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[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

From: RABBIT649 at aol.com

No wonder you were so good with the Ariel later on! You guys are the envy of 
"slow-boaters" like me.
Paul
Ashwagh #23


In a message dated 8/21/99 1:57:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rap1208 at aol.com 
writes:

> From: Rap1208 at aol.com
>  
>  Scott, I owned a Star also, # 74.  I learned to sail on that boat.  When I 
 
>  bought her she had been out of the water for 2 years, and you could see 
>  daylight through her seams, but no rot at all.  I caulked her with poly 
>  sulfide and had her launched.  Old Charlie Brown, the marina owner had a 
lot 
> 
>  of doubts about her sinking, so he left her in the slings over night.  
When 
> I 
>  got there the next day he was just hoisting her out of the water, and I 
> could 
>  see water running out of the chine areas.  I bought more Lifecaulk and a 
lot 
> 
>  of monel boat nails, went back and re caulked  the chines, then started 
>  nailing, first one side and then the other. When I was done she went back 
in 
> 
>  and did not leak.  After a few days of dry weather, her bilges were dry as 
a 
> 
>  bone.
>  Learning to sail on a Star was like learning to drive with a race car, it 
>  upped the learning curve.  I owned her for 2 years.  Russ Pfeiffer

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