Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565 owner
and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down from Ottawa to
help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at the last minute last
year and was leaning toward the same this time. After a good nights rest we
finished preparing and finally hit the road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax), we
noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed backward
lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire lost 2/3rds of its
life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the lighter
26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he directed
us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy spokeEnglish
in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an amimated
manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out comes two
grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5" aft of
the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to work perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to pick up
another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four sailboats. What fun
towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up steep hills and through
beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we had a
nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary on vhf,
pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the lake with many
cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by and we ended up back
rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood fired
hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six women who
attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular sandy
beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell. Six of us
dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised his keel and beached his
boat while another anchored a bit off and the ninth boat wander off
exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd & last
night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for the
road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat supper
at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage on another
lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good thing, I was
tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his sister-in-law's
house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long trip home. Tuesday went
well but after spending the night in a Quebec motel, it started raining by
0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop until about 2200hrs, about 60
miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at Niagara on
the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:00:16 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565 owner
and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down from Ottawa to
help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at the last minute last
year and was leaning toward the same this time. After a good nights rest we
finished preparing and finally hit the road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax), we
noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed backward
lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire lost 2/3rds of its
life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the lighter
26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he directed
us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy spokeEnglish
in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an amimated
manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out comes two
grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5" aft of
the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to work perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to pick up
another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four sailboats. What fun
towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up steep hills and through
beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we had a
nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary on vhf,
pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the lake with many
cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by and we ended up back
rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood fired
hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six women who
attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular sandy
beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell. Six of us
dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised his keel and beached his
boat while another anchored a bit off and the ninth boat wander off
exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd & last
night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for the
road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat supper
at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage on another
lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good thing, I was
tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his sister-in-law's
house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long trip home. Tuesday went
well but after spending the night in a Quebec motel, it started raining by
0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop until about 2200hrs, about 60
miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at Niagara on
the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?




Nice write up! Glad to hear all went well and that the spring problem got
fixed.
--
John H

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565 owner
and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down from Ottawa
to help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at the last minute
last year and was leaning toward the same this time. After a good nights
rest we finished preparing and finally hit the road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax), we
noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed backward
lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire lost 2/3rds of
its life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the lighter
26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he directed
us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy spokeEnglish
in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an amimated
manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out comes
two grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5" aft of
the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to work
perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to pick
up another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four sailboats. What
fun towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up steep hills and
through beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we had a
nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary on vhf,
pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the lake with many
cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by and we ended up
back rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood fired
hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six women who
attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular sandy
beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell. Six of
us dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised his keel and beached
his boat while another anchored a bit off and the ninth boat wander off
exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd & last
night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for the
road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat supper
at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage on another
lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good thing, I was
tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his
sister-in-law's house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long trip
home. Tuesday went well but after spending the night in a Quebec motel, it
started raining by 0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop until about
2200hrs, about 60 miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at Niagara
on the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?




Stay longer. Sail more days. Advantage of retirement.

Don White wrote:
Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565 owner
and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down from Ottawa to
help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at the last minute last
year and was leaning toward the same this time. After a good nights rest we
finished preparing and finally hit the road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax), we
noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed backward
lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire lost 2/3rds of its
life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the lighter
26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he directed
us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy spokeEnglish
in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an amimated
manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out comes two
grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5" aft of
the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to work perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to pick up
another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four sailboats. What fun
towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up steep hills and through
beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we had a
nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary on vhf,
pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the lake with many
cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by and we ended up back
rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood fired
hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six women who
attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular sandy
beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell. Six of us
dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised his keel and beached his
boat while another anchored a bit off and the ninth boat wander off
exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd & last
night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for the
road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat supper
at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage on another
lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good thing, I was
tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his sister-in-law's
house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long trip home. Tuesday went
well but after spending the night in a Quebec motel, it started raining by
0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop until about 2200hrs, about 60
miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at Niagara on
the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?




Sail to...Venice! Discover Columbus!

HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565
owner and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down
from Ottawa to help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at
the last minute last year and was leaning toward the same this time.
After a good nights rest we finished preparing and finally hit the
road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax),
we noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed
backward lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire
lost 2/3rds of its life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the
lighter 26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he
directed us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy
spokeEnglish in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an
amimated manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out
comes two grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5"
aft of the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to
work perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to
pick up another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four
sailboats. What fun towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up
steep hills and through beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and
Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we
had a nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary
on vhf, pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the
lake with many cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by
and we ended up back rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood
fired hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six
women who attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular
sandy beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt
Russell. Six of us dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised
his keel and beached his boat while another anchored a bit off and the
ninth boat wander off exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the
refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd &
last night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for
the road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat
supper at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage
on another lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good
thing, I was tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his
sister-in-law's house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long
trip home. Tuesday went well but after spending the night in a Quebec
motel, it started raining by 0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop
until about 2200hrs, about 60 miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?




