Sunday, August 3, 2014

YouTube Head Scratcher Sailing Again!

I mentioned that Mike Scott from the Pacific Northwest had been on a roll recently in acquiring Classic International 14's - see the previous post on the Souter Casson Mk 1. He also bought the YouTube Head Scratcher, the 1980's Ames 2 wood hull that was finished off with a 1960's interior by my good buddy, Bill Moss. The Ames 2 had remained a kit boat for many years, the hull was all in one piece but the rest was a bunch of pieces, mast, boom, sails, fittings, daggerboard, rudder. Mike had the kit and caboodle shipped out west from Vermont , received the lot in June and by the end of July had this unusual bit of 14 history in the water and sailing. Truly a beautiful one-of-a-kind. I've taken the photo from Mike's Facebook page.


Mike has been doing a yeoman's job in finding Classic 14's scattered about the Pacific Northwest. I'll have to put up a post about some of the 14's he has located.
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  1. dieharddinghysailorAugust 3, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Thanks Rod, will try to get better pics soon. Also sailing at the Lone Lake regatta last weekend was Mark Woodard, US 112, resplendant in new 115sq ft. rig he had made, so he can easily singlehand it, looks really nice.
    Have decided to call the Ames boat 'Obsession' (you can ask my wife why..!), and will be also revamping the rig to suit my leisurely age restrictions, but still with one trap and possibly an assymetric.....
    Mike

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  2. old14erAugust 5, 2014 at 7:03 AM

    Mike,

    My opinion is a Classic should go no more than one trapeze. Mark Woodard has promised me some pictures of his new rig - haven't seen them yet. Another six degrees of separation - U.S. 155 the I.C. was owned by good friend and fellow Annapolis canoeist, Larry Carroll for several years (he's still got his last IC hanging in his garage). Is U.S 155 still named Ski...shh

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  3. dieharddinghysailorAugust 9, 2014 at 4:46 AM

    No, it is named 'Chaos'......looks like I'm going to have to make a trip out East some day to meet all you guys...!
    Mike

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