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windsong
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Initially Posted - 06/12/2009 :  06:16:07  Show Profile
After six months of daysailing Windsong, we took her on her maiden cruise, a three-day jaunt up to Bald Head Island, NC. We averaged 5.5 kts of speed on a single tack in both directions. Sweet. Living quarters were pretty tight with the three of us, but another person might