Catboat “TANG”
Tang at her mooring in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Riding high and dry.
How we found her in May 2005 up on Lake Cayuga
A lot of work to do...
Transiting along the Erie Canal.
Meet the "Lock Stress Monster."
Motoring into the night, Erie Canal.
A typical Hudson River lighthouse.
David under the Verrazanno Bridge in lower New York harbor.
Tang's re-fit at Week's Yacht Yard begins in ernest March, 2006
Chris leading the project. Here he is scarfing a plank.
The result of 900 hours of scraping, sawing, screwing, schmooing and painting!
October 2006 transit from Week's down to Brooklyn with Judi and Flambe.
In the summer of 2005 my buddy Chris Ockler and I found “Tang”, a wooden catboat made in 1915 by the prestigious east coast Crosby boatyard.
Here you’ll see pictures of our adventures with her from the ‘rescue’ phase up at Beacon Bay Marina at Lake Cayuga, NY and our transit odyssey along the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River to sailing in our homeport off Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and our ‘refitting’ phase during the hot summer of 2006 out at Week’s Yacht Yard in Patchogue, Long Island.
Sailing large off Coney Island, Brooklyn!
Tang. 25 feet long. 10 foot beam. 38 foot mast.
Rescue work begins July 2nd, 2005 at Beacon Bay Marina.
Chris replacing Tang's foredeck.
Working while waiting for a lock to open on the Erie Canal.
David steadying Tang in Lock 17 World's Deepest Lock.
Cruising down the Hudson River.
A Manhattan homecoming!
Tang's gaff rig.
Our worksite for several months.
David following orders. Fitting butt-blocks in the cabin.
Chris' amazing brightwork.
Inland Waterway bridge crossing.
Looking forward to the 2007 Season!
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