Grizz
Grizz
The title could be inverted to read ''Olson History and New Mast/Standing Rigging". I'll let Loren figure out where best to put this...
It's been a while since I logged on, so a brief review will help: Yes, there was a dismasting in July. Yes, it put a huge damper on the summer and forced an array of decisions. The insurance company totaled the boat, they paid out 100% of the policy, minus the $3k to "retain ownership". Mast, rigging, instrumentation and sails have been factored. It's a lengthy and daunting list.
Ballenger Spar Systems, Watsonville CA, was the obvious choice to build the replacement, with recommendations coming from an array of knowledgeable sailing friends; there really wasn't a 2nd option that I could discern. Buzz Ballenger has made O34 masts previously, most recently for an O34 based out of Clevelend OH, so he had the pertinent information. He helped a lot in guiding through the PTSD.
[fast forward to 1/18/2022] I will be in San Fran Thursday, spending the weekend visiting my daughter in San Fran, with a daytrip planned to Watsonville this Friday (1-21-'22) to meet Buzz, inspect the mast progress and hopefully learn some tricks for mast assembly, because, of course, the 'somewhat capable' Shoe String crew will be taking on this mast rebuild without ever having rebuilt a mast. What's the worst that could happen? (don't answer that...)
But, pertaining to 'Olson History', Buzz knows we'll be allocating time for him to review his personal Olson History, as he admitted early in this Mast Process that he and another guy bought the Olson molds, tooling and ephemera from Pacific Seacraft. This is how that tidbit was initially revealed by Buzz in the first post-dismasting email: We have built many spars for Olson boats and know the Pacific Boats Olsen (sic) 34 well. I actually owned and leased the O34 molds to Ericson after Pacific Boats went under, and before Ericson went bankrupt.
"What?" and "really?" came to mind immediately, so there will be a conversation to pursue this thread, perhaps suitable for publication as an article somewhere. Questions are abundant: when did this happen, was it just Olson, or did it include Ericson items, what remains from the purchase, what were the plans, what would you do differently.
Soooo, that's what's on the horizon. If EyO Forum members have specific questions pertinent to Olsons that I may have overlooked...add them as a reply to this thread.
Have a great day. Over and out...
It's been a while since I logged on, so a brief review will help: Yes, there was a dismasting in July. Yes, it put a huge damper on the summer and forced an array of decisions. The insurance company totaled the boat, they paid out 100% of the policy, minus the $3k to "retain ownership". Mast, rigging, instrumentation and sails have been factored. It's a lengthy and daunting list.
Ballenger Spar Systems, Watsonville CA, was the obvious choice to build the replacement, with recommendations coming from an array of knowledgeable sailing friends; there really wasn't a 2nd option that I could discern. Buzz Ballenger has made O34 masts previously, most recently for an O34 based out of Clevelend OH, so he had the pertinent information. He helped a lot in guiding through the PTSD.
[fast forward to 1/18/2022] I will be in San Fran Thursday, spending the weekend visiting my daughter in San Fran, with a daytrip planned to Watsonville this Friday (1-21-'22) to meet Buzz, inspect the mast progress and hopefully learn some tricks for mast assembly, because, of course, the 'somewhat capable' Shoe String crew will be taking on this mast rebuild without ever having rebuilt a mast. What's the worst that could happen? (don't answer that...)
But, pertaining to 'Olson History', Buzz knows we'll be allocating time for him to review his personal Olson History, as he admitted early in this Mast Process that he and another guy bought the Olson molds, tooling and ephemera from Pacific Seacraft. This is how that tidbit was initially revealed by Buzz in the first post-dismasting email: We have built many spars for Olson boats and know the Pacific Boats Olsen (sic) 34 well. I actually owned and leased the O34 molds to Ericson after Pacific Boats went under, and before Ericson went bankrupt.
"What?" and "really?" came to mind immediately, so there will be a conversation to pursue this thread, perhaps suitable for publication as an article somewhere. Questions are abundant: when did this happen, was it just Olson, or did it include Ericson items, what remains from the purchase, what were the plans, what would you do differently.
Soooo, that's what's on the horizon. If EyO Forum members have specific questions pertinent to Olsons that I may have overlooked...add them as a reply to this thread.
Have a great day. Over and out...
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