Going to Gracie’s tomorrow for Thanksgiving Dinner. Gracie, Julia’s mom and head of the D’Amato Clan, is again cooking for a crowd. Bless her heart, she’s 91 and still loves to prepare a feast for the family.
Off today and went down to Sjogin for a fire and a cuppa. Plenty of water in the Bay with a brisk breeze from the WSW. Tempted to tuck in a reef and go out but decided to have a quiet watch below instead.
Taken last weekend after shifting Sjogin to her Winter position. Facing North allows the off-season sun to warm the cockpit and let sun into the cabin when the hatch is open.
This morning’s fire and tea. Full load of fire wood should keep things cozy for a few weeks.
View from Mark Beaton’s sail loft. As you can see Sjogin’s slip makes for easy sailing on and off the dock.
New coamings for Quest. The mahogany was steamed and then bent over the shop built forms. Note the twist in the ends.
Hope on “death row”. This is the back row at Beaton’s where abandoned wooden boats go to await their fate. The covered one is the boat designed and built in the 30’s by David Beaton, Tom’s grandfather and founder of the Boatyard. The boat was just turned over to Tom by the prior owner who had let the boat sit for the last twenty years or so. A restoration may be in the cards.
The boat on the right is a Herreshoff S-Boat in a similarly poor condition. There was talk of having her restored but that was several years ago. There’s an active fleet I believe in Narragansett Bay.
Do you ever worry about the stove taking all the oxygen out of the cabin? Or do you always crack a hatch?
Hi Lonnie,
There are gaps between the edge of main bulkhead and the planking as well as in the bilge so there’s plenty of air available. I also have a cowl vent forward and air-holes in the drop board.
It’s also a problem at times as the wind blowing over the cockpit can create negative pressure, causing the occasional puff-back. I’m thinking of trying to seal off the spaces at the bulkhead to prevent same.
In any event Sjogin’s hatch and such allow sufficient airflow to not have any worries about oxygen depletion.
Best,
Russ
along those lines,
what keeps the wood behind the stove from heating up to the point where it catches fire? doesn’t appear you have any fire retarding material against the hull
tks peter sayia
Hi and Merry Christmas Peter,
There’s enough clearance between the stove and the hull. The cabin side has the protection of a copper shield. The stover never seems to get hot enough to cause any worries.
Stop by some Saturday and I’ll show you around.
Russ
I’ve driven down that back row at Beaton’s a few times. Each time all I thought to myself was; why? There are some beautiful boats back there.
Hello,
My name is Sean Park and I am the Commodore of the Herreshoff S-Class of Western Long Island Sound (see our website http://www.herreshoff-s-wlis.org). We have 9 boats actively racing out of Larchmont.
I am enquiring about the S-boat photo on your site. Do you know if the name of the boat is “Volunteer”? And has she been abandoned? I may be interested in moving her to a dry location and restoring her. She used to be in our fleet, but the owner disappeared.