Who is day-sailing?

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  • 30 Oct 2021 14:00
    Reply # 12084264 on 10787933

    Arne, thank you for the infos and your solid memory!

    Yes, seeing the picture, I can confirm it is definitely the China Blue I acquired.

    I tried to lookup the name of its owner at the time, but they don't show anymore on the members list.

    What a shame, as I have so little information of the history of this boat. Her latest british registry (attached) mentions that she was built in 1984, and also that:

    • Hull: Seaborne Engineering ltd, Unit 7, Willments shipyard, Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton
    • Fitted out: George Bernard Arthur Young, engineer, and Henry Collin Matthew Young, engineer, both living in Havervill, Suffolk.
    • Owners: George Bernard Arthur Young and Henry Collin Matthew Young

    No need to say I have investigated on these infos, but with no result.

    So again, if any of you, dear fellow members, have more info on this boat, I'd be delighted to add them to her story.

    Although, what is past is past, and is as useless as altitude above or runway behind, as we used to say when I was flying!

    Patrick

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  • 30 Oct 2021 08:47
    Reply # 12083836 on 10787933
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Patrick,
    I cannot guarantee it. However, if you look up JRA NL 39, page 9, you will see a photo of Ruth and Bob Heeley's Halbadier 36, China Blue.

    Could that be your boat?


    Arne

    PS: There is a big article about China Blue in NL 43 from August 2004

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  • 30 Oct 2021 00:02
    Reply # 12083086 on 10787933

    Arne, 

    Are you certain it was the same China Blue, than mine? (https://leblanc.pl/china_blue/)

    If so, I am eagerly interested in anything concerning her past, past owners, any other material concerning her.

    I'd be delighted if you could tell me more!

    Thanks a lot,

    Patrick

  • 29 Oct 2021 10:16
    Reply # 12081591 on 10787933
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Patrick,
    China Blue actually made a short visit to Stavanger in 2004. Unfortunately, the owner, Bob Heeley, had to sort out some rig problems so did not participate in the JRA-rally ("djunkesamling"). See JRA Magazine 44.

    Arne


  • 28 Oct 2021 23:08
    Reply # 12080945 on 11229854
    Anonymous wrote:

    An album from outing no. 15 in Ingeborg, this summer

    Time is flying. It is now almost a month since my last trip in Ingeborg. Since it is unlikely there will be any more this year, and since we took a number of photos from that last outing, I have edited a photo album from it, and put it in a PDF file.
    Hope some of you will like some of it.

    Cheers,
    Arne


    Dear Arne,

    Viewing your pictures, and reading your stories, makes me wish more and more to sail China Blue along the norwegian coast. But that seems so far away, in time, distance, budget... But at least, I have a dream!

    Patrick

  • 26 Oct 2021 21:18
    Reply # 11973531 on 10787933

    I have just replaced my old, small, insanely slow tablet with a large, new-to-me one.  I couldn't deal with looking at the website on my phone, so it's great to be able to catch up.

    I so enjoy reading about other people's days on the water.  After more wind and rain than was fun, our weather finally seems to be settling down.  I may even go sailing myself (having failed to write up my last couple of little cruises )!

  • 14 Oct 2021 06:57
    Reply # 11466512 on 11456058
    Deleted user
    Justyn wrote:

    We finally made it out again on Maya!


    Thanks for your write up and photos. Always interesting to see a view from the other side of the world. Great to get out sailing!!
  • 13 Oct 2021 19:54
    Reply # 11456058 on 10787933
    Deleted user

    We finally made it out again on Maya!

    A day sail from Fezzano in the bay of La Spezia, Italy where we are based, through the Portovenere gap, round Palmeria Island and back to moor up. We are still very much learning how to handle her and what she does best (or not) but now we have all the battens replaced and secured the fore can at least go all the way up!

    Only about 12.6 NM in total, but 6 hours in that very Mediterranean way... we left with 20+ kts of wind on the nose out through the break water, so motored out and then into the gap, raised the sails as we came through  the gap at Portovenere the wind dropped to about 10-12kts... but we sailed her on a beam reach out far enough out to tack and come back on a close reach between the 2 islands... all the time the wind dropping off more and more, of course just as we got turned to the downwind run home... the wind died off to about 4 kts! We did manage to get her goosewinged for a bit and floated along at about 2-2.5kts all the way home!

    We did drop the main after about an hour of downwind and found she seems to prefer just the foresail up in a light wind, she lost no speed and was certainly less to worry about with only the fore up!

    We haven't spotted another JR boat out anywhere near us, but it is quite amusing how many boats (sailing and motor) detour to pass by closer to our "odd shaped sails" and photograph her... we just haven't managed to take any from off the boat yet! 

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  • 10 Oct 2021 10:44
    Reply # 11259706 on 11229854
    Anonymous wrote:

    An album from outing no. 15 in Ingeborg, this summer

    Time is flying. It is now almost a month since my last trip in Ingeborg. 

    Cheers,
    Arne

    Thank you so much Arne for doing this write up of your outing on the lovely lady Ingeborg.
    Here time is crawling like a snail :-( as delays beyond my control and more restoration and modification work than I originally hoped being needed on Jasmine's second hand mast delay the completion of her metamorphosis.
    Your article helps so much to keep this African focused on the goal.
    Perhaps sooner rather than later, as our summer begins here, I too will have some stories and pictures to share.
  • 10 Oct 2021 02:33
    Reply # 11248217 on 11229854
    Deleted user
    Arne wrote:

    An album from outing no. 15 in Ingeborg, this summer

    Time is flying. It is now almost a month since my last trip in Ingeborg. Since it is unlikely there will be any more this year, and since we took a number of photos from that last outing, I have edited a photo album from it, and put it in a PDF file.
    Hope some of you will like some of it.

    Cheers,
    Arne

    A very enjoyable photo essay, thank you for putting the time into sharing this with us. Ingeborg looks quite beautiful in the photos with the sail setting very well, a great advertisement for the junk rig. As your northern sailing season ends we are slowly moving towards summer here 'down under' on the opposite side of the world so hopefully a lot of good sailing days to come. We are back into lockdown in the northern part of New Zealand with the Delta variant of Covid spreading. We have not been allowed to go boating the last 2 months but boating is now allowed as I expect the government realised they had to allow some freedoms. Hopefully Covid will not impact too greatly on our coming summer. 
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