Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats on owning such a terrific boat. Crocker's boats are among the prettiest on the water. Regards, Dick off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. On Nov 5, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2008, at 3:03 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >>>> This is "Bewitched," a 23' on the waterline cutter-rigged sloop, >>>> under full sail on Buzzards Bay last August. Most of the photos >>>> I've posted in this PAD were taken from her cockpit. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2008_PAD/300_2526-2.jpg.html >>>> or >>>> http://tinyurl.com/66fdky >>>> >>>> Sam Crocker designed the boat in 1931. She was originally built in >>>> wood specifically for the waters of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound >>>> and has some of the prettiest lines of any boat sailing today. Her >>>> large main, staysail and jib allow her to ghost along in the >>>> lightest of breezes but also allow her to be reefed quickly to deal >>>> with the worst the Bay or the Sound are likely to throw at a sailor >>>> on even day when it really honks. Best of all, she won't even dump >>>> much water in the cockpit when it blows like that. She is simply a >>>> pleasure to sail and a beautiful boat to boot. >>>> >>>> >>>> Time to move on, photographically. I wonder if there's any Fall >>>> color left to shoot... > > > We had a Sam Crocker designed sloop named Cognac. A bit smaller than > Bewitched but just as nice. It was an engagement gift for my wife > and I in 1963. The boat had been on the hard for several years and > the gaps between the seams were so big that you could stick a finger > in. We spent a wonderful summer rebuilding it and ultimately > fiberglassed the whole hull. Fiberglass boat restoration was in it's > infancy then so we had to invent most of the techniques we used. > Eventually we made a very seaworthy boat that sailed like a dream. > Our son learned to walk on the boat, lurching from side to side as > the boat rolled in the waves. We have owned numerous other boats > over the years but none combined the handiness, seaworthiness, and > just plain fun as that old Sam Crocker sloop. Just like the Leica > Ms, they don't build them like they used to. > > Larry Z > > P.S. The fall color is at its absolute peak in the lower Hudson > Valley. The oak leaves have fallen but the maples are still clinging > on in brilliant orange, yellow and red colors. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information