[C38] Estancia: Before and after!

[PAUL NOTTE]

Your right with the name of the dodger company Max. I have a good memory its just shorter than it used to be.
  
 Paul


----- Original Message -----
From: Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:55 pm
Subject: Re: [C38] Estancia: Before and after!
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>

> Craig, the dodger was designed and built by the PO... But it was 
> poorly built....the windows were regular glass, no sealant , so 
> water finally rotten the whole assembly, wood trims and 
> risers...that's why I had to replace everything....I still have 
> to work on a soft spot on the port side of the companionway 
> because of the water leaking from the dodger bolts into the 
> balsa core, but is not that much...
>  Paul, by any chance you meant Tartarooga  dodgers ?
> 
> Regards, 
> Max
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 8:14 PM, "Craig Steinkraus" 
> <Navion at Charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > Max, Do you (or anyone else) have any idea where that hard 
> dodger came from ?
> >  
> > Craig Steinkraus
> > "Wings" C-38 #280
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Max Soto
> > To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:37 PM
> > Subject: [C38] Estancia: Before and after!
> > 
> > 
> > Check the pics out:
> > When I bought Estancia, It was neglected in Punatarenas, Costa 
> Rica...After 12 years without seeing the boat sailing, and never 
> leaving the dock, I decided to contact the owner, but he was out 
> of the country, so I left my number...Then, three months later I 
> bougt a Spirit 28', and fur months after that, I got a call from 
> Estancias owner... He said he wasn't able to take care of the 
> boat anymore and he wanted to sell it, but I already had a boat, 
> so, he put a good price on the boat and I told him to give me 
> two weeks, that I was going to put mine for sale. So, I did, put 
> an ad on the news paper for the Spirit, got just one call, the 
> customer came, loved the boat and bought it, so I went with the 
> money and bought it.
> > 
> > Estancia was on its way to New Zealand when the PO made a stop 
> here, met a local girl, and the rest is history!!!!....According 
> to the PO, the original name was Silver Streak, and came from 
> Ventura, CA...
> >  Enough said, check the pics!!
> > Interior: PO have installed the shelf over the galley...Very 
> helpful, but made the interior look a lot smaller.. Check the 
> awefull varnish color, the refrigerator that replaces the table, 
> the drawers over the starboard settee, etc......
> > 
> > Exterior: Check the stern pushpit, the hard dodger, hard 
> bimini, no furling, and the awesome fenders!!!
> > 
> > The exterior results look better on a clip:
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KciuE-K-vdE
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Max Soto
> > C38 #198 ESTANCIA
> > Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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