Sarah's Pictures

Sarah's Picture Gallery, Part 1

Here are some pictures of Sarah my 1978 Pearson 424 Ketch. Click on the thumbnails to view enlarged versions of the pictures. Most of these pictures were taken in the first two years I owned Sarah.
I have grouped the pictures on this page as follows:
Dockside and Under Way - Exterior pictures of Sarah
On Deck - Sarah's deck configuration

Sarah Dockside and Under Way
Sarah Under Power Photo by Jack Goodman	On the leftis a picture of Sarah under power on the Patuxent River. It was taken in 2000, shortly after I purchased and moved her from the West River to the Patuxent River. At time she still carried the previous owner's name ("Baroque") on the transom. After the initial months of paying the major yard bills that were required to get her into cruising shape I was tempted retain the name phonetically, but spell it "Brrrroke".
Sarah was berthed at the Town Creek Landing Marina in California, MD for the first 4 years of my ownership. This is a small privately owned marina with slips for about 12 boats, nearly all of which are sailboats. Sarah sat at the far end of the T-shaped pier which made it fairly easy for me to get underway and return to the dock when I was single-handing Sarah. To the right of Sarah is Saker , Tim Kirkpatrick's Sweden Yacht 38 that we raced to Bermuda in 1986 and 1988.	Sarah, Berthed in Town Creek, MD

Approaching the Jett's Dock From St. Leonard Creek Photo by Rod Jett	Approaching the Jett's Dock Photo by Rod Jett
The pictures above were taken as I was approaching Rod & Karen Jett's dock just off St. Leonard Creek. If we didn't have any other plans for Saturday night I usually stopped by their dock late in the afternoon, and we both would go across St. Leonard Creek to Rollins Cove for the night.
Motoring Toward the Choptank River Photo by Rod Jett	This is photo of Sarah motoring on a typical July 4th Chesapeake weekend. We are heading to Plaindealing Creek off the Tred Avon River for a weekend in Oxford.
Here and below are the few pictures I have of Sarah under sail. As I get more pictures of Sarah under way from friends I will keep adding them to this page. The picture on the right was taken on a very light air day on the Patuxent River in late summer or early fall of 2000. This picture shows the old main sail and genoa which have been replaced.	Ghosting on the Patuxent River Photo by Jack Goodman
These pictures below were taken by Joe Kewer from his Wauquiez Hood 38 while I was short-tacking in very light winds up St. Leonard Creek toward Rollins Cove. These pictures show the new 135% Genoa.
Photo by Joe Kewer	Photo by Joe Kewer
Photo by Joe Kewer	Photo by Joe Kewer
Photo by Joe Kewer	Photo by Joe Kewer
Photo by Joe Kewer	Photo by Joe Kewer
Photo by Joe Kewer	Later that day rafted up with Caurus (Nautilus 40) and Moonstruck (Columbia 9.6) in Rollins. Caurus has the hook down.

On Deck
Lewmar Ocean Hatches	This picture shows the Lewmar deck hatches I installed in 2000 - 2002. The original hatches on the Pearson 424's were Bomar cast aluminum hatches with screw down dogs. I never liked this type of hatch as they are time consuming and difficult to open, close and securely dog. So I have replaced all of the Bomar hatches, except the one over the shower stall, with Lewmar Ocean Series hatches.
The Pearson 424 has a very large cockpit. This is a somewhat of a liability for offshore sailing as it can hold a huge volume of water that will drain almost as fast through the hatch covers into the bilge as it will through the cockpit drains overboard. Still it is very comfortable place under sail and a great place to socialize at anchor. The off shore liability is manageable by prudent sailing in rough weather and large bilge pumps	Sarah's Cockpit