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Date Posted: - Tuesday - 07/20/10 - 12:34pm
Author: Jared Kibele
Subject: I think my next boat will be ugly
In reply to: Randall 's message, "Beauty is in the eye" on - Monday - 07/19/10 - 1:59pm

In general, I tend to agree with function over form and aesthetics be damned but, when it comes to this particular boat, I just can't get there. Several people have advised me to remove bright work or at least paint over it and they've made very good rational, compelling arguments. I can't bring myself to do it. The visual appeal is a large portion of what made Christine and I fall for this boat so regardless of how much of a pain it is, we're trying to keep it pretty.

Someday we may get a larger boat. I'm hoping that it will be ugly.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Ha! Good luck buying an ugly boat. :) -- Randall, - Tuesday - 07/20/10 - 2:37pm


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Ugly -- Bruce, - Wednesday - 07/21/10 - 1:11pm

Heh - my guess is that after cruising for extended time that your definition of what is ugly and what is beautiful will evolve


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> I'm not so sure -- Jared Kibele, - Thursday - 07/22/10 - 12:41pm

I could easily imagine owning a boat like the Tartan offshore cruising ketch (http://www.vesselexport.com/SB2/1.JPG) but I have a really hard time believing that I'd consider it pretty.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Oops, that link didn't work -- Jared Kibele, - Thursday - 07/22/10 - 12:46pm

How 'bout this one: http://www.vesselexport.com/sb2.html

And then there's this: http://ads.boatboss.com/13_Mobile/22615_MacGregor_26X_Motorsailer.html

I see those all over the place and there may be good reasons to own one (though I'm not sure what those reasons are) but they make me want to poke my eyes out.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> OK, I get your point :) -- Randall, - Thursday - 07/22/10 - 7:06pm

...and I looked the the photos of Architeuthis and see your concern re hanging anything off the stern. What a beautiful wooden banner. Did you make it?

Where's the name come from? Giant Squid?

RR


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> I didn't make it -- Jared Kibele, - Friday - 07/23/10 - 12:43pm

Yep, Architeuthis is the genus name of the giant squid. I'm a bit of a cephalopod fanatic.

That banner was on the boat when I got it but I did spend a great deal of time stripping it, sanding off all traces of the old name, creating a stencil, varnishing, painting on the new name, and varnishing more. And because the paint got damaged while removing the old hailing port, we repainted the whole transom while we were at it.


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