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Man ordered to remove 72-ft boat from yard
upi ^ | March. 5, 2012

Posted on 03/06/2012 6:13:25 AM PST by JoeProBono

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., A California man who has spent the past six years restoring a 72-foot ship in his yard said the city is ordering him to get rid of the boat.

Dennis Holland, who has been restoring the Shawnee, a 1916 ketch, at his Newport Beach home, said city officials obtained a court injunction giving him until April 30 to get rid of the vessel, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Deputy City Attorney Kyle Rowen said Holland faces fines of up to $1,000 per day or possible jail time if he does not comply with the injunction, which was issued Thursday by Superior Court Judge Gregory Munoz.

Holland is accused of not abiding by an ordinance requiring him to obtain a permit. He said officials would not grant him a permit because he could not give them an estimated date of completion.

"Mr. Holland has been in violation of city laws for many years and has had ample opportunity to move the boat to a suitable location," City Attorney Aaron Harp wrote in an email Friday. "The city is hopeful that Mr. Holland will comply with the court order and move the boat to a suitable location that is consistent with applicable laws."

Holland said the ordinance he is accused of violating was passed in 2009 and he did not break any laws when he originally began the project.

"I can't move the boat," Holland said Friday. "The city's going to have to come in and destroy it. I don't have the heart to."


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To: Hardraade

59. Just an observation, naked carpentry is usually a bad idea.
No kidding - hitting your thumb hurts badly enough ...


60. It is. I suggest fitting it with a good ol 5-incher and testing it on city hall.

Unrelated posts?


61 posted on 03/06/2012 8:17:32 AM PST by dangus
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To: All
Building wooden Ships are his thing I watched him build this one in Santa Ana Heights.

http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-29/news/vw-6550_1_newport-beach

http://www.ocean-institute.org/programs/spirit.html

62 posted on 03/06/2012 8:20:09 AM PST by troy McClure
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To: dangus

38, not 59. Attention...


63 posted on 03/06/2012 8:27:53 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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To: All

Here are photos of the Pride of Newport.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Spirit+of+Dana+Point&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7GGLL_enUS385&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GztWT_24DqbQiALNxO3HBw&ved=0CD8QsAQ&biw=1341&bih=600


64 posted on 03/06/2012 8:31:14 AM PST by troy McClure
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To: gettinolder

I haven’t stuck or burnt a rod in a few years, but yes, that was all my handywork.


65 posted on 03/06/2012 8:39:09 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: red-dawg
This guy worked on his for 25 years, and then it broke falling off a trailer on the way to Marina del Rey.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116136,00.html

I remember it because I had trouble getting to work that morning...:^)

66 posted on 03/06/2012 8:40:11 AM PST by az_gila
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To: Travis McGee

Travis - How did you shape the hull plates? Was there a form you placed flat sheets into? Did you purchase the sheets formed?

I get the welding - but the forming seems exceedingly difficult.

Beautiful result...


67 posted on 03/06/2012 9:13:26 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: muir_redwoods

LOL that was my though also when I saw the picture...good bodies on those boys but no protection from little accidents....:O) we must both live in realville not artisticville


68 posted on 03/06/2012 9:34:01 AM PST by goat granny
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To: Triple; Travis McGee

Nevermind - looks like a Bruce Roberts kit.

Very well done - I hope she brings tons of pleasure.


69 posted on 03/06/2012 9:47:56 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple
No kit, the only thing I used from the Bruce Roberts 434 plans were the frame shapes. Every other detail was my own. I even increased the frame spacing from 44 to 46 inches. Along with higher freeboard, a straight sheer, and a transom angle matching the 45* bow, this increased her from 44'to 48' LOA.

She's been around, from the East Coast to Guam and back.


70 posted on 03/06/2012 10:12:51 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Triple; gettinolder
PS: as you can see in the single-frame picture posted above, it's a "radius chine" with a 30" radius section between two "hard chine" panels.

I had 100 feet of plate rolled by the steel company and delivered. This shot shows the individual sections tacked in place.


71 posted on 03/06/2012 10:23:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: dfwgator

Bill Cosby is a very funny fellow....RIGHT?


72 posted on 03/06/2012 10:35:08 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Just because someone thinks it's a good idea doesn't make it legal.)
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To: Travis McGee

Very impressive - You must have a tremendous sense of pride in her.

(You deserve to.)

In the grand score card of accomplishments you have, at least :

Made navy SEAL
Written several novels
Built and sailed your own boat

Pretty cool.


73 posted on 03/06/2012 12:59:56 PM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Hardraade

It was a joke.


74 posted on 03/06/2012 1:06:09 PM PST by dangus
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To: dfwgator

cubit= 18”, long cubit 21”
72’ x 12” = 864” / 18” = 48 cubits
72’ x 12” = 864” / 21” = 41.142 long cubits
Bill Cosby says”RIGHT!”.
LOL


75 posted on 03/06/2012 1:26:30 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO)
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To: carriage_hill

Just tell them ‘tomorrow’


76 posted on 03/06/2012 3:46:01 PM PST by thatjoeguy (MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We are so going in ! !)
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To: thatjoeguy

“Tomorrow” would mean another day of fines, I’m thinking, according to the article. “Never” would be a hard way to calculate a fine, wouldn’t it?

Just thinking out loud, t.


77 posted on 03/06/2012 3:52:38 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like an aerial of the Ark on Mt Arafat (sp?)...


78 posted on 03/06/2012 3:57:29 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: moehoward

The scraping & re-painting chores go on forever, don’t they?


79 posted on 03/06/2012 4:00:33 PM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: Triple

I was always a very driven individual, who was always driven by the beat of a different drummer, to mix metapohrs.


80 posted on 03/06/2012 4:17:19 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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