ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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As we age "work smarter not harder" means a lot more to us :lol:

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Fuzz wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:30 pm As we age "work smarter not harder" means a lot more to us :lol:
So does “retirement savings”.
My already completed 'Lil Bit'. A Martens Goosen V12 set up to sail me to the fishing holes.
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Thanks Jaysen, cape man, Barra Man, Tom and Fuzz.

Pic of Great Sandy's new electric winch handle. :D

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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The small Honda engine that runs a wash pump we can use to clean ponds at work lost its pull chord and the guys just started using a cordless drill to start it. Your application is much more genuis.
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Thanks cape man. D Many others have been using cordless drills as electric winch handles for years, I've copied them.

Late last year I stripped Great Sandy back to bare poles and sent all sails to my local sailmaker for routine repairs. I also commissioned a bespoke new sail bag for the mainsail on the boom, as the one the sailmaker had built in 2009 was failing.

On Friday the sailmaker re-installed the repaired sails and new boom bag. I'm very happy with the results. :D

First pic shows Great Sandy early Friday with bare poles. The second shows her new boom bag containing the repaired main, and her two repaired headsails furled in position.

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Damn sexy boat. Damn sexy. Even with bare poles she’s a glorious siren luring some of us out to sea in the quiet moments between thoughts.

Thank you for the pictures.
My already completed 'Lil Bit'. A Martens Goosen V12 set up to sail me to the fishing holes.
Currently working on making a Helms 24 our coastal cruiser.
“Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens” wrote:Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Jaysen wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 3:44 pm I tried to say something but God thought I was wrong and filled my mouth with saltwater. I kept my pie hole shut after that.

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Ah, GB she looks ready to sail off to the far open seas! Tom
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Very beautiful lady! Should you be posting pictures of her when she is not fully dressed? :oops:
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Thanks Jaysen, Tom and OQ. :D

She still turns heads. I suspect that's because she looks like what she was born to be, a no compromise fast sailing cruiser, in a era where just about every other boat in tan anchorage is a floating apartment that sails like a saucer.

Spent today provisioning. Suspect there are better ways to spend a day. :wink:
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Nice GB, she looks great!! Jeff

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