# Chester Yawl "DEVA" launched.

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [June 26, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088 "2013-06-26T18:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Jennings1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Jennings1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Mike_Jennings1)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/1 "2013-06-26T18:38:30Z")

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Now I don't know what to do with myself. If you would like to see the process please go to

\<http://www.flickr.com/photos/97996605@N05/9146834212/lightbox/\>

I posted this to honour those who went before me. Studying their photos helped and inspired me. Now you can see how not to do it.

Thanks All.

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**Author:** ![John\_Power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@John\_Power](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_Power)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/2 "2013-06-26T21:20:16Z")

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Hi, Chip,

I just visited your flicker site. &nbsp;You should be very proud of yourself, sir. &nbsp;You did a very nice job. &nbsp;She's a lovely boat. &nbsp;You say that you don't know what to do with yourself. &nbsp;I took my just completed Eastport Pram for her first sail today. But I know what to do with MYself: I'm gonna build another boat. &nbsp;Again, congratulations on a job well done.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Howard\_Molitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@Howard\_Molitch](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Howard_Molitch)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/3 "2013-06-27T00:36:58Z")

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Excellent job.&nbsp; Shes a real looker!

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Richardson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@Robert\_Richardson](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Robert_Richardson)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/4 "2013-06-27T06:04:01Z")

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Great job! I thought for a moment that you had a shmutz on your paint. Turns out that it was on my screen.

Seems that you already know what to do with yourself - - Enjoy her.

I liked the eagle.

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**Author:** ![Nancy\_Noyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@Nancy\_Noyes](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Nancy_Noyes)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/5 "2013-07-02T14:36:42Z")

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Deva is absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing this slide show. I'm sure it will pay forward the inspiration you found earlier, and then some. You ought to consider submitting the boat to the WoodenBoat "Launchings" page (http://www.woodenboat.com/boat-launchings).&nbsp;

If you wouldn't mind, we'd love to be able to borrow a couple of these shots to share a little more publicly.

Thanks again -- Nancy&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Jennings1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Jennings1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Mike_Jennings1)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/chester-yawl-deva-launched/41088/6 "2013-07-03T21:06:44Z")

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Thanks for your kind comments. It is as much a pleasure to row as it was to build and is to look at.

Mike.