Photo gallery of ariel #74 restoration

[mbd]

... Had the mast up by 2:30pm. Very stressfull with out help. I would have done it a little different next time.

Congrats on getting her done and in!  I'd love to hear about your mast raising method - good and bad. Very impressed that you did it by yourself!!

[Tony G]

Ditto that, Josh!  She looks great!  I can't wait until we get the chance to step the mast and get wet.  Until then I have y'all.

[josh#74]

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.

[josh#74]

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.

[Ariel 109]

Very pretty, have you sailed her yet?  Congratulation on getting her launched!

Ben

[josh#74]

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.

[CapnK]

look at the big ol' butt on her friend!

Ewww... {blech} No thankee, not fer me! I guess if it was the *only* boat you could manage to get, that would be OK, but (butt) otherwise, ... WHY??? :confused:

Would be interested to see your tabernacle pics!

She looks *nice*... Great job, Josh!

[josh#74]

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.