bilbo
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A boat counts as "other vehicles" right? A few years ago we bought an O'Day Daysailer II sailboat. It's ~17ft. long and uses a sloop rig, so one mainsail and one jib. The hull was originally designed by an Englishman in the 50's and has a small cuddy cabin that apparently can be slept in. The designers must have been a good bit shorter than me and enjoy donating blood to mosquitoes more than I do. Mine is the 2nd iteration (hence the "II") and thus has an FRP floor and seating, and a different cuddy than the original. These boats have a bit of a cult following and many race them. I knew none of that when I bought it, just wanted something to goof around in with my kids. There is also a DSIII but apparently it's not legal for racing. Here's our DSII, the Dingy Dinghy:
We usually kept the boat at my Dad's house in MN lakes country. There are far more sailing opportunities there than Eastern ND lol. Early May 2022 a nasty storm went through my Dad's place and either a very small tornado or microburst happened. The house and shop had minor damage like missing shingles and messed up soffit vents but otherwise OK. The boat/trailer was picked up by the wind and barrel rolled, separating during the brief flight, and landing about 20ft. off the driveway it was parked in on top of an electrical box. It hit hard enough to push the box off its base a little bit.
Dad waited for the electric company to come out to help move the boat. We weren't sure whether anything was torn loose inside the pull box, and didn't want anyone getting zapped. The box was fine and they were able to move the boat and get it realigned, then I was able to start looking the boat over. Daysailers are known to be overbuilt, but I was surprised how little damage it had sustained. All I could see was the bow eye was ripped off (it was about gone and due for replacement before this happened), some gelcoat dings from the trailer, and some gouged up gelcoat on the bottom from the pull box. The tall post on the trailer that holds the mast while traveling was bent, but easily straightened. We were able to load the boat on the trailer, and then it sat most of the summer while we figured out our move to FL.
I fixed all of the cosmetic damage to the boat, but don't have any pictures of it unfortunately. They were just small gelcoat dings that I filled in with MarineTex epoxy. I was going to take the boat out for a sail, but then thought just to be safe I'd fill the bilge with water and see if there were any leaks from hitting the electrical box. I'm glad I did:
There were two especially nasty gouges on the bottom of the hull that were leaking, as well as the lower gudgeon for the rudder. While on the trailer, a mast crutch goes in the gudgeons to hold up the mast while trailering. The other end of the mast sits on a tall post at the front of the trailer. The mast crutch was broken in two, so I'm guessing that's when the gudgeon was damaged too. Shortly after this, we had to move into the new house we bought and the boat again sat for a while during our move-in, the holidays, people getting sick with Covid, and visiting family until I've finally been able to address the damage now. Aside from being perpetually itchy, the glass work is kind of fun. I'll update shortly with some more progress.
We usually kept the boat at my Dad's house in MN lakes country. There are far more sailing opportunities there than Eastern ND lol. Early May 2022 a nasty storm went through my Dad's place and either a very small tornado or microburst happened. The house and shop had minor damage like missing shingles and messed up soffit vents but otherwise OK. The boat/trailer was picked up by the wind and barrel rolled, separating during the brief flight, and landing about 20ft. off the driveway it was parked in on top of an electrical box. It hit hard enough to push the box off its base a little bit.
Dad waited for the electric company to come out to help move the boat. We weren't sure whether anything was torn loose inside the pull box, and didn't want anyone getting zapped. The box was fine and they were able to move the boat and get it realigned, then I was able to start looking the boat over. Daysailers are known to be overbuilt, but I was surprised how little damage it had sustained. All I could see was the bow eye was ripped off (it was about gone and due for replacement before this happened), some gelcoat dings from the trailer, and some gouged up gelcoat on the bottom from the pull box. The tall post on the trailer that holds the mast while traveling was bent, but easily straightened. We were able to load the boat on the trailer, and then it sat most of the summer while we figured out our move to FL.
I fixed all of the cosmetic damage to the boat, but don't have any pictures of it unfortunately. They were just small gelcoat dings that I filled in with MarineTex epoxy. I was going to take the boat out for a sail, but then thought just to be safe I'd fill the bilge with water and see if there were any leaks from hitting the electrical box. I'm glad I did:
There were two especially nasty gouges on the bottom of the hull that were leaking, as well as the lower gudgeon for the rudder. While on the trailer, a mast crutch goes in the gudgeons to hold up the mast while trailering. The other end of the mast sits on a tall post at the front of the trailer. The mast crutch was broken in two, so I'm guessing that's when the gudgeon was damaged too. Shortly after this, we had to move into the new house we bought and the boat again sat for a while during our move-in, the holidays, people getting sick with Covid, and visiting family until I've finally been able to address the damage now. Aside from being perpetually itchy, the glass work is kind of fun. I'll update shortly with some more progress.