Capt.Mooron wrote:

I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend.
(Is there such a thing?? :-)

Sure was a blast.....

CM

What about the fishing?

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message

What about the fishing?

I think they were shy of the rain.... didn't want to get wet and all. :-)

We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday
and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though.

CM

Capt Mooron wrote:
We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday
and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though.


What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have
to get a special license?

DSK

Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape.


Capt.Mooron wrote:
3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more
work then I anticipated.


That's always the way.

OTOH it is the only way to ensure your vessel is 100% right.



Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any
measurements? Very useful info.


Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to
measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of
if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors
[ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment /
rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.]



It was primarily rake & tension that I was thinking of.
Measuring sheet & halyard tension sounds like a great idea;
what about the shrouds? What about measuring the rake?


You got a tan in 1 weekend?


Yeah!.... what's odd about that?

I guess it's the latitude. Down here your skin would peel
off in scorched chunks and leave shiny pink scar tissue. Not
healthy.






Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures!


Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and
the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend.
(Is there such a thing?? :-)


Not really.
If you're racing, a bad weekend is when you finish poorly
and don't have a good excuse. Cruising is much simpler.

DSK

Many years ago I visited in Seattle. It rained every day the first
two weeks. I asked a kid I saw on a bicycle if the sun ever
came out.

He said, "How would I know, I'm only six!"

"DSK" wrote

Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little
drizzle?

Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.

Bart

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay

Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at
various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts
at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was
in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery
charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get
sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW
course aprox 6 nm off the coast

You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the
rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the
crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in
15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's
Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire"
who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East
Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6
gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing
on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field.

We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied
into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It
wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say
hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through
the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear.

Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to
25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once
we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook
Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past
Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed
Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to
fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well....

The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the
bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for
sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof.
The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the
Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend.

I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2
hours ago.

CM

Hey Bart, welcome back! Watchyabeenupto?

Scotty


"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.

Bart

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone
Bay

Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a
45 minute run-in at
various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance.
Excellent... 6.5kts
at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once
satisfied the diesel was
in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts
tight, battery
charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a
beam reach to get
sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading
to 270 at a DDW
course aprox 6 nm off the coast

You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and
goes in waves. the
rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly.
Nonetheless... the
crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about
6.7 kts speed in
15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches
to shave Peggy's
Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a
friend's boat "Seaswire"
who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better
winds behind East
Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots.
It was about 6
gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay
proper and a wing
on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field.

We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up
to us and we tied
into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled
aboard both vessels. It
wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends
dropping by to say
hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof
looked going through
the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was
nice to hear.

Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at
15 kts in the am to
25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed
out at 1200hrs. Once
we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for
Big Tancook
Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to
Prince's Inlet past
Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs.
We pressed
Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was
holding out and to
fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed
remarkably well....

The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of
American boats in the
bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and
classic style boats for
sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire
about Overproof.
The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the
burning of the
Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5
star weekend.

I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back
here about 2
hours ago.

CM

Sailing I hope...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
. ..
Hey Bart, welcome back! Watchyabeenupto?

Scotty


"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.

Bart

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone
Bay

Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a
45 minute run-in at
various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance.
Excellent... 6.5kts
at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once
satisfied the diesel was
in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts
tight, battery
charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a
beam reach to get
sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading
to 270 at a DDW
course aprox 6 nm off the coast

You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and
goes in waves. the
rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly.
Nonetheless... the
crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about
6.7 kts speed in
15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches
to shave Peggy's
Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a
friend's boat "Seaswire"
who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better
winds behind East
Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots.
It was about 6
gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay
proper and a wing
on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field.

We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up
to us and we tied
into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled
aboard both vessels. It
wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends
dropping by to say
hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof
looked going through
the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was
nice to hear.

Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at
15 kts in the am to
25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed
out at 1200hrs. Once
we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for
Big Tancook
Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to
Prince's Inlet past
Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs.
We pressed
Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was
holding out and to
fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed
remarkably well....

The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of
American boats in the
bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and
classic style boats for
sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire
about Overproof.
The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the
burning of the
Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5
star weekend.

I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back
here about 2
hours ago.

CM

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message

Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.

Thanx Bart

It was a great sail..... you just can't beat that ocean surge, foul
weather, grey skies.... it's you, the boat and the sea.

I've decided to keep Overproof in Mahone Bay for the rest of the season.

It's a sweet location.

CM

"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message

Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.

Thanx Bart

It was a great sail..... you just can't beat that ocean
surge, foul
weather, grey skies.... it's you, the boat and the sea.

I've decided to keep Overproof in Mahone Bay for the rest
of the season.


How many days are left?

Scotty