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Julia was on board the Beaton boat watching the races and heard the rescue. She knew I was alright when she heard on the radio, “he’s OK, he’s smiling”.

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Here’s proof that I actually was in front of several boats. Even managed a couple of crowded gybes.

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Very shifty conditions with a gusty westerly weakening before the sea breeze set in.

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I wasn’t the only one to go over. That’s Erin Beaton and her friend Allison.

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With 65 boats starting there was plenty of opportunity to mix it up. Somewhere in there is Gary Jobson, President of US Sailing and local legend.

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Hove to, chatting with Julia between races. (IPhone pic by Julia.)

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Photo taken by Charlie Best at the party at Mantoloking the evening before the Worlds. The sun is setting over Beaton’s.

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White for now. I had planned to paint the bottom the same as the green trim on Sjogin but ran out. I have an order in with Kirby but it won’t be here on time. I’ll use the MB White for now.

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The usual found plank workbench full of this seasons work.

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Sjogin waiting for her work to resume. I’m shooting for the week after Labor Day to put her back in commission.

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One more from Maine. This fine pic of Tendress was taken by Dick Wynne from Sea Harmony on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon a few weeks ago.

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What time is it? Time to trim the Lamb’s Ears.

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Doubling my fun. The bottom needs a lot of attention after her surgery and general tightening up.

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When done she’ll be painted Malachy Green on the bottom and coamings, Seattle Grey decks and Slate Grey inside the hull. All paints will be low gloss Kirby paints. And all are Sjogin colors.

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We had Phil Heffernan, one of our imaginary friends, down last weekend for a visit. An inspection tour of Beaton’s is always on the list. He’s starting a Blog that should be photo rich as Phil’s a Professional.

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Al Fresco dining at its best.

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Lunch at Dennet’s Wharf in Castine. Even in the fog I have that warm yellow glow.

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Brother, can you spare a slug of Sauvignon Blanc? Julia wrapped up in my new WB fleece.

Great trip; more pics on Flickr. Now it’s back to boat work.

Julia and I spent last week in Maine on Eggomoggin Reach at the usual spot. Mostly fine weather with a day or so of fog and showers. We planned our visit so we could watch the Eggomoggin Reach Regatta (ERR) last Saturday. The weather and racing were spectacular. Not a word I use often but truly so.

Our “own” Silent Maid won all three of her races. She’s now heading back home and should be in Cape Cod waters this weekend.

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Matt Billey and his dream made flesh. Jette is a 25 foot Danish fishing boat from the Bornholm area. I wrote about this project earlier this year. Here’s the Link. We stopped in Gloucester on the way to Maine.

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Queen of the Reach.

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Tendress on a close reach. We had just one sail on her but did have the thrill of seeing Sea Harmony under sail.

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She’s up from Marblehead to race in the ERR. She’s an Albert Strange canoe yawl. Details here. This was taken last Wednesday. Perfect late afternoon SW breeze. Perfect for reaching up and down the….Reach.

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At anchor in the harbor by WoodenBoat in Brooklin. The folks on the sloop chattin’ with the kayaker are Forum friends. It was nice to meet Willin’

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Here’s Sea Harmony at anchor at WB. Sorry we didn’t have time to chat with Dick Wynne and Thad Danielson. Dick is in from the UK for a cruise with Thad. Here’s a link to Thad’s web page. He’s a very accomplished builder.

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Calm morning at the Landing.

More tomorrow…

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Even with her 1,000 square feet of sail, Silent Maid is no match for Joyant.

Thomas came by late Wednesday afternoon and took some pics which are shown below. Here’s a link to the post on his always interesting 70.8% Blog.

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Here I am applying one of the fingers to mark the location of the lower edge of the keel. This will define her profile.

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Moving right along, more fingers are added, each pointing to the lap joints where the planks are joined.

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Here the fingers are laid on the laydown, where each point is marked. Then a hopefully fair line is drawn between the points. At each crossing of the waterline and buttock lines, the distance from the centerline and the above the baseline respectively are recorded, resulting in a table of offsets. That table lists all the points that define the hull shape. It’s the essential information that allows the boat to be built.

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Here Steve and I are setting up a batten to draw a line through all the recorded points. In practice not all points lined up in a smooth curve. Paul Gartside and Francois Vivier will take the measurements and fair them as they see fit.

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After the lines are drawn, each height and half-breadth is recorded in the table. Since the whole boat is drawn here on only one side of the centerline, it was a challenge to make sure the offsets were measured properly.

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The almost completed Table of Offsets. The first set in developing plans for Sjogin. The next steps involve measuring all of her construction details, the shape and size of the cabin, spars and everything else that the designers will need as a starting point for their own idea of what makes Sjogin, well Sjogin.

