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A Life on the Seas of Northern Europe

with Tom Cunliffe

Saturday, February 20th, 2021 – 1900 GMT/UTC
We started off the show’s live presentations Saturday with the legendary Tom Cunliffe, who’ll be taking you on an insider’s journey through Northern Europe and the U.K. As a host of BBC series and author of over twenty books on sailing, Tom will weave a story about his home sailing grounds filled with boats, history, geography and more boats.

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127 responses to “Saturday, February 20th – A Life on the Seas of Northern Europe with Tom Cunliffe”

  1. Kenneth Shock Avatar
    Kenneth Shock

    Nice to see you here, Tom – I think it was 1976, you and Roz on the Saari @ Hog Island, Grenada.
    Ken Shock, Schooner Lora – Tarbert Scotland, 1907

  2. Ken Bridges Avatar
    Ken Bridges

    What an absolute treat. Even my non sailing French companion loved it.
    Many thanks!

  3. ron godwin Avatar
    ron godwin

    Tom You are A library of info and emotion which no book can emulate.
    I was born in1937 and had to wait to ‘get to sea from Netley ,half way along Southampton Water.You showed one picture of a J class in the mud at Hamble/Bursledon and I remember rowing under the stern of a J like in this place and can smell the mud (plenty to go around).
    I have been in NZ/ Aus since 59 and generally in dinghys until a few years ago and it was even worse as I “Raced”. This video made me appreciate the other side of the coin and I heartily thank you for that!!
    Ron Godwin

  4. Pilar Stack Avatar
    Pilar Stack

    Beautiful presentation!

  5. David Basile Avatar
    David Basile

    Thank you for a great presentation Tom. You most certainly have a gift and most importantly you are are a treasure to the community.
    I loved listening to your stories and would certainly love to hear the one’s that you could go on about, but didn’t. Maybe next year, eh?
    BTW, I’d really love to hear your thoughts on moving to a fiberglass hull.

    Best regards and respect.

    Dave

  6. Gerard Peterson Avatar
    Gerard Peterson

    This presentation was extremely eye opening. Could see where ideas of men who designed various sailing boats here in the US may have gotten ideas from. Very entertaining spokesperson for this segment. Tom Conliffe loves to ramble on and take us with him as he gets excited remembering his days aboard various sailing vessels. I will enjoy re-watching this again. So many boats with so many designs. Loved it!

  7. Kenneth Greff Avatar
    Kenneth Greff

    Brilliant!
    Thanks Tom!!

  8. james thomson Avatar
    james thomson

    Fantastic

  9. Geoffrey Berger Avatar
    Geoffrey Berger

    What a fantastic perspective. Thanks for sharing all that wisdom, experience and enthusiasm.
    Quite the memorable yarn.

  10. michael tamulaites Avatar
    michael tamulaites

    I was sad to miss the live broadcast but wow, what a resource this video is and what good entertainment. Tom is a star and a wonder. Excellent work Off Center Harbor, and thank you Tom!!

  11. Rick Thornton Avatar
    Rick Thornton

    Tom is my new favorite human being.

  12. Ian Douglas Avatar
    Ian Douglas

    Thanks, Tom, for a fabulous presentation. Very informative, great photos, great tales, humorously given.
    Loved your views on cutters. I used to sail a William Atkin cutter, Bermuda-rigged, and loved it.
    Thanks to Steve, Nate and everyone, for making such a great Show! I must have had a smile on my face for most of the two hours.
    I have been sailing for over 40 years and am learning new things every day from the live presentations.
    Most enjoyable!

  13. Miller Tobin Avatar
    Miller Tobin

    Fantastic presentation – thank you!!

  14. Heidi Roy Avatar
    Heidi Roy

    Thank you, Tom, I ever so much enjoyed the presentation. I am not a sailor, have never been on a sailboat but by listening to you I feel I had this wonderful journey and feeding this passion of late learning about sails and their boats.

  15. A Houghton Avatar
    A Houghton

    That was a blast – really enjoyed it. Have read Tom’s tales in Classic Boat UK for years. Better in real life 🙂
    Alan Houghton – New Zealand

  16. Jim Jones Avatar
    Jim Jones

    Ahh Tom I could listen to you all day!

