Author Archive | John McAllister

The bottom of Nemesis had many layers of old paint and was missing paint in a few places. Due to poor preparation at the previous yard, much of the paint was peeling off.  A new start was needed, the Cabrillo Boat Shop ground off all of the old paint, A huge job! Then they faired […]

THE SAGA OF SOULMATE I guess we could consider ourselves lucky, Soulmate, our 30 year old Cal 25, had a firm deck, good standing rigging, and her center bulkhead was fine. She had a new mainsail, stainless steel sink and a #1 genoa and #2 genoa that may last this season. Her boom and mast […]

The Splash to Tiburon Story We ( Felix Basadre & Rick Sottile) bought Splash as a trainer so we could learn how to sail. Never in our wildest dreams could we have anticipated getting so caught up in sailing and racing, that would eventually take us down the path of restoring such an old boat […]

Beautifully restored by Peter Hogan and September Wind is now owned by another owner. Back to Top

By Brian Shenstone, Multi-time National Champion Most of us in the midwest have our boats out of the water and buttoned up for the winter. Other than working on the rudder or other miscellaneous parts that we are able to bring home, we are not left with much else to do but plan our activities […]

Geoff Stothard owner of Bippy #1043 posted the following question Jan-1,2015. Question #1 Just noticed bad dry rot in the center section of my cabin sole.  Are there any instructions or lessons learned out there for replacing it successfully? Question #2 A few follow-up questions:  Would you consider making the new sole with something other than […]