[Noisebridge-discuss] 50 years of sailmaking - stuff for sale and stories for free

Sun Feb 7 02:46:44 UTC 2010

I just spent the afternoon with an amazing guy, Donald Goring, who's
been a sailmaker for 50 years. He has to move out of his workshop in
Alameda and sell his stuff.  He's got 2 weeks to do this.

It's a big messy loft full of odds and ends, bits of electronics for
boat navigation and so on, giant rolls of sail fabric of all sorts,
canvas and many kinds of nylon, sewing machines, stuff like old
typewriters he got from one of his lovers who was a librarian, tools,
and more boat stuff that I could name. Piles of nautical charts,
beautifully drafted designs for boats and sails, water tanks, a portable
stove...

Buy his stuff!!

He also seems happy to give lessons in sewing or sailing.

Here's a list of the things left in the workshop

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/1554202580.html

Go and see him --  bring a bottle of wine and hang out for his great
stories of being raised a Holy Roller, escaping, joining the Coast Guard
with forged papers and then the US Geological Survey in Alaska, and his
theories about philosophy, sex, race, sails, pulleys, cripples, women,
social class, religion, life, the universe, and everything.

Here's the text of the ad in case it goes away.

Boating and Sailing gear sale at 647 Pacific Ave in Alameda, CA 94501.
>From Oakland take Webster Tube, turn right off Webster St onto Pacific
Ave, take first right into parking lot 100’ up Pacific just past
Kelly-Moore Paint store. Entrance is from parking lot, go upstairs. Open
9-5 every day or call 510.523.9011 for appointment.

· 10’ Sailing, rowing & power dinghy with 18’ 3-section collapsible mast
(stores at 6’ long in dinghy), new orange sail with large white Daisy
graphic, floating wood oars & 2hp Evinrude outboard. Dinghy comes with
full Sunbrella storage cover and chocks for boat deck. Dinghy is hard
fiberglass with foam-filled compartments to make it unsinkable. Needs
some cosmetic restoration but is usable as-is. $700obo
· ADLER 166-1 heavy duty commercial sewing machine, zigzag with motor,
table stand, foot & knee controls, many spools of thread, bobbins, etc.,
$3000obo
· Beckson round & rectangular portlights, new in box
· Child’s inflatable rubber boats with paddles and manual air pump, new
never used
· LPG regulator, gauge and fittings for boat installation
· Aluminum Spinnaker poles in various sizes, used good condition
· Stainless steel tubing for bimini tops, new in wrap and used
· Aluminum tubing and angle stock for boat projects, new in wrap and used
· Mainsheet traveler with cars, used
· Mainsheet traveler track, used
· Barient 8 winch, needs work
· 2 used Dacron sails, call for size, came off a 30’ sailboat
· Pulleys, blocks, shackles and miscellaneous sailboat hardware
· Jam cleats, turning blocks and other sailboat hardware
· Hundreds of feet of ½” Dacron 3-strand rope, new on spool
· Hundreds of feet of ½” double-braid rope, new on spool
· Old paper charts of California, Alaska, Pacific Northwest, British
Columbia
· Used foul weather gear, sixe XL
· Used floatation suit, size XL
· Collapsible water tank, never used
· Rigid plastic water tank, 20 gallons, used
· Rigid plastic water tank, 15 gallons, used
· 16’ by 12” aluminum mast section with halyard openings, used as boom
section on sailboat, $200obo
· Old SSB Single Side band radio
· Old handheld Radio Direction Finding unit with very nice compass, works
· Brooks & Gatehouse knotmeters, used
· Old ACR type II EPIRB 406mhz in huge plastic case, water or manually
activated, battery out of date
· Lots of canvas hardware and fastenings, snap fasteners, grommets,
plastic protectors, rings, etc.
· Lots of sailmaking hardware, clew rings, pressed rings, large
grommets, etc.
· Portable Butane canister stove, 1 burner, with custom carrying case
and 2 butane cartridges, used but works
· Thousands of feet of sailcloth; Dacron in white, tan bark, hot pink,
orange, yellow, blue; Nylon spinnaker cloth in all colors; Sunbrella in
brown, green, blue, etc., plus exotic metallic fabrics, Mylar in purple
& pink, some Kevlar, mesh screening, Fifertex, etc., too much to list
· Battery powered bow running light, red/green waterproof, uses 1 6V
Lantern battery, makes any sailboat USCG legal for night operation
· Batter powered all-round white running/anchor light, uses 1 D cell battery
· 12V old fashioned galvanized steel & glass red/green running lights,
about 8” tall
· Nice poster of charter boats and swimmers at Molokini Crater, Maui Hawaii
· Nice poster of FujiFilm offshore racing trimaran under full speed
· Nice poster of another trimaran racing at full speed in Southern Ocean
· Hundreds of old paper sailplans, drawings and blueprints for various
boats from wooden classics to modern era
· Nylon webbing sail ties in various colors and sizes
· Nylon, Dacron and double-braid rope in various sizes, lengths and colors
· Foam padding material for fenders, chafe guards, etc.
· Rotating stainless steel stove vent with 90-degree elbow fitting for
deck installation, never used
· Yukon brand 30-50power handheld telescope spyglass, new never used
· Large stainless steel deck cleat
· Small plastic deck cleat
· Aluminum furling drum with attachments
· Man Overboard MOB pole with flag and float
· MOB Strobe ACR Distress Marker Light 566, activates automatically when
turned upright
· VHF Antenna for masthead mounting, with bracket
· Horseshoe lifering
· Cedar closet liner kit for boat hanging locker
· UHMW & HDPE Plastic panels in various sizes and thickness
· Long reach staplers for canvas and sailmaking use
· Stainless steel forestay tack fitting adapter to allow the use of
double headsails (with spinnaker halyard), great for tradewinds sailing
· Numerous PVC, exhaust and water hoses with clamps and fittings
· Trapeze harness for hiking out on small boats
· 30A 125V shore power plug fitting
· Various plastic and aluminum sheaves for blocks or masthead use
· Windscoop air intake system for hatch mounting at anchor
· Assorted aluminum and stainless steel headboards for sailmaking
· Manual bilge pump
· Electric bilge pump
· Garmin GPS II handheld GPS, new in box
· Assorted sailbags
· Cast aluminum tiller
· Sailmaker’s workbench with fids, mallets, ring presses, etc.
· White plastic coated lifeline wire
· Plastic and aluminum slotted track for mounting canvas panels, bimini
tops, etc.
· Masthead windvane
· Masthead TV antenna, round aluminum
· Sea anchor system made from fighter jet drogue canopy with rode
· 4” thick foam cushions for boat interior
· Flat and round fiberglass battens for sails, various sizes and lengths
· Small and large table-mounted vises
· Dual wheel electric grinder with 1 grinding wheel and 1 wire wheel
· Large rivet gun

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