Lady Iris Site is back up
It was sad to see, but my entire blog went down this week and I am recreating it this weekend from the Google cache content … please be patient. Pictures should be recovered later this weekend.
Mostly I’m going to miss all the comments I had recieved up until now.
Thanks Gerry, your comment made my morning! the site needed a new look anyway, LOL!
Hello Emily,
I just bought a 1978 Lancer 25 (with a 5hp Nissan outboard, not a diesel) a couple days ago, and had it delivered to one of the local marinas here in Alameda (CA) on its trailer yesterday. One of the first things I did once I got home from tucking the boat in to its dry storage space is to look for any other Lancer 25 owner stories on the web. Yours is the first I’ve found and today I finished reading all of your entries. It’s already educational for me, since I know almost nothing about Lancer sailboats, having never even heard of them before this last week. And great fun to read your accounts. Today, my wife and daughters (5 & 7 years old) drove by the marina (its raining, so we didn’t do more) to take their first look at our new (old) sailboat. (We had a Macgregor 26X back in Missouri for about 7 years, so this won’t be our first sailboat.) The kids have been busy coming up with potential names for the boat today. Their lists now total over 30 suggestions. Some of them include: Sparkle, Sweetie Pie and Pretty Ruby! I’ll look forward to seeing more accounts posted on your blog! Good luck!
How fun!! And thank you so much for sharing the beginning of your adventure with me. I hope to have the rest of the pictures back online and other entries asap. Please come back and tell me your progress. Good Luck to you too
Re lifelines; Use UN-COATED wire. Much easier to inspect and looks good IMHO. You can add foam covers near the cockpit if you want.
Gerry
Hi Emily
Welcome back (see people do check). The one good thing about a blog crashing is that you can build it back bigger and better.
Gerry
The Lady Iris is looking good Emily. Have you had her out much? Do you have more pictures of her? I hope you are having a great time sailing.
Hey Jerry, we got her out quite a bit this spring the summer not at all … looking forward to fall. The marina just about burned to the ground last month but the Lady was spared somehow. I’ll start posting again to show you what we got done this spring and then of course what all we get done this fall and winter. She is amazing to sleep on!