Friendship

That is a beauty

-- Cad a dheanfaimid feasta gan adhmad.......?

From a fellow BC’er welcome to lumberjocks.
Beautiful boat and you obviously have great talent in woodworking.
Enjoy the retirement and I hope you post many projects so that a slob like me may learn something
Cheers, Scott

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

That is great! How many hours did it take to build?

That is really, really nice.

-- Ohh mann...pancakes and boobies...I'll bet that's what Heaven is like! ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Sir, you have done a terrific job.
She is gorgeous.

-- Back home. Fernando

Wow so impressive a fantastic boat, a dream boat!!!! Super craftsmanship.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com

She looks quite the proper lady there, all decked out for a day on the water, or a trip to warmer climes. Any longer trips planned? Could you use an enthusiastic if inexperienced deckhand?

-- Real heroes don't wear capes, they wear DOG TAGS!

God blesses good job! Despite remarkable craftsmanship in boat building you Sir created true-born beauty.
Congratulations!

-- Szczyglic - Krakow - Poland

Really nice, many full sails.

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sweet vessel…good job.

I had an O’Day for years, built from the vast forests of fiberglass trees that grow along the Eastern Shore. I’ve sailed the Chesapeake Bay for years… St. Michaels… Annapolis… brought yachts up the inter-coastal from Florida to Maryland… even sailed a bit in the Caribbean… have seen many sailboats… not many were built by their owners… of those, few compared to the lines on Friendship. You are in a league all your own. She is beautiful, stunning. What pride you must feel when you’re sailing her. You are living my dream Shipwright. Can you sense the envy? What else can I say.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

Nice work. I thought those pictures were in the Pacific NW :-) Welcome to LJ!!

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Wonderful!

Long ago, I helped my dad build a 16 1/2’ Crescent class sailboat…before the electric screw gun era. Friendship, however, is in a whole different class.

I’d love to see more pics, especially of the interior.

-- Life is a sales job.

This is a project many would love to do and you did it very well! You should enjoy it-proudly. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rick, Tennessee, Psalms 150

Fantastic job! You’ll have many hoiurs of sailing pleasure with her. I had an O’Day 222 a few years ago. It’s about the same size and big enough to spend weekends anchored in paradise cove? You know where that is don’t you? It’s anywhere you toss out your anchor when you are on a sailboat! I sail a Beneteau First 285 and a Holder 20 now. Just looking at your photos makes me want to take off the rest of the week and go sailing.

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com