Recent content by Bearbearbear

I’ve always done the spring scrub, it just seems easiest. -Bear

Ah shucks! I've calculated the theoretical hull speed too, it would've just been neat insight if you remembered! C'est la vie!

I was wondering as well, what would you say her hull speed averaged out to? -Bear

Wow, incredible! I’ve been looking for a blooper, sailmakers seem disinterested in making them nowadays. I’ve heard of people using them to cruise on old IOR boats with great success. -Bear

whats it like to race competitively on a 34X? Windward performance is supposed to be legendary, and I’d imagine that she’d surf pretty easy with the chute out. -Bear

Shearwater, weighing in at a bit more than 6500lbs, with her brand new North Sails 130 is still incredibly fast! I need to get more hours logged on her, but Shelter Island is quite a slog to sand heads. -Bear

Thanks for fixing that for me! I have to admit, it’s eery looking at my dock as a mirror image. -Bear

Is this something that happens yearly? I'd love to bring Shearwater out for all the other E owners to ogle, her model is a damned rare sight. -Bear

Hi! I'm Bear, the semi-recent owner of a 78 E34X, hot damn do I love that IOR pintail! My boat turtled LOL!

Wow! That's so cool!All I know about my boat is that it lived at Granville Island for a long time after a failed electric-inboard conversion. I had heard about a sister ship in the Seattle area, but no more than that really. -Bear

Hi! i have a 34X, racing sister to the 34T. The two boats were quite similar save for the deck and rig. It also turns out they’re quite rare. What do you want to know, what do you want to see? cheers, Bear