On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:11:29 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

Seems you need to run the spinnaker halyard differently as it shouldn't
bind like that.

Once that's sorted out, try pulling the weight further out with another
boat or a dink. 8' doesn't give much moment.

OR wait until you get a blow from the right direction to give you
higher water. I forget where you're sailing, but 'round here, a strong
southerly will give us a couple of extra feet, a northerly can make it
impossible to move from our slip (we draw 4'2")

--
Jere Lull


Thanks Jere. I was a bit disgusted, but now am thinking of hoisting up
a _good_ block on the spinnaker halyard and giving another go. When I
tried it, the water was really low, stuck on bottom, and couldn't get
out of the slip, so not much room to play with the buckets. I'm sure
it'll swing out in a turn, like the "boat balls" guy does.

Yes, same here re wind direction. North wind and we ain't going
nowhere, South wind and as much as 3 ft above normal. The forecast for
Tuesday is SE at 10-15 kts. Hopefully that'll do it. Of course high
tide at almost midnight. Grrrrrrr...

Rick

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