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04-11-2011, 22:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 18
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An Islander 41 and I
Finally, it's done! I own a yacht! A dream realized and a bright future to look forward to. I will be sailing her down from Long Beach to home port in San Diego in the next week or so and hope to make a few new friends here on the forum to share this and future experiences with. I under estimated what an emotional event this would be for me. It's not like buying a car or even a house. I'm buying into a whole new paradigm. A new way of life. One that is more in synch with my philosophical approach to life. What a trip. A strange trip indeed!
Slainte
Capt Mike
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04-11-2011, 22:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 22
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Cheers! Congratulations and best wishes for this new phase of your life! May it be rich and rewarding for you. That is a lovely boat that will take care of you as you take care of her. Can you post a picture to the forum or online somewhere like picasa or a video to youtube?
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Cruising on in a 1968 Islander 37 sloop. Visit our blog. We were on an Albin Vega 27 last year, but upgraded to a more livable sized boat so our cats would have more room.
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04-11-2011, 23:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Oregon
Boat: 1974 islander 44
Posts: 198
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Good taste in boats . I have a 1974islander 44 and we love her.
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05-11-2011, 04:23
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,082
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Mike.
Congratulations on your new boat!
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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05-11-2011, 09:19
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,134
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
G'Day Mike,
Welcome to CF and to your new life. You've just started the long, steep and slippery slide to becoming a boat bum and ruining everything that our society has planned for you. You sound like you will adapt to this debasement and thrive in our community.
It's a great life, so again, welcome...
Cheers,
Jim and Ann
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05-11-2011, 09:55
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: SF Bay Area
Boat: Islander 34
Posts: 5,486
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
HA, Buying a boat is very much like marriage. Enjoy your new relationship!
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05-11-2011, 10:11
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
welcome, bon chance, smooth sailing. please post pix--we all love boat porn.....
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05-11-2011, 10:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Mexico City
Boat: Negotiating purchase of 2nd hand yacht
Posts: 460
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Congratulations on taking the plunge into a new lifestyle
Beinvenidos To CF, Keep posting and some pics also
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When I was a boy my momma would send me down to the corner store with $1 and I would come back with 5 potatoes, 2 loaves of bread, 3 bottles of milk, a hunk of cheese, a box of tea and 6 eggs. Can't do that now, too many f**kn security cameras.
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05-11-2011, 10:47
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: north carolina
Boat: command yachtsdouglas32
Posts: 3,113
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Congrats and welcome...now you have really gone and screwed up...LOL..Fair winds and far places...DVC
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05-11-2011, 19:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clear Lake Marine Services - Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Gulfstar, Mark II Ketch, 43'
Posts: 2,359
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Welcome Aboard Cruisers Forum
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Formerly Santana
The winds blow true,The skies stay blue,
Everyday is a good day for SAILING!!!!
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05-11-2011, 19:58
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Idaho and California
Posts: 20
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Pix Please
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08-11-2011, 19:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 18
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You guys rock! I spent the weekend on her getting things ready for the trip from Long Beach to San Diego. I forgot how peaceful it is sleeping aboard. Things are really shaping up.
Pics are forthcoming.
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08-11-2011, 21:00
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
Posts: 20,441
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Re: An Islander 41 and I
Is that the Islander Freeport 41 or the 41 that is a shortened version of the Lapworth 44 that they only built a few of?
Parquet floors?
If you need help in SD, I might be available from time to time. Let me know.
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Num Me Vexo?
For all of your celestial navigation questions: https://navlist.net/
A house is but a boat so poorly built and so firmly run aground no one would think to try and refloat it.
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08-11-2011, 21:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Oregon
Boat: 1974 islander 44
Posts: 198
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Adeline , any info you may have on how many 44 lapworths were actually built? I have on , and have heard there were only about 12 built. I don't think that's actually true. . From what I can gather , it seems that yachtcraft bought the molds and built many of them. Mine is a 1974. It's titled as an islander 44 , but I found blueprints on the boat that are all yachtcraft drawings. I read another article posted on the Internet , where somebody with an islander 44 actually contacted bill lapworth , and he said islander flat out stole his sketches , and the design is not his.
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