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Yeah, I'm keeping my light 180% ! the guy who had the boat 20 years ago had outfitted it with 13 sails! I'm keeping the light weight 180%, the 110%, storm jib and a spinnaker. I think those will serve me well! Do you think the price is ok for those two?
By the way hows the sails I sold you last year working out?

Ok guys I'm still not sure about what I'm going to do with "Red Pepper". At the moment I'm leaning towards biting the bullet and fixin' her up. But I still have a couple of sails to sale. I have mid weight Genoa and a very light Drift sail for sale. Both have a Luff of 30, Leech 29, Foot 17. Both are in "good" condition. Both have small stains and a little corrosion on the rings. The price from Second wind sails for these are $400 each. I'll sell each for $200.00. or make me an offer. I'll post photos and more details on the "General/OFF topic" side of this forum.
Let me know if anyone is interested.

Well Craig.... "the man with the saw" is not in any hurry. I wouldn't want you to make a special trip, but if you coming up this way sure I'd love another opinion! I'm only 20 miles out of Birmingham. Let me know!
mike

here ya go mike

Not yet... I've had a few people want a couple of sails... when I get the list all together I'll try that route as well as ebay and of course this forum.

Well, I've made a hard decision. I'm going to have to scrap The Red Pepper. The more I get in to this, the more problems I run in to. The more I sand... the deeper the problems. The entire deck is gone from delamination. The more I sand the hull the more problems come out that was hidden from layers and layers of poor repair jobs in the past. Major hull cracks and not just gel coat. So sad to say the old girl is getting scraped. So I do have some parts to sell and many to give away. The mast, boom and main sail are spoken for. I have winches... deck organizers... teak...sails... a spinnaker pole... pulpit rail... stern rail... lifelines... stanchions...cleats...etc.
I will take photos and post them in another thread in the For Sale area of this forum. Of course some things I'm going to keep for the next boat, but most everything will go.
If anyone needs anything let me know.....
mike.... a sad Ariel owner....

Wow!!! great job on your boat! I've got to come up there and see that beauty!!!!!

Wow your boat looks amazing...This gives me hope.... I'm in the stage that you were in the first page of this post.... a Job well done!

I HAD the eastern Red Cedar... I went to get it the other day and someone had taken it.... there are others in the plot of land... but they are not cut yet. I'm not anywhere at the point of refiting the interior as of yet... still got a lot of work to do on the deck (as soon as it warms up and drys out) this rain is killing us! But Thank God for it! Thanks for the update on the Cedar guys. I'll try and post some pix later on my progress

Hey guys what do you think about using Cedar in the interior of the Ariel.  Since I'm in the rebuilding and remodeling stage and I have a large Cedar tree at my disposal I thought I might try it.... I'm kind of thinking about lining the lockers and maybe even planking the forward bunk area..... Your opinions ?
Have any of you ever worked with Cedar Before?

Just an update on the refit... I've cut away most of the deck in the bow and all of the port side. MAJOR delamination. this is going to be a long process! Maybe after Christmas I'll get more time to work on her.

thanks Rico! Hey hows those sails working out?

Carl, it's good to see another Ariel in the Area. I'm just outside of B'ham and there is another one up in Huntsville. Welcome neighbor! I've just started Refitting mine "A-233" this week. I spent 3 hours with a sander/grinder on the keel today.... trying to get all of the old bottom paint off. These little boats are a labor of love!
Hey where did you find the Brazilian Teak?

Well, time has come to pull A-233 out of the water and do a complete Refit.  When I pulled the boat three years ago, I did just enough maint. to get by. Sand and paint the hull and the bottom. I did find many soft spots in the keel and water in the Keel Void. I did as much as my ability and know how could at the time. The main thing is we went sailing for a good three years.  Well now that I'm a little older and wiser "thanks to reading this Forum on a weekly basis", and that I've got some more time to piddle with the project, and the fact that I have some MAJOR reconstruction to be done (like delamination of the decks, a much better bottom job than before, a Refit of the cabin, replacing the cabin floor, etc.....) It was time to pull it out and get busy. I'll be posting weekly and I'm sure asking lots of questions. I'll try and post photos when I can.
So "Here I go again!"

Great job on your Ariel....! I just pulled mine for refit, you have given me hope!