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| Home to Cadboro Bay | Sunday, July 5, 1981 - 14:00 | Roche Harbor, Washington | Cadboro Bay |
Cora, John, Marny, Simond |
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| Roche Harbor, San Juan Island (Washington State) | Sunday, July 5, 1981 - 11:00 | Reid Harbor | Roche Harbor, Washington |
Cora, John, Marny, Simond |
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| Reid Harbour | Saturday, July 4, 1981 - 11:30 | Friday Harbor, Washington | Reid Harbor, Stuart Island (Washington) |
Cora, John, Marny, Simond |
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| First trip to Friday Harbour | Friday, July 3, 1981 - 13:30 | Roche Harbor, Washington | Friday Harbor, Washington |
Cora, John, Marny, Simond |
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| First trip to Roche Harbor | Friday, July 3, 1981 - 11:00 | Cadboro Bay | Roche Harbor, Washington |
Cora, John, Marny, Simond |
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| Chatham Island | Monday, June 15, 1981 - 13:00 | Cadboro Bay | Chatham Island |
Cora, John, Nelly, Fred, Mike, Simond. (4.5 gal) |
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| Return from Chatham Island | Sunday, June 14, 1981 - 16:30 | Chatham Island | Cadboro Bay |
Cora, John, Nelly, Fred, Mike, Simond (4.5 gal) |
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| Solo | Thursday, June 4, 1981 - 19:30 | Cadboro Bay | Cadboro Bay |
John (2 gal) |
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| Launch | Thursday, May 28, 1981 - 15:00 | Canoe Cove | Cadboro Bay | Fuel |
Launched at Canoe Cove with Doug and Stefanie. (4 gal. fuel) |
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Thunderbird 1066 |
Legendary 26’ West Coast Designed Sailboat Regretfully I must part with my beloved vintage Thunderbird as I must return to the east coast. The Thunderbird design is extra fast for her 26’ length, easy to sail even for beginners, and well built. The design was developed in the late 1950’s to “be both a racing and cruising boat…sleep four… be powered by an outboard auxiliary…and out-perform other sailboats.” (see http://thunderbirdsailing.org). Fleur de Mer was built in 1978 (hull # 1066) and has been carefully maintained. She is cruise-ready with all the sails, (Main, Genoa, Jib and Spinnaker), a Yamaha 8-hp outboard in excellent condition and all the ropes and equipment you need. Engine: Yamaha 8-hp outboard, electric starter and throttle, new gas tank and hose, starts every time, recently tuned up. Interior: Cushions, radio, depth sounder, bilge pump, toilet , 2 burner stove, sink, water tank (in hull), lighting, storage, etc. Recently restored, with meranti plywood, all hardware and caulking done. Beautifully finished inside. Exterior: All marine hardware (winches, cleats, etc.) in good condition, New compass, teak lattice cockpit liner, spacious lazarettes, anchor with chain and rope, bosun’s chair, bumpers, extra lines, spinnaker , etc.
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Shuttlecock Project List |
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New ground tackle. Finally shuttlecock has a permanent home! |
Deployed Monday morning. January 29, 2024.
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Power for Shuttlecock |
Reused Trouper 2's first solar panel and a charge controller I bought for $5 at Capital City Yacht Club's garage sale. |
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Glenthorne Passage, Prevost Island | Sidney Spit | Glenthorne Passage, Prevost Island | 2.00 | 2.80kts | 13.10NM | Cruising |
After forgetting my eggs at home and realizing I was almost out of coffee, I decided to head to Port of Sidney in Skully. I arranged to meet up with Gina and had a delicious breakfast of Eggs Benedict at a sidewalk cafe. It was very good. Gina and I had a nice visit and went shopping together at Fairways before I hopped back into Skully for the return to Sidney Spit. I sailed off the anchor bound for Glenthorne Passage, Prevost Island. There was a strong wind warning posted from the Southwest so my original destination to meet up with Barnucka; Princess Cove, on Portland Island would be unsuitable. Thats why we decided to drop anchor in Glenthorne Passage. It is and was very calm and well sheltered. Given that the flood wasn't until 4:00 p.m. I didn't think I'd see B man until dark. I was taken by surprise when he caught up to me just west of Portland Island, in Captain Passage. That's when I started the engine and steamed with sail up, to dinner at Glenthorne Passage. We howled at the moon that night. The next morning I went to the Marine Park in James Bay. Other than that, we relaxed, ate well and swung around in the Passage for another night before I split early Sunday morning to pick up Gina and head to Portland Island. Glenthorne Passage is always a good choice when the wind is from the South. Iit's supposedly warm enough to swim in and at one point I threatened myself that I'd do just that. Fortunately I managed to talk myself out of such nonsense.
