Leslie, It would be awesome if you could make it to Clearwater to
show us your model and for you to see the Windmills we have at our
Midwinter's regatta on March 10-11 2012, there will be a few wooden
Windmills there for you to see.
:: I will look up your boat...but if you are interested in
:: more than a 1-time job, I actually have a set of plans
:: for a model which were put together by Winton Mac...the
:: real founder/promotor of the class. Just let me know.
:: Consider dropping by Clearwater the second weekend in
:: March...would love to see your work and could bring
:: plans! Allen Chauvenet
::
:: :: I built a wooden Windmill (4069) in Stillwater, Ok
::
:: :: completing it in 1974 when I graduated fom Okla
::
:: :: State Univ. Building it helped me keep me calm
::
:: :: since I was working 40 plus hours a week and
::
:: :: carrying 18 semester hours in college.
:: ::
:: :: I never did get it measured and did not sail it in
::
:: :: any races. I did however, enjoy sailing it with my
::
:: :: family members in Oklahoma Lakes for twenty
::
:: :: hears. It needed some work and I lost interest in
::
:: :: sailing it when my two sons (my crew) graduated
::
:: :: from OSU , married, and moved on.
:: ::
:: :: I was introduced to the Windmill by Professor
::
:: :: Gordon Smith who I sailed with and recieved
::
:: :: building tips. It was a very fast boat and we all
::
:: :: enjoyed it immensly. Two young college men
::
:: :: aquired the boat from me and I never had any
::
:: :: contact with them.
:: ::
:: :: I'd like to know if this boat (hull #4069) was ever
::
:: :: resurected and sailed. Please advise me if you
::
:: :: received any correspodence from later owners-
::
:: :: sailors about the boat I hated to give up.
:: ::
:: :: I am 73 years old now and only go out in a
::
:: :: Watertender to fish. Since I am not in good enough shape
:: :: to crew a Windmill, I am building
::
:: :: a scale model from memory closing in the bow
::
:: :: and adding seats along the sides behind the daggerboard,
:: :: doing away with the seat board
::
:: :: that attaches to both sides in the original. It has
::
:: :: been my first attempt to build a model. I would be happy
:: :: to furnish pictures if you'd like to see
::
:: :: the revised version for old guys who can't hike
::
:: :: out anymore. There is also a great amount of joy
::
:: :: in building a revised Windmill model. If it turns out
:: :: well, I may build models of Windmills to give
::
:: :: as gifts or to sell, only later models will be built
::
:: :: exactly like the first boat I built and sailed using
::
:: :: 1 inch to a foot scale.
:: ::
:: :: Sincerely:
:: ::
:: :: Leslie Ray Easley
::
:: :: tarpon Springs, Fl
