Day: October 15, 2020

15/10/2020

I slept well last night and seemed to be adjusted to the stillness.

Opened a can of Bob’s baked beans put on the stove,added an egg on top, actually tasted quite good. Should add some cheese too.

J had been in touch with Ed Horstman, who designed Mustang, and Ed put the daughters of Al Coban (deceased), who built Mustang, in touch with J. His daughters sent some photos of the boat at early stage and told stories about their parents. They were delighted to learn that their father’s beloved boat is still in sailing condition today.

Our Mustang was built in Seattle in 1975-1976. It was rumoured that its designer, Ed Horstman, had passed away and J found his email on internet and sent him an email, which the old man returned! Says he’s in his 90’s also says that the people who said he’s dead must be his competitors.

J sent him pictures of the Mustang and he immediately recognized it was the boat built by Al Coban, back in the days Ed always drove his sports car to Al’s house and they had a lively discussion about the details of the boat. (I did find out later that there were a lot of ergonomic details on Mustang) The boat was named Mistral when it was first built, which means a monsoon in southern France. Don’t know which previous owner changed it to Mustang. I actually prefer the name Mustang because I first heard of the word is from an excellent Turkish film called ‘Mustang’, which tells the story of five beautiful, untamed maidens who defy the shackles of tradition. So Mustang means freedom to me.

It is said that when the boat was launched, it always received compliments. I remembered the first time I saw it two months ago and was attracted not only by its name, but also by the minimalistic 70s style.

In the afternoon, we took down the oven with stovetop from the old boat Dagmar’s for cleaning. I found a formula online: half cup of dishwashing liquid, one and a half cups of baking soda, and 1/4 cup of white vinegar, stirred it into a paste, rubbed it on the surface and leave it overnight, but we couldn’t wait to started brushing it up right after we applied it. The results were still great. Some of rusty stains we couldn’t get rid of, so we have to put a protective coating on it.

Lao Gan Ma stir fire chicken for dinner.