Splash at last

[Graeme Forrest]

Anahere the Golant Gaffer I have spent the last five and a half years building was launched Wednesday afternoon. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/pac2fb8223998d4b290097cae13342d4b/f04e47cd.jpg
Outside the shed and checking the mast and rigging all fits.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pe1ea3644fe5bc90ef5e14a5350efb26f/f024cd93.jpg

Mast down again and loading onto large Hiab truck
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/p12a676f07b68f692cbd2697ae25414d3/f024cd7f.jpg
Off down the road.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pf6c2e97f304cb93ab624bda9ca692362/f024c49b.jpg
On the hard at marina and antifouling completed
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pd860ca59b20a7a0b17f2a1009e1830c7/f024cd61.jpg
My 86 year old mother doing the honours
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pbc6061735afaaa99c51e8e9399ef98e3/f024cd54.jpg
She floats.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/p54e181b4accf187d1845054a0767aa11/f024cd47.jpg
Snug in her berth.
I went to bend the mainsail on yesterday and discovered the head of the sail was about 200 mm too long. After the swearing ceased it was off to the sailmaker with the sail and a copy of the sailplan drawing, When spread out on the floor sure enough the head and leech were just under 200mm longer than specified.Collected the altered sail this afternoon, now going sailing on Sunday.

[ 02-17-2006, 01:56 AM: Message edited by: Graeme Forrest ]

[Kim Whitmyre]

Wonderful News! :D Have many happy sails on your beautiful boat. . .

[John B]

Fantastic Graeme.. can't wait to see her out there. Which marina are you in... I can't quite pick it.?

[PeterSibley]

Congratulations Graeme...one very pretty boat ! smile.gif

[Wild Dingo]

Greame shes drop dead right on the money beautiful... seriously! :cool:

But mate youve now got me worried... I mean I thought the Golant Gaffer was a trailerable wee boat? But you needed a truck??? What did I miss?

Meer Im gonna have to rethink my offer ol son If I have to upgrade from the F100 to a flamin truck with a hiab! :eek:

[Hwyl]

One more reason to visit Enn Zed

[Figment]

The applause is deafening! :cool:

[Donn]

Very nice...and lovely that Mom christened her! After 5 1/2 years, you must have quite a hole in your shop.

[htom]

Scrumptious.

[StevenBauer]

Perfect, thanks for sharing. smile.gif

Steven

[Ken Hutchins]

Absolutely beautiful and real happy you are afloat. smile.gif

[mdevour]

Ahhh! Tearfully beautiful. Be proud!

Mike

[Russ Manheimer]

Graeme,

What a delightful little ship. Congratulations and best wishes for a happy life together. Enjoy the fruits of your labors.

Russ

[Lew Barrett]

Nice! Well done.
Lew

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

What a shape.... absolutely beautiful...

I look at your boat, and compare it to the similiarly sized fibreglass boats in our marina, and I just don't get it. Your boat has such style superiority to me, it's not even close!!!!

Anyway, a beautiful boat, a lovely job, nice to have your mom doing the honours... I hope you have many many enjoyable hours aboard. smile.gif smile.gif

[gert]

WOW, very very sweet.
Any interior/detail shots?

[Hal Forsen]

Congratulations; That is a beautiful little ship!

Now go sailing!
:D
HF

[Alan D. Hyde]

Beautiful!

Congratulations! And now,

How is she with a capful of wind on a broad reach?? :D

Alan

[ 02-17-2006, 03:55 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[wyndham]

WOW! Nice boat. You should be very proud. Echo Malcolm's comments, she is a beautiful little yacht.

[Willin']

Many happy miles and quiet anchorages to you both. A fine looking ship. :cool:

[JimD]

Gorgeous! :cool:

[willmarsh3]

Congrats, very well done.

This brings back fond memories of my boat launching last year.

Will.

[Graeme Forrest]

Thanks for the compliments everyone smile.gif
John,
Pine Harbour berth A14
Dingo,
The Golant Gaffer is definitly trailable although I would not call it a trailersailor. It weighs 1500kilos and has a fixed draft of 800mm. I intended to keep the boat in a marina berth, and I do not have anywere to store a large trailer.I needed a crane of some sort to lift the boat from its building cradle to whatever form of transport I was going to use,and hireing a suitable trailer and something to pull it with (I think my Holden Astra would struggle somewhat), would have cost about the same as hireing a company that specialises in boat transporting and has all the gear and knowhow on tap to do the job without hassles. Admittedly the size of the truck that turned up was a suprise, but as you can see the Oughtred "Feather" pram tender fitted nicely across the back.Two of the boats I saw in the UK in 2001 were frequently trailered one towed by a Landrover Discovery and the other by an Isuzu Trooper, both advised no problems power wise.

