"Thom Stewart" wrote:
Haggy;

Welcome back, from the old man.

How you coming with the Rig?

Ole Thom

I reckon we'll have enough money to do it next year. Hubby's van will be
paid off this January so that will pad out our savings big time!

Seahag

Seahag said; Hubby's van will be
paid off this January so that will pad out our savings big time

If it was us, that would mean the engine would suize up in February!

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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

You must have some plans. What's next for the boat?

Seahag wrote

I gave up making plans a long time ago. We almost cancelled the haul out
'cuz Bill had to shoot Regan's funeral. (He was on the capitol steps and
did all the crane shots.) Hopefully we'll cruise around locally and learn
how she handles.

Seahag

"Bart Senior" wrote:

Good luck. What are your plans for the season?

Right now I'm working on the exterior teak. I finally got Cetol on the cap
rail under the taffrail. We've finally come up with a do-able plan for the
mainmast support rebuild, so that might happen soon. The weather's getting
pretty hot and sticky so I don't know how much I can do.

Seahag

"Bart Senior" wrote:
You must have some plans. What's next for the boat?

Seahag wrote

I gave up making plans a long time ago. We almost cancelled the haul
out
'cuz Bill had to shoot Regan's funeral. (He was on the capitol steps
and
did all the crane shots.) Hopefully we'll cruise around locally and
learn
how she handles.

Seahag

"Bart Senior" wrote:

Good luck. What are your plans for the season?

Seahag said: The weather's getting
pretty hot and sticky ...

Must be nice...it finally stopped raining here...for what? you may ask?
How's about 58 F with the wind blowing out of the NW at 20 mph at the lake
at 3:30 pm? And it's supposed to go down to below 40 F there tonight, so we
came right back home...there were whitecaps on Muskegon Lake and the idea of
spending the night on the hook with no heater just didn't seem like a fun
thing...Maybe it will turn summertime tomorrow (miraculously...)
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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

Seahag wrote:
Right now I'm working on the exterior teak. I finally got Cetol on the cap
rail under the taffrail.

AAAACK... Cetol?!?!? What's the point?


... We've finally come up with a do-able plan for the
mainmast support rebuild, so that might happen soon. The weather's getting
pretty hot and sticky so I don't know how much I can do.

We're already at "hot & sticky." Temps hovering around 100 (38 C) on our
dock Saturday afternoon. Hordes of mostquitoes, too. What you do about
it is get up at 00:dark:30 and work by the pink light of dawn, then take
a nap in the air conditioning (or work on some different project down in
the nice cool engine room). Gotta make some adjustments to life down South.

What's up with mast supports? Are you switching to deck stepped masts?

BTW was it Bill who filmed that footage of the Clintons snoozing at
Reagan's funeral? I didn't see it but a couple of friends have mentioned
it... priceless!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"Seahag" wrote in message
...
The engine worked great, although Bill found the set screw was missing
from
the coupling, so we are really looking forward to traveling a bit this
season. I guess he had way less confidence in his rebuild than I did!
I've been burned out working on this boat for some time, but I'm feeling
inspired again!

Seahag

Welcome back, not sure where you've been, but I read a suggestion a while
back about zincs that might not be bad idea. The author suggested installing
a zinc on the shaft between the coupling and the packing gland, if something
happens to the coupling it could keep the shaft from falling out of the
boat.

John Cairns

The author suggested installing
a zinc on the shaft between the coupling and the packing gland, if something
happens to the coupling it could keep the shaft from falling out of the
boat.

A hose clamp works fine.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

"John Cairns" wrote:
"Seahag" wrote:L
The engine worked great, although Bill found the set screw was missing
from
the coupling, so we are really looking forward to traveling a bit this
season. I guess he had way less confidence in his rebuild than I did!
I've been burned out working on this boat for some time, but I'm feeling
inspired again!

Welcome back, not sure where you've been, but I read a suggestion a while
back about zincs that might not be bad idea. The author suggested
installing
a zinc on the shaft between the coupling and the packing gland, if
something
happens to the coupling it could keep the shaft from falling out of the
boat.


Sure couldn't hurt!

Seahag

That's where you've been! You actually, finally, topok your boat somewhere!
You should have stayed and made Bill get a part time job at McDonald's
nights to pay for the new spars....

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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