“Southern Star” - Bringing a 26m back to Adventure.

[MissionMac]

Hey all,

I’ve just picked up “Southern Star”, a BWY Boat, sold to Dave and Stella Bishop, back in ‘12. I believe Dave went by “menkalos” here and posted a few of his mods. They had a blog, and it suddenly stops, and from what I can deduce, it appears the boat was sold by them soon thereafter, and from what I can tell, it was untouched/unused since, and essentially parked on Bainbridge Island until a broker got a hold of it and I picked it up off of him. Its like a Time Machine and so strange…

Here’s the link to their old blog - https://daveandstella.wordpress.com/

It’s highly modified and has a ton of bells and whistles… radar, autopilot, full canvas kit (in great shape) line aft kit, rear seats, handles, water pump/rear underbed tank, dual 6v AGM… it has so many BWY parts, it’s like an advertisement for them and is almost immaculate.

I’ll post some updates as I get her set up over the winter and back on the water here in Portland, next spring.

Here’s what she looks like today





If anyone knows anything about it’s story, I’d love to know…

[LordElsinore]

Awesome! Congrats! Glad she is in the hands of someone that will use her. Mine is a 2012 as well that had a similar story. It's nice that these boats can still be found in good shape.

[MissionMac]

Thanks.

The only things needing care are just the result of neglect when storing her. The Jib Sail has a few repairable pieces to take care of, as it was kept uncovered on the roller furling and appears to have rubbed against a few places somewhere.

The boom/sail was left on when they dropped the mast, so it broke a few of the plastic/teflon slugs on the rail, at least they had it covered with the canvas sail cover. (Although that needed a crazy good scrubbing due to being under trees, or around algae)

The tanks in the back leaked, and are UV damaged, so they have to go and I have some work to do to get a bit of staining out from under one of them.

And of course all the sheets need replacement.

Otherwise electrical/engine/ bilge/ everything else looks amazing.

Just adding the BWY customizations up, if I wanted to buy them today would be insane (10k or so).

All in all there’s just a few things to get set before winter, and breaking it back down for storing.

[Be Free]

Congratulations on a great find! I look forward to hearing your adventures going forward.

[Russ]

Looks like a great boat. Congrats.

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