The Keel is nearing completion

[MarAzul]

Forward fin in place and ready to fuse with Ballast

Aft fin in place and ready to fuse with ballast

500 pounds of wheel weight ready to recycle into Sailboat Ballast

https://sites.google.com/site/marazulles/pictures-exterior

 

[MarAzul]

Sly can you fix the spelling of completion in the title.
Thank you

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sly can you fix the spelling of completion in the title.
Thank you

Done.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Sick!

 

[MarAzul]

Forward fin fused with the Ballast. Hoisted up to lower tail section being formed on the next pour.

The aft fin will be fused with the ballast with the next pour that will form the ballast tail section.

https://sites.google.com/site/marazulles/pictures-exterior/keel

 

[Stevenson]

Incredible. Impressive. How long will this all take you? Why are you making your own boat?

 

[tlongII]

Incredible. Impressive. How long will this all take you? Why are you making your own boat?

It's an ark.

 

[jlprk]

You won't need a crane with 2 elephants on board. You won't need trunks either. (baggage, bathing, this could go either way.)

Anyway, the site says you're going round the Cape to Scotland. But in another place, it talks about the Indian Ocean. How long will you be gone while I take over the OT board?

 

[MarAzul]

Incredible. Impressive. How long will this all take you? Why are you making your own boat?

It is nearly done now, a crew is coming 6/12 to help me launch in Port Orford.
Good question on why are you making your own boat?

Well right up front, we can scratch the saving money. The real intent was to design a boat correcting a rather long list of things found wanting or just wrong with boats.
The list was compiled over a 40 year period of sea going experience. The result is a boat you just can't buy today.

 

[MarAzul]

Final fairing mix on final sanding and primer paint tomorrow.

The beaver tail aft section

View straight down the leading edge forward to aft.

 

[MarAzul]

Well it is finally complete.

Keel assembly ready to join with hull, then both will receive an antifouling coat of paint.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Well it is finally complete.

Keel assembly ready to join with hull, then both will receive an antifouling coat of paint.

That is bad ass!

Still on schedule to put the boat in the water next month?

 

[MarAzul]

That is bad ass!

Still on schedule to put the boat in the water next month?

I hope so. Just today, some help in getting scheduled into the yard. I contacted the owner of the many of the businesses in the boat yard in Charleston and he said he would make it happen. The Yard is run by the Port of Coos Bay (a tax district) and managed by a Public employee that gets paid whether I am there or not. He would not even schedule me in, just said, they didn't have room for a 60 foot boat. They own the land but all the business are private and the owner of some of those said this is stupid, your boat is beautiful, we are going to park it right in front of our office in our parking space. Don't care what the Port says, plan on 6/12.
He has all the facilities I need. I said thank you sir.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Brother, I have to see some pics as soon as you get her to sea. I sir, am in awe.

 

[Haakzilla]

Don't care what the Port says, plan on 6/12.

...S2 Boating Party 6/12/2015?!

 

[MarAzul]

Brother, I have to see some pics as soon as you get her to sea. I sir, am in awe.

Aye Aye Sir.

 

[tlongII]

I would like to see some pics of the boat before it's put into the water if possible.

 

[Sedatedfork]

...S2 Boating Party 6/12/2015?!

Minnesota Viking style?

 

[MarAzul]

I would like to see some pics of the boat before it's put into the water if possible.

https://sites.google.com/site/marazulles/home

 

[Stevenson]

That's stunning!

 

[DaLincolnJones]

https://sites.google.com/site/marazulles/home

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I saw it in person years ago, it looked like the person who designed the stealth bomber decided to build a stealth sailboat. So sleek, so much curved wood. Really gorgeous.

 

[BlazerWookee]

That's keeler, dude!

 

[tlongII]

Beautiful boat! S2 sailing party!

 

[riverman]

Awesome piece of work Marz!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Did you get the boat in the water? What happened?

 

[MarAzul]

Did you get the boat in the water? What happened?

We managed to get the boat to the shipyard Monday, hauled the keel today. I expect 6 to 8 days yet before we put it on the bay. Then a couple days and we bring it to Bandon for a week
or two. Probably bring it up to Portland then for some Canvas work.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We managed to get the boat to the shipyard Monday, hauled the keel today. I expect 6 to 8 days yet before we put it on the bay. Then a couple days and we bring it to Bandon for a week
or two. Probably bring it up to Portland then for some Canvas work.

Pictures! Need pictures! So you going to break a bottle of champagne against her when she gets in the water?

 

[MarAzul]

Need pictures!

Ha! Yeah, I didn't take any. It was about 4 days of asshole and elbows time for me, but others did. I will post them on the website when I receive them.
I believe my brother has a little ceremony worked out for launch day.

 

[MarAzul]

MarAzul about to meet Keel in the Charleston Shipyard

MarAzul the final assemble about to receive a coat of antifouling bottom paint.