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 Boat-  "Black Pearl" - 1973 Cheoy Lee Luders 30
 OWNERS - Chuck Cole
 AREA OF SAILING - Gibraltar, MI, Lake Erie
 E-Mail Chuck

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Boat-  "Acceptance"  - 1976 Midshipman 36 by Luders
OWNERS - Jon Boulton
AREA OF SAILING - UK/ Americas
E-Mail Jon  - Jan 08 I have recently retired and entered the sailing community late in my life. I purchased "Acceptance" a Midshipman 36 from Todd Vogel. The decks have been covered by a sealant. I would love to restore the teak decks, but I have received lots of conflicting advice. I think the layout and design is exceptional. I am a live aboard and do not know too much about sailing ketches and would welcome any advice about the boat or her sailing characteristics.

22 Members

Boat- "ANAK" - (Child in Tagalog) 1979 Midshipman 40' Ketch
OWNER - Michael Lagunowitsch
AREA OF SAILING - Hong Kong, China (welcome our second entry from Hong Kong)
E-Mail Michael  Converting Anak from Ketch to Cutter 

   
Hope this finds you both well.  Just wanted to update you on the progress of ketch to sloop/cutter  conversion on my Midshipman 40 Anak. Well the work is finished and is had  totally transformed the performance of the boat (positively). The rig is a  double spreader 52ft high with 18ft boom. Compared to what she had before it  is a hugh improvement in sail area and efficiency. Anak has a deeper keel  (5ft 10) over the normal shoal draft keel so I am not sure whether a shoal  draft keel would stand up to this sail area. I had the rig designed by  Yachtspars NZ who did a fabulous job. In doing this project I learned that  Midshipman 'ketch' is not a true ketch in the sense of the word. It is  actually a sloop that had a 45ft tall mast. "Ichiro" a sister ship in HK is of this build. For owners wishing to increase sail area (as she is undercanvassed) Cheoy lee added the mizzen trappings resulitng in hugh weight and of course increased revenue. In a true ketch the main mast is much further forward. Realising that the Midshipman ketch is a actually
bodged sloop greatly faciliated the simplicity of the conversion. Anyway in a nutshell I am VERY pleased with the rsult - the boat balances nicely especially with big traveller. I find that I need first reef in around 20knots apparent. This results in simialr sail area to the old main sail on the ketch rig.
Anyway I am happy to answer questions that any other Midshipman 40 owners may have.
All the best, July 06
Mike Lagunowitsch
Anak 6345
Hong Kong

Boat- "Dragon Lady" - 1973 Midshipman 40' Ketch
OWNER - Barry & Jackie Moore
AREA OF SAILING - Australia - Brisbane and S.E. Coast of Queensland

Click Here for "Dragon Lady" Log

Email received 12/06 - Hi both,
Just to bring you up to date with our progress on "Celtic Dream". We are now in Tunisia and are spending our second winter here at a lovely little marina called Port el Kantaoui. We sailed from Turkey the summer before last and have cruised the whole of the Turkish coast and the Greek coast en route to Tunisia , some 3000 nautical miles covered. We must commend you on the quality of your site and through it have had quite a few enquiries from other owners and potential buyers of Midshipman 40's, obviously others are appreciating the value also.regards Roger Morgan

17 Members

Boat-  "Quantro" -   1975 Offshore 47
OWNERS - Drs. George & Carol Carayannis
AREA OF SAILING - Hawaii
E-Mail George & Carol

Quantro is for sale, Click Here for their web page

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Boat-  "??" - 1970  Cruismaster 37
OWNERS - David Kudish
AREA OF SAILING - Chesapeake
E-Mail David  From what I understand, this model was designed by Luders, made in Hong Kong by David Cheng not Cheoy Lee

        

Boat-  "Dolphin Song" - 1978  Cruismaster 37
OWNERS - Ronald Rubottom
AREA OF SAILING - NC to Florida
E-Mail Ronald