Brushfire has been laid up until our little grinder is big enough to go sailing

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[five years later]
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With great regret, Brushfire has been sold... to a fellow who used to crew for Jack Surface, the original owner. I'll really miss her, but I'm very happy with who she ended up with. And, that the final time I sailed her, my son was with me! There will be other boats, but she was my first.

Pictures from the haul out

Specs from Clark Co. brochure: LOA: 24'0" LWL: 19'6" Beam: 8'0" Draft: 4'0" Displacement: 3200 lbs. Ballast (lead): 1600 lbs. Headroom: 5'2" Sail Area (Main & 100%): 231 sq.ft. Designer: Bruce Kirby Hull Speed (theo.): 5.93 kts Actual weights Truck Trailer Empty 5900 1500 Loaded 6100 5350 Net 200 3850 Brushfire weight, all-up: 4050 Brushfire as she looked when I bought her Brushfire's SJ24 Class measurements from 1977 Self-built instrument/storage box Brushfire's motor power Long-shaft Conversion Brushfire's Signet Scientific MK9 knotmeter circuit Brushfire's haulout Sealing Brushfire's portlights Rigging a Marconi Installing cockpit speakers Brushfire's tender

Hull# CLKD05981175 ID# OR 601 PA Sail# 49498 Previous owners: Donald & Wendy Hultengren, Beaverton OR (95-99) Jack Surface, Tacoma WA (?-77-?) Former owner: Me (8/15/00 - 7/20/11) Current owner: Mark Neshyba (7/20/11 - ) Searchable index of the Yahoo SJ-24 group Graphical Columbia River wind plot Interstate Bridge weather conditions Glenn Jackson Bridge weather conditions Fremont Bridge weather conditions NOAA METAR data for Portland International Airport NOAA METAR data for Pearson Airpark (Vancouver, WA) NOAA Columbia River hydrologic plot and forecast at Vancouver

Current Projects:
Restoring Serenity, a 1959 Glastron Fireflite.
(Yes, I've swayed to the dark side of powerboat ownership... .)

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