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They seem to be designed to the extreme for interior volume.
With the tiny rig and modest keels I would not think that they are good sailing boats.  I am actually amazed at how huge the stern is on the clipper.
I certainly would not want to own one.  I thought it was kind of neat to have one of the uglyiest boats ever next to one of the prettiest boats ever.

I hope sail her this weekend.  She is next to what I think is a clipper marine 31'.  What a difference in design philosophy.  You can see why they are popular as liveaboards.  I will write about the mast raising adventure soon.  The ending is anti-climatic but still might be an encouragement to ask for help for all of you wanting to step your own mast with a tabernacle.

Here is one from a little different perspective. none to close as she needs a bath after a long hard summer of dirt shoes and dirty air in general.

Thank you,  very excited to sail her!  She still needs quite a bit of work.  Couple of leaks around stantions.  I need to do some research on mast restoration next.

look at the big ol' butt on her friend!

   I was able to find the time to splash the boat yesterday! No help! Tuesday's are not the best to find volunteers. At the ramp by 11:00am. Had the mast up by 2:30pm. Very stressfull with out help. I would have done it a little different next time. Basically just not comfortable with the halyards. I was very worried that it was going to fail. Oh and we had steady winds over 15knots! With gusts high enough to really make you worry as the mast is going up! She went in the water very easy. That was the most enjoyable part. Only bad thing was I damaged the knot meter wheel when I believe it was struck by one of the hull support pads. changing that out seems like a fairly wet experience. Oh, after that the outboard would not start. Had to remove the plug because it had fouled. Not a big deal. But still one more thing to worry about as darkness was quickly approaching. A couple pics of her in here new moorage. She is heeled a little to port. (lots of tools on that side)

She certainly won't be complete. But I plan on putting her in the water by the end of the week.  She will stay at Mccuddy's on the columbia. Most of the heavy lifting is done.  It will mostly be in there to sail and make sure I am happy with all of the systems.  After a few months she will come home and I will complete the ice box and interior cabinetry that is left before next season.  My goal is to take a little time next summer to explore the puget sound area with my wife and and two kids.  As of right now there is no head installed and no water or heat.  Not much to do to make any of them work.  It just so happens that the boat will be 15min from my work.  so I should be able to get quite a bit done at the marina also.  I have a couple more pictures to share that are of the tabernacle and a few of the interior, need to get the camera back from my wife tonight.   cheers!

Mine has the four bolt bases. The camber of my deck was not steep as the original deck due to the extra glass I used at the toe rail. I had to turn them backwards from the original design for them to not stick inward. Still unsure if I like this, but i seems it will give just a little extra room when going forward. I have thought about using teak or oak spacers under the stantion bases to adjust the camber.  It might also make them less leak prone.  thoughts?

On the home stretch.  Installed a tabernacle. Mast is up to check everything. looks silly with the mast up at my house,whatever. Still need to do a little shaping and drilling for halyard blocks and improve the looks a little.  The interior is making progress.  Not sure if it is in the right direction or not.  Might be a temporary solution for a couple of issues I am facing.  will post pics tonight.

It makes my heart hurt seeing such a fine lady.  What could of been.

With the paint done it was time to bring her home where I could put her back together in my diminishing spare time. It will be in the water before june. although without a head, because I will not have time to build a holding tank. I am not to worried since I will not have time to do much more than sail between the bridges this year. Here is another pic. When the sun comes out I will use a real camera and take some good pics.
 
 
I am suprised nobody has noticed my forward portlights.  I stuffed some 7" by 12" lights up front.   like or dislike there is a heck of alot more light coming in even with the 50% bronze tint on the tempered glass.  The only issue I had was having to mount the oustide trim ring upside down because there was not enough space to mount it the right side up.

Thanks Ben,
I will pick it up.  Looks much more informative than the general boat repair books I have been using as my information resource.
      The picks from inside the shop are not turning out very good.   I am anxious to get the boat into the natural light so that my pictures will have more detail.  I made the mistake of not tipping the first couple coats of topside paint.  after five coats I decided to sand again before the finall couple of coats.  It should look much better.  If I am not happy then after this season, when I pull it out I will have someone spray it.

here ya go.  don't be to brutal.  There are a number of factors that are forcing me to complete the boat a little faster than I probably should be.          
    I thought that the kiwigrip non skid would have been a little thicker and hidden a little more of my fairing job.

I have made significant progress over th last month.  I have attached all of the wood hand rails, cabin top winch base, life line bases and am now putting on the kiwi-grip non-skid.  I am less than happy with my fairing job on the deck, but my frustration with sanding fiberglass has reached it's maximum.  That being said I am also proud to say that I also have the strongest deck on any ariel ever!  With kevlar, carbon and many, many gallons of epoxy I am quite sure my boat is going to need some more reinforcment at the hull-deck joint to make the extra deck strength worth while.  It is also the heaviest deck around too.  I am pretty sure you could  pick up the whole boat with the samson post if the hull to deck joint would hold up.

I have been fortunate enough to have a friend with a big heart and a big shop who has allowed me to put my boat in his shop to finish the recore fairing process. and paint the boat during the coldest months of our season.  This is going to put me on track for a spring launch.  Of this year!  whoo hoo!  The new color is Interlux sea green.