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Thanks Fraser – sound more within my budgets.
When you filled/repaired the boat – did you strip it back and bond-in new laminates or just let the epoxy soak in to the old wood?
I am assuming it is similar to renovating an old Albacore of Firefly?
Many thanks everyone for all your advice.
What an incredibly friendly and helpful class assoc. You are a credit to your beautiful boats and I hope to sail with you all in the future!
I think the picture is becoming clearer: A55 would be too much of an impulse buy for me right now. As much as anything else, I don’t like the whole sketchy ownership situation (I have no experience of Atalantas yet, but plenty on unwholesome Ebay shenanigans).
For now, I will concentrate on getting my workshops laid-out, and learning my new kit (there is even the set up for turning a mast and spars!) As well as preparing properly with a cosy new home for an Atalanta in my field (need to finish ‘consolidating’ two classic camper vans which will free up a large hard standing).
Meanwhile, if there are any more boats like 76 and 98, which have been stored well and are going to get torched – Nick has my contacts and please, please let me know. I can move faster to save a good boat. Likewise, if there are any boats beyond repair, where no-one else is salvaging spares, I have a large van (well two, but they are becoming one!) and plenty of space for old sails, keels/boxes, hatches, deck fittings, spars, interiors, etc.
In short, please don’t let anyone burn anything else without letting me know.
And, COVID allowing, if anyone is down this way (Plymouth/Fowey/Falmouth), again please let me know. Would love to buy folks a pint or two in return for a tour of their boat.
Cheers
Rory
So I need a vaguely up-together one (although my family don’t sail much) – I am guessing A1 isn’t for sale !?
(Seriously – so beautiful – is there a mould for her fore-cabin blister?)
Alternatively A89 might be a good transition from what I am used to with those new foils (o;
Would be interested in how different people deal with budget dry storage – I am thinking about a smaller movable field shelter that can be rolled on and off to work on the boat. Anyone doing anything similar – or is everyone in the class so loaded they just rent dry storage on the Hamble/West Cowes or wherever?
Thanks Dom,
Ex- owners are often even more insightful and helpful than those still checked-in to Hotel California!
Leaves me with a big head/heart dilemma, but I find usually that means that you understand the situation!
– Do I hold off an buy an up-together boat sometime in the next few years when the right one appears?
(probably for about the same price as 2 litres of West epoxy and a complete new set of sails!)
– Or, do I leap in and save a poor neglected boat from a jerry can and a box of Swan Vestas?
Either way it sounds like free-time and a 26/31 ft field shelter are essential first steps, so someone else will have to be “Sue”/A51’s knight in shining. I will go back to things with trapezes and crazy asymmetric spinnakers until my body won’t allow it anymore!
Cheers
Rory
