Boats

I took another photo of Cielo Mare this morning. She still has her launching wreath on her. I have learned that she is 127 ft long and is owned by a couple from San Diego. Someone who worked on her confirmed that she has all of the mod cons to be expected, including a home theater.

The other photos are of Rebecca, a Sparkman and Stephens 43 crewed by some fine people. John and his wife Priscilla purchased her recently and plan to sail her to their home town of San Diego. On board is their friend Jack from San Francisco.

They have had an unexpected delay of their sail to San Diego. The boat has a 10-year-old Yanmar diesel but its transmission is much older and it failed. The replacement transmission has a different alignment to the engine so they have been forced to have the engine removed and rebedded. ... Now where have I heard of another old S&S that had a lot of problems?

I found the keel interesting. It has a trim tab that is controlled from the cockpit with a small wheel. It is alleged to help the boat point and handle better. They haven't been able to try it out yet. The middle photo shows the trim tab, not the rudder.