LAUNCHED!

It was a great day on May 23, 2015 when we launched Ragna the Gartside Riff that was built by our club with Arnt Arntzen as lead boat builder and lots of help from our members.  It is a cedar strip with epoxy and fibreglass hull.  The sail was constructed in a workshop with our members and lead by Bob Ennenberg.

We had a professional photographer Gaetan Nerincx at the launch and his lovely pictures can be seen at Gaetan’s photos

 Here are the plans for the Riff

The launch was well attended with members and visitors.

             rigging the sail

          CBC French TV came down to cover the story

    She is named after Arnt’s Norwegian grandmother.

Ed and Louise came down in the boat he built to help with the festivities.

                   Arnt thanking the Maritime Museum, OLAS board and

               members and all the visitors who came by today.

members are using her … photo by Daniel Friesen