She's been around, from the East Coast to Guam and back.
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."
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?
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-29/news/vw-6550_1_newport-beach
38, not 59. Attention...
Here are photos of the Pride of Newport.
I haven’t stuck or burnt a rod in a few years, but yes, that was all my handywork.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116136,00.html
I remember it because I had trouble getting to work that morning...:^)
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...
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
Nevermind - looks like a Bruce Roberts kit.
Very well done - I hope she brings tons of pleasure.
She's been around, from the East Coast to Guam and back.
I had 100 feet of plate rolled by the steel company and delivered. This shot shows the individual sections tacked in place.
Bill Cosby is a very funny fellow....RIGHT?
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.
It was a joke.
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
Just tell them ‘tomorrow’
“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.
Looks like an aerial of the Ark on Mt Arafat (sp?)...
The scraping & re-painting chores go on forever, don’t they?
I was always a very driven individual, who was always driven by the beat of a different drummer, to mix metapohrs.
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