  17. keith glover Avatar
    keith glover

    You brought a tear to my eye Tom and I’m a hard old bastard, at 77 years I’ve sailed most of my life, thought I knew a little bit, and I do , very little!
    Just wonderful mate, grand, thank you.
    keith glover

  18. Rob vanNostrand Avatar
    Rob vanNostrand

    Thanks for the info. Was nice to hear the references to NOVA SCOTIA, which is where I am from 🙂

  19. Chris Robbins Avatar
    Chris Robbins

    What a wonderful presentation! I love the wisdom, passion, and philosophy that naturally bubbles up in this community. The feeling of the wind passing through the rig, keel, rudder and tiller creating forward motion is something that binds sailors together. Tom connecting that to our creator was a wonderful sentiment! I feel that bond especially with my father who introduced me to the sport 60 years ago. I lost him a year ago but we still share the connection! We sailed together up to a year before he passed. What a sport we have and how good it is to pass it to the next generation.

  20. Maurice Giguere Avatar
    Maurice Giguere

    I see your point about the advantage of a full keel in heaving to; however, in my 1967 Chris Craft Apache 37 (S&S) that I’ve sailed the last 35 years, I’ve successfully hove to quite often in heavy weather on long trips and sometimes to just have a quiet lunch in brisk weather, or to stop the boat when the dingy I was towing overturned and filled with water, etc. Although it has a stoutly bolted on cast iron fin keel, the fact that the beam is only 10ft might help. Again, great show.

    1. Virginia Jones Avatar
      Virginia Jones

      If you have a bolted on fin keel, which you mention , please have them examined most carefully by a qualified marine surveyor. Make sure that periodically the keel itself is examined and that there are no hair line crack s or fractures. further that the bolts are in good condition. Just thinking about all that under water structure and the possibilities for hidden inner damage and/or deterioration gives me the heebie jeebies! You did not mention where you sail but or any further details but make sure that your keel isn’t about to part company from the hull.

      1. Virginia Jones Avatar
        Virginia Jones

        BY “them in the first sentence I mean the keel itself and all the attachments, fasteners and flanges, etc.

  21. Maurice Giguere Avatar
    Maurice Giguere

    What a great presentation. Thanks.

  22. William Wenbourne Avatar
    William Wenbourne

    It’s such a pleasure listening to you talk of boats and all to do with them. Thank you Tom

  23. Donald Sullivan Avatar
    Donald Sullivan

    One of the very best two hours I have spent this winter, thank you Tom, thank you Steve, thank you Nate, and all the rest of the OCH team . . . Can’t wait for 2 PM EST today

  24. Juan Corradi Avatar
    Juan Corradi

    The best presentation I have watched ever. Highly informative and inspirational.

  25. Stephen Morton Avatar
    Stephen Morton

    Thank you Tom for a fascinating talk with so many wonderful boat photos and a lifetime of experience to relate.
    Thanks too to Maynard, Steve and Nate for bringing this together, *and* recording it! such a great idea – I couldn’t watch live but this meant I could catch it all today instead.
    Looking forward to the rest of the show.
    All the best

  26. Christopher Scanlon Avatar
    Christopher Scanlon

    Tom’s presentation is worth ten times the price of admission. Erudite without being didactic, whimsical but not facetious, humble without false modesty, can Tom please move to America and run for president! Tom is a world treasure, long life, god bless.

  27. Michael Ferguson Avatar
    Michael Ferguson

    Hi Tom,
    Thank you for your great interview and wonderful insight.
    Michael & Doreen Ferguson S/V St. Leger, Thetis Island BC Canada

  28. Peter Gossell Avatar
    Peter Gossell

    What an absolute Joy. A lifetime of wisdom. Thanks Tom.

  29. Mark Riley Avatar
    Mark Riley

    Hi Tom,
    Hello from Sydney, Australia. I have read many of your articles and admired your beautiful boats for over 25 years. I really enjoyed your presentation, thank you.

  30. Dennis Hogan Avatar
    Dennis Hogan

    Just WOW!

  31. Susan Watson Avatar
    Susan Watson

    It’s been awhile since I’v had the opportunity to go sailing and listening to Tom’s passion about this craft has stirred a desire to do so again. Thank you for this opportunity to hear from a true seaman who so obviously loves wooden boats.

  32. Tami Allen Avatar
    Tami Allen

    This has been a blast. Thanks for posting the recording.

    1. Nate Rooks Avatar
      Nate Rooks

      Thanks for watching, Tami!

  33. Ray Roch Avatar
    Ray Roch

    That was the most entertaining and informative talk I’ve ever witnessed.

