54 Members

Boat-  "Dragon Lady " -  Clipper 33
OWNERS - Chris Kirkwood
AREA OF SAILING - Australia

Chris has submitted pics of new deck on "Dragon Lady"

Vancouver registered. Same owner since 1976. Bought from this owner in 2003. Major restoration undertaken in 2004. First was a complete overhaul of the Volvo diesel MD3B,new clutch and reduction gear, conversion to fresh water cooling, modifying the bilge system re-piping and fully auto pump system. Restoration still in progress.

57 Members

Boat-  "JAMCILL" -   1969  Clipper Ketch 36, Hull #2318
OWNERS - James & Cilla McGarvey
AREA OF SAILING - Cayuga Lake, NY
  "Jamcill" formally "Tender Lies" was featured on the cover of Practical Sailor for the review of the Clippers

 
We have made the former owners of our Cheoy Lee honorary members.  Henry, Diane, and Katie Geerken owned "Tender Lies" which we renamed "Jamcill".  They now own KA-DE-GEE, a 47-foot Chris Craft Commander motor yacht built in 1971.  Click Here for their website which has info on their charter service on the Hudson River

They have a website for Flying Cloud,  www.flying-cloud.org/  

Safety Update on Clipper Dolphin Striker Fitting
We have made a page of info that Jamie submitted on this issue.  Thanks Jamie

I bought CAELAN (then named Silver Hind) in 1996 and have upgraded the boat significantly since then. The first priority for both comfort and security was a doghouse to replace the pramhood which I felt was too insubstantial for the Arctic sailing I had in mind. Since then we have had several Arctic seasons - Iceland/Greenland, Svalbard twice and East Greenland again last year. Storms, ice and flat calms, CAELAN has proved an able and seaworthy craft. Her only vice is a waywardness in light airs which I suspect may be due to being undercanvassed. I have just ordered a new headsail to replace the yankee jib to see if that rectifies the problem - any views would be welcome. We are now engaged in thw winter re-fit and plan to launch again before Christmas with a busy season anticipated in 2007.

40 Members

Boat-  "Taxi Dancer "  - 1971  Clipper 42
OWNERS - Scott McCoy
AREA OF SAILING - Puget Sound
E-Mail Scott

Very few Schooner versions of the Clipper were produced, here is history of Taxi Dancer

The photo of the "clipper schooner" on the bottom left of your website is one 1971 Choey Lee Clipper '42 Staysail Schooner christened the "Taxi Dancer" of Juneau, AK. The vessel was originally named "TAI-PAN" and still has the plaque inside with the name on it, which reads in Chinese that it was made in a shipyard in Kowloon, Hong Kong (luckily my girlfriend is chinese). The vessel was renamed by it's second owner to "Foreign Affair", and renamed again by it's 3rd owner (Timothy Davis I believe) in 1981 to the Taxi Dancer. The boat at that time was torn down to the hull and completely remodeled. A new motor and transmission was put in it, among other things, and the dog house was added. The vessel was acquired in 1999 by one Mark Dorsey who I believe to be the Fourth owner. I acquired the vessel in August of 2006. She's in good shape with a few minor chips in the gel coat from a few recent storms, and looks quite like she did in that photo. Add a dinghy hoisted off the stern, and in place sail bags and you have the boat I'm writing this email from.