Picture of the Week
Aug. 31-Sept. 6
Skipper Ulrich von Hollen holds the motor and tiller steady while his two sons, Caspar and Konrad, work to raise the mainsail of their boat, Mariner #2249 OB-LA-DI off Noank, Connecticut. It was the final day of the Mariner Rendezvous to Mystic Seaport, and a steady wind greeted all nineteen boats as they motored down the Mystic River and entered Fisher’s Island Sound for the sail back to Niantic. This was the fourth Rendezvous they have attended since 2014, and it is a pleasure to watch Ulrich’s sons grow up and start to take more control of the boat. In this great shot, taken by Carlson Jones aboard Russell Houck’s #2129 RUSTLE, you can see Eric and Kathy Lesniak in the background about to raise the sails on their boat, #3485 SHOAL MATE.
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“…One of the most versatile sailing craft ever produced.”
-Practical Sailor
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.
The time has come to upgrade this website, and I will be working over the next few weeks to get things up and running as I’d like them to be.