New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[NoNo]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

What do you mean...? That *IS* dinner..!
If there are any left, swing by my place on the way south and we'll take them off your hands!

It's the saddest thing in the world to see my fridge and freezer packed with food and know that none of it is for me. Will you not be joining us this weekend? Home delivery doubles the price.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by RenaultF1

{snip}... I'm dying to know what is the 15' that you restored?...{snip}

It's a 1983 Galilee 15, which, sadly, enjoyed a less than 10 year production run of about 400 boats. Designed by Steve DiLeo, it was made to his extremely high standards as a stable, comfortable, easily trailered day sailer. He spared no expense in its manufacture and equipment which, ultimately, led to its demise in a growingly competitive day sailer market. To this day,DiLeo has retained the original moulds and, some years ago, moved on to designing and building experimental aircraft.

The hull and deck are made from substantial layers of FRP. Thus, it is fairly heavy at over 500 lbs, but in expert hands (not mine yet!), it can be quite fast under main and genoa. Not that it could compete with a Flying Dutchman, Bucc 18, or Windmill, you understand. But its roomy cockpit (6'8" beam) make losing so much more comfortable!

Below are a few images. I particularly like the look of the boat in the water with its sharply angled bow and forward-raked transom.

Theo

[Pamlico]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo

<snip> Designed by Steve DiLeo, it was made to his extremely high standards as a stable, comfortable, easily trailered day sailer. He spared not expense in its manufacture and equipment. <snip>
Theo

Especially the integrated sweater racks.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pamlico

Especially the integrated sweater racks.

But...they only worked correctly for pastel-colored sweaters!

Theo

[Pamlico]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo

But...they only worked correctly for pastel-colored sweaters!

Theo

Exactly. Just above the lockers for the Topsiders.

[m2smith]

But where do you keep the help?

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by m2smith

But where do you keep the help?

They swim along behind it, balancing trays of canapés on their heads.

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo

Will you not be joining us this weekend?

No, he's too good for us, apparently...

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

[quote=hwy61]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo

We arrived home in the early evening. I was slightly wind/sun-burned, yellow:[/QUOTE


Was this after spending a little too much time at the "Ledges "


What do you think , Ricardo ?

Hey, don't drag me down into your den of iniquity! But hey, he is indeed on the right resevoir. Maybe there's more to Theo than we know...

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

By the way, that was a hat trick.

-Ricardo

[holdenontoit]

I had a Thistle (wooden) for a few years.probably the closest thing to a MINI that the sailing industry has ever come up with. Sadly , I parted with it as my family wasn't into adrenalin the way I was...............Jock
http://euler.sfasu.edu/ThistleRestore/index.html

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo

It's a 1983 Galilee 15, which, sadly, enjoyed a less than 10 year production run of about 400 boats. Designed by Steve DiLeo, it was made to his extremely high standards as a stable, comfortable, easily trailered day sailer. He spared no expense in its manufacture and equipment which, ultimately, led to its demise in a growingly competitive day sailer market. To this day,DiLeo has retained the original moulds and, some years ago, moved on to designing and building experimental aircraft.

The hull and deck are made from substantial layers of FRP. Thus, it is fairly heavy at over 500 lbs, but in expert hands (not mine yet!), it can be quite fast under main and genoa. Not that it could compete with a Flying Dutchman, Bucc 18, or Windmill, you understand. But its roomy cockpit (6'8" beam) make losing so much more comfortable!

Below are a few images. I particularly like the look of the boat in the water with its sharply angled bow and forward-raked transom.

Theo

[GadgetGav]

Nice boat Theo..!
No, I won't be at MOT this year, so if the sun shine bright, you can thank me.

[RenaultF1]

Theo, that is a sweet little boat and it looks like it would be fun to sail.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by hwy61

{snip}...Was this after spending a little too much time at the "Ledges "...{snip}

[LOCAL_LORE] The Ledges is, well, a place on the reservior where one goes to be in the "all together".[/LOCAL_LORE]

Quote: Originally Posted by MGB Boy

{snip}...But hey, he is indeed on the right resevoir. Maybe there's more to Theo than we know...{snip}

If fact, there IS so much more to Theo than you know...which is why you would never find me at the Ledges! The only way I could be cajoled into joining the Naturists is to wear an extremely large sweater draped "just so" about me while wearing a pair of Topsiders.

Theo

[jwardell]

I grew up piloting a sunfish, and to this day don't like anything bigger. No other boat makes it a water sport, even in 5mph winds. Then there was the day we piled 6 people in one, in 40mph winds. We competed for how many seconds we could keep it right side up.

Quote: Originally Posted by MetalMiniMayhem

PMSL! ... not sure anyone else got that, Jason.. but I did!

Some of us still have every lyric memorized to that album...