For a brief on deck view of Drift at the ERR After race crew celebration in the cockpit…
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Drift at anchor
Dinner in the cockpit… The windlass makes anchoring easy! Cooking in the galley… note custom screen in companionway! In fine weather the cockpit is the ideal place for a nap or to sleep all night… Previous owner singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg aboard Drift (nee Serenade).
Drift Sailing Pics
Launch Day!!!
The best day of every spring… Out of the shed at last! Stepping the masts…
Interior Shots
Looking forward at the rode locker and forepeak V berth. Storage shelves are port and starboard, water tanks are below berths. Drawers and storage below the V berth Looking aft from the forepeak to the saloon. Port hanging locker is on the right (louvered door), main mast and head compartment on the left Recently rebuilt …
Drift Particulars
Drift Particulars LOA- 31′ 3″ Beam- 8′ 8″ Draft- approx. 5′ fully loaded Designed by Robert G. Henry and built in Bremen, Germany by Dutch builder Johann Dedood and Sohns of mahogany planking over white oak frames, keel and deck beams. Plank fasteners are bronze screws, keel bolts are bronze and the ballast keel is …
Sprung teak decks
Hand laid sprung teak decks were installed (glued and blind fastened) circa 2002-03 over new plywood subdecks and a partial deck reframing. Canvas hatch covers reduce maintenance work!
Cockpit, lockers and instruments
The varnished Lazarette is where the second anchor rode, dive gear and miscellaneous canvas and small items are stored… The starboard locker houses two batteries, Guest 3 way battery switch, 3″ bronze Navy hand bilge pump and ample stowage space… The port locker houses fenders, docklines, PFDs, radar reflector and sail covers… The Signet Knotmeter/ …
2018-19 Bottom Job!
Many layers of bottom paint were media blasted to bare wood… Reefing out the old cotton seam caulking Re-caulking original seams with Bostonia… And later seams from prior plank replacement with cotton caulking… Caulked seams were then primed with thinned antifouling paint and payed with seam compound… The bottom was then primed and painted with …
Owning DRIFT 