Calliope Girl

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mdidriksen
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Calliope Girl

Post by mdidriksen »

As some of you may remember, a while back I started a post looking for advice regarding window styles for my S&S 34 (see http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3934). Well, she is now back in the water after a major re-fit, so I thought I would share a couple of photos as a way of saying thanks for the advice. As it turned out, we blew out the budget on other issues (new engine, painted the deck, recored the foredeck, new cap rails, etc., etc.), so we ended up just cleaning up the old cutouts from the portlights that had been installed, and turning them into fixed windows. I'm actually pleased with the look, although it would have been nice to tweak the shape a little. Compared to the way she looked last fall when I bought her (see prior thread for pics), it is like night and day.

Cheers,

MD

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One Way David
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MD, I went back to the post you linked to. You had 9 posts credited, and you have 9 posts credited today. Whats with that? Also I didn't see any links for the pics. Is it my computer? Dave.
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One Way David wrote:MD, I went back to the post you linked to. You had 9 posts credited, and you have 9 posts credited today. Whats with that? .
The post count updates on everyone's older posts; that information is not "frozen in time" at the time the post was made, but continually changes as each user makes additional posts.
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Post by Bluenose »

Thanks for the pictures, she looks great.

Bill

Also, nice slip neighbor you have there.
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Newport, across from the lobster company?
mdidriksen
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Post by mdidriksen »

Wow, good spotting by Cdawgs65! Yes, that is Bannister's Wharf in Newport, and no, that is not my usual slip (I'm on a mooring actually). My father and I spent 4 days bringing the boat from Marion, MA down to the NYC area, and the first night we stopped in Newport.

I particularly liked that little boat next to us as well. Don't know what she is, but certainly very pretty.
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GREAT restoration job!!!

Looks like an Alerion--a reproduction of Nat Herreshoff's design. Rumery's and others make some lovely reproduction.

Of course, at Newport, it could be an ORIGINAL Herreshoff.

Anyone know the boat for certain?
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Post by Brodie »

I do know what that pretty boat is....it's an LS26, built by the Landing School. It is cold molded, with traditional topsides but a fin keel and spade rudder. About 20 were built total. I sailed on one when I was at the Landing School and they are quite nice to sail. (I did yacht design not boat building so I didn't build one, but I watched them being built and we did a lot of homework assignments using the LS's lines plan). She was designed by Ken Rusinek and the aesthetic model is the Alerion type of boat.
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Post by Richincident »

Wow!

Beautiful boat and the price beats the available Alerions (a "cheap one" is $123,000). Here's an LS 26 for sale for $37,000.

http://www.sailboattraderonline.com/lis ... 6-93403853

Quite a lovely boat--and cold molded, so it will last!
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