Where's the pics? How much was the sail?

Scotty


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Steve,

Don't know where it was built? I ordered from North in Seatle but t
wasn ade er

Well got the new main up and got the shock of my life. It has a free
foot. My fault, didn't specify a shelf.


Holy mother of god.

RB

All the racers have loose footed mains, easier to take off also.
John Cairns
"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Well got the new main up and got the shock of my life. It has a free
foot. My fault, didn't specify a shelf. First time in fifty years have
a free footed main. The battens are about 6" shorter than my UK Main but
she sets nice. Just hoisted it at the slip. I had to pick the windiest
day in weeks. The Old Man just plain ran out of gas. Did get it on and
flaked on the boom before collapsing down below. Did just beat the worst
of the wind

Maybe I'll have a test sail this week-end and get some pictures

Jon, my sailmaker is towing his Melges 24 down to the Bay Area for the
"NOAK Regatta" and for practise for the WORLDS. If you see him give a
Hail. His name is Chris. Has a crew of four. No name on the boat yet.

I haven't met him face to face yet. Just telephone and withdrawal from
my VISA account. Seem like a nice guy. Know nothing about his sailing

"John Cairns" wrote:
All the racers have loose footed mains, easier to take off also.
John Cairns


That proves my point. If all races have loose-footed mains
then they are not as well-suited for cruising.

You idiots with your racing mentality make me want to
puke. Automobile racers use fuel cells instead of fuel
tanks; does that mean you should have a fuel cell in
your Toyota?

Stop already with the idiotic thinking that racing crap has
any place on a cruising boat.

S.Simon

You idiots with your racing mentality make me want to
puke. Automobile racers use fuel cells instead of fuel
tanks; does that mean you should have a fuel cell in
your Toyota?

Okay, raise you hand if you're sailing a Toyota.

Neal is an idiot AGAIN!

RB

Neal,

I wish you could have been here. You would have laughed your ass off. I
had to make a special trip to pick up bronze wool to clean the boom
track, so the outhaul car would travel cleanly. Removed the cunningham
hook so the sail would feed in and slide (that outhaul car hasn't been
that far up the boom in 14 years) The outhaul line is internal in the
boom and runs to the goose neck. I figured I could feed the bolt rope at
the mast and draw it home with the out haul.

With the wind piping up, I was going as fast as I could go. I took the
new main out of the bag, located the leech corner with out unrolling the
sail (so it wouldn't get blown into the water) Started to feed the foot
into the boom slot. Surprise,surprise. It wouldn't stay in the track. I
had spent over an hour on prep that wasn't necessary. By now the wind is
blowing, gangbusters.

One of my Dock buddies came aboard and helped me set the full battens.
He couldn't understand how they went. Had to explain how the pocket
closures worked. Thank the Lord he came to help. I wouldn't have made it
without him. I even mentioned your name and Bobsprit's. I gave thanks
neither one of you were here

Thought I'd give you a run down so you and RB could have your laugh

Ole Thom

So, what you're saying is, you like to sail as slowly as possible?
John Cairns

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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"John Cairns" wrote:
All the racers have loose footed mains, easier to take off also.
John Cairns



Stop already with the idiotic thinking that racing crap has
any place on a cruising boat.

S.Simon

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:38:52 -0400, "John Cairns"
wrote this crap:

So, what you're saying is, you like to sail as slowly as possible?
John Cairns

That way he can drink more beer.




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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:43:26 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote this crap:

"John Cairns" wrote:
All the racers have loose footed mains, easier to take off also.
John Cairns


That proves my point. If all races have loose-footed mains
then they are not as well-suited for cruising.

You idiots with your racing mentality make me want to
puke. Automobile racers use fuel cells instead of fuel
tanks; does that mean you should have a fuel cell in
your Toyota?

Actually, YES!

Even though there is a big difference between a Formula One car and
the family Toyota, there's much less difference between the family
cruiser, and a casual cruiser/racer.




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