tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post9000549662011587089..comments2024-03-18T10:29:20.125-08:00Comments on TriloBoat Talk: Farewell to LUNADave Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-91459099456327078662023-12-31T18:32:06.360-09:002023-12-31T18:32:06.360-09:00Hi Bob!
Long time no hear! Somehow we'd misse...Hi Bob!<br /><br />Long time no hear! Somehow we'd missed that you saw us in Tenakee, but remember well the good times with you in SItka.<br /><br />And for LUNA... a Viking Burial, fer sure!<br /><br />Dave and AnkeDave Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-46931810314572982522023-12-31T18:29:10.032-09:002023-12-31T18:29:10.032-09:00Hi Doryman,
There's something sweet about MIS...Hi Doryman,<br /><br />There's something sweet about MISTRAL finding a new occupation. It's all about relationships.<br /><br />Keep dreamin', my Friend!<br /><br />Dave ZDave Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-89326878991077914652023-12-31T18:27:15.519-09:002023-12-31T18:27:15.519-09:00Thanks, David! The road winds onward!! Dave ZThanks, David! The road winds onward!! Dave ZDave Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-78694501400551532112019-01-16T15:39:50.486-09:002019-01-16T15:39:50.486-09:00Dave and Anka,
Luna could not have asked for a bet...Dave and Anka,<br />Luna could not have asked for a better finale than you offered her. An icon in Southeast, I still remember the first time I saw her ghosting along, all sails set in Tenakee Inlet, the picture of grace and extreme beauty. You let me helm her briefly under the bridge in Sitka and I was astonished that she sailed like a dinghy, so light on the tiller. Thank you for not letting her rot in the harbor, she deserved and was given a better end than that. Bob Mutter, S/V Counting CoupBob Mutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523481427178144902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-37701540744730594452019-01-15T20:42:34.330-09:002019-01-15T20:42:34.330-09:00Dave, My own dory, Mistral, has become a lubber...Dave, My own dory, Mistral, has become a lubber's art studio in Port Townsend. But the dream lives on.dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-17646537007213769962019-01-13T10:24:58.893-09:002019-01-13T10:24:58.893-09:00Touching Tale. Still, glad the humans in question...Touching Tale. Still, glad the humans in question are still intact and under way!!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888319075167956385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-46070187801227525672019-01-10T11:33:19.499-09:002019-01-10T11:33:19.499-09:00Hi Sixbears,
Enough to cement one as an animist!
...Hi Sixbears,<br /><br />Enough to cement one as an animist!<br /><br />Dave ZDave Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-18004607543971771072019-01-10T11:28:21.524-09:002019-01-10T11:28:21.524-09:00*** SNIFF ***
A beautiful tribute, Bob. So Glad...*** SNIFF ***<br /><br />A beautiful tribute, Bob. So Glad it was you and T. <br /><br />Dave ZDave Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241033623115158564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-36118996248141661592019-01-09T13:05:11.877-09:002019-01-09T13:05:11.877-09:00Man, what a gut punch feeling hearing that. We did...Man, what a gut punch feeling hearing that. We didn't cruise Luna as much as we hoped to (should have added a outboard early on as training wheel aide and not fallen in love so much with Sitka culture) but what we did do corrupted me totally to flat bottomed, shoal draft sailing. We had a liveaboard motor sharpie home in Florida but so many times we reflect back and say something like "If we'd only had Luna in the Florida panhandle" and such. She'd have been SO MUCH FUN in those semi-tropical, skinny waters.<br /><br />If anyone had to demolish her I am glad it was you two: the ones who dreamed her up and built her and spent so much time bonding with her. I still have her full rig down here in Mexico! Even deconstructing her rig felt blasphemous though and it was a chance to inspect each hand made batten, each seizing, and all the loving details in her rig design and construction.<br /><br />But we do have parts of her still. If you made off with her wood stove then good on ya. That beauty kept us so warm often in winter visits aboard (despite the single ply uninsulated walls). And the bunk was a delight to sleep in and a pleasure to make love in (thanks for the hatch right in the center of the bed.... use your imagination at how handy that was).<br /><br />But, overall, just damn sad to see her cut up on the beach like that. Some one could have taken her, wrapped some new ply around her and glassed it well, and a few odd mods later she'd STILL be sailing about Alaska and maybe beyond.<br /><br />I feel immensely privileged to have lived aboard Luna and sailed her the little I did. She was one of the most unique and beautiful vessels EVER. R.I.P..Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320063715736110902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580987459140037495.post-27227177376301070602019-01-08T16:22:46.919-09:002019-01-08T16:22:46.919-09:00Boats, especially boats that you've lived on, ...Boats, especially boats that you've lived on, are special. It's hard to let them go.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.com