Good Reason Not to Use Boat as a Decoration

[Stu Fyfe]

This is a picture of my Beach Pea that I built in 2000
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid169/p6d62596f30b59e7f213a57b518f5504c/f4011d9e.jpg

This is a picture of my Beach Pea as a Christmas decoration on the lawn of our Inn.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pce8f61b686ebf788370d0eb1c843ca99/f110ef0b.jpg

And this is a picture of my Beach Pea when an oak tree fell on it last friday during a freak storm.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pff02a52b6aab1be1d74aaeaccbd8d320/f110ef1f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pcbec20faccd33675fa47aec6b51b3e0b/f110ef12.jpg
Ho Ho Ho

[Jagermeister]

Condolences. :(

[joejapan]

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OH MAN......! :eek: That's gotta' hurt!

Sorry to see such beautiful work get trashed.....
makes you wanna' cry, doesn't it ? :(

Looks like it'll give you a "special project" to do over the long winter months. smile.gif

[Ken Hutchins]

:( :( :( :( Lousy Red Oak ain't no good for making a new boat either. :(

[Rick Clark]

Bummer Joe :( :(

[John Bell]

Ouch.

I once had a tree like that fall in my yard during a thunderstorm. I was never so relieved to see that it hit my car instead of my boat!

At least you now have an excuse to start the NEXT boat...

[ssor]

At least oak makes good fire wood. Do you get a new trailer too? That is just a heart breaker. At least you didn't do sumpin stupid to wreak it. :(

[Figment]

Yeah, we had a few limbs down due to ice as well.

I concur with those above, you have gold-engraved orders to build another boat. None of the usual life-getting-in-the-way excuses need apply! :D

[Wild Wassa]

Bad luck Stu.

That luck is cruel. Good luck with what needs to happen now Skipper and I hope your Chistmas continues to get a great deal better.

Warren.

[pipefitter]

I actually surrounded my boat with my trucks during the hurricane threats this past year. Hope all works out for you.

[casem]

All I can say is that I feel your pain.

[Bruce Hooke]

How horrible!

[igatenby]

That really smarts Stu. Is it too soon to ask what you will replace her with?

Ian

[sawcutmill]

My stomach hurts from looking at those shots! having built a Beach Pea myself,600 hours, I am very sorry to hear of this news.These boats row so well and sail too! I can reach a sustained speed of 5 knts Rowing for almost a mile ,covering it in about 12 minutes! Top speed was 5.2!
BTW, it also catches Fish !
!Build another one! Stephen

[Tristan]

Two alternatives, cut your wrists or start ordering the wood to repair it (the latter might be more fun) :( :(

[Stu Fyfe]

It's beyond repair. I can salvage the hardware. Yes, it was a great boat. Rows very well. Not the greatest sailer.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/pccfec81c812b917aaf69ff792c3b5ce0/f9ea1f17.jpg

I'm not sure what to build, but I will build again!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/pfbf003a73ac277324d72c928193c5eb5/f9a77a98.jpg

[Alan D. Hyde]

Stu, it's small consolation to be sure, but the boat may have been covered under your casualty insurance policy, particularly since it was being used as a seasonal decoration...

Alan

[Tom Robb]

Ouch! :eek:

[Thorne]

That's the sprit, Stu! Build something larger with lots of red oak trim, floorboards, etc -- call it "Beach Pea's Revenge"...

;- )

[Ian McColgin]

Oh Stu, two hits in a row.

At least with the boat you could saw out the broken part so bow and stern will stand up, add some shelves, and have a couple of finastkind cathedral bookcases that will bring a tear each time you pass them by . . .

Courage

and

G'luck

[Stu Fyfe]

That's right Ian. Two hits in a row. Got the axe on Friday the 2nd http://www.townonline.com/brewster/schoolSports/view.bg?articleid=386624
and the pod got the tree on Friday the 9th.
I feel quilty even mentioning loss to you, with Grana and Goblin. But as you know, life goes on and "if it doesn't kill us it only makes us stronger". I'm not finished coaching or boatbuilding yet.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

It usually happens that the person who creates an institution in the community eventually gets axed by the same institution. Based on that article Stu, you can walk away with your head held high.... and you can find new challenges too. ;)

[stef]

Bummer!!! Stu. :(

I like the suggestion for the book case.

Or! how about gunwales flush to the wall hinged to open, stem up and opening along the keel for a custom libation cabinet with mirror back, recycled thwart shelves and a mini fridge. Call it a tool crib if you do not drink. ;)

Stefan

[ 12-14-2005, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: stef ]

[Stu Fyfe]

She's beyond the bookshelf/bar stage. Saturday I loaded her onto the trailer, and off to the Brewster dump. Drove onto the scale, got weighed. Lifted her into a trailer bed and said goodbye. She cost $2,000.00 to build and $8.00 to bury. Now, what do I replace her with?

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

OUCH :(

Sorry Stue.

[Alan D. Hyde]

"First, God made idiots. THIS was for practice. THEN, He made school boards."

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)

***

Alan

[John B]

What a heartbreaker Stu. :(

[Andreas Jordahl Rhude]

Sorry to hear about this. I had the same thing happen two years ago. Had the boat in the yard geeting ready to launch. Went out of town for a few days for work. Came back to find a tree limb draped over the deck. Luckily it glanced off the bow light - smashing it and did NO damage to the boat itself!

Andreas