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[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Gillmer’s Blue Moon being built in Turkey. Click on the photo for a larger image Boatbuilder Cem Gür sent use these pictures of the pair of Thomas Gillmer-designed Blue Moons he and colleagues at Classic Boats Turkiye are building, together with some conceptual drawings and some photos of the early build … Continue reading “More Blue Moon workshop photos from Cem Gür at Classic Boat Turkiye”
Send your friends this link: http://intheboatshed.net/?p=320 The original Blue Moon, Thomas Gillmer’s own boat to the design, is now in the collection of the Seattle Center for Wooden Boats. However, for many years she belonged to my friend Mike Goodwin. Whenever he writes about her, there’s always a hint of regret that lets you know … Continue reading “More on Blue Moon”
You’d have to get it home somehow, but I’m sure the boat could do it. Not sure I could live on it for ten years though, as the current owner did… http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/brokerag.htm Thanks to Peter Vanderwaart for the tip. For more on cruising yachts, click here: http://intheboatshed.net/?cat=3Â