Tuesday, June 28, 2016

boat history

test sail on 20 April 2016
We first visited Elixir on 20 April 2016. The boat was a few miles from our house at the north end of Lake Washington. We bought it a few days later. We got it cheap because it came with a long list of deferred maintenance items.

The current owner daysailed it for twelve years. It had been raced in Olympia previously. Before it was renamed Elixir by that owner, it was Impatience. It was Leading Edge before that. According to the previous owner in Olympia it was one of a dozen or so Aphrodite 101s brought to Seattle by a group of racers.

Information about the Aphrodite 101 in general is here.
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  1. peninsulasailing@gmail.comApril 9, 2017 at 1:31 PM

    My dad, Dr. Paul McCullough, was original owner of "Leading Edge" back in the late 70s. I believe he was the original dealer of Aphrodite 101s in the PNW. My brothers and I sailed her extensively while growing up on Port Orchard Bay in the Manette neighborhood of east Bremerton. We hosted some one design regattas.

    My dad eventually donated her to Seattle University, where her decline in the hands of college students undoubtedly began. I spotted Elixir off Edmonds Marina today, 4/9/2017, sporting what appeared to be graphite sails. She was looking terrific.
    Richard McCullough, Seattle

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