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Scituate, MA

jimcleary

James M. Cleary
I see that CaptPete sails out of Scituate, MA. We have an interesting story related to that wonderful town. When we make our journeys back and forth from Long Island to Maine, we always stop in Scituate. It is a beautiful harbor with good protection, great services and very friendly people. It is also very near to Boston which is also a great place to cruise to. On our way North last year we put into Scituate and called the mooring service for a spot (there is no room to anchor). They put us on a mooring in a corner of the harbor near the entrance. Just off our bow was a lovely little cutter. It was a beautiful afternoon and evening and soon a couple arrived on the cutter. With Dana all stowed away and Bonnie and I finished with dinner on board, I walked up on the bow, with my rum drink, to admire the evening and the cutter. The couple were sitting in the cockpit and I called over
"Isn't that a Lyle Hess Bristol Channel Cutter".
"Yes it is" replied the gentleman.
I said "it's Just like The Pardey's Seraffyn?"
"NO it's not like it at all" the man said slightly indignant.
He paused a long moment then said "it's not LIKE Seraffyn, it IS Seraffyn.
Sure enough, a closer look at her transom revealed, in faded gold leaf, the vessels name and hailing port. "Seraffyn of Vancouver".
We had a wonderful conversation about classic boats and lovely harbors until the sun disappeared. The next day we continued our journey happy to have had a chance to meet a nice couple and to witness their famous cutter.

Jim
 
Ha Ha, she has been sailing out of Scituate for many years. I am pretty sure that is her seen through the rigging of my Pearson before I got my Morgan.

Jim, Scituate is a great harbor - you will have to let me know when you are headed to Scituate next time so I can set you up with the Boat Club for a mooring and we can compare boats!
 

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Peter
We are planning another journey to Maine this summer in mid July. We'll be in touch to let you know our plans. It would be great to get together.

Jim
 
Peter
We are planning another journey to Maine this summer in mid July. We'll be in touch to let you know our plans. It would be great to get together.

Jim
That would be great Jim!

PS as to Lyle Hess designs - our Fatty Knees Dingy is one of his works of art - he has designed some great small boats.
 
Hi Jim,
Do you remember the old America's Cup Yacht at the Sewanhaka YC in Oyster Bay? I only saw her sail once, on the Sound... and it stole my wind :). They waved, I took pictures, but don't know what happened to the film.
All the best,
Helene
 
Helene
Do you remember which 12 meter it was? One of the America 2 boats sailed from Oyster Bay for a while. I have photos of her at Ziegler's Cove in Connecticut. We heard she was moved to Hawaii years ago. There is a gentleman in Oyster Bay that owns numerous classic wooden boats, most of which are Herreshoff designs. He puts crews on them and races them on summer weekends. Seawanhaka YC still has some beautiful boats on their moorings. I remember you saying you sailed out of OB at one time. It's one of our favorite weekend anchorages.

Jim
 
Peter
Your correct. The Fatty Knees dinghy is a work of art. Unfortunately for longer distance cruising the inflatable RIB is a necessity.

Jim
 
That's her. Beautiful shot and beautiful day in Sunny Scituate - which by the way is Snowy Scituate today!
 
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Jim,
I had my Pearson 26 in Oyster Bay from '76-78 then I got transferred. I should know the name of the AC yacht, but all I can recall at the moment was that it had a red hull. I'll ask my crew from back then to see if they remember.
 
Helene
I sailed on a Pearson 26 out of Oyster Bay around that time frame. We met a guy at a CG Aux class who asked us to sail with him. Left the mooring on a run with a Southwest wind of 25kt. By the time we reached the Sound it was blowing 40kt. Decided to turn back but could barely make headway. Two of us had to sit in the outboard motor well to keep the engine in the water. Finally made it back to the mooring only to find that the launch was no longer running. Someone from the Yacht Club finally volunteered to come out to get us. It took 15 minutes for the launch to get 3 of us off the boat. Not one of the best days on the water. That was a time when we didn't know what we didn't know.

Jim
 
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