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

[jim]

holy buzzoly! i've got a sailboat that needs 
almost all of that stuff. thanks, liz. 
jim 



On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 18:46 -0800, Liz Henry wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
> 
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> Here's a list of the things left in the workshop
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> 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.
> 
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> Here's the text of the ad in case it goes away.
> 
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> 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.
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> · 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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