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by PA_Sailor
Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:40 pm
Forum: General Chrysler Sailing Discussion
Topic: New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 25666


My father in law had a rural mail route in the valley that formed the lake. We drove through there while they were getting ready to start flooding. They left all the houses there.


Neat story. My Uncle was a LT at Graterford Prison when they were building the lake. He spent two years there with ...
by PA_Sailor
Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:55 am
Forum: General Chrysler Sailing Discussion
Topic: New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 25666

All the running riggng on my boat is 3/8 and it works well. Just gets a little tight on the mast cleats for the main and head sail haylards. If you are thinking about replacing the wire portion of the haylards then I would not increase the diameter.

Yeah, those small mast cleats were my only area ...
by PA_Sailor
Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:15 pm
Forum: General Chrysler Sailing Discussion
Topic: New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 25666

Wow guys, thanks for all of the responses and greetings! I will be keeping the boat at the marina on Lake Nockamixon (about an hour north of Philadelphia).

I actually found the stop in a box of hardware, thanks.

I have another question. I am replacing the running rigging and was thinking of ...
by PA_Sailor
Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:49 pm
Forum: General Chrysler Sailing Discussion
Topic: New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 25666

Welcome aboard ! We have a member or two that sail C20's, and they love them..I can answer the question about the boom being held up when the sails are down. You can either drop a line from the backstay down to the end of the boom, or a line (often adjustable and called a topping lift) from the ...
by PA_Sailor
Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:27 pm
Forum: General Chrysler Sailing Discussion
Topic: New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!
Replies: 20
Views: 25666

New Chrysler Owner/New Sailor...Have a few boat questions!

Hi everyone. I just bought a C-20, which I am getting ready to put on a local lake for the season. I sailed a Sunfish when I was a kid but this is my first real boat. I have the manual for the boat (downloaded online) but it is a little vague in a few areas.

Today I put the mast up in my driveway ...