Flotsam & Jetsam 10.07.26
CYAA Yacht Register upgrade project
From the Classic Yacht Association of Australia…
To all our classic yacht custodians, now is the time to prepare and present your CYAA register listing submission to George Fisscher
Use this link to download the CYAA Classic Yacht Register Template for your submission preparation.The cutoff date for register listing submissions is late July.
NB Listing on this register is purely for CYAA members who are custodians of a classic yacht.
New member applications by non CYAA member classic yacht owners are welcomed.
An Couple of woodies up for Auction
By now you will know that we are bigs fans of “the auction” to deterine the worth of your boat on any given day! You might not get what you think she’s worth (we rarely do) but it keeps them moving and it keeps them alive!
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Under cruising sail plan, the custom 95-footer sailed easily at 12+ knots in modest breezes, meeting expectations of project collaborators Langan Design Partners, MarkWhiteley Design, Rockport Marine, and MCM.ROCKPORT.
Several days of sailing trials on Penobscot Bay proved the concept of SY Ouzel, a 95-foot (29-meter) contemporary classic sailing superyacht. While Ouzel isa luxurious, comfortable, and aesthetically stunning yacht, her sail trials demonstrated thatshe tilts the scales toward performance as a sailing thoroughbred, ready to take herowners to higher latitudes and far-away islands at a good pace. This was achieved with asail plan from Doyle Sailsthat is deliberately kept simple: a mainsail, Yankee (a high-cut jib), and staysail, plus a Code Zero headsail for off-wind sailing. Designer Tom Degrémont of Newport, Rhode Island-based Langan Design Partners sailed aboard the boat and described the fourth day of trials, in a building afternoon seabreeze.“First impressions are very positive,”Degrémont said.“The boat responded and behaved in the ways we expected. The impression of power, the speeds we reached, the feeling of control at the helm, the balance of the boat — everything felt exactly like I’dhoped it would feel. I couldn’t be happier. In picture-perfect conditions, we hoisted the Code Zero a few times and powered across Penobscot Bay, surprised by how quickly wereached the other side. I'm delighted we matched all the performance goals we had….
Race 7&8 Round Up from the Classic Yacht Association
With two fleets, RMYS two handers and classics, and three races to conduct, definitely a busy day for the race management committee was the expectation. In fact so busy that it was a William Paterson gossip free day, except when our quartermaster (Roger Dundas) provided wurst and bun rations to settle us down with a 5 minute break after the classic race eight fleet was sent on its way.
Historic Sloop With a Clean-Water Mission Ejected from Parade for Promoting Clean Water
The sloop Clearwater people were sticking to their historic script. The banners made no mention of Jeffrey Epstein. Neither of them said anything about being up to our waist in the big muddy that is the Iran War.
The late folksinger Pete Seeger’s sailboat displayed two banners on either side of her prodigious main. The causes were clean water (of course) on one side and “indigenous rights, racial justice and climate solutions” on the other.
Read The Full story HERE
Two Historic Schooners Sink Side-by-Side at a Brooklyn Pier
From the Maritime Executive
Two historic schooners owned by a hospitality company in Brooklyn went down in uncertain circumstances this week, bringing part of the U.S. East Coast's maritime heritage to an apparent end.
On July 1, in the midst of a squall, the schooner Pilot - most recently used as a bar by the local hospitality firm Crew - went down next to a disused grain terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The 102-year-old racing schooner came to a rest on the bottom, leaving its masts protruding from the water.
Read on HERE