Glenthorne Passage, Prevost Island |
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Searching for Sea Jay... |
Hi,
I'm forwarding your email to Dale Dunning who is more familiar with the Tbirds that are still out there than I am. Wishing you luck finding her.
Cheers,
Jim Heumann
ITCA web administrator
On Mar 18, 2023, at 6:03 PM, Doug Thomson <doug@brainsaladsoftware.ca> wrote:
Hello. I'm hoping you can help me. I'm looking for a John Booth built Thunderbird. Specifically sail # 1005 'Sea Jay'. She was my family's boat built by John Booth and my father (Also John.). My father designed a modified 'cruising deck' and I helped him build the mold for it. Anyhow, if you know where she is or who owns her, I'd appreciate it if you could forward this email.
Thanks. dt |
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New paint and original cushions | |||||||||
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About the stove... |
I will have to get a hold of the original owner of Shuttlelock (John Dewey) to find out what went into the original cut-out on the port side galley slider. My original configuration placed the stove too close to the ceiling, so I rotated the slider 180 degrees, cut the back out of the drawer and slid it in from what was the back, and is now the front. |
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Interior Finished! |
With the arrival of new cushions generously hand crafted by Ruth along with her curtains and pillows, the interior of Shuttlecock was almost complete. I repainted the cabin floor 'velvet brown' and added the same Chinese rug that Dad used to have on Trouper 2. Now all that's missing is the hot, sunny days of Summer. |
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| New house panel for T2 | maintenance |
Dad's original house panel. After 40 years the switches are starting to show signs of corrosion. Plus with all of the USB charged devices now, I want some more power outlets.
Dad's wiring. Looks fairly straight forward. No problem troubleshooting this bird's nest. Looks like he hired someone from India to wire it.
So I built a box out of maple to house the fuses panel and two terminal strips.
Of course I stained it. After all, even though no one will see it, it's beautiful ribbon grain maple.
The box is wired ahead of installation so when I get it on the boat all I have to do is connect the existing device wires to the terminal strips.
I'm just waiting for my 4 port power panel to arrive from China. Next steps include mounting the new part, re-cutting plastic face panel and mounting on board T2.
The new panel
A little more plastic than I'd like but... The panel had to be large to facilitate access to the fuse block and wiring behind.
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The galley. I'm making a maple cutting board/sink cover to increase counter space.
First two Maple 1 x 2's being glued together. Will need 9 of them all together.
Two more boards glued and clamped.
Another two boards. Just three more to go.
Just one more board after this one...
Last board. Needed to use the big clamps!
All glued up and ready to sand.
New cutting board / sink cover.
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Shuttlecock 1007 |
I had been meaning to row out and leave a note on Shuttlecock. She's been moored not far from where Trouper 2 used to be for the last few years. There have been almost no sailboats for sale locally, in fact I've only seen one other. The ol' woody listed elsewhere here. The guy never did sell it. It's now moored just off Oak Bay Marina. So it was with great delight that I received a call from the owner of Shuttlecock who found my business card at R.V.Y.C. (I had posted it there with a note; "Looking for a Booth T-bird."
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Bulkhead Plans |
Started removing the old wood panelling. |
