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Spring Cruise 2001 Index Page |
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Spring Cruise 2001 Index Page |
| As with the last few Spring Cruises we again invited the participants to write about their most memorable parts of the cruise. As to the participants, here they are: |
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| Morry & Linda in their Peep Hen
Norm W in Piilu, a spanking new NormsBoat Ron in his Sea Pearl Brian & sons Matt & Sam in Otter, their Sea Pearl Tri Richard in Heron, a Dovekie Jake in Shorebird, a Dovekie Leo & Sandy in Waterbed, a Dovekie John Z in Zephyrus, a Dovekie Dave & Marcia in Tadpole, a Dovekie Gary in his Dovekie Ken & Ginny in Sanity, a Bay Hen Bill in Amenity, a Bay Hen Dana in Therapy, a Seaward Fox John & Patty in Zephyr, a Martha Jane Norm & Diana in Annika, a Litorina from Sweden Bob & Carol in Time Enough, a Mac 26 Paul & Deborah & nephew, Ben in Swan, a Shearwater Harry & Alice in Ardea, a Shearwater Dean & Mary in Blue Heron, a Shearwater |
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This spring cruise marked the maiden voyage of Norm's new Piilu. This is a NormsBoat designed by Jim Michalak and built by Richard Cullison, with a little bit of help from Norm.
This is what Norm W wanted in his new boat:
- Boat and trailer 20' or less overall, so perhaps an 18' boat.
- Slot-top to allow walking upright from cockpit to bow.
- Enough flotation areas to allow self-rescuing.
- Enough ballast for single-handing, but without water ballast.
- Cabin length 6'4" or more, for sleeping.
- Two oar ports, port & starboard
- Two offset stern sculling points so I can stand on the centerline
while sculling.
- Provision for motor mount for small outboard. (your suggestion.)
- Kick up rudder and lee board(s).
- Stowage rack for oars while under sail; and for spars while rowing.
Perhaps a cradle on one side of the cabin top.
- Rig: I liked Dovekie's sprit rig; I have sailed gaff rigged Bay Hen
which has too many strings when striking the rig. I like the idea of your
standing lug, but I need windward ability to short tack on the narrow estuaries
of the Chesapeake. Can a sprit rig work?
He got most everything he wanted, as it turned out he didn't get the oar ports, and he got the standing lug rig.
We'll get better pictures of NormsBoat as time goes by, but the one
below places the boat where it belongs
Norm gets his anchor adjusted by the Marsh Man, Jake
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Link to Richard Cullison's pictures of NormsBoat Richard has done a great job in taking pictures of all the phases of construction of this boat designed especially for Norm Wolfe by Jim Michalak |
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| Page | Activity | Date | Pictures |
| Page 1 | Putting In | May 4 | 4 |
| Page 2 | Sailing Up Church Creek | " | 4 |
| Page 3 | Old Trinity Church - Part 1 | " | 4 |
| Page 4 | Old Trinity Church - Part 2 | " | 3 |
| Page 5 | Early Saturday Morning | May 5 | 3 |
| Page 6 | Saturday Raft-Up - People | " | 7 |
| Page 7 | Saturday Raft-Up - Singing | " | 4 |
| Page 8 | Sunday Lunch - Part 1 | May 6 | 4 |
| Page 9 | Sunday Lunch - Part 2 | " | 4 |
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