddy, outboard runabout) for three years, sold it ealier last year and getting the boating itch again. Still trying to decide on power or sail, having owned several of both in my lifetime. I sold my 42' Alden Yawl when I left seattle, it was built in Oregon in 1958.
Are you open to visitors from time to time as you progress??? I would really like to see one of these boats up close. I'm in Orange County.
Where do you intend to use your finished boat?
I would probably source materials locally as well, there are a few sources for boat lumber here in so-Cal. In Seattle we used Flounder Bay Boat Lumber in Anacortes. All first-cabin stuff, I bought red and yellow cedar, and mahogany for trim when I built my Pete Culler skiff. Found a balk of spruce for spars up that way too. But this was about 25 years ago.
Chris Brown
OC, CA
Boats Built: Pete Culler Skiff, pram
Boats Owned: John Alden 'Rowena' the Mari-Mari, 36LOD Yawl, built 1958
Edwin Monk 'Aurora', 26LOD Cutter, built 1972
And a bunch of fiberglass sailboats and motor boats
