Alaskan Squall - The End

[jimp]

With sadness and relief, the 22 year effort to dry out the 1968 Squall in the garage is over. I gave up. She started life as a rowing Squall and I found her in 2002 as a mailbox in Thane, Alaska weighing 484 pounds.

At her last weigh in last July she was down to 159 pounds. But time and age (mine) said it was time to go. Plus a huge opportunity presented itself with a dumpster to help my neighbor move only 50' away.

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I've had Whalers since 1966 (except 1981-1988), the Squall is my last (maybe).

She was originally featured in Cetacea Page 67

https://continuouswave.com/whaler/cetac ... age67.html

[jimh]

That the SQUALL never made it back into the water is a sad twist to the long and interesting story.

[frontier]

Seems like someone should write a song about this great Squall - along the lines of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

[jimp]

JimH - With sadness...

JimP

[Masbama]

Did you ask around to see if someone wanted it? The hull in the dumpster covered with garbage is a sad picture.

[jimp]

Masbama - Didn't ask. Opportunity knocked with the open dumpster. Would have been a major project for somebody. And fiberglass is not the most popular dinghy in Alaska. Aluminum much better for rocky beaches.