Picture of the Week
October 26-November 1
What a neat place to explore by Mariner! That’s skipper Joe Davis’s boat, #2173 LUFFY, and he writes, “Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit in the 9+ hour drive for the Rendezvous this year, but my brother and I did manage to do a boat camping trip to Lake Jocassee in upstate South Carolina. Not a lick of wind all weekend, but still a great trip. Jocassee is beautiful, clear and relatively secluded.” The lake is actually a 7,500-acre, 300-feet deep reservoir created in 1973 and covers the area used in the filming of the Burt Reynolds film Deliverance produced just a year earlier. It has a fascinating history and features several incredibly picturesque waterfalls that flow directly into it. The Mariner is a perfect boat for this kind of exploration.
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“…One of the most versatile sailing craft ever produced.”
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ORION is a 1970 O’Day Mariner 2+2, hull number 1922, one of nearly 4,000 Mariners built by the O’Day Sailboats Corporation in Fall River, Massachusetts. She spent much of her life in New Jersey before I bought her in early spring, 2007 and brought her home to Connecticut. This website features my many projects, pictures and stories with the hope they may provide inspiration for others.
I got an e-mail and text from the East Lyme Harbormaster with an urgent storm preparation advisory directing all East Lyme mooring holders to “implement full storm protocols.”