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The Aldebaran Schooner Scrapbook

Posted April 14th, 2008 by Hayden

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The Aldebaran Schooner Scrapbook

This is the front page of the Aldebaran scrapbook.

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The Aldeberan Scrapbook

Aldeberan
Owners: Hayden and Fern Brown

Vital statistics for Schooner Aldebaran:

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Aldebaran is 70' over all; 54' on deck; 45' on the water line; 15' 8" beam and displaces 66,000 lbs.
Her power is 80 hp 4 cylinder diesel and 7.5 kw Onan generator (not yet comissioned),
Fuel capacity is 365 gal and water capacity is 260 gal
Bridge clearance is 67' at MLL water
I can cruise under power at 8.3 kts with a clean bottom
and have done as fast as 11 kts under sail with a following sea.
She carries 1771 sq ft working sail area and a suit of 13 sails,
Aldebaran has 34 belaying pins, and 93 blocks- all home built
along with 5 winches, 15 cleats and over 8600 feet of 5/8" spunflex running rigging.
But her finest characteristic is putting smiles on friends faces.

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The Aldeberan sailing in the San Francisco bay.

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Aldeberan sailing in the SF bay.

sailing on the schooner Aldebaran

The Aldeberan sailing hard to the Farallon islands.

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The schooner Aldeberan sailing in the San Francisco bay.

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On June 3rd, 2008 Brock Kennedy says:

Blast from the past. I helped on some of the hull layup on her when I was 13 years old. Hayden sailed with my family aboard the Moonraker during those years. I would love to hear from you Hayden.

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Hi Hayden - from Ken and Jane Kennedy

On June 4th, 2008 Sailor (anonymous) says:

Hi Hayden,

Brock sent this info and it was good to hear Hayden and Aldeberan still exist.
Sold Moonraker in 2004 after living aboard in Monterey for 6 years after retiring from Westinghouse.
We are both on the slippery reverse slope of our septegenerain season and getting more rickety-assed all the time but still hanging in there.
Take care of yourself and yours.

KEN & JANE KENNEDY

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Aldebaran and Moonraker

On June 5th, 2008 Hayden (not verified) says:

Good to hear from you guys.

My wife and I are also in that same age group and condition. My wife, Fern and I are sailing in the NorCal Pirate Festival this June 14th and 15th in Vallejo. We do Make-A-Wish sails on occasion; take foreign exchange students and Scout troops out, and have other pirate gun battles. We are going off shore occasionally. Our next adventure is to Long Beach and back the first few weeks in July.

Tell Brok I said Hi.

- Hayden

S/V Aldebaran