December 8th, 2012
THE PAINE 14 PAINTED AND READY TO FLIP
Finally, the months of laminating, fairing, puttying, sanding, highbuild priming, sanding, finish priming, sanding, sanding and more sanding, are over! In two short days last week I sprayed the linear polyurethane finish coats and Amelia is ready for the “turnover party.” This will enable more months of constructing the decks, floorboards, seat supports and coamings. Then finally a few more weeks of varnishing, sanding, varnishing, sanding, sanding, sanding…
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October 27th, 2012
HULL READY FOR PAINTING
Here she is, awaiting the keel and with the hull primed and ready for paint. In a couple of weeks she’ll “turn turtle” and the decks can go on.
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October 27th, 2012
GOING FULL CIRCLE
- Here I am at the East Greenwich (RI) Yacht Club last Saturday. I had been invited to give my talk there, and to accept an Honorary membership to the club. My career in boats began there in 1958, having never stepped foot in a sailboat, as a tyro in their junior sailing classes. Needless to say I took to the sport.
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October 11th, 2012
A CLEAR (BLUE) CHOICE
I got to thiniking, grey is a bit.. well, grey. And maybe a boat of this size doesn’t really need a boottop. So now I’m thinking Sky Blue with a white bottom. Whatcha think?
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September 22nd, 2012
FITTING THE KEEL DEADWOOD
The deadwood part of the keel is being fitted.
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September 22nd, 2012
Probable Colors for AMELIA
It’s time to order paint for AMELIA, my Paine 14 demonstrator. Let me know what you think.
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September 12th, 2012
CHUCK PAINE SAILING PETUNIA Jim Dugan photo
I gave a sailing lesson to Jim Dugan yesterday. He is one of the world’s greatest web designers and photographers. I taught him a little about sailing and he taught me a lot about Google rankings. He is largely responsible for my little company’s being on the first page when you Google “yacht design” and my site’s receiving 400 visits per day!
I’ve always said that the Herreshoff 12 1/2 is the finest yacht design ever done by anyone. PETUNIA is 75 years old this year and still looks, as you can see, like new, and is a dream to sail. I’m devoting my time these days to designing and building what I hope will be the world’s SECOND best yacht design- my Paine 14, which should be finished by the end of the year. Stay tuned to this website and I will keep you apprised of progress.
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September 4th, 2012
THE SANDING PHASE
The final layer of veneer is in place, so it’s time to sand her fair. This photo is staged- it really takes two people- one on each end of a long sanding board- to fair it all to perfection. My friend Bob Smith came over and the two of us got one side done in an hour and a half.
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July 31st, 2012
- Chuck and Amelia
Here I am with AMELIA, which I estimate as half-finished. If you get to Maine, come and look at progress. Amelia is a slightly scaled down Herreshoff 12 1/2 with a fin keel, optimized in every way for trailering to a new destination every weekend. Her lead keel and flotation chambers make her safer than the much more common unballasted centerboarder. Plus, she’ll be breathtakingly beautiful.
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July 29th, 2012
Chowder on the front lawn
A few of the guests at Petunia’s 75th birthday party.
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