In the competitive spirit of sailing, I've set
a goal of being the first one sailing this year
at the boat club. Unlike most of the club that
depend on a one day crane rental for launching,
I'm dry sailing, so I am excused from all that
crap! grin I would love to be sailing while
everyone is sweating there boats around the yard!
Ha! Last fall, there were many jealous faces,
while I sailed the wonderful late season we had
and all the other boats were hauled.

This week, I pulled by boat to the club, prepped
my mast for stepping, debated whether I should
install a windex or not, and decided to go ahead
and install it since so many people sailing on my
boat can't tell where the wind is coming from.
Everything is ready to go.

Tomorrow I'll be stepping HOOTs mast, if I can
move one big boat mast and round up enough help.
I'll have to drop the boat in the water, and then
use a gin pole built into the opposite side of the
hoist boom, to drop it in, and then haul the boat
out again since my registration has not come in yet.

There is a fellow in the area who came up with a
good gin pole idea, to drop a mast in on the trailer,
which is a great idea if you want to haul the boat
around to various regattas.

I joined another yacht club last December, and have
a slip for the big boat, so I will likely be spending
most of the spring sanding. My pickup is loaded with
West System epoxy, filler, and sandpaper.

What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?


Bart Senior

Bart asked: What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?

Waiting to see if we'll be shipping Chanteuse to Fort Myers, Fl in June.

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

What will that cost?

Wouldn't it be more exciting to sail it down.

Bart

"katysails" wrote

Bart asked: What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?

Waiting to see if we'll be shipping Chanteuse to Fort Myers, Fl in June.

Bart asked: What will that cost?

Somewhere between 2k-3k...

Wouldn't it be more exciting to sail it down.

Yes, but there's a large time constraint seeing as how Mr Sails will be
living aboard while I sell the house up here....need it down there
pronto....

Bart


--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

I almost done teaching a beginning sailing class on a lake..
one more day. The best question so far was when one
of women students asked another male student, "Is that a
forward stay?" He replied, "It depends if you like me or not."

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www.sailnow.com

"N1EE" wrote in message
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In the competitive spirit of sailing, I've set
a goal of being the first one sailing this year
at the boat club. Unlike most of the club that
depend on a one day crane rental for launching,
I'm dry sailing, so I am excused from all that
crap! grin I would love to be sailing while
everyone is sweating there boats around the yard!
Ha! Last fall, there were many jealous faces,
while I sailed the wonderful late season we had
and all the other boats were hauled.

This week, I pulled by boat to the club, prepped
my mast for stepping, debated whether I should
install a windex or not, and decided to go ahead
and install it since so many people sailing on my
boat can't tell where the wind is coming from.
Everything is ready to go.

Tomorrow I'll be stepping HOOTs mast, if I can
move one big boat mast and round up enough help.
I'll have to drop the boat in the water, and then
use a gin pole built into the opposite side of the
hoist boom, to drop it in, and then haul the boat
out again since my registration has not come in yet.

There is a fellow in the area who came up with a
good gin pole idea, to drop a mast in on the trailer,
which is a great idea if you want to haul the boat
around to various regattas.

I joined another yacht club last December, and have
a slip for the big boat, so I will likely be spending
most of the spring sanding. My pickup is loaded with
West System epoxy, filler, and sandpaper.

What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?


Bart Senior

N1EE wrote:

What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?

Crewing on a Sonata, hoping to win races in the club's Easter Series - a 2nd
and a very marginal 3rd (by 3.8 seconds!) so far.


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Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk/music

What does the Sonata look like? I couldn't find any picture of it.

"Wally" wrote

N1EE wrote:

What exciting things are the rest of you doing this
spring?

Crewing on a Sonata, hoping to win races in the club's Easter Series - a 2nd
and a very marginal 3rd (by 3.8 seconds!) so far.

N1EE wrote:

What does the Sonata look like? I couldn't find any picture of it.

There are some photos and other info here...

http://www.sonata.org.uk/


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Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk/music

http://www.sonata.org.uk/

Nice looking little boats....

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

It looks just like a Ranger 22, only a bit
more expensive.

Thanks for the link Wally. Keep us informed
of you adventures.

Bart

"Wally" wrote

N1EE wrote:

What does the Sonata look like? I couldn't find any picture of it.

There are some photos and other info here...

http://www.sonata.org.uk/