Moon boats

When Swmbo and I had our Honeymoon in the Caribean we chartered a SO 37... Vasaliki Moon.


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I sometimes drive a RIB called Blue Moon...does that count?
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Ok, Swmbo has now berated me, apparently it wasnt Vasaliki moon, it was Whiskey Jack..... a quick look through some... err snaps.... reveals that Vasaliki Moon was a Bene 362 that I had on a trip in the BVI's with ... well someone elses wife if it must be known... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I was once talking to a lady who was very pregnant (not my doing) and we was talking about baby names I made some quib about calling my daughter to be sunshine (my wife was preggers) and we both laughed... then she said my other daughter is called moonbeam... I suddenly had somewhere to go /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I remember racing against a Sadler Barracuda 45 in the early 90's that was called Moonboots of ???? (Burnham I think). She was owned then by a chap called Roy Hart.

And we also raced against a lovely old varnished hull IOR racer from Eire called Moonduster, owned by Dennis Doyle - lots of racing successes on the web, but I can't find any photos.....

There is a house here in Barbados called Moon Reach, and their resident speedboat is called Sassy Moon (I think the previous speedboat was called Sara Moon).
 
Just remembered a few more Moons.....

Paul Johnson built a couple of Colin Archer gaff ketches in (I think) Bermuda - they were called Moon and Venus, and were later followed by Pluto.

One of the very early Twisters (with a timber cabin top) was called Moonspinner, and used to live at Marchwood Sailing Club in the mid 80's.
And I see that she (and also her sistership Moonshot) are for sale on the Twister Group at http://www.twister.org.uk/sales/index.php

There was a large yacht (She was a Deerfoot) called Moonshadow in the 1986 ARC from Canaries to Barbados - more about her here at http://www.sailmoonshadow.com/about/

And we met a ham radio friend John here some years ago on his Nicholson 35 Moonlight of Down - I googled them, and found this gem at http://www.dddb.com/news.html :

D/M-24: Vessel name Moonlight of Down, Camper Nicholson sloop, 35’ x 8 Tons. Moonlight of Down was on a passage from Cocos Keeling to Rodriguez Island (in the Indian Ocean) when she ran into gale conditions and ungovernable seas. Her owner wisely deployed a 36” dia. Galerider drogue “to stabilize the situation.” The drogue reduced her speed from 6. 5 knots to 2. 5 knots. The Hydrovane (self-steering) was then adjusted to put the wind/waves on the port quarter, and the towline adjusted to position the drogue at the back of the following swell. “The use of the Galerider to steady the vessel running in hard Trade Wind conditions was most successful due to the increased comfort of ride and the re-assuring feeling that you were not likely to broach.” (Quoting her owner.) The drogue was deployed for 43 hours, the yacht traveling 73 nm in that time.

Moonlighters, I hope that you will call in at Barbados on your Transatlantic next winter!
 
Moonboots was ashore at Benfleet Yacht Club last time I was there.
There also used to a boat (Sadler 32 I think) at Benfleet called Moon River.

Do you know how Moonboots got her name?
 
I've seen a local boat called 'Grapefruit Moon' a number of times. Is there an associate membership level? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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