Thanks again to Steve for his able assistance and to Thomas for documenting the documentation.

Today was supposed to see the start of the process with some help from a couple of WoodenBoat Forum friends but this recent heat slowed my usual deliberate pace. I’m hoping to try for Wednesday.

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The hull’s had the loose paint scraped, sanded and spot primed. The 24′ floor joists have been delivered; ready to be made into the measurement platform.

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This is the square that will be set up on each section. Pine fingers will be attached to record the lap locations.

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The chain hoists are ready to lift Sjogin and set her up dead level. (Hopefully.)

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The measuring platform and square have been assembled. Getting closer. She’s been leveled at this point.

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Milled the pine “fingers” this morning. They will be attached to the square with the points marking the lap joints. I also managed to putty the chips and dings in the hull with epoxy fairing compound. Progress on a very hot day.

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Mast pulled and ready to be hauled. Not too many bad spots on the mast though it needs to be stripped “one of these years”.

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Here she comes. This is the 50 year old lift built by Beaton’s. It’s a hybrid travel lift, running on railroad tracks. There used to be a traditional railway here.

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Not too bad for ten months in the water though most of those months featured cold water.

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She’s back in her usual spot. I’ll need to level her before the lines are recorded. There are two beams that run on tracks the length of the shed. Each beam has a pair of moveable chain hoists that will allow Sjogin to be lifted and set down level.

This week will see the measuring platform set up and the hull scrapped, sanded and primed so we have a clean surface on which to measure.

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Here’s a couple of pics for Peter S. Julia and I were guests of John and Debbie H at Seaside Park YC last night and ran into Peter, one of my regular readers. He asked for more Beaton pics.

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This is Suzanne, the Beaton family boat. She’s a Maine built boat, in these waters for a few year’s now.

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This is Cats Whiskers, a Bunker and Ellis picnic boat long maintained by Beatons.

I asked Paul Gartside if he would mind If I shared his instructions for taking the lines off Sjogin and he graciously agreed. If any one is interested, drop me a note and I’ll send you the PDF. Sjogin’s scheduled to be pulled on Wednesday for her annual refit. The lining off will take pace on the 24th.

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This is one of the pages from the Gartside instructions. The boat as drawn looks just like Sjogin. Here’s a link to the PDF

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Hove to off Swan Point last week. Just remove the tiller and relax. Note the nice slick to starboard.

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Sjogin’s sculling oar. Last week the wind was out of the NNW and rather than do a down-wind landing, I sailed up to the south end of the T dock. After stowing the sails and such I set up the sculling rig and sculled around to her slip. No real need but needed the practice.

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The last of this years Beaton’s rowboats is spoken for. Call Tom to get on this Winter’s list.

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The Big Shed awaits. Sjogin will be hauled this week and placed in this shed near the open door for her refit. She’ll be moved in the the Wood Shop for her measuring on the 24th.

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Jeff down below. He and Sasha are here for an all too brief visit.

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Jeff and Sasha watching the tide change.

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The upper garden in it’s pre-drought glory. Still doesn’t look too bad. We haven’t had any serious rain in weeks.

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My all too infrequently used Mill Creek 15 double paddle canoe. I figured if I cleaned her up I’d be more likely to use her. We’ll see.

Clint Chase from Portland, ME had a booth displaying photos of Sjogin and early plans for the Norzh 22 and other Francois Vivier designs.

Speaking of news from France, I received help in how to take off Sjogin’s lines by way of an e-mail and drawings from Francois Vivier. They will be reviewed along with the pages of notes received from Paul Gartside. Somehow I’ll try to put together a usable set of lines.

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Julia and I were having dinner at the S & P Oyster House in Mystic when the 7:15 bridge opening revealed a gaggle of fine boats waiting for entrance to Valhalla. The Silent Maid brought up the rear with her varnish glowing in the twilight. That’s her Beaton built tender Maid Service towing on her hip.

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This is the bow of Spartan with any early 20th century launch chugging along in the stream.

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Spartan is a Herreshoff 50, built in the 20′s. The 50 refers to her waterline length; she’s 72′ overall.

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The perfect cushion. One of the perfect details to be found on Spartan. We last saw her in 2008 with the deck being installed and the spars roughed out. Craftsmanship lives and is the equal of the glory days.

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Silent Maid in all her glory. Had a nice chat with Wendy Byar and John Brady, some true Maid Servants. Also met Stan Grayson, he of the book Catboats. A long time ago he took some photos of the Silent Maid under sail with Julia and I aboard.

I’ll post some more later. Here’s the link to the Flickr Set