On 23 Jul 2003 18:19:44 GMT, (SkitchNYC) wrote:

In the case of the boats I have owned, I much prefer to use a
sacrificial furling cover that is white. The only downside is that it
is possible, upon rerigging things to have the sail furling in the
opposite direction than was intended, with the result being the
sacrificial cover is on the inside, where it doesn't do any good.
That is a harder mistake to make with the standard dark furling cover,
but fairly easy with a white one.

Please explain how this can be. It seems that it would require turning the
drum the wrong way or running the leach up the foil, both of which seem pretty
easy to avoid.

A roller furler can furl clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on
the preference of the sailor as to which way to run the furling line.
Admittedly, once the thing is setup, I can't see how it could be
easily or mistakenly reversed, but sails are ordered with the furling
cover on either port or starboard and the drum can be setup to furl
clockwise or counterclockwise, so s*it happens. I can't really say
how those continuous line furlers work, as I have never sailed a boat
that had one. Perhaps therein lies another factor.

(Peter Wiley) wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:52:36 GMT, "Gilligan"
wrote:

4500 meters = 13,500 ft

OK, I'll give you that one. Momentary math error - ran out of fingers
converting from obsolete measurements to modern ones.

13,500' is high enough to be serious headache territory.

If you're starting from sea level, even 8,000 feet is sometimes enough
of a change to be edema territory (certainly headache territory), even
for experienced climbers who've previously not had problems with
altitude sickness(even when they were over 20,000 feet without O2).

If you've been living at 5,000 feet or so, then 8,000 shouldn't be
significant.

And that's my $.02,

Frank

CM,

I use a closed oar lock, which stays on the sweep.

You know that you can tie it off as the Orientals do and it will just
about teach you the proper action and oar position. Just think about the
angle of your prop. That is what I do.

OT

"jlrogers" wrote in message
y.com...
| Yeah, but I'm 61.

Congratulations! 6/10ths of your feasible lifespan. I'll be at 5/10ths in 2
years.

I'll certainly aim for running a mile faster than 5 minutes at that age.

CM

I turned 54 last May.
Mark


On 22 Jul 2003 13:24:02 GMT, (CANDChelp) wrote:

How old are you children? I'm just wondering how many of you can act so
childish, when you're in your twilight years!

Bobsprit = 40
I turn 41 in November....A Scorpio.

RB