  34. Roy Schreyer Avatar
    Roy Schreyer

    Learned so much! Thank you Tom!

  35. Hallie & David Lee Avatar
    Hallie & David Lee

    any idea when it will be available ? Thanks !1

    1. Nate Rooks Avatar
      Nate Rooks

      It’s up!

  36. Steve Bucher Avatar
    Steve Bucher

    I need to get to Denmark!

  37. Karel Doruyter Avatar
    Karel Doruyter

    Just finished watching and listening to Tom Cunliffe. I must say that if that was all I listened to, it was worth it !!! I had to laugh at his reaction to diesels and the like….I always loved the East Hope engine that was basically hand cranked and made extraordinary noises. I found him wonderfully opinionated and a fount of knowledge. Although I do not have a boat at this time, I built my first one back in 1969, an 45′ cutter designed by Cecil Norris. After that I was hooked. I didn’t have the boat very long , it actually caused a marriage break up, and moved to Australia where I took several courses at Melbourne Tech in marine design. I always wanted to see Tasmania, and decided to build a boat there. Using my new found skills I designed a 40 ft (cutter) and sailed it back to Canada 3 years later. A designed several other sailing vessels part time, including a family friendly 15 footer with bilge keels and a loose footed gaff rig. I ended up building 32 of them.
    My final boat was a 42′ bridge deck cat that I kept for 12 years and sailed up and down the west coast from Alaska to Mexico and everything in between.
    I certainly agree with everything Tom had to say, his boat photos were amazing. Maybe I will have enough energy in my “old” age for one more cutter !!! Looking forward to the rest of the week !!

  38. Graydon Newman Avatar
    Graydon Newman

    Is there a replay of Tom Cunliffe’s talk available?

    1. Steve Stone Avatar
      Steve Stone

      Hi Graydon. Soon. Tomorrow for sure, maybe sooner.

  39. Bob Morgan Avatar
    Bob Morgan

    Unfortunately I only caught the last 10 minutes as it is early Sunday morning here in Melbourne Australia but what an uplifting speaker. I loved his comments on Celestial Navigation and the uncertainty and demons one had to conquer when using it. My first thought was that Us septagenarians’ are thankfully the the last generation to have known the mental toughness of character it needs to stay cool on a dark night in heavy seas approaching a lee shore when you only have a rough idea of where you are and everybody’s life on the boat is relying on you the skipper to survive but of course that is not true. The skipper today can still can face those demons when the technology fails. Knowing where you were when it all turned to shit and how to navigate by dead reckoning out of trouble are still essential skills for the skipper. Having the knowledge and mental toughness to do under pressure so still sorts out the men from the boys. The difference is that the old skippers faced these issues on a regular basis, not once or twice in a lifetime. I love my GPS but never take it for granted!

    1. Marc LaFrance Avatar
      Marc LaFrance

      “The skipper today can still can face those demons when the technology fails…”

      Well said!

  40. Richard Gewax Avatar
    Richard Gewax

    I would dearly like to buy Captain Cunliffe a virtual pint (or four) just to listen to whatever he wishes to wax poetic! Good Lord, he makes me wish to be a young man again just so I could have made the choice to ‘follow the sea’…..
    A SUPERB storyteller!
    Well done OCH, well done indeed.

    1. Steve Stone Avatar
      Steve Stone

      Check out Tom’s “club” on his website Richard. Seems like a great deal. That answer to the question about the cutter at the end was stunning.

  41. Allen Rawl Avatar
    Allen Rawl

    Thoroughly enjoyable, especially stationed beside a cozy fire, with a glass of Old Pulteney. Excellent narration Tom. Looking forward to tomorrow’s event. Thank you for inviting me.

  42. Tom Green Avatar
    Tom Green

    Tom, your closing comments on what it’s all about struck a fine chord. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom with all of us.

  43. Kirk Gresham Avatar
    Kirk Gresham

    Absolutely magical, wise and wonderful gift to the world sir! If you get another chance to come to our Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, I hope I’ll get a chance to shake your hand again and thank you personally. Have no idea if you like Japanese cuisine, but if so, and are interested, we’d be happy to have you to dinner. My wife, Tomoko, is from Northern Japan, where we were married and is much loved in our town for her incredible sushi. Just ask anyone, and they’ll tell you where to find her. Her store is just up the hill, a few blocks, an easy walk from our festival grounds!

    Kirk Gresham

    1. Kate Slocum Avatar
      Kate Slocum

      Just the best. From a wooden boat building student in Maine. An abundance of inspiration!

