TRAWLERS & SAILING
YACHTS INC
P.O.BOX 333,
MIDLAND, ON, L4R 4L1
VOICE: (705) 527-0442 FAX: 527-0967
CONTACT: DOUGLAS I.
STEPHENSON
WEBSITES: http://www.yachtsls.com
OR ëe-mailí yachts@yachtsls.com
Time has slipped away and now it has been about a year since my last contribution of ësharing what is newí with the boating fraternity I have met over my years in the boating business, some as president of an affiliated company to Whitby Boat Works Ltd., some as a broker and service consultant and other times just as another person who enjoys the outdoors, the boating life, the exhilaration of a good stiff breeze, a great day under sail followed by superb cuisine and friends with whom to enjoy it all!
Just the other day on September 16th a group of us (4) took Toberua II (#187 owned by Andy Skerlec) off the dock in Georgian Bay albeit a cloudy and overcast day), with a light breeze out of the south. As was the forecast within the half hour the wind switched to the Northwest and piped up to about 24 knots and we were on a close reach. With the bowsprit version of the Whitby 42 and a 140% Genoa we steamed! What a great day we all had although it was just a few hours. On board were Leo Reichmanis, the only owner of Baltic Heritage #310 who sailed it around the world, a friend of Leo, Luis, who had shared a portion of the trip with him and David Thexton, owner of a Brewer 46, Lydia Anne. He is a friend, an associate and sponsor of a Whitby we bought in the islands but with a change of direction, he bought the Brewer 46. Robert Dessureault, now owner of the Whitby #196 he bought from David. I heard from Robert recently and he and the vessel now named ëSortilageí are doing fine in Europe and what so many yearn to do. And so;
In this short note I will hit on a few topics mostly of interest to Whitby and Brewer owners, particularly those with the Whitby 42 or Brewer 12.8 or Brewer 44s. However, some of the issues are common to cruisers on the other ëBrandsí and so I have included all of you since information relating to remedies, concepts or sourcing can be of interest.
BOWSPRIT ADDITION: FACTORY TECH SPEC
VESSELS AVAILABLE THROUGH MY SERVICES
WRAPPING IT UP!
2004/5 CALENDAR
The rendezvous is being held in the same location again this year but our ëin-residence hostessí is Linda Williams, daughter of the late Dr. Bruce Rankin now residing in their long time home. Pat Drenning will be away but parking and access to the waterfront through both properties are available to us. We are to feel welcome but I hope everyone will be prepared to drop an anchor as they arrive and are ready to deploy it upon directions from the volunteers who are helping as Dockmasters for this event. At the time of writing it had been noted that some confusion might arise due to the docking arrangement this year so please be ready to help out! John Cece just sent an email suggesting some aid and it in part said:
ëLast but not least, unless there is some
objection, we'll raft all boats so that they face upstream (northwest?),
with several anchors deployed to stabilize the raft. This way, they'll be
facing the cold front winds when the winds come....and we know that a cold front
will arrive at some time during the rendezvous.....it's tradition.í
The following was sent to members of the Whitby/Brewer Owner Association and is an invitation to owners past and present and those who would like to become an owner.
The Annual Rendezvous
(2004) will be held the weekend of 1, 2, 3 October in Annapolis. We will
gather at the Rankin/Drenning homes & piers on Whitehall Creek. The
gathering will begin on Friday so, come early if you can.
If there are any
questions, please contact Bernie Boykin, or me (ph: 301-552-9774) or via
e-mail.
