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Monthly Archives: December 2021

JRA Interview, and the boat shelter

24 Friday Dec 2021

Posted by shemaya in Great Auk, Junk Rig

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Hi folks… It’s been much too long. There was a lot of fun with Great Auk this year, including after that early summer trip from the last post. With luck, at a bare minimum there will be some postcard-style entries coming up, with a few photos and small stories. Sailing went on well into the fall, and at the end of October I took the boat around to Frenchman Bay, spent two separate gales in a couple of different sheltered spots, and then on November 1 the boat came out of the water in Sorrento, where it was built. Some work got done on it at the boatyard, and a few weeks later Great Auk went into the new shelter – which was our other summer/fall project – at the top of the driveway.

Our friend Chrissy, helping with the ground anchors. [Photo credit: Suzanne Jean]
Janet, Suzanne, Torin, and Luke. Such wonderful friends!
Galen brought his truck, which made an outstanding platform. Chubba is back there somewhere – so many thanks to everybody!
Emma and Chubba came for the big day… It fits, which was a great relief.
Yours truly, for scale… [Photo credit: Suzanne Jean]


After the boat was snug, I was invited to do an interview about Great Auk, and some about Auklet, with Kevin Cardiff of the Junk Rig Association. What a pleasure that was. Our conversation happened over zoom, after which Kevin did a marvelous job of pulling out the most interesting bits, which he put together with some photos into this video. Enjoy!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1mX-7L6yIU

Endless thanks to all – Kevin for the JRA video, and everybody who participated in the giant shelter project, as well as Mike Connors, who was in the truck backing the boat into that tight space.

Thanks again!

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* Note: the shelter project took place during that heavenly Covid-lull this past fall. With just about everybody fully vaccinated, it was such a pleasure to be outdoors, working together, without masks!

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