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New Toy - Hybrid Ethel III
Well I wuz gunna build a Radoslaw Werzsko 4.0 Dayboat, but with approximately Michael Storer Oz Goose/Duck foils & aerials.
This would fit neatly & lightly on my 6 x 4 ft box trailer, yet offer plenty of sprawling room and volume for camping trips.
Foils done.
Rudder stock done.
Daggerboard case done.
Mast done.
Boom glued & yard ready for gluing.
Parts for building frame collected, measured & ready for cutting.
Then I hit a snag.
Logged onto DFWB to order plywood & pox & saw this...
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It's a Pete Turner (Goolwa) built interpretation of a 1893 George Holmes Ethel III.
Glass hull, wooden everything else, including mast and handmade blocks.
Price on an as-new trailer too good to ignore.
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Needs a little work, mostly, but not entirely, cosmetic.
I'll pick away at that over winter.
Took her out last weekend at West Lakes anyway - last perfect day of autumn I suspect.
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Light wind - ghosted along easily. Surged ahead in light gusts.
A LOT more powerful onto the wind than with it.
Impeccable manners. Spent a little while doing donuts and sailing backwards in the middle of the lake.
Just because.
(Sometimes sailed Teal backwards too. It messes with onlookers' minds...)
One can really feel & see the difference between a shaped foil and her flat plate centreboard.
Have replaced a swathe of shackles & incorrectly sized rope with snaphooks & correct cordage.
Should have brought rig/de-rig time down from about 50 mins to around 30.
Thinking to rename her after my paternal Grandma.
I gather the official ceremony to do this involves much alcohol and hilarity.
Might have to rename her several times... ;-)
Foils & stuff for the Dayboat will be shelved for the present.
I'll probably still build it, this will be fun for the now.
Have to tee-up with Mike to get out in company with his Coquina sometime.