Hope to see you there, my
best, John Cece
MENEHUNE (W42 #195,
1983)
DATES: October 1,2,3, 2004 LOCATION: Drenning/Rankin Piers
Whitehall Creek, 39-01.1N 76-26.W
Program: Joe Machado & Sarah Eichler (703-406-3013) machado_joseph@bah.com
Food, Drink, Chairs,
Tables: Dick & Mary Beth Seibert (410-757-9355) rseibert@annctr.org
Reservations/Dockmaster: John & Mary Cece (301-552-9774) menehune1@juno.com
Advisors: Bernie & Carolyn Boykin (410-828-5690) bcboykin@bcpl.net
4:00 PM Opening Happy Hour
6:00 PM Pot Luck Dinner and Socializing
SATURDAY October 2 (contact Dockmaster for docking instructions)
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM ñ 5:00 PM Swap Fest
Preliminary program:
11:00 AM Flare shoot/demo
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Coast Guard Auxiliary available to provide safety inspections of boats
Afternoon ñ Visit Boats, Meet People, Program TBD
5:00 PM Happy Hour (Soft Drinks, Beer, Wine provided)
6:30 PM Dinner on lawn (food & drink provided) & Entertainment - TBD
SUNDAY October 3
9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM Talks: Owners (weíre looking for owners who wish to make a presentation), Vendors (Fire Extinguisher vendor/inspector?) Any special requests?
Q & A
COST: $20.00 per person, includes
Fri soft drinks,beer/wine, Sat 3 meals, soft drinks, beer/wine
Sun breakfast
Children under 12 free
.
Schedule details subject to suggestions & change.
_______________________________________________________________
SEND REPLY TO: John Cece; 7004 Kepner Court; Lanham, MD 20706-4612
301-552-9774 menehune1@juno.com
Name______________________________ Boat Name_________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________________Email_________________________________________
No.coming______. By boat______ By land_______ When? _______________________
Check Enclosed $_________ Please pay by check. Hard to keep track of cash!
Please include name, purpose,
& amount on checks (payable to: John Cece)
WhitbyRen2004.doc
Cece2003
I haven't heard from Bill & Judy Speary aboard Janus (#320) for awhile and send my best wishes to them. Lou Solomon, owner of #333, the last Whitby to be built in Canada, has authored a few books that should make interesting reading based on their outlines. He has them in CDs, Soft Cover books or Ebooks that can be downloaded from the site at http://www.thrillertales.com/ Brian Stewart & Jane Witherspoon are well into the execution of a planned retirement next year when they will depart from here in Midland, do the Great Lakes in part including a forage into Lake Superior and then down Lake Huron, across Lake Erie and back to Lake Ontario to visit with Alex Magnone at Whitby Boat and Woodworking Co. Ltd. (905 430 6766) Alex is still in the old Whitby Building. He was the foreman that ran the Alberg 37 line and was also our custom work specialist on series production models and did our Custom Structural and Decorative work on the free style vessels like the later version of the Whitby 45 and the newer Ted Brewer designed Whitby 55/6. After that Pilgrim (#304), Brian & Jane are heading to the sunny south and beyond as the wind blows in 2006.
Pat Drenning has announced that he will miss this yearís meet and will be sailing out of Croatia while separately Virginia Nurco-Rankin is visiting France. Absent will be their high spirits and enthusiasm!
From time to time current owners, new owners and owners-to-be inquire as to the parts, estimated cost and where to acquire them to put on the full rigged bowsprit. This is information in that regard although if one is merely interested in dealing with the ground tackle deployment solution there is a much cheaper solution. I originally wrote a response on the Sailnet chat line forum but for those who missed that, here it is a little enhanced!
Cost depends (always depending) on the age of the vessel and
how tired are
the roller furling and the standing rigging, and how extensive
the change
that you undertake becomes to satisfy your standards! Also some
owners have been lucky (or astute) enough to pick up some of the winches and
other hardware at great prices!
Here is the short list;
New headstay (Approx. 3í
longer)
New Roller Furling(as above)
New inner stay with quick-release
fitting and/or Roller Furling
Two new shrouds with chain plates, knees,
turnbuckles and mast attachment
system. This is positioned to provide aft
reinforcement to the upper position of the new inner stay.
