Sea Angel's Comments

Hi,
Lone Star left two messages for me today. Not sure if you can access them but if you could offer responses it would be a big help as once again I am fighting the clock. Thanks

Hi Bonni

Your daughter's plans sound good to me. But my wife would go nuts if it were our daughter. Buzz did the Marion race on Strummer in 97. I've done some 1-2's since then with my kids.
Buzz said you're planning on being at the Maine event this August. I'm planning on it also. Any interest in sailing up on Strummer...Stonington, CT, to Round Pond? Maybe we can make it happen.

Louis

Hi Bonnie,

The only thing I can think of on Strummer, on the deck between the shrouds and the cockipit winches is (port and starboard) a diamond shaped plate with a cernter screw-in plug (about 3/4-1 inch diameter.) With the plug removed, a block screws in to take the sheet leading frome the smaller jibs. This allows these jibs to sheet inboard of the shrouds.

If that's what he's talking about, and he doesn't have the blocks to fit the plates, have him contact me. They're not standard items, but I may still have mine. I changed my deck layout a few years ago and don't use them.

Louis

Done!

Just a couple of corrections- The correct spelling of Pilot 3508 is Quandary not Quandry as noted in the Danilek's book and the web-site name list. Also, Quandary's homeport is Cambridge, Maryland. Great job creating this site and tracking down the owners, new and old.

Thanks, Bill

Bonni and Tom -

It is most interesting and gratifying to see the Chilean Pilots among the website members. Are you aware of the history of the Chilean Pilots? On page 84 of the Pilot 35 book, Rod Stephens sets forth the history of these boats. In the 1968, a Chilean sailor, Miguel Depolo of Santiago sailed aboard a US Pilot, then DUE II, in the Chesepeake. He went to S&S for a license and Henry Hinckley built the mold (incorporating the Talaria cove stripe) which was exported to Vaparaiso. Proctor (England) made the spars which were originally gold anodized aluminum. Engines were Westerbeake 4-107 diesels. Twelve were built in Chile. Jane and I saw several of them during our visit to Vina del Mar in 1985. They were very ruggedly built and have Perko portlights (as you can see from some of the pictures on the website). One Chilean Pilot, JUPITER, was sailed on her own bottom to California around 1974 and has been completely refurbished and is sailing under the same name on Lake Michigan as of a few years ago. We wrote an article on the Chilean Pilots for the Winter 1987-88 Hinckley Newsletter,

IAs I said before, I'd like to see this article and the Maine Boats Homes & Harbors and the Practial sailor articles on the website. If I can get permission to reproduce these, I'll be back to you to see how they can be incorporated.

Glad to see this website turning into such a great success story.

Kindest regards,
Don

Well, maybe I did get it done.

Louis

Tom

Thanks for the invite. I hope to get to the West Coast in the fall.

I couldn't find the connection to list the home port. It's Stonington, CT. If you can get it up, that would be great. I suspect there are lots of guys like me, and that's why most boats haven't made it on the map yet.

Louis

I emailed Gus MacDonald about the site a while ago. He owns Panacea, a white, 1964, tiller-steered sloop, 4 berth layout. She was built for his dad, so she's probably the only one still in "original" hands. He won the 2005 Marion-Bermuda Race with her. He'll sign her up soon, I'm sure.

Louis

Hanover NH is the (federal) home port, but it's usually in Southwest Harbor ME or (rarely) on Lake Champlain.

Tom

Thanks. Sure, put the info on the mooring wherever it would be most helpful.

I'll try to resend the photos. If you can put them in the proper format that would be great.

Louis

Great job, Sea Angel. Everytime I look, there's another boat on the list.

I emailed three photos of Strummer, because I couldn't get them on myself, but maybe they're just the wrong format.

AN INVITATION TO ANY PILOTS THAT MIGHT BE IN STONINGTON, CT IN JUNE. We'll probably be off our mooring #P72 for the entire month. Give me a call before June 1 at 203 915 1600 or 203 272 7101 if you'd like to use it. Also when we're there, we'd be happy to have another boat raft up.

Louis Meyer

Hi Tom Thanks for having me - Almost bought a wooden Pilot in your home port in 1993 but shipping was impossible to the east coast. Elliot

Kanga is hull # 3516, the 8th fiberglass hull layed up in Manset, ME in 1964. Her original name was "Prime Evil" commissioned by Dr. Arnold Forrest of White Plains, NY. She was bought by our Uncle, Oscar Dillon, in 1967 and re-named Kanga. We bought her from his estate upon his death in 1982.

Hi! Ragamuffin is #3585, HRH#1209. She spent her first year as a racer named Shebee Sue, and the next 35+ years as Sabra sailing out of Knickerbocker YC in Port Washington, NY. I am the third owner; we sail out of Larchmont, NY. Thanks for setting up this site!

Great job on the site. Looking forward to seeing all the boats signed up.

Strummer is hull #3592. She was named Chardonnay when I bought her in South Carolina in 1994. I had her trucked up to Bass Harbor for some up-grades and then my sons and I sailed her home to Stonington, CT. I've been pretty steadily fitting her out for off-shore single-handed work since I've had her, and she's just an easy boat to handle with or without crew in most any conditions.

Hope to see you at the next Pilot rendezvous

Strummer

Thanks for doing this.

High Tide

Done
Best regards,
Dream

Sea Angel -

Thanks very much for updating the Pilot list. DAY STAR (35117) is now LONE STAR having recently been purchased by John and Jackie Lowe who have a summer home in Northeast Harbor. The boat is at the Hinckley yard in Manset ME. Buzz Billik knows where to get in touch with the Lowes.

TECUMSEH has been listed for sale for some time now and is located in the Hinckley yard in Rhode Island.

Great website you've started here. Lots of luck with it.

Kindest regards,
Don Danilek