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I have so much to be thankful for, and each of you on this forum are included in that.




I may not have gotten everything I want out of life, but I am so glad I never got what I deserved.

Paul

My wife has to work friday, so I am unsupervised. I hope to get the lazy jack installed you guys put me onto and maybe, just maybe, get her in the water one last time before they close the lake (Dec 1).

Paul

I'm pleasantly surprised to have 7 in Colorado - you have to drag them here. I know of one that is for sale. Really nicely kept. We may have to have a Colorado Dining In event!

Paul
(had to write something so leatherneck wouldn't include me in the absentees - I haven't posted for a while).

And, Lyle, did you have a license for hunting such a thing???

Scott,

I want to return to the original picture at the top of the thread. I wanted to do the same sort of support but... what keeps it from sliding side to side? Since I trailer extensively, and the roads in Colorado are not known for being straight, I want to make sure it doesn't move.

Paul

And Cynthia & I are in our 38th year, but we tell people we were born very young and then got married when we were two (as an arranged marriage). We met in high school chior but didn't date until I went away to college. We've moved all over the US together and still enjoy being a couple. As for ...

The Amazing Jeff is correct again! I googled it and here is the explanation:

http://www.blumhorst.com/potterpages/Ph ... -album.htm

So aparently this is not a stock rigging on our C-22's?

I'm just amazed at how the camo made the lawn tractor impossible to see!

Paul

The bottom portion of the main luff is different than the simple mains I have used. There is a line attached to an eyelet that doesn't seem long enough to use as a down haul. One of the sail slugs is attached to this line, but the slug above and below it are attached to the luff. I'd appreciate help...

Just read an article in Practical Sailor that asked the same question about shortening a sail. The quesiton boiled down to: 1) How much will you take off the bottom of the sail, and 2) What percentage decrease in sail area does this cause. In the case of the article, removing a foot from the bottom ...

Quite a day indeed, and once again rigid flexibility is called for. Glad you got to enjoy it!

Thanks, I hadn't considered the single strand aspect. Now I guess I'll have to re-wire my sprinkler system as well.


Paul
Snowing tonight (8 - 10") and snow expected again saturday

Wow, Capt Bondo! It was a scary Happy Place. Know the adreneline makes this all happen in a flash while at the same time it seems like it's taking forever to get it all accomplished. I'm so glad you and your boat will both be OK!

Paul

OK, since my last "way out there" thought didn't receive undue condemnation - here goes another. I talked with a wiring supply guy tonight and ran this concept by him with these caveats: 1) I sail fresh water only 2) I'm going all LED so I have very low amperage on all circuits 3) Everythi...

I had a really-way-out-there-wierd thought as I began planning my rewiring. Since I trailer my boat, and may even do some camping in it, I thought about putting a connector point at the top of my trailer winch tube with a matching connector just port of the forward nav light. While trailering a jump...

Couldn't make it out this weekend - temp 60. Hope to make it next weekend - forcast temp 43. Man is that lousy planning!

Paul

I like it. Didnt' realize during the discussion that you have a fixed keel. That explains the greater need for an increased tongue length. I had envisioned you keeping the coupling down even with the steel tubing to help lower the stern of the boat upon launch. I look forward to seeing pictures of i...

Hey, that's a good bow pulpit laying on the ground!

Paul

Less expensive, and they warp less if not quarter sawn.


Paul

Time to buy more printer ink! Thanks for the donation & thanks to both of you for taking the effort to get them available to us!!!

Paul

Actually, they mix too well. Just wanted to keep current with the topic

EE, how deep was the water in the box of the truck when you launched?

I like my Yukon! 5.3 V8 and towing package for the tranny on a one ton truck chasis. Bonus - I get 4 extra lug nuts that way! I've towed my 22 behind a '87 Ranger with the 2.9 V6. It was ok on the flat or going down hill, but we have a few steeper roads out here in Colorado and I was afraid the boat...

Non-pop with 4 boards, one very skinny, maybe 2" tall. Doesn't look like it broke off the other boards because it still has the tapered lower edge.

Paul

All right you guys... I see your pictures, main all nicely folded on the boom. I've tried it and the slick-as-snot sail material always dumps off one side or the other leaving me with a wad of sail cascading into the hatch/cockpit. Sailors of other vessels point and laugh at the ineptitude. What's t...

clair hofmann wrote: You might find that one thing you're looking for.
Clair

Or if you're like me you find a couple things you weren't looking for but now that you've seen them you don't know how you can live without them.

Happy sailing!

Paul

Yay! Thanks! Got my shirts day before yesterday and Cynthia promptly wore hers today as she headed out into the world. These are great. I'm waiting to wear my saturday when I take the boat out again!!!

Paul

Just a thought, Scott, I had the crank fall out of my jack and bought a new one and put it on. When I took the top off the old crank I found it's just a z bent piece of steel rod that goes through a bevel gear. The gear had a set screw to hold it in place on the rod. Could be that a new crank handle...

I can now call myself a trailer sailor! For you other experienced multiple erectors of the aluminum tube, what hardware mods have you made that deviate from the owner's manual in order to allow a quicker set-up and less time in the parking lot? I've already switched over to using racheting straps in...

My boom came without a usable gooseneck. I scrounged and retrofitted one from a Catalina but am not thrilled with the result. Do any of you folks have a part number or link to one you are using or would use for a C-22?