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Hehe! There's nothing like facing backwards while holding onto the wheel for
dear life after being waked in the ICW. Especially when you're staring at
the completely open pilothouse door next to you.

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Keith
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I actually use a drafting chair from OfficeMax. Removed the wheels and
put
pads on the bottom. Pretty comfortable and around $100.

Yes, removing the wheels would be a very good idea. :-)

Sea Story:

In another life, as a crazy young enlisted sailor onboard the USS Sperry, I
was assigned to work in an office that ran a'thwart ship for a distance of
about 40ft. The deck has some crown and while inport (most of the time) it
was always a problem to stay at a desk with chairs on wheels..

However it was an "amusement park" when under way.. Clear the deck and we
would have races across that 40ft as the ship would roll..

The port side of the office was an outboard bulkhead that had a WT door to
the weather deck. When we would reach that side of the office, we would
stick out our feet to kick off again against the close WT Door.

Some of you may have guessed it. And I'll tell you anyway. Our boss, the
Repair Officer, Commander Whonose, open the door just as my office mate had
his feet and legs up to kick against the door. He landed straddle the
Commander and they both went across the weather deck and into the rail. We
both were properly reprimanded and assigned some extra duties. One of which
was to rearrange the office desks to block the race track.

It's a wonder I lasted 23 years.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

Good story, Steve. Now that my ship has been decommissioned and turned into
razor blades I can tell the dark stories of having fun under an XO who made
Bligh look like Alice in Wonderland. Meanwhile, as the owner of a sailboat I
never thought I would buy an autosteer device. Then someone gave me one in
exchange for a bill. Was it wonderful. It had two modes: heading and
relative to the wind.

Tom

"Steve" wrote in message
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Sea Story:

In another life, as a crazy young enlisted sailor onboard the USS Sperry,
I
was assigned to work in an office that ran a'thwart ship for a distance of
about 40ft. The deck has some crown and while inport (most of the time) it
was always a problem to stay at a desk with chairs on wheels..

However it was an "amusement park" when under way.. Clear the deck and we
would have races across that 40ft as the ship would roll..

The port side of the office was an outboard bulkhead that had a WT door to
the weather deck. When we would reach that side of the office, we would
stick out our feet to kick off again against the close WT Door.

Some of you may have guessed it. And I'll tell you anyway. Our boss, the
Repair Officer, Commander Whonose, open the door just as my office mate
had
his feet and legs up to kick against the door. He landed straddle the
Commander and they both went across the weather deck and into the rail. We
both were properly reprimanded and assigned some extra duties. One of
which
was to rearrange the office desks to block the race track.

It's a wonder I lasted 23 years.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

actually use a drafting chair from OfficeMax. Removed the wheels and put
pads on the bottom. Pretty comfortable and around $100.

Thanks Keith!

Used a Long legged "directors chair" on the Nauticat, tied in place, look
for the Mizzen mounted ones that Hinckley made for B-40s, great comfort, and
very convenient adjusted on a sail track

On 3/28/04 5:56 PM, in article ,
"Florida Keyz" wrote:

actually use a drafting chair from OfficeMax. Removed the wheels and put
pads on the bottom. Pretty comfortable and around $100.

Thanks Keith!

--
Sheldon Haynie
Texas Instruments
50 Phillipe Cote
Manchester, NH 03101
603 222 8652

I have been looking into 'Pool Chairs'. (As in Billiard, not
swimming..).

They are rather heavy construction, about the right height, well
padded, etc. On a Alaskan pilot house in the slip near me, the helm
chair looked like one of these. It had a SS rod in the middle that
fixed the chair to the floor (Turn buckle to take up tension). Seemed
like a good idea as well.

However, have not found the chair I like yet, mostly because the wood
tends to be oak, or stained oak.

-al-

On 24 Mar 2004 14:07:46 GMT, (Florida Keyz) wrote:

Seems to me , the two weak points physically while cruising are

1. Getting out of shape (you sit at the helm for hours on end, daily.]

2. the most improtant seat in the boat, the helm seat, is usually very
uncomcortable. Looking for recomendations on seats.

thanks

Sterling

I currently have a little over 100 feet of 5/16 chain for my primary
anchor, which runs through a Lofrans windlass. I am/was planning on adding
another 100 feet of chain. To do this I purchased a link that overlaps
itself and then the two halves are peened together. Tested strength of the
link is 1900 lbs.. The main reason for adding the extra chain is if I have
to set a second anchor, I can back down on the chain and drop the second
anchor and then come forward using the windlass. If there ever was a
situation where I would need to ride on more than 100 feet, I was planning
on shackling a foot long piece of chain across the point where the two
sections were joined by the "link". So, my question is this: I realize
that is would be better to purchase 200 feet of chain but has anyone ever
done this? Will on of these "connecting links" work with my windlass?
Help and suggestions appreciated.
Thanks and good winds......Rich