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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Work This Week…
It’s been a busy week, both with Clarity and with other things, but we’ve gotten more done. After milling the inner hinge fittings, I decided to replace the outer aka tubes with the rest of the SCH 40 tubing. We … Continue reading
Sign A Sail Event at A Cup Of Organic…
A Sail A Thon For Aidric Hunt Please come join Mike and Susan Barnett in our quest to help raise money for young Aidric Hunt, a 5 year old autistic child left parentless when his mother was killed on October 26th of … Continue reading
A Busy Weekend…
Progress continues at our secret, high-tech (we have indoor plumbing) nautical experimentation facility… weather notwithstanding, the mast extension has been installed, mast hound relocated and a bail for the reacher halyard mounted, the cleats labeled for each halyard, and all shrouds checked … Continue reading
Tagged aka, ama, bulkheads, daggerboard, everglades challenge, mast
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Trunk Work…
Even with all the rain today, I did find time just a few minutes ago, to ‘glass a couple more layers of cloth and epoxy onto the inside faces of the trunk, where the daggerboard and the seas will cohabit. … Continue reading
Some pics…
Here are a few pictures taken while molding the daggerboard housing halves and the front and rear bulkheads. The high-tech, non-adhesive composite material used to form the radiused corners is red Play Doh. Snazzy stuff, no?!? Thanks, HASBRO!
Giving Thanks…
Monday evening was our first Sign A Sail event, held at the Tampa Sailing Squadron. Many signatures were collected, along with donations for Aidric. Many thanks to all there… Susan and I will be back! Also, thank you to T. … Continue reading
Online Sail A Thon Form… (current blog entries start below form)
Here is a form that you can use to pledge a per-mile donation to Aidric. For each mile we sail in the Everglades Challenge, you’ll pay the Aidric Hunt Assistance Fund your designated amount (either a .10 per mile minimum, … Continue reading
Tagged aidric, autism, charity, Clarity, everglades challenge, sail a thon, trimaran
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First Sign A Sail Event…!
Tonight will be the first Sign A Sail event… this one will be for the members of the Tampa Sailing Squadron at their monthly meeting (which means I should have a good audience for my first try at fundraising!). Many … Continue reading
Tagged aidric, autism, charity, Clarity, everglades challenge, sponsor, trimaran
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Weekend work…
Things have continued apace here at the Clarity Sailing Adventures workshop (dusty former lawn just west of the driveway), which means that some things went faster and some things went slower than planned. The daggerboard is wearing a nice comfortable … Continue reading
Tagged centerboard, Clarity, everglades challenge, repair, vaka
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Our Official Sailmaker…
Banks Sails of Tampa is our sponsor for the reacher we are going to use for the Sign A Sail fundraisers, and is the official Sailmaker for Clarity Sailing Adventures. The sail Banks is donating will be brought to various … Continue reading
Tagged aidric, Banks Sails, charity, Clarity, everglades challenge, sail, sail a thon, sign a sail, sponsor, sponsorship
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How To Pledge For The Sail-A-Thon…
Amazingly, I’ve not yet posted the forms to be used to pledge a per-mile donation for The Aidric Hunt Assistance Fund anywhere on this blog! WHOOPS!! The good news is, all you have to do is email me your pledge … Continue reading
Weekend Progress…
As hopefully shown by the pictures posted below, the weekend was a productive one. The hull reinforcement is 90% completed, with just a little fairing around the bow and a final epoxy resin coating to seal it. The daggerboard has … Continue reading
Tagged aka, ama, everglades challenge, mast, repair, vaka
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Pictures For The Day…
Tagged aka, ama, Clarity, deck, everglades challenge, mast, repair
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Camera Issue Resolved…
Our old Canon digital mysteriously repaired itself, so I can take pictures again! Now, if only our new Kodak would do the same… anyway, pics and posts to come, as a lot of work occured yesterday (some of which was … Continue reading
Tagged camera, everglades challenge, pictures, repair, trimaran
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Today’s Schedule…
Today will be spent grinding and sanding fiberglass, sealing with epoxy, installing deck hatches on the vaka and amas, and, probably, itching like crazy! It’s currently 43º here in Sunny Florida, and I want an explanation from Al Gore right away … Continue reading
Tagged ama, Clarity, repair
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Vaka Update…
The centerboard slot has been faired in, and the keel line from the back of the slot up to the bow eye area has been given a layer of glass as a reinforcement strip. Speaking of bow eyes, the existing one … Continue reading
Tagged ama, Clarity, everglades challenge, repair, vaka
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SPOT-ted…
We just activated our SPOT tracking unit for the Challenge!
Latin Proverb…
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” I’d better get looking for some oars…!
Centerboard Slot Illustrated…
Below are the pictures I took while filling the centerboard slot. There aren’t as many as I would have liked, but I was fighting oncoming rain, so I had to work fast. The white strips used to block off the … Continue reading
Tagged Clarity, deck, everglades challenge, repair, vaka
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A Quick Thank You…
I would like to sincerely thank both Multihulls Magazine ( http://www.multihullsmag.com/articles/view.aspx?article=SailingForAidricHunt&id=a0g60000000XbTRAA0 ) and Small Craft Advisor magazine ( http://smallcraftadvisor.com/our-blog ) for publishing press releases regarding our Challenge attempt and our funding drive for the Aidric Hunt Assistance Fund. The help that positive … Continue reading
Sail-A-Thon…
Anyone who wishes to get in on the Sail-A-Thon for Aidric and pledge a per-mile donation, please contact me, and I’ll get you the information you need!
Tagged aidric, autism, Clarity, everglades challenge
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Centerboard slot filled…
It seemed time for some real work to ensue, so I spent the day prepping and glassing the slot in the vaka where the centerboard used to reside. It was plugged with what looked to be a 2×3 piece of lumber, … Continue reading
Tagged centerboard, everglades challenge, repair, vaka
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