Elf has been completely restored and is currently located at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. She is gorgeous! Her owner set up a foundation to keep her going and that she does.... she is the motivation for a Mid May traditional boat race across the Bay from Annapolis. The tradition part is the skipper starts on land and rows out to the boat, sails across the Bay, and then rows to the finish area at CBMM. Cute!
Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Bina via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Running Lights > Elf Elf is very much around. A few years ago, I escorted her through dense fog on her way to Mystic Seaport for the wooden boat show because I had RADAR and she did not. I am not aware of the incident you mention, but we would have to know the details to draw any conclusions about WHY she might have lost the case. A kerosene lantern used as an anchor light is perfectly legal (annex 1 section 11 of international colregs) unless there is something more to the story. I can tell you that seeing all of Elf in the dark, regardless of anchor light, would be a challenge. She is about 35 feet on deck, but the boom hangs far over the stern, and she has a VERY long bowsprit. LOD is about 35 feet, and LOA is... about 70 feet! http://www.cyrg.org/images/graphics/ELFmorph-2.gif Bill Bina On 11/1/2014 1:25 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List wrote: No one cares until someone gets hurt. I recall a boat built in the 1800s with no electrical system being rammed at night while anchored. The powerboat skipper that hit them sued them for using a kerosene anchor light and IIRC the wood boat lost L I think the boats name is Elf and she is still around. Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com Coquina ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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