Whew!

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I think I can breath again. :eek:

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(Big crane to go with the big travel lift! :eek:)

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No words needed ...

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Thanks everybody!

- Margo & Sarah :)

[wdnbt]

an awsome milestone! Congratulations & fair winds...........

[Paul Pless]

Now that is awesome!
Congratulations Margo!!!

[Hwyl]

You always choose the rainy days. Good job.

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Hey look....I just noticed that Sarah is a sailboat!:D

Congratulations Margo, so much progress since I last saw Sarah back in February.

[Lew Barrett]

Congratulations. Always an interesting moment putting them back in and back together. She's a beauty!

[willmarsh3]

Glad to see the sticks in! A sail can't be too far off now. :)

[Nanoose]

Woooop-woooop!!! :D :D :D

[Ross M]

Wow-wee that's one ferociously cool boat. St. Augustine's water front is blessed.

Is there a way we can access the high res version of that last photo?

Ross

[almeyer]

Congradulations, Margo. Sarah looks sweet!

[StevenBauer]

Congratulations! You must be chuffed. Great news.


Steven

[RGM]

Dear Margo,
Incredible work and devotion.
I tried to think of something suitable to say about you and SARAH.
What came to mind was something I read what seems to be a long time ago and it just kind of keeps cycling around in my head now and again coming forward. So here it is, it's a quote that I think you'll enjoy.

"..... gather up a few ancient tools and natural materials and build for yourself the best boat in all the world-- a thing of perfect beauty, which will guard and preserve you wherever you want to go on the vast ocean seas. The voyaging may be mostly in the imagination, and this, the best boat in the world, may seem less than that to other people. That really doesn't matter. It will be your own, born of study, toil and sacrifice; and you'll get from it a continuing emotional experience almost unique in this modern world."

Bud McIntosh

I get to see alot of remarkable boats, interesting people and hear incredible stories in my work. The boats are great and they themselves frequently tell a story. But it's frequently the people behind the beautiful boats that are the remarkable story.

So, Margo, please believe me when I say that you are probably one of the most remarkable women I've had the pleasure to almost meet.
Good luck and congrats,

Rodger G. Morris

[htom]

Congrats, Margo. Sarah looks wonderful, and I'm sure Dave is smiling.

[Paul Fitzgerald]

Whats a nice girl like her doing consorting with a Mac 26?
(last photo)

[Mrleft8]

Excellent, Boss! She looks great in her Easter hat!

[Ken Hutchins]

:):):):):):)

[rbgarr]

What a thrill! The day each spring when the boat is launched and the mast craned in is such a harbinger: All is right and united with the world.

[katiedobe]

Wowie!! She looks great with her masts stepped.

[S/V Laura Ellen]

What a thrill! The day each spring when the boat is launched and the mast craned in is such a harbinger: All is right and united with the world.

It's even worse when you are the one using the mast hoist to "drop" the masts into position and figure out all the rigging. It really is upsetting to get the mast up and then realize that one part of the rigging is tangled. twisted or routed wrong (and there are three boat waiting in line to use the hoist).

[rbgarr]

LOL. True enough. It's always a test for me (I rerun my own rigging each year before the crane guy lifts the mast) and reminds me of:
-How long it's been since I was on the water,
-Why didn't I mark each shroud and halyard when I took the mast down in the fall!?
-That I'm mildly dyslexic.

Enough hijacking...

[Rich VanValkenburg]

That's so good to see... It also makes the boat feel different, doesn't it?

[seayou7]

Ahhhh at last! So you got the sticks up boom's on and she's much closer to a rendezvous.
I have a few thoughts at this juncture, not to be a pest, just to share.
Tuning the rig is a delicate matter I think last year was the first time I really got it right. How is she setting on her lines,wl.? A little high in the bow. Well you don't have that big fisherman anchor stowed. Aluminum mast are much lighter than the woodies. Are the masts straight. Don't over tighten anything. The boat will take up in a week or so, ... then go sailing. I might have to be crew, as I am Ga. boy again this summer.
Congrats on this milestone, rest a bit... Oars up.

[Russ Manheimer]

Margo,

Words fail; sail's next weekend?

Huzzzah!

Russ

[Brian Palmer]

Time to go sailing!:):):):)

Brian

[gert]

Margo....

Your an inspiration

They need to add a "smilie" that blows kisses

[Mrleft8]

Sooooooooooo.................. Let's see a picture of that reassembled interior...

[Bill R]

Oooooo! Those sticky-up things on Sarah look great! Congratulations!

[Jay Greer]

I always take a deep breath when that big padded block comes near my stick! Glad to see that all went well!
Congratulations on a job well done.
We are toasting you as I write.
Cheers,
Jay & Anne

[John B]

Great to see Margo, yet another benchmark reached eh.

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

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http://www.woodenboatfittings.com.au/margo/sws.jpg

Well done, Margo. So it's Sailing With Sarah again.

Mike

[Concordia...41]

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http://www.woodenboatfittings.com.au/margo/sws.jpg

Well done, Margo. So it's Sailing With Sarah again.

Mike

Yes. Well, motoring with SARAH for today. ;):rolleyes:

And I have SUCH a SURPRISE for everyone.

Stay tuned :)

[Northernguy59]

You get up early Margo !!

Congrats on the great work on a great boat !!

Dale

[Bob Perkins]

Margo, I hope Wooden Boat Magazine does a feature on you, Sarah and what it has taken to get to this point. They and the rest of the non-forum WBM readers would be missing out.

I hope to visit Sarah in person some day.

Thaks for taking the time to post when you are shell shocked from a day of launching and stepping.

[Thad]

And someday soon, SAILING. You will like that! if you can stand it. Cheers.

[Andrew]

Hip hip

[John B]

whats the surprise whatisit c'mon what is it.

[StevenBauer]

whats the surprise whatisit c'mon what is it.


Sailing to Mystic in June? (He said hopefully):)


Steven

[Russ Manheimer]

Tap, tap, tap...as the refresh button keeps getting hit. Hint?

[Concordia...41]

Tap, tap, tap...as the refresh button keeps getting hit. Hint?

Thread title = "Sarah Makes Her Public Debut"

Give me 'til about 8 pm. I've got to go check on the boat and be someplace at 5 pm. Plus pictures are pouring (OK, maybe more like trickling) in.....

[StevenBauer]

Hmm, M posted this on the other thread: I just want to point out that this is going to be the absolutely best maximum positivly absolutely amazing show ever!


:D



Steven