Oriental in water Boat Show

[crazycarl]

I just returned from Oriental's annual in water boat show.  In past years Keith from the Sailboat Co. would have Compacs on display.  With his getting up in years he no longer attends them.  Too bad, when I mentioned I sail a Compac 19, many attendees said they missed Keith and the modifications he's done to Compacs.  I met 6 other Compac sailors there today.  We talked about starting a club, but we failed to exchange phone numbers.  I also toured a 1988 Cabo Rico.  I didn't think  to ask it's length, probably because I was in awe of how much teak was inside this boat.  The interior side of the hull, top, and salon floor are all teak.  The cabinetry beautiful.  No fiberglass anywhere.  I also inspected an Island Packet.  No salesman around to answer questions, but this was by far the roomiest monohull I've ever been on.  My guess, 44'.  I didn't tour the huge catamaran, but I did talk for a while with the guys from B&B Yacht Designs.  They're only 10 miles away and they sell CNC cut kits to build your own small boat.  Their 14' model is only $1200 minus sails, rigging, and spars.  Not bad at all in this economy.  I can see one of these for my fisrt build with the grandsons.  I bought 2 Triston Jones books from the library sale.  Purused the flea market for boat parts, and entered a drawing for a wood skiff being built during the show.  The comic relief was to 2 gentlemen struggling to load a 125lb polished stainless steel anchor onto the back of a golf cart.  (must be for a compac 27)
If boat parts or anything to do with boating is something you need, it's there.
Tomorrow are the seminars.  I plan on attending deisel maintenance and how to dock your boat without trauma or drama.   

[Seachelle]

Ahoy, Carl! Sounds like so much fun! Looking forward to visiting Oriental, soon, in the future -- and who knows -- it just might be our next port of call as well!

Fair winds,
~ Chelle

[brackish]

Would have liked to have talked to the B & B guys.  The memory of the hours of fairing and sanding on my last build have faded to the point that I no longer ask friends to hit me in the head with a 2 x 4 if I ever mention building again.  Additionally, the almost daily discussion about the time to move to the dark side make me consider the option of build vs buy. I've investigated a half dozen designers and their offerings.  The contenders: B & B's Outer Banks 24; Arch Davis's Jiffy V-22; Jeff Spira's (RIP) Pokomoke 24; Jacques Merten's Down East 23; Sam Devlin's Surf Scoter 23 or North Haven 24; One of the Tolman variations; and lastly one that is completely different but may reflect what I really need to stay on the water at my age, Roy Schreyer's Dianne's Rose, stretched to 20'.

[crazycarl]

Back at the boat show today.  I talked to the owner of B&B, already forgot his name, he had a nice 20' cruiser there he traveled the AICW some 3,000 miles in.  My kind of guy.  I was also invited to join SCOO.  Sailing Club of Oriental.  A sponsor is needed and the only requirments are a $40/year dues and your boat must have a head and galley on it.  I filled out the online application and paid my $40. So now my fingers are crossed they don't do a thorough background check and contact any of the CLR gang for refferences.

I attended a seminar on docking and undocking.  I had no idea it was so complicated.  I thought you just hung 30-40 fenders all around the boat and pinballed your way in.  Interesting. 

[Cpy23ecl]

Would have liked to have talked to the B & B guys.  The memory of the hours of fairing and sanding on my last build have faded to the point that I no longer ask friends to hit me in the head with a 2 x 4 if I ever mention building again.  Additionally, the almost daily discussion about the time to move to the dark side make me consider the option of build vs buy. I've investigated a half dozen designers and their offerings.  The contenders: B & B's Outer Banks 24; Arch Davis's Jiffy V-22; Jeff Spira's (RIP) Pokomoke 24; Jacques Merten's Down East 23; Sam Devlin's Surf Scoter 23 or North Haven 24; One of the Tolman variations; and lastly one that is completely different but may reflect what I really need to stay on the water at my age, Roy Schreyer's Dianne's Rose, stretched to 20'.

Another dark side entry to check out is the Bluejacket 24.  At one point was (delusionally) thinking about building either it or the B&B Outerbanks.

https://bluejacketboats.com/boats/bluejacket-24/

Graham Byrne is/was? the owner of B&B although I think Alan Stewart took over the day to day part of the business of few years ago.

Fred

[brackish]

Another dark side entry to check out is the Bluejacket 24.  At one point was (delusionally) thinking about building either it or the B&B Outerbanks.

https://bluejacketboats.com/boats/bluejacket-24/

Graham Byrne is/was? the owner of B&B although I think Alan Stewart took over the day to day part of the business of few years ago.

Fred

Yep, bet the boat Carl mentioned was hull #1 Outer Banks 20

I had been leaning towards the Spira Pokomoke, because I've had the stitch and glue experience and wanted to try a ply on frame as having less fairing and sanding, more pure woodworking.  However, there is a guy building one right now, the first I think, and reporting progress on the facebook boat building forum.  Makes me tired just looking at the pictures.