Foredeck improved to accept thru-deck bolting of Staysail
deck fitting
Upgrade winches to minimum 48CST preferably 54/55 (OR Electric
is a nice upgrade)
New Headsail
New Staysail
New Genoa Sheets
New
Staysail Sheets
New Blocks for Staysail
Navtec Rod for Bobstay
Lower
Bobstay chain plate Custom Fitting for bottom end of Bobstay
Knee in bow to take inner stay tie down w/ rod to underside
of deck fitting for staysail
Lead (500 lbs.) and Glass aft
Nose Piece
refinish and Protector
Removal of Standard Bow Hardware
Miscellaneous
Hardware, i.e. Sheave, Pre-stretched halyard, cleat, #8 winch,
link plates,
shackle
and of course,
Bowsprit Made by ëTops in Qualityí
Bow Pulpit
Made by ëTops in Qualityí
Teak Grating for Bowsprit (15 board feet)
Rewire and
perhaps replace Bow Light
18' Downwind or Spinnaker Pole
Miscellaneous
materials, sandpaper, FRP, Resin, cleaners, tape, sealant,
screws, bolts
and nuts (SS)
And our all time favorite, LABOUR TO INSTALL: EITHER YOURS
or up to $60/80 per hour yard
charge!
There are some owner innovations to do it less expensively but I
have organized three of
them at the factory and find that the figure of
$25000 USD is realistic in today's price
world. The three retrofits we did at
the factory in the mid 80ís were in the $18 to $20,000 Canadian
Range.
For anyone considering adding a bowsprit, this is directly from
the records
of the factory for altering a standard rigged vessel to the
cutter/ketch rig
or as Ted Brewer points out, correctly called a
Staysail-Rigged Ketch. When it was done at the factory, it was done with the
deck off and so working in the forepeak and adding the sistered chain plate for
the intermediate aft behind the cabinetry port and starboard in the main cabin
did not present a problem. Costing was a different art as it was done on an
upcharge basis. For Instance the larger winches simply cost the difference to go
from #43CST to #48CSTs. We didnít have the man-hours to remove the standard bow
fitting and the additional hours to make it cosmetically correct. And so on! I
just looked at an í85 price list and saw that the upcharge using 48CSTs not
including sails was in the $5000. USD range but this is nearly 20 years later
and WOW!
Hope this helps anyone who is interested in the difference,
understand the valuation for this item of vessel inventory. I think that the
primary difference is best enjoyed by the lucky people who see her under sail
and for those who enjoy that little extra horsepower in the sails! Getting
the anchors out and away from the hull is another operational advantage. But the
essence of the Whitby and Brewer 42s doesnít change with the rig!
I still have access to 2 Whitby 55s that are for sale asking about $275,000 and 6 Whitby 42s starting at $104,900. Information is on my Website at http://www.yachtsls.com/ and check out the listing page. One is in Europe and the rest in North America. They are all in good condition with a wide range of equipment and the ownerís are sincere that a new owner should be found soon! If you or in the case of current owners, your friends are looking to buy soon, have a look. Two are in Fresh Water (sweet) and the rest are on the East Coast excepting the one in Italy. I have been to see them all except one and believe they are well positioned in the market to sell. These vessels will soon be listed on http://www.usedboats.com/ as well. And by the way, for anyone looking to do the change over to a TRAWLER, I do have a Performance Trawler 35 listed in Canada. It too, can be seen on the site at
http://www.yachtworld.com/yachtswithexperience and click on Yachts for Sale!
WRAPPING IT UP! While I do spend a bit of time focusing on Whitby and Brewers, I have had the good fortune to help a number of buyers of other makes over the past few years. I was involved with an Ontario purchase of a 1970 Alberg 37 in very nice condition that was shipped to the west coast for Wayne & Patricia Jobb. In fact almost every purchase in the last while has included providing service to assist shipping the vessel by truck to a distant new home. Only Ted & Alice Schimpff had the luxury of bringing their new adventure home on itsí own bottom! We are currently involved in getting quotes to ship a Whitby 42 from Italy back to America if unless a buyer can be found that wants to buy one in the Med. The seller would consider a good discount if he finds such a person!
I have much more material socially and technically to share but it will have to wait until the next bulletin, as this needs to get out ahead of the Rendezvous.
A new CALENDAR FOR 2005 has been posted on my site. I have used a picture from the net of CORUS #330 owned by Bill & Ann Hasted who operate it as a Crewed Charter Vessel. I have not been in touch for a while but hope to share current contact information in my next letter!
May
fair winds and clean diesel fuel and the health to enjoy them be yours,
Douglas