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02-23-2015, 03:04 PM
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Guru
City: Maine Coast
Vessel Name: Tortuga
Vessel Model: Nunes Brothers Raised Deck Cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 889
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New member in Maine
Hi, I am Todd Dunn. I have owned a 1936 raised deck cruiser built by Nunes Brothers in Sausalito since 2007. My boat is named Tortuga. Tortuga is a pure displacement cruiser, originally built as a sport fisher. Tortuga has a top end of 9 knots, but I generally cruise around 6.5 knots. I am gradually getting the boat back into decent shape. Summers the boat is in Southwest Harbor, Maine and I cruise the area around Mount Desert Island. I am looking forward to reading some interesting trawler posts.
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02-23-2015, 03:40 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,458
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Hi Todd,
Welcome to the forum! Beautiful boat!
Ted
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02-23-2015, 03:46 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,245
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. Nice lines.
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02-23-2015, 03:48 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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Welcome , that's a sweet looking boat .
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02-23-2015, 03:50 PM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,305
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Very nice!
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02-23-2015, 04:27 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Welcome. We did the classic wood boat thing for 23 years in the same general area as you. Had many good times both using her and working on her. This is a good locale, as you probably know by now, to have a wood boat as there is an abundance of knowledgeable yards and skilled workers.
Have you brought her down to the WoodenBoat Eggemoggin Reach Regatta the first weekend in August?
Here's a pic of our former Smith & Gray 1939 "Gentleman's Sedan Cruiser" that has since been "Sold South". Miss her is some ways, not in others.
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Deer Isle, Maine
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02-23-2015, 06:28 PM
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Guru
City: Maine Coast
Vessel Name: Tortuga
Vessel Model: Nunes Brothers Raised Deck Cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 889
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Thanks all for the kind words.
David, I was planning to go over to Wooden Boat last August, but weather defeated me. I hope to make it this year. I actually live in Bass harbor, so we are almost neighbors.
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02-23-2015, 06:35 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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dwhatty , That is one sweet looking boat also . I' m a woodworker and love the classic wood boats . I probably would own one but the wife says no no no .
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02-23-2015, 06:40 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pack Mule
I' m a woodworker and love the classic wood boats . I probably would own one but the wife says no no no .
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My wife said yes, yes, yes when we bought her. And when I told her I had run out of steam after 23 years for working on her and it was time to sell, she said no, no, no.
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Deer Isle, Maine
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02-23-2015, 07:04 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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I like the way you hung the dinghy off the stern . Do you have any pics of that ? I'm having some davits made right now to hang my Trinka 10 off the stern . I hope they turn out . The wrong davits can really screw up the look .
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02-23-2015, 07:15 PM
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Guru
City: Miami
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 764
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They call it dog's country. Sorry a little dyslexic today.
Asolare previously Scheherazade, (Bruce King design cold molded and built by Hodgdon Brothers) and Walrus ( David Gerr design and built by St Augustine Marine). Great neighborhood, great food, scenery, weather and people.
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02-23-2015, 07:39 PM
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Senior Member
City: Knoxville
Vessel Name: Pura Vida
Vessel Model: 08 Meridian 490 Pilothouse
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 316
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TDunn Welcome, great boat!
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02-23-2015, 08:29 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,242
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Welcome aboard. My boat, Possum, was built in Southwest Harbor. In fact that was where I first saw snow.
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Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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02-23-2015, 08:39 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Welcome, that's a great boat. I guess I have to add that Moonstruck was built in South Casco, Maine.
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02-24-2015, 04:23 AM
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Dauntless Award
City: Wrangell, Alaska
Vessel Name: Dauntless
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 - 148
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,816
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Welcome.
A beautiful boat and we loved cruising in Maine.
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02-24-2015, 07:32 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cafesport
Asolare previously Scheherazade, (Bruce King design cold molded and built by Hodgdon Brothers) and Walrus ( David Gerr design and built by St Augustine Marine).
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Scheherazade was built for and owned by a friend and investment advisor of my wife's family, and a former real estate client of mine. We went to her launching but never managed to wangle a sail on her.
Your picture looks like it may have been taken off the old Able Marine yard at the head of Somes Sound. When the town of Mt. Desert denied her owner a permit to extend his pier into water deep enough for her off his house(s), he bought the yard as a place to keep her.
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Deer Isle, Maine
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