It turned out that we were sailing the same weekend as a charity Fresh Paint Auction was going on. This is an event where artists go out and produce a work that day, and then auction it that night. A watercolorist from Gloucester named Marilyn Swift happened upon us and painted this lovely work. She sells notecards with this on it, which are just the things to send to your vintage friends. (Or friends with vintage tastes. Well, you know what I mean.) She can be reached at her web page.
Setting up on the first day. The ladies in the background did a land office business in soft drinks and free icepacks for skippers. They were, and are, much appreciated.
Messing about with (model) boats. (Marilyn Swift photograph).
A parade of vintage M's in order of age; newest design first and oldest design last. Went that way most of the day, with Greg Worth's 1970 Warrior taking first place.
Action at the windward mark.
Yes, you can go from virtual to real! Steve Denis' lovely "Cypher," built from plans he downloaded from this very web page. Makes a webmaster proud! (Steve Denis photographs.)
Thom Mclaughlin's International One Design (IOD), built from a Milton Thrasher kit (see our suppliers' page).
A lovely schooner.
Ned Alexander's schooner at the mark.
A collision on the pond can ruin your whole day. Luckily, it was just a rigging tangle when Ned Alexander and Al Suydam's schooner's mixed it up. (Marilyn Swift photograph).
As always, the sight of boats on the pond brings out boats from the attic. From top to bottom: A lovely A boat, possibly a John Black design. Two M boats from 1939 in the New Jersey area.
