6th attempt
 

Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

6th attempt
 

Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.


Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.

6th attempt
 

On Nov 16, 9:25*pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. *This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). *This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right


today. *Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. *I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. *OH, SH%$. *Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. *Not
anymore. *I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. *This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

6th attempt
 

On Nov 16, 9:25 pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.

Only time i was ever on a golf course was late and night and I scored.

6th attempt
 

Frogwatch wrote:
On Nov 16, 9:25 pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.
Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.

Only time i was ever on a golf course was late and night and I scored.


With John Herring? :)

6th attempt
 

Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.
We have all had days like this.
Lesson learned I hope. Assume that todays events will repeat if you
don't do something different. Get a helper. Tether everything you
possibly can. Can you get to a dock in shallow water to do this work?
Better yet haul the boat.

6th attempt
 

On Nov 16, 9:25*pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. *This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). *This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. *Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. *I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. *OH, SH%$. *Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. *Not
anymore. *I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. *This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Or he could spend his days ruining others and making random **** up
like you?

Rowdy Mouse Racing, Living life in the non-virtual world...

6th attempt
 

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.
We have all had days like this.
Lesson learned I hope. Assume that todays events will repeat if you don't
do something different. Get a helper. Tether everything you possibly can.
Can you get to a dock in shallow water to do this work? Better yet haul
the boat.

Sometimes poop happens. A couple trips back, I take the PVC pipe that slips
over the tilt tube on my T-8. Drop the pipe on the rear deck and watch it
roll into the nasty, algae covered water by the ramp. Since this is an 8"
piece of 3/4" pipe split down the side, I figure I will just make a new one.

6th attempt
 

6th attempt
 

Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

I'd have dropped the whole forestay and use the spinny halyard to keep
the mast stable. Gotta be a whole lot simpler to assemble it all on the
pontoon even if you do have to go up the mast twice. Now you've got it
3/4 done though you might as well continue as you are.

Any critical parts like that drum get a lanyard tied round them and tied
off to a fixed point with enough slack to finish the job. I also moor
the inflatable tender between the bow and the pontoon for a working
platform thats further under the bow than you can get the pontoon
without scraping the gelcoat off. If this isnt practical for you then
rig a tarp stretched rount the stem and up to a stancheon base each side
with the other two corners streched to the pontoon. It will catch
*most* things you drop!

6th attempt
 

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:22:53 -0500, Boater wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 16, 9:25 pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. OH, SH%$. Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. Not
anymore. I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.
Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Or he could spend his days ruining others and making random **** up
like you?

Rowdy Mouse Racing, Living life in the non-virtual world...


Get some videos the next time the cops throw you around, eh? We need a
few laughs here.

Harry, you provide more than we can handle as it is.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

6th attempt
 

On Nov 16, 9:25*pm, Boater wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Tried once again to re-install my roller furling. *This consists of
taking off the forestay and then somehow pushing a heavy plastic
extrusion up said forestay (it is still attached at top). *This is
done by threading a line thru said extrusion, attaching it to the
bottom of forestay end and then pulling on line while pushing
extrusion up. sorta difficult if you dont do it right..I got it right
today. *Then used vice grips on the forestay to prevent it from
slipping back down while I slid the heavy plastic furling drum up the
forestay. *I slipped, plastic drum fell onto dock, bounced once then
splash. *OH, SH%$. *Now what?
If I was younger and broke like years ago, I'd've just jumped in and
dove down to the bottom of the filthy canal and retrieved it. *Not
anymore. *I found various long handled implements to try to find it 8'
down and finally located it but simply couldnt get it. *This water is
basically opaque so seeing it is outta the question.
Well, being older and more financially secure, I found the number of a
diver who says he'll get it out tomorrow for 30 bucks.......money well
spent I think.

Maybe you need a hobby more suited to your diminishing abilities. I hear
golf works for the rapidly aging.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Jeebus, Harry, can you be any more of a low life asshole?