Don,
The "shop" is now very empty, it was my brother in law's farm impliment shed but a couple of years ago he sold all his cows, leased the farm to a neighbour who raises calves, bought a bus and converted it to a motor home, you can see the front of it in the first photo. Two days after my boat left they departed for a trip around the South Island of NZ, will be away for 2 months.

The recut mainsail now fits and going sailing tomorrow smile.gif smile.gif

[JimM]

Very pretty boat. Congradulations.

Jim McGee

[uncas]

Damn'd fine vessel...Damn'd good job.....now some real fun begins...fair sailing... :D

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Ya did a great job. She sits on her lines beautifully. Enjoy her for many years.

[Dave Hadfield]

Beautiful.

May your winds always be fair and your anchor always hold.

She has grace -- may she know good luck, as well.

Dave

[Leon Steyns]

Congratulations! :eek: :cool:

A truly spectacular example of a Golant Gaffer - on the other end of the world no less!

Greets, Leon "don't mention the Seagull" Steyns.

[Mark Corke]

Graeme

Well done. I do hope that you are as pleased with your boat as I have been with mine. Can you e mail me some of the pictures for the next GG newsletter that I am working on right now.

Keep in touch

Mark

[garland reese]

Beautiful job, Sir! Many happy days aboard to you and yours......

[helmuth]

Graeme,

Anahere looks phantastic! Thanks for the hint in design/plans.

Interesting shape of the keel at the point the prop shaft comes out!

Hope to put my GG in water in april. I keep you posted.

Immer eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel!

(literaly translated: 'always one hand of water under the keel', in english perhaps better something like 'should you never run aground' or just 'smooth sailing').

All the best
Helmuth

[Jeff Benagh]

Beautiful! Great job.

Jeff

[Graeme Forrest]

First sail today.As John says in his classic yacht thread a couple further down virtually no wind, but at least got most of the strings sorted ast to lenghts etc. Very light breeze for a couple of hours after lunch and we seemed to move along quite well given what wind there was, the motor works well though(Yanmar 1GM).
Graeme

[L.W. Baxter]

Fantastic, Graeme!

[videoguy]

one fine looking boat you did a fine job on her.I hope you have many happy years of sailing on her. smile.gif smile.gif ...Phil

[chergui]

Two thumbs up, it's beautiful. Nice work!

[Stiletto]

Well done! :cool:

[Mark Corke]

I have some shots of my Golant gaffer sailing too which people might like to see. How do I post them here?

[antipas]

well done Graeme I'm sure u'll get a lot of enjoyment sailing this little "ship"(what's her hull no?)
have fun

[brian.cunningham]

:cool:

[Matt J.]

:cool:

[abe]

Graeme, Your effort approaches a work of art. You should be proud of your accomplishment. We wish you many fine days at sea.

Abe

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by Wild Dingo:
Greame shes drop dead right on the money beautiful... seriously! :cool:

But mate youve now got me worried... I mean I thought the Golant Gaffer was a trailerable wee boat? But you needed a truck??? What did I miss?

Meer Im gonna have to rethink my offer ol son If I have to upgrade from the F100 to a flamin truck with a hiab! :eek: 'E's not using a purpose-built trailer, old son... ;)

Got pics of a GG being towed by a Land Rover. Those have more/less power than an F100? ;)

Lovely, lovely boat, Graeme! Should have John Welsford around for a look. ;)

I did notice the boat got smaller the closer it got to the water... ;)

[Hughman]

Sweet! smile.gif

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Mark Corke:
I have some shots of my Golant gaffer sailing too which people might like to see. How do I post them here?Mark:
find an image host site, e.g. Imagestation.

upload your photos to the site, then reference the photo (right click on the photo for the url) from the site to WBF using the UBB image code button below.

[ 02-22-2006, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: Hughman ]

[tony morales]

A beautiful reflection of your efforts! Godspeed with your new sailing partner!

[Concordia..41]

Another amazing project!

[jack grebe]

:D