Got out today for about a four hour sail. Conditions about perfect for a
winter sail. Wind about 10 Knts and Temp 52 degrees

Added some picture to my home page. I added a pic of the Clew strap for
Neal but it's dark. I'll get a better one for you ole buddy.

Got a couple of inside the Pilothouse

Ole Thom


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Thanks for the pictures, Ole Thom.

The pilot house and crew are handsome but that clew strap looks pretty frayed.

Too bad you have to resort to Mickey Mouse methods like that. If you had a
decent, shelf-footed mainsail with sliding slug just forward of the clew
cringle like I have on my fine Hong Kong sail, you would not have to jury
rig something.

Glad you got out for a sail. I suppose I need to add you to the real sailors
list. Unlike many others half your age and less you don't allow your poor
choice of geographical areas keep you from sailing.

I'll drink to that . . .

CN

CN

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Got out today for about a four hour sail. Conditions about perfect for a
winter sail. Wind about 10 Knts and Temp 52 degrees

Added some picture to my home page. I added a pic of the Clew strap for
Neal but it's dark. I'll get a better one for you ole buddy.

Got a couple of inside the Pilothouse

Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/NutsysTelescopic

Neal,
The Clew strap isn't for the sail!! It is FOR THE BOOM. A boom that was
meant to take a bolt rope footed main is compromised badly with a free
footed, two point vertical down hold. The Clew strap takes the strain
away from the BOOM SLOT. A single slug helps (?) but for the price of a
small piece of line or a strap, that slides on the boom and lets the
outhaul do the job it was intended to do is my choice.

Hope you never need it.

Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/NutsysTelescopic

Neal,

Be kind to the NE and GL sailors. They are truly Iced in.

We on the West Coast do get a milder winter. Not as good as you do but
we don't have to put our boats on the hard and we can take advantage of
the good days.

Believe me when I say the inside helm is worth its "Weight in Gold" out
here in Latitude 48. We used it coming home yesterday as the Temps
dropped.

Didn't get the Spinnaker Run I was hoping for coming in. Wind stayed out
of the North. Broad Reached all the way home. Making 6 to 7 knots all
the way home. About 12 miles in distance.

Don, my crew, showed up with only one Daughter. The other got engaged
yesterday

Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/NutsysTelescopic

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Neal,

Be kind to the NE and GL sailors. They are truly Iced in.

I say screw them, their mangy dogs and their decommissioned
boats. Nobody has forced them to live where they are living.
If they were sailors they would move to warmer climes.


We on the West Coast do get a milder winter. Not as good as you do but
we don't have to put our boats on the hard and we can take advantage of
the good days.

Smart man to live where you can sail most of the year. Feel proud of that
fact. Revel in the glory of putting sailing first as that is the true test of
a sailor.


Believe me when I say the inside helm is worth its "Weight in Gold" out
here in Latitude 48. We used it coming home yesterday as the Temps
dropped.

I can see where it would be quite civilized. Your pilot house is a good
compromise and when I get older I might consider one for myself. If it
allows me to sail into old age then it's a good thing.

Didn't get the Spinnaker Run I was hoping for coming in. Wind stayed out
of the North. Broad Reached all the way home. Making 6 to 7 knots all
the way home. About 12 miles in distance.

Broad reaching is my favorite point of sail and one can sure make some
good time that way. Take a big genoa and pole it out, harden the main
a bit more than necessary and you will go about as fast that way as you
would with a spinnaker.


Don, my crew, showed up with only one Daughter. The other got engaged
yesterday

She's cute but too old for me ;-)

CN

What a pilot house got to do with old age?

While your sweating in the dog days of August those with AC cooled
pilot houses will be enjoying a nice cool retreat. While your soaked to
the bone and shivering as a January south bound sqawl rolls over you in
the Gulf ...those in pilots houses will be warm and dry amazed at how
cold it is outside.

Yelp Pilot House vessels are far superior than any other type of
steering station. Only disadvantage is a limited views of the stars and
moon. But thats what the autopilot is for right?

Joe

The weather down here is nice... probably going sailing tomorrow.

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"j" ganz @@
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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Neal,

Be kind to the NE and GL sailors. They are truly Iced in.

We on the West Coast do get a milder winter. Not as good as you do but
we don't have to put our boats on the hard and we can take advantage of
the good days.

Believe me when I say the inside helm is worth its "Weight in Gold" out
here in Latitude 48. We used it coming home yesterday as the Temps
dropped.

Didn't get the Spinnaker Run I was hoping for coming in. Wind stayed out
of the North. Broad Reached all the way home. Making 6 to 7 knots all
the way home. About 12 miles in distance.

Don, my crew, showed up with only one Daughter. The other got engaged
yesterday

Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/NutsysTelescopic

Pilot houses are inherently dangerous because they limit one's
ability to hear outside noises and they limit visibility. They are
no substitute for sitting in the cockpit steering with a tiller as
God intended man to sail.

But when one gets old, one's senses fail anyway and one cannot
see well and one cannot hear well so one may as well huddle in
the comfort of a pilothouse. It's better than staying home though
it's not as good as cockpit sailing enjoying God's blue seas.

CN


"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...
What a pilot house got to do with old age?

While your sweating in the dog days of August those with AC cooled
pilot houses will be enjoying a nice cool retreat. While your soaked to
the bone and shivering as a January south bound sqawl rolls over you in
the Gulf ...those in pilots houses will be warm and dry amazed at how
cold it is outside.

Yelp Pilot House vessels are far superior than any other type of
steering station. Only disadvantage is a limited views of the stars and
moon. But thats what the autopilot is for right?

Joe

"JG" wrote in message ...
The weather down here is nice... probably going sailing tomorrow.


It's about time . . .

CN

Capt. Neal® wrote:
Pilot houses are inherently dangerous because they limit one's
ability to hear outside noises and they limit visibility. They are
no substitute for sitting in the cockpit steering with a tiller as
God intended man to sail.

BULLCRAP.
EG That's what you have "lookouts" for.
Better one person can stay warm/cool and dry to concentrate on the
overall picture.

otn