| Profile for Little Boat, Big Dreams | |||
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| Hailing Port: | Colonial Beach, Virginia, USA | ||
| The Crew: | Crew varies from two to many; under the command of Fleet Admiral Deanna and oft skippered by Larry, with energetic assistance by first maintenance officer Rory, and cultural affairs officer Sasha, all to the melody of lively purring by Buckshot the cat, mouse-control tech 2nd-Class... | ||
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Our "Angels Wings" is a Bristol 24. For those not familiar with these little chunks, think of the B24 as heavy Alberg-esque (Paul Coble designed) keel boat with slightly more full ends -- 6' headroom, 8' beam… very slack bilged by modern standards, and easy riding (for her size) when going to weather. Nearly 6000 pounds displacement, with a 50% ballast ratio, she is quite stable underfoot -- after about 10-deg heel… Ours is the iron ballast (and whatever else Bristol threw in) model with the dinette configuration… Other than that , we don’t know too much about the former history of our little sloop, except she’d been semi-abandoned at a moorage, floating low in the water and not registered for nearly half a decade when we got her. In happier times, however, she'd spent twenty something years being actively sailed and cared for up East by a good family… With us, Angels Wings will probably never be a true museum piece, but we fell in love with Paul Coble’s classic, curvaceous hull lines and even with a filthy bottom on her initial outing, she sailed like a real lady. Despite barnacles aplenty and a few blisters Wings quickly hinted of voyaging to strange, new places -- like a much larger craft -- so we’re having fun participating in her ladylike renaissance… |
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| Vessel Make/Model: | Bristol 24 -- sloop | ||
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