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For those of you hoping to follow my restoration progress on the Lyman 23: I have posted an update to the website.

Click here to go directly to the new updates.

Too bad there's that gungy looking Triton in the background there... Really detracts from the nice new paint job!

Another boat?

I saw the bow of another boat in the Lyman paint photos. Yet another boat?? What's the story there?

Lyman

Boy, you guys are sharp as tacks!

Yes, I have a friend's Etchells here, awaiting Awlgrip as soon as Glissando departs the shop in under two weeks.

And that gungy Triton is Dasein, in case anyone missed that....

dasein668 wrote:And that gungy Triton is Dasein, in case anyone missed that....

But she has one wicked sharp cockpit and head!

Tru' 'nuff! Plus, she's lined up for awlgrip and a new toe rail this fall. That'll help!

dasein668 wrote:Tru' 'nuff! Plus, she's lined up for awlgrip and a new toe rail this fall. That'll help!

Changing color, Nathan, or just freshening the white?

Speaking of fresh white.... The Lyman looks great, Tim. In your place, I probably would've left the yellow because I have this thing for off-beat colors, but any idiot can see that your new white with green color scheme is a wonderful improvement. She looks great.

Are you any closer to naming her?

Color change is a-brewin'. Look for daaaark green almost black as of fall.

Hey, I'll be really interested to see that!

A bit of my topside paint chipped off recently to reveal the original dark green gelcoat color. That was a bit of a surprise, but it got me thinking...

I once owned a chevette that I painted dark dark almost black green. That was a great paintjob. For a week after washing, it would look green in direct sunlight. The other 98% of the time, it looked black. The baddest little chevette you ever did see!

That gungy looking Triton in the background would make a sailor pause if it weren't for the beauty queen poking out of the shed. I happen to like the "girl next door look" myself. Besides, if Dasein were all doll-ed up with nothing more to improve on what would you do?! Maybe Tim has some suggestions?!

I too am looking forward to seeing the dark green on a boat hull. I have often wondered how it would look. The flag blue I have seen around (and is gorgeous - not trying to incite jealousy here) but the dark dark green is more elusive for some reason.

-Britton

Hey!, where did the website go?

You know wooden boats have fragile souls and can't be ignored for long like our modern Tritons.

Is she going in the water this year or is she scheduled for some "heavy maintenance"?

-Britton

Yeah...thanks to incompetency with the web host, lapstrake.com ended up being unrenewed. I had bigger fish to fry and never got around to following through some bad customer service.

However, the website still exists at this link:

http://lackeysailing.com/lyman/

We know you have about a dozen other irons in the fire these days, but what's up with the Lyman lately? Did she see much action this summer?

No, I had no time to address her over the summer, unfortunately. She's now outside, covered, awaiting, yet again, her turn in the shop. The shop's full of other boats, so no room at the inn yet. I expect that she can get inside by January, or possibly before, at which time I hope that I actually DO something!

I do have a gantry crane coming, which I needed for another job, which will allow me to finally get the engine out. I had a couple aborted attempts late this summer.

The boat is also a lot further from being a "quick fix" than I had hoped, too. There's enough structural work that it only makes sense to go through the project meticlously, and do the job right from the onset.

I hate pushing these projects back further and further...but she'll get done! Things'll even out once we get our move behind us; we should be all settled by no later than a year from now, and hopefully sooner.