Son of Frankenscot

11/25/2014

At the end of the 2014 Everglades Challenge, my favorite skipper TwoBeers and his sailing buddy Moresailesaid dismounted from their fine yacht Frankenscot and answered the following question briefly and definitively:

"Will you do this
300-mile
unsupported expedition-style race again?"

One said, "Uh, NO."

The other answered, "Absolutely!"

Fast-forward eight months.

Guess who is starting to plan his build of the "Son of Frankenscot" for the 2016 Ultimate Challenge -- a circumnavigation of the entire state of Florida in five delightful stages?

18 Comments

Rod

11/25/2014 12:36:33 am

Hmmm,cool. What's he building? I have suitable plans for lightweight dories,that can be sailed and rowed...really good Miss Amy rides. Would make a nice fishing boat too, which after all is what dories were originally used for.

Amy

11/25/2014 01:04:50 pm

The plans are not firmed up in any real way yet -- but by Christmas we should have a better idea...He does have ambitions for building a dory for fishing -- something like a McKenzie drift boat.
Stay tuned....

MicroTom link

11/25/2014 02:03:25 am

Great to see you coming back for more. One boat or a 2nd for the river & portage?

Amy

11/25/2014 01:05:56 pm

A two-boat challenge for certain!
Thanks for stopping by -- are you doing the EC this year?

MicroTom link

11/25/2014 02:00:48 pm

Yes. Planning on solo in Class 1. Also making early preparations for the 2016 UFC.

Amy

12/2/2014 01:11:23 am

Good luck -- we'll be checking on your progress!

Matt Dalton

11/25/2014 02:29:19 am

He needs a biographer aboard...know anyone with the proper credentials??.....Anyone at all that might fit this description? Hhhmmmm?

Amy

11/25/2014 01:08:03 pm

Aboard?
Like an embedded journalist? Hmmm....
Or maybe we'll rely on the...Ta DAH!.. power of fiction, baby!

Puma aka Joe Frohock

11/25/2014 03:04:15 am

Great!!!! It is such a rush just to get to the Beach . Full Speed Ahead

Amy

11/25/2014 01:09:27 pm

Thanks Puma!
Hoping to catch the launch this year -- it's a rush just watching!

SeaDogRocket

11/25/2014 06:08:05 am

Can't wait to see this thing come alive...more power igor

Amy

11/25/2014 01:11:21 pm

Yup. "Put your hump into it, Eye-gor!"

redeployment !

11/25/2014 09:55:08 am

Much respect . Just shows to go there's no cure for sailor's itch - just treatment .

Amy

11/25/2014 01:12:36 pm

Hey Redeployment --
Thanks!
I think there are some good creams available, but it seems to keep coming back...

Greg

11/25/2014 02:36:03 pm

A super size, extra lite, MouseTrap. Can't wait to see the story unfold. WOO HOO!

Amy

11/27/2014 10:49:30 am

Thank you Greg!

george a.

11/26/2014 09:23:35 am

Amy: What's your tribe name?

Amy

11/27/2014 10:54:24 am

Call me Ishmael. No, wait, I mean "Bookworm."

Do you remember the rest of how Moby-Dick starts? It's: "Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship."

Son of Frankenscot

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