      1. Kirk Gresham Avatar
        Kirk Gresham

        Are you related to the historical Capt. Slocum we all treasure so?If so please tell us all about your family’s history in relation to him!

  44. Colin Parker Avatar
    Colin Parker

    Tom’s presentation was absolutely fantastic! Thank you.

  45. Mark Gillespie Avatar
    Mark Gillespie

    I’m so glad you invited Tom to speak!

  46. Tonya And Jerry Hamman Avatar
    Tonya And Jerry Hamman

    Very informative and what a great storyteller! Thanks Mr Cunliffe!

  47. Paul larkin Avatar
    Paul larkin

    I’ve heard Tom, talk of ships on the horizon before. I could listen to him all the day long. What a great natural
    resource. Cheers, P. Frances Larkin

  48. Peter Heuken Avatar
    Peter Heuken

    This was epic! The end was right out my heart. Thank you so much.

  49. Henry Hagemann Avatar
    Henry Hagemann

    I’m speechless! That’s just from the Q & A! I can’t wait to see his presentation!

  50. Suzan Wallace Avatar
    Suzan Wallace

    Fantastic….so good to hear someone speak in such an articulate manner about such beautiful swimmers and why we’re so taken by the life aboard~
    Thank you!!!! _/)

  51. Dave Lathrop Avatar
    Dave Lathrop

    speechless… what fun that was… thanks Tom…

  52. Kaci Cronkhite Avatar
    Kaci Cronkhite

    Wonderful history of boat designs and fab to find new places to visit, to see places I know through fresh eyes, and to go so far so fast! Head and heart is full tonight. Thanks, Tom Cunliffe~ and OCH.

  53. Glenn Holland Avatar
    Glenn Holland

    Absolutely GREAT!

  54. Harvey Kerstein Avatar
    Harvey Kerstein

    Wow what an afternoon ! Lucky us and Thanks !

  55. Matt Evans Avatar
    Matt Evans

    That was just fantastic!

  56. Barbara Woll Jones Avatar
    Barbara Woll Jones

    WONDERFUL presentation – many thanks !!!

  57. Paulo Alves Avatar
    Paulo Alves

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  58. Joe Kovacs Avatar
    Joe Kovacs

    Fair Winds and Following Seas Tom!!

  59. Candy Masters Avatar
    Candy Masters

    Thanks Tom, really enjoyed this presentation! Cheers from Ipswich, Suffolk…

  60. Kevin Marvel Avatar
    Kevin Marvel

    Thanks for a great presentation…Tom Cunliffe is just amazing!

  61. Bill Shain Avatar
    Bill Shain

    Thank you! Wonderful!

  62. JACQUELINE KABRELL Avatar
    JACQUELINE KABRELL

    In the drawing of Saari the mast was curved forward. John Leathers draws his masts straight. Which is more correct? And why?

  63. Ian Bowman Avatar
    Ian Bowman

    Tom, thanks for a great presentation. I have a Maid of Endor by John Atkin. It was not designed with a topsail but the person who commissioned its construction was a sailmaker. He made a topsail for the boat. I local sailmaker who has experience in making sails for classic boats said not to sail with it as it was not designed with one. What is your opinion?

  64. Kate Slocum Avatar
    Kate Slocum

    I’m a second-year boatbuilding student at The Landing School in Arundel, ME. My current project is a Nordlandsbåt and I’m using a survey of a 1950 Lofoten islands-built craft as a reference (survey by Bertil Andersson of Sweden). I literally wept when you spoke about these boats. To me they are the most beautiful boats in the world. Thank you for speaking about them. Is there anything you would say to a novice boatbuilder in my shoes?

  65. Brian Fogarty Avatar
    Brian Fogarty

    awesome show I love it. Thank you!

  66. Marc LaFrance Avatar
    Marc LaFrance

    Fantastic storytelling! Thanks so much!

  67. dean plender Avatar
    dean plender

    I have taught math, woodworking and some intro to boat building in high school for the past 30 plus years-your gift for storytelling and knowledge of the past inspires me beyond words-skal to you Tom!

  68. Tom Hollyday Avatar
    Tom Hollyday

    Do you have any objections to a multiple lazy jack system on a loose footed main for a pilot cutter? It seems most of the European designs have just one small lazy jack at the end of the topping lifts…

  69. Dean Woodcook Avatar
    Dean Woodcook

    Such a delightful documentary Tom. Thank you.

