Boats Owned by Friends |
This page contains pictures I have taken of boats owned by friends. Most of these boats are berthed on the Patuxent River. |
Prelude, Jeaneau 47 |
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Caurus, Nautilus 40 |
Below are pictures of Dick and Gail Juppenlatz's Nautilus 40, Caurus, motoring down the the Patuxent River after leaving Rollins Cove. |
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Wind Walker, Taswell 43 |
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The pictures below show the smoke from the forest fires that were burning on Abaco Island during our visit (April, 2004)
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Saga, Vega 27 |
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Below is the same boat during the summer of 2002 when it was owned by
Scott and Carla Shaw. They sold the Vega at the end of that summer and
purchased a Catalina 36.
This boat has served as the starter boat for three different owners at our dock at Town Creek Landing. It may well be a starter boat for its current owner as well. |
Fairgale, Westerly Longbow |
Below is Bill Lenck's Fairgale, a Westerly Longbow, sailing out of Town Creek into the Patuxent River. |
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Maverick, One-Off | |
Tom tells me the boat was built for its designer (George Stoner) for him to race. It is the same length as Sarah, but weighs 5,000 lbs less. It also has a deep winged keel. Pretty advanced for a boat built of wood in the 1950s. Tom and his family successfully sailed Maverick on an Atlantic Circle, similar to my planned cruise, in the late 1970s. |
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Around 2015 this boat was aquired by Mike Repass, who was my crewmate on the first leg of Sarah's Atlantic Circle in 2005. Maverick still sails out of Town Creek. |
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Whoosh, Pearson 424 |
Jack & Patricia Tyler were sailing their P424 for a number of years before I purchased Sarah. Based on the west coast of Florida, they have completed a very successful extended cruise of the Caribbean. Over the years since 2002 we have shared a great deal of information on preparing and sailing our yachts on off-shore passages and coastal cruising. I am much more on the receiving end of Jack's knowledge and experience than he is of mine. They are now (March, 2008) back in the Caribbean. Click on the SV Whoosh link at the top of this page to access articles on cruising in Europe written by Jack & Patricia. |
Photo provided by Jack & Patricia. |
Photo provided by Jack & Patricia. |
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I departed a few days later, but continued around the island of Mallorca heading back toward Palma where I would be joined by friends. |
Seiki II, Custom Alden 56 |
Ray and Marla Dils' 56' custom motor yacht. This is one gorgeous-looking boat, but unfortunately the builder, Alden, failed Ray & Marla on just about every detail of the interior of the boat. From miss-placed sinks to unusable berths it has been one disaster to another. Not the least disaster is that the boat was delivered over a year later than promised. Ray stopped at Harbortown in Fort Pierce to see Mike Repass and I off on the Atlantic Circle cruise. Even now he is discovering builder shortcomings on the boat, but in spite of these issues the boat is still an elegant coastal cruising motor yacht and has fulfilled Ray and Marla's desire for a cruising boat to take them in comfort between their homes on the East Coast. |
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