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

[jim]

   cool! i'm headed his way and will try to 
bring him to NB in some manner. 
   and <BADWORD>! i wanted the dinghy. my 
sloop is in the brisbane marina (sierra point). 



On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 20:57 -0800, Liz Henry wrote:
> Jim - do bring the bottle of wine and stay a while, you will have an
> EXPERIENCE.
> 
> p.s. we bought the dinghy for my houseboat so you can't have that and I
> took a very beautiful, working, baby Hermes Rocket typewriter in a
> leather case which he threw in for free. (!!!)
> 
> If we could lure Donald to Noisebridge for some sailmaking lessons it
> might be very cool.  But it would all be mixed in with sex advice,
> racial epithets, and stories about 1940s Alaska.
> 
> 
> - Liz
> 
> 
> 
> 
> jim wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> >>
> >> 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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