Hi all: For some entertainment and a lesson on what NOT to do take a look at this series of photos. http://sfsurvey.com/photos/sail/index.htm mike of About...
Wow, Mike what great scenery.Where was the photo taken? Carole lugerboats@yahoogroups.com wrote: There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1....
Folks, Our Luger Southwind Lil' Fishie is in the Shelton marina in Oakland Bay, Puget Sound. At last. She is a 1976 model and spent the last 20 years in a barn...
Congratulations: Glad to hear all went well.Truly, the fun has just begun. Up here in the Land of the Maple leaf we are 2-3 weeks away from the start of our...
For anyone interested: A 1977 Tradewinds was spotted on eBay, auction includes a motor and trailer. Location is in Tennessee. eBay item # 4542063983 The...
Hello I am very new to sailling....in fact so new I have never been in the water in a sail boat. I have recently bought a 16' Leeward in a small state of...
Ryan: Congratulations on your sailboat purchase, and I applaud your enthusiasm. I bought my first sailboat before I knew how to sail, too. It's great...
Thanks a lot ryan ... http://www.hereintown.net/~jsiehler/LeewardStartPage/LeewardStartPage.ht ... http://www.hereintown.net/~jsiehler/Rigging/Rigging.html ......
Ryan, If it is any help, I'm currently working on my Luger 16' Leeward. I'm documenting the work on a web site: http://www.geocities.com/georgeoasprynetcom/ ...
After 2 1/2 weeks of summer like weather I awoke to find the ground snow covered. About Time is ready to launch but ALL the work at the club is not completed...
Hello Ryan I was in the same boat as you a few years ago. I have done extensive research online looking for palces who carry marine hardware. Here are three...
Ryan: Tom is right, many of us were in the same boat as you when we first acquired our previously owned Lugers. Even if our boat needed minimal attention, a...
A Luger Tradewinds (with trailer) was spotted on eBay - here are the particulars: Auction ends: May 8th, on Sunday evening. Current bid: $805.00 (reserve...
Hi all: Any of you fine folk who live near the Erie Canal have a chance to see the S/V Dennis Sullivan making its way to Lake Ontario. They were around lock 17...
Hi all: I am forwarding photos to Joanie that might be of interest to other Luger Tradewinds -- Fairwinds owners. Joanie will be posting them to the "About...
This afternoon while taking part in our home club Open House the forestay deck plate failed allowing the mast to come down. Upon inspect it was discovered that...
I was able to get a look at my old 1973 Luger 21 ft Windward and the forestay deck fitting on that boat is the same as the one on my Tradewinds that failed. A...
Since Mike has us checking our forestay deck fittings anyway, we shouldn't stop there. For example, Luger recommends an annual inspection of Part #40894 - The...
When I first began collecting the old Luger catalogs, I wasn't sure how to match/pair the catalog year and the "catalog edition". For some reason, Luger...
I've noticed that ads can get lost on message boards; re-listing an item to make it "fresh" can lead to confusion; and sometimes items remain posted long...
Hi all: Well I'm loaded up and ready to head east for the Thousand Islands and a week long cruise with members of the Trailer/Sailer Association. This will be...
Hey Mike - It's been about a week now, and we're hoping everything went well, and "About Time" did an excellent job (in not needing repairs AND in holding her...
Hi Joanie: All was well on our week long cruise. There were only 5 boats this year(had as many as 15 other years). the fleet consisted of a Hunter 23, ...
Mike: Sounds as though you had a blast - - and hey, we're glad you chose to keep the Luger, too. :-) Fingers crossed for another successful run in another...
Hi all ; As some may know the jib on my boat is self tending and uses a boom along its foot.This feature makes for a lazy mans boat as both the main and jib...