"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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On Jun 26, 11:42 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message

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Hi, folks,

We're replacing our standing rigging in a couple of weeks and will
have available the workhorse Harken II (or 2?), version 2 furler and
foils (1" cross section, 1.1" depth, dual slot) available. We have
the replacement pins for securing the sections of the foil together,
so will disassemble it, and have also the owner's or maintenance
manual (forget which; it's buried in my HD). This unit has worked
flawlessly for us, snip

Thanks for the chuckle, Skippy. Seems like I recall quite recently where
you
had to motor halfway across the Gulf Stream with your genny all twisted up
and flogging and ended up having to have extensive repairs to it because
of
your malfunctioning wind-up rig?

Wilbur Hubbard

: Heh, nice try. Your memory's obviously failing in your dotage. The
: furler worked just fine. It was operator error while in a rush. Read
: the post again. Meanwhile, we'll prolly be in the Bahamas for more
: than a year. You gonna come over and have a beer, and embarrass us
: with your much faster boat, or are you going to be our guest?

Well, I thought those wind-up things were supposed to be foolproof? Simple
and uncomplicated and totally reliable - yah right! Face it, they are an
accident waiting to happen.

There's a chance I might be able to get back to the Abacos for a few months
after hurricane season ends this year. As I am a real sailor I know full
well the frustration of trying to sail during the summer months as well as
the danger of being caught somewhere in the path of a hurricane with no safe
harbor in sight. These are things perhaps you should consider, Skippy.
Reliable sailing winds won't be forthcoming until Nov-Dec, don't you know.
And, of course, since my blue water yacht is my home I see little need to
impose on yours. (I think the smell of diesel and cheap perfume would give
me a headache, anyway, no offense.)

And my fine blue water yacht will sail circles around the "Wallowing Pig"
since you have the poor thing so loaded down with crap that she probably
floats at least a foot below her LWL.
I suppose much of the extra, useless dead weight involves ""amenities" for
the distaff side" you know, things like blow driers, bubble bath, buckets of
NAIR, gallons of nail polish, gallons of hair shampoo and rinse along with
500 gallon tanks of fresh water to rinse all that slippery crap off, not to
mention quarts of headache-causing perfumes and deodorants and greasy,
staining make-up. Yuck! Probably gallons of skin creams and wrinkle removers
as well. Older women can be such a waste of space. So vain. So much trying
to look and act young but ending up looking silly and matronly in spite of
everything they try. But, perhaps your fine wife is an exception. Oh, BTW,
has she learned on which side of a channel marker to sail yet?

But, where was I, oh yes - and, with those totally inefficient, wind-up
sails Pig's even slower than a properly rigged yacht that uses proper,
traditional, hanked-on, head sails. Also you drag a big three-bladed prop
and carry a big, heavy pig of a smelly diesel engine to turn it and heavy
tankage all of which takes at least a knot off your top speed in anything
short of a full gale.

sigh There are just too many people who have enrolled in the "Bruce in
Bangkok" school of sailing where bigger is better who end up being
motorboaters with bare masts along for the ride. So sad. Such pretenders. .
..

Wilbur Hubbard