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Scuzbums Giant 5-Day Messabout |
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by Kim Apel - Fullerton, California - USA |
Apropos of your collecting photos from recent noteworthy messabouts, here’s a bunch from the Scuzbums’ Giant Five Day Messabout in August
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Randy Ames and his new Bolger Teal “Jumbie”
(click images for larger views) |
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| Gorden Bundy brought his renovated peapod (origins unclear), seeking guidance on how to place oarlocks. He got lots of advice, installed them, and….. |
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…rowed away successfully |
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| Bill Horner (center) builder and restorer of a number of fine craft restored this historic peapod and rigged it for sail. |
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Leland Foerster (Fatty Knees owner and Baja Explorer) in his pop-top camper |
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| Bill Horner and Scuz-Mum Annie Kolls |
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Bolger Old Shoe built 20+ years ago by Scuzbums founder Joe Tribulato, and recently sold to Seattle resident Rosalind, who brought it to San Diego for this event.
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| L-R Gorden Bundy, Annie Kolls, Roger Nelson, Brett Morris |
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Jumbie capsized and had to be retrieved by a Pelican crew. |
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semi-humbled capsizee (not Randy, rather Paul Klopfenstein on the R) back on the beach
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Old Shoe builder Joe Tribulato and new owner Rosalind |
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| beached boats at sunset |
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evening discussion group |
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| more beached boats at sunset |
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John Canning telling a story |
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| Gorden Bundy: rancher/boatbuilder |
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Chris Rubel’s self-designed... |
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| ...and homebuilt trimaran |
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JJ & Grandpa Dudley tying knots |
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| A different Joe in his strip-planked Wee Lassie |
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chatting (note my sailing canoe, Frankenboat, in the background) |
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