Sail to...Venice! Discover Columbus!

Best advice your buddy every gave you!

"Dan" intrceptor@gmaildotcom wrote in message
.. .

Best advice your buddy every gave you!


Just think...if you were a boater someone could say the same to you...
probably your wife & family!

Don White wrote:
"Dan" intrceptor@gmaildotcom wrote in message
.. .

Best advice your buddy every gave you!


Just think...if you were a boater someone could say the same to you...
probably your wife & family!



Care to make a wager? In US$?

"Dan" intrceptor@gmaildotcom wrote in message
.. .
Don White wrote:
"Dan" intrceptor@gmaildotcom wrote in message
.. .

Best advice your buddy every gave you!


Just think...if you were a boater someone could say the same to you...
probably your wife & family!

Care to make a wager? In US$?

US$?? The way we're gaining on you...you'd have to pay me a premium to
accept your yankee dollahs.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:00:16 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.

YAY!!!!

What to do next year?

Stay home?

Great report.

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Pulled in last night at 2300 hrs ADT.
What a week! Started on Tuesday, July 31 when another Sandpiper 565 owner
and forum member (not this newsgroup) insisted on flying down from Ottawa
to help me trailer up. He remembered that I backed out at the last minute
last year and was leaning toward the same this time. After a good nights
rest we finished preparing and finally hit the road at about 1030.
When we reached Woodstock New Brunswick (approx 500 kms from Halifax), we
noticed that the shackles supporting my springs had collapsed backward
lowering the steel fender against my tires. One new tire lost 2/3rds of
its life burning a hole throughthe heavy steel.
Found a truck spring shop and they figured I needed shorter heavier
springs. They came back with a 4k pound 23.5" leaf to replace the lighter
26" original springs.
Too short...so instead of getting a spring in-between, he installed a
heavier version of the 26" .
100kms up the road...same problem. Called the first garage and he directed
us to another spring shop near Edmundston NB. I think one guy spokeEnglish
in the shop...but that was ok because he was the owner.
Had the whole shop crew surround my trailer talking French in an amimated
manner.
Finally the owner came to me and said the'd fix the problem. Out comes
two grinding wheels, the welding gear etc.
The welder fabricated and welded new pivot points on the frame 1.5" aft of
the original. This allowed the new 26" heavy duty springs to work
perfectly.
On the second day, we arrived in Ottawa for an overnight stay at a 3rd
Sandpiper owners house. The 3rd day arrived ane we set off early to pick
up another boat in Arnprior. We now had a convoy of four sailboats. What
fun towing 400 or so kms along 2 lane blacktop... up steep hills and
through beautiful small towns.
People seemed to get a kick out of our flock.
In the early afternoon we finally arrived at the beautiful Villeage of
Rousseau, on Lake Rousseau in the Muskoka Region of Ontario.
(very popular cottage country for wealthy Ontario residents and Americans.
Great time meeting & greeting while rigging/launching all nine boats.
First night spent on the boat at the town docks. Saturday morning we had a
nice sail tour of the lakes, while the 'host' gave a commentary on vhf,
pointing out various highlights. We made a loup of half the lake with many
cottagers coming out to wave as they watched us sail by and we ended up
back rafted up at his cottage dock.
The food was flowing, lots of beer...great time. He even had a wood fired
hot tub that proved to be popular...especially with the six women who
attended.
After a beautiful nights sleep on board we sailed over to a popular sandy
beach next to the cottage property of Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell. Six of
us dropped anchors and rafted together. On guy raised his keel and beached
his boat while another anchored a bit off and the ninth boat wander off
exploring. Everyone shared food and swam in the refreshing cool water.
Later on we broke up and sailed back to the town dock for our 3rd & last
night on the boats.
Monday morning we started pulling boats, de-rigging and preparing for the
road.
The guy who came down to round me up for the trip invited me to eat supper
at his parents place and then stay Monday night at his cottage on another
lake about 350kms south east of the Rondezvous site. Good thing, I was
tired as hell & got very sleepy towing.
After eating two different types of cheesecake at 0800 (his
sister-in-law's house) I broke away on my own for the tedius long trip
home. Tuesday went well but after spending the night in a Quebec motel, it
started raining by 0900, very heavy at times and didn't stop until about
2200hrs, about 60 miles from home.
The gang are already planning next years rendezvous.....maybe at Niagara
on the Lake, Ontario.
Boy... 5 days towing for a solid two days sailing ... plus
rigging/launching, the reverse etc. What to do next year?





Welcome back. Except for the trailer problems it sounds like you had a
helluva good time!

BTW: Didn't you just buy that trailer last year?