  70. Sandy Lam Avatar
    Sandy Lam

    Tom Cunliffe’s website for reference: https://www.tomcunliffe.com/

  71. Tom Sliter Avatar
    Tom Sliter

    Just excellent. Thank you!

  72. Lawrence Stam Avatar
    Lawrence Stam

    Fantastic presentation. Larry Stam

  73. Paulo Alves Avatar
    Paulo Alves

    Thank you Tom. You are a legend.

  74. Ronnie Peters Avatar
    Ronnie Peters

    Bravo! Well done Tom

  75. garth murphy Avatar
    garth murphy

    Great presentation…just loved it

  76. Brenda O'Leary Avatar
    Brenda O’Leary

    That was AWESOME! thank you.

  77. Robert Ford Avatar
    Robert Ford

    Great presentation and very motivating. However, I was wondering how a foreign boat make port in another country? Is there some sort of internationl permitting or registration process?

  78. Stephan & Winnie Avatar
    Stephan & Winnie

    Hello Tom – and everybody over there!
    Thanks a lot for this wonderful presentation, I´ll have to look & listen to it several more times to get everything you tell us.
    Have your book “Hand, Reef and Steer” which is sort of my bible on how to sail and maintain our little gaff yawl.
    Best regards from Germany!

  79. kevin cooke Avatar
    kevin cooke

    Hey Tom – What is more enjoyable Sailing in Daylight or at Night. Where is your favorite place to sail?

  80. Joan Paton Avatar
    Joan Paton

    Fab commenatry, as always, Tom – at a terrific event. Many thanks – Joan Paton Chairwoman Scottish Fisheries Museum BOATS Club Anstruther Scotland – REAPER FR958!

    1. Charles Coull Avatar
      Charles Coull

      Joan, Hello from Troon, lovely to see the Reaper looking so well. Best Charlie

  81. William Barton Avatar
    William Barton

    Absolutely fantastic presentation … I would like to share Tom’s presentation with some dear friends and boat builders… can they pay the fee and see it? Thank you Big Bill from Brooklin

    1. Nate Rooks Avatar
      Nate Rooks

      It will be up for replay within an hour

  82. Jeff Allan Avatar
    Jeff Allan

    Question for post presentation. I’ve been on eBay looking for a “Liverpool Screwdriver”. I feel that I should have one. Suggestions please?

    1. Edmund Lovell Avatar
      Edmund Lovell

      Search “Manchester Spanner”, Jeff.
      Good luck,
      Jack Shimmins.

  83. John Dinner Avatar
    John Dinner

    Wonderful storyteller.

  84. Ronnie Peters Avatar
    Ronnie Peters

    Are you recording this?

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Yes we are we’ll have the recording available to re-watch later!

  85. Sandy Lam Avatar
    Sandy Lam

    Such great storytelling! What kind of questions do you have for Tom? Imagine if we were all gathered around with a pint, what would you ask him? Post your question in the comments and we’ll ask Tom at the end!

  86. Ivars Jankavs Avatar
    Ivars Jankavs

    Good evening, Tom, and everyone else on this nice evening (on this side of Atlantic). My name is Ivars and I am writing from Latvia. I am thinking about buying spidsgatter (32′, 1940) which I have found here in Baltic. Would appreciate sharing of your thoughts what you think and what you have heard about spidsgatters during your life. Thank you…

  87. Laura Young Avatar
    Laura Young

    Hello? What’s happening?

  88. Jeff Allan Avatar
    Jeff Allan

    Ahh Tom, you’re doing my heart good, in this dreary period in our history.

  89. Edward Fredholm Avatar
    Edward Fredholm

    Muted??

    1. Nate Rooks Avatar
      Nate Rooks

      Check your Vimeo box – the little bars at the bottom right are volume

  90. David Dillon Avatar
    David Dillon

    Fixed, thanks

  91. Kirk Gresham Avatar
    Kirk Gresham

    We’re hearing you in Port Townsend. Thanks!!!!

  92. Brenda O'Leary Avatar
    Brenda O’Leary

    There’s audio

  93. Candy Masters Avatar
    Candy Masters

    I hear something, “gimme a 321 counttown

  94. David Smith Avatar
    David Smith

    They are working

  95. Sandy Lam Avatar
    Sandy Lam

    Just about to!

  96. steven feinstein Avatar
    steven feinstein

    Is it too late to see Day 1?

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      You can rewatch it here! https://dev.classicboatshow.com/day-1-friday-february-19th/

  97. Tom Hollyday Avatar
    Tom Hollyday

    Question for Tom- We have Luke Powell’s HESPER- our background is based off of 10 years of traditional gaff rig schooners, from 45’-125’- so the gaff rig isn’t a foreign concept for us, but we haven’t actually gotten to sail Hesper yet!. Our question is what can one expect transitioning from the “classic American” coasting schooners, to the British pilot cutters?

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      That’s a great question Tom! it’s in the queue!

  98. Sandy Lam Avatar
    Sandy Lam

    12 minutes until show time! If you have a question for Tom, please post it in the comments and our crew will add it to the queue!

  99. Allen Rawl Avatar
    Allen Rawl

    We’ve built several full-scale ships representing their historic period. Also, involved with a few rehab projects, one of my favorite was the Canary Island schooner ROSE. We spent seven months in Tuscany working on it. Does anyone have information on her current whereabouts? The work was completed in 1993.

  100. Candy Masters Avatar
    Candy Masters

    Agree w/ Frank, some music in the background would be a great suggestion for next time maybe?

  101. Frank van Zoest Avatar
    Frank van Zoest

    Forget its here gmt + 1 hour. Sorry. Frank

  102. Tom Hollyday Avatar
    Tom Hollyday

    How will the Q&A work? Do we post questions here or?

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Feel free to post questions here in the comments and we will queue them up for our crew to ask Tom!

  103. Kirk Gresham Avatar
    Kirk Gresham

    Had some very fun adventures sailing and chasing down classic wooden boats in Ireland and England in 2019. Still hoping to sail at Douarnenez and Brest someday! It’ll be great to hear all Tom wants to share this mornin’ indeed.

    1. Kirk Gresham Avatar
      Kirk Gresham

      I have a printed out bio, that you folks clearly had laid out. Has your logo in the corner. and at bottom reads “2021 Worldwide Classic Boat Show. All Rights Reserved…” are you turning any submissions away for any reason?I got your earlier Thank you and indication my submission was successful on Feb 15th at 6:22. I’ll try again, but it wasn’t easy the first time… Don’t at all want to sound like just a complainer. Just hoping you could look again!

      1. Grenseth Avatar
        Grenseth

        If I click your bio all the info about your boat is there with pictures. Maybe it just didn’t make it into the boat entries and is posted to your bio instead?

        1. Kirk Gresham Avatar
          Kirk Gresham

          Thanks a lot Grenseth. I’m trying to tell them now. Where do I (or for that matter, anyone else) find my “Bio”? They sent me an email, and it was there. As I said, above it has all they need. But they don’t seem to see that.Hopefully your comments too here will help them correct the error. Are you connected with them, or do you have a bat in the show? Where are you? I wish more of the boat info told us more about the owner’s and their local sailing or building experience. At our Port Townsend Festival and our Salish 100, or The Race to Alaska, meeting the people is as exciting and fun as the boats. And this being worldwide, could make that even more brilliant!

          Thanks for your help.
          Kirk Gresham

    2. Kirk Gresham Avatar
      Kirk Gresham

      Nate,
      Perhaps our mystery is solved and can be easily and quickly remedied on your end. For some unknown reason it looks like all the pics and content I sent you went into “My Personal Profile”, rather than as a listing of my boat. Can you please just correct that. I was only trying to submit my boat. All the pics there are of my boat. If I goo all the way back through your submission process, it’ll just be exactly what you already have, only not with the boats, where I intended it in the first place!?!?! Please??? Then I’ll be very happy and be able to just applaud and congratulate, which I’d really like to be able to do, because I think this whole attempt is quite wonderful!!!!!
      Kirk Gresham

    3. Kirk Gresham Avatar
      Kirk Gresham

      I’ve resubmitted again.added photos again. looks accepted again (I think three times now). I did not retype all the content in my story about her and my sailing in he, etc. Again, if you look at my personal profile which appears on this site in a link in the upper right corner sometimes, (not sure why that option is only on some pages and not on others) and which Grenseth below found for me and pointed it out to me, you’ll see there that you already have more photos and all the content I sent you in my first application on Jan. 15th.

  104. Tom Hollyday Avatar
    Tom Hollyday

    Awesome!

    1. John Unger Avatar
      John Unger

      Thanks Tom, that was one of the best two hrs I’ve spent in a long while. I love your praise of the gaff rig.

      Cheers, John

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