tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post3072127064574107708..comments2024-03-27T14:34:57.325-04:00Comments on Through a Glass, Darkly: The Blue BayouM.K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-14196534419552911032021-12-12T06:12:33.310-05:002021-12-12T06:12:33.310-05:00She was dismantled this week RIP blue bayou!!She was dismantled this week RIP blue bayou!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619485135130546449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-58549871660219179462019-11-04T13:32:30.581-05:002019-11-04T13:32:30.581-05:00yes the rig is still on the boat however finding a...yes the rig is still on the boat however finding an owner to buy it from will be difficult as the owner has passed away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-4150071723792946202017-03-29T16:27:05.278-04:002017-03-29T16:27:05.278-04:00I got to sail on Blue Bayou one day back in 1996 o...I got to sail on Blue Bayou one day back in 1996 or so. I was looking to purchase a J/36 at the time and drove down from Michigan. Dick and the crew took me out racing and the boat was amazing. He told me at that time that if I had to have a survey for a loan that Blue Bayou would fail due to moisture in the balsa core of the hull. Very sad to see the boat deteriorate but there is nothing affordable that could have been done to stop it.<br />--Dan MontgomeryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-68849368587531793892016-07-11T17:30:13.066-04:002016-07-11T17:30:13.066-04:00No one has made boats that were balsa cored under ...No one has made boats that were balsa cored under the waterline for quite some time, and for a reason. Thirty plus years of bumping things on the bottom now and again had created spider web cracks around the keel floor of Paladin. Water got into the balsa core and disintegrated it, it was just mush. The keel began swinging back and forth on the tacks, breaking the glass skins. We were sinking, keel falling off. Sailing back to St. Croix after winning our class in the BVI, we were running the bilge punp full time, and had crew filling 5 gallon buckets constantly. All through-hulls were closed.) $25,000 later, the keel floor had been rebuilt. That was just a piece of the bottom. Blue has fungus growing between the hull skins, at the deck joint. Water has gone all through her sides. She also bumps her bottom all day, as the tide comes in and out. Blue draws 6'6"; low tide is less than this, high tide more. Another boat doing the regattas the same year, Cheeky Rafiki, had the same problem, leaking constantly with all through-hulls closed. Google her.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341321978253649061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-21675243894354320362016-03-28T19:51:47.205-04:002016-03-28T19:51:47.205-04:00Paladin, J 36 #53, was just dismasted in the St. T...Paladin, J 36 #53, was just dismasted in the St. Thomas International Regatta (U. S. Virgin Islands), a regatta Blue Bayou and Dick won some twenty years ago. I use Paladin as a training vessel for students. We train Saturday mornings, and participate in regattas in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. In 30 kt winds, a lower failed, then the backstay, and the mast broke in several jagged pieces on the way down. We had to pull the pins and let it go, as it was banging on the hull when we tried to head to the harbor in Charlotte Amalie. Is Blue Bayou's mast available?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341321978253649061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-10332990537776269772016-03-28T19:32:23.905-04:002016-03-28T19:32:23.905-04:00Blue Bayou and Dick won the St. Thomas Internation...Blue Bayou and Dick won the St. Thomas International Regatta one year, way down here in the Caribbean. I currently own J 36 #53, Paladin, sailing it as a training boat with students from St. Croix. We were just dismasted Friday, in 30 kt winds, racing in the St. Thomas International Regatta. The hull is perfect, but the mast broke in several jagged pieces. We could not be towed to harbor without bringing the rig banging against the hull; we had to pull the pins and let it go. Is Blue Bayou's mast still around?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341321978253649061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-58002973596399156592015-12-06T16:45:52.329-05:002015-12-06T16:45:52.329-05:00I saw this boat racing some regattas in Puerto Ric...I saw this boat racing some regattas in Puerto Rico in the 80s or 90s nice boat sad to see it in bad shape....Capt.Andy captainandy69@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478175500765104870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-5077978215898007422015-03-10T16:12:59.894-04:002015-03-10T16:12:59.894-04:00Norm, thanks for stopping by! I found a post you w...Norm, thanks for stopping by! I found a post you wrote about your Jazz, and I'm so glad she is still going strong!M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-67451062036745217312015-03-09T12:11:22.719-04:002015-03-09T12:11:22.719-04:00Blue by yu that is the next after jazz , jazz is s...Blue by yu that is the next after jazz , jazz is still racing and winning she's racing round island of white this year 35 plus years old Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901359636978262481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-18643150923444825952014-09-09T08:57:56.764-04:002014-09-09T08:57:56.764-04:00Sad it is but it is not unusual. Cruising on the ...Sad it is but it is not unusual. Cruising on the creeks and rivers of this area will show many other examples although most don't have the pedigree or history of Blue Bayou. Blue Bayou is a J36 racing sloop that successfully competed in many regattas for a couple decades in eastern North Carolina. Near the end of her racing days, she was still fast but the deterioration that affects everything on the planet had already begun it's natural duty. Her lightweight, which provided much of her performance potential was also a source of her downfall. Her core between the outer skins of fiberglass began to deteriorate beyond the level of reasonable repair. In the end, entropy always prevails with boats, as well as the people who love and sail them. <br /><br />Unless someone comes along who is willing to take on the substantial task of keeping a boat alive, this is the usual fate. Walking the docks of local marinas and more especially the grounds of boatyards, many examples of similar progression will be seen. The stories behind each one will be as different as they are alike. Tom Lathrophttp://www.bluejacketboats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-70384613218072245092014-09-03T20:58:26.283-04:002014-09-03T20:58:26.283-04:00It does seem sad that the boat seems to have falle...It does seem sad that the boat seems to have fallen into disrepair like that. Idahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587867197850064349noreply@blogger.com