Custom wood on a 1973 E-35-2 (was 32-2)

[Jeff Asbury]

This is my new dock neighbor Nick's Custom 1973 E-32. Nick did all this fancy woodwork himself, including the window frames, port lights, rub rails, belay pins and the sea serpent on the bow as well as the Awl-grip paint. Nick is from Greece and is a professor of Greek Mythology, so of course the name of his boat is "Odysseas". I had posted photos of this boat a couple of years ago before I got acquainted with Nick. Took these photos on Christmas Day when it was 83 degrees just outside of the Port Of LA before the wind piped up.

Well I just thought this was appropriate for the "Design" section. This Guy did not stress when he couldn't find parts like the rub rails and window frames, he just attacked it DIY! You should see the inside. No shoes allowed.

 

[Loren Beach]

Nice!

That's a LOT of custom wood work!
From the transom shape I would guess that it's an E-35-2, though.

Loren

 

[Jeff Asbury]

That's a LOT of custom wood work!
From the transom shape I would guess that it's an E-35-2, though.

Loren

Well I don't think so because he's in a 30' slip right next to me and that he told me it was a 32. It could be lost in translation though because Nicks English is a little rough. I'll get back to you Loren. Btw, did you know there is a Olsen 40 named "She" in the Sydney Hobart this year?

 

[Loren Beach]

Well I don't think so because he's in a 30' slip right next to me and that he told me it was a 32. It could be lost in translation though because Nicks English is a little rough. I'll get back to you Loren. Btw, did you know there is a Olsen 40 named "She" in the Sydney Hobart this year?

I understand what you mean about slip length vs boat length. It's a puzzle.

Not the first time a sailboat has been named "She" (or "Ayesha", which I have seen on transom's a number of times over the decades). Love the reference to "She who must be obeyed"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She:_A_History_of_Adventure

definitely NOT a person (or boat?) to mess with....


Loren

 

[Christian Williams]

The spelling of the name threw me. At first I thought it was a play on words (seas).

Apparently, however, Odysseus is the spelling in ancient greek, but Odysseas is the current Greek spelling.

I'd love to hear why, as a scholar, he went with modern instead of the more familiar ancient.

 

[Jeff Asbury]

@ Loren thanks for a real good LOL!

@ Christian, I asked him about that. He wanted the English play on words.

 

[Christian Williams]

I read with interest the wiki on Rider Haggard cited above.

For some of us the reference to "She who must be obeyed" was first encountered as reference by Rumpole (Leo McKern) to his seldom seen but formidable (to him, at least) spouse in the British limited series "Rumpole of the Bailey."

 

[Jeff Asbury]

That's a LOT of custom wood work!
From the transom shape I would guess that it's an E-35-2, though.

Loren

Well I should have never second guessed you Loren. I talked to Nick. Yes it is a E-35-2.

 

[steven]

the wood trim is really nice.
Also - I'd sure like a Bimini like that - but how does the mainsheet get around it?

 

[Steve A]

Interesting figurehead, I went with a more traditional one.

 

[tenders]

Then there's this



This was part of "The Rejection Collection," a bunch of cartoons submitted to the New Yorker that were for various reasons, usually obvious ones, not selected.

 

[Randy Rutledge]

Must be alert today I got the "oldest" very quickly. GOOD ONE. Should not have been a reject for sure.

 

[Jeff Asbury]

the wood trim is really nice.
Also - I'd sure like a Bimini like that - but how does the mainsheet get around it?

I looked at the boat again this weekend. The boom clears the Bimini, but just by a couple of inches. It has a mid cockpit sheeting system with traveler but not a lot of purchase on the main sheet. Nick the owner was not around, but I want to ask him about how well it works the next time I see him. The Bimini is one that he fabricated himself. Nick told me that he built the frame and sews all his own canvas.