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Black Magic,
US ????
Last update: 2024
197? Plan Peterson, Contessa 35
#??, (black with gold stripes)
1977 OT North Americans: 2e/?
1978 San
Diego Yachting Cup: ?e/??, Max
GORDON
From Facebook 2018,
1979 La Paz Race: 1st/21
1980 November
"Latitude 38", For Sale
1982 October "Latitude
38",
198?
New owner and new name, with new blue paint
Blue
Blaiser, US 8668
1987 1987 IOR Season, San Francisco Bay: 3e/?? IOR II, Bill LEROY
1989 20 May, Stone Cup, 10,4 NM: 5e/9 Div C, Bill LEROY
1991 February "Latitude
38",
1993
18 June, South Tower Race, 140 NM:
1st/5 Div II, John
GREEN
2012 31 August, Windjammer's Race: 1st/6 B Class cruising division, Michael SHINSKY
From 2013 forum "Heard a story about a Contessa 35 (Peterson design) called Black Magic. Owned by Max Gordon. As the story goes, Gordon cut some kind of deal to get some carbon from a gut he knw in the biz. Supposedly the stringers and ribs, ruder/stock and some foredeck reinforcement. The story goes the boat did quite well, bu I can't find any info on her. Later the boat was sold, painted blue and renamed Blue Blazer. Supposedly the next oiwner became a 2 boat owner and Blue Blazer wasn't selling. Then she mysteriously was "stolen" and "recovered" minus the boom, backstay, cushions, a couple of winch drums and stove. Just enough for an insurance total. Kinda like to know how much of the story is true and how much made up. Ther IOR days sure had some fun."
20??
New owner
Black
Magic, US ????
2023 Refit
2024 Comment &
pictures from Facebook, "Taking new to us CO35
for the first time out in the SF bay. She performed like a champ, hitting 8.5
knots in moderate winds flying only a jib. All that despite the rust, both literally
and figuratively, caused by the elements and years of neglect. She a rescue
on a way to the chop block. Stay tuned for more updates as we will be slowly
bringing her back to her former glory. If anyone in the group knows this boat,
please let me know. The name on the transom is faded but one of the words is
Blazer(?). It would be fun to trace down her history. There were only three
CO35s on the US West Coast that I can tell."
From Facebook "She’s Black Magic,
fka Blue Blazer and now returned to her original name. You can clearly see the
old name under the stripped coat of blue paint. With the bottom and hull done,
next comes the deck on the (long!) list of this revival of a champ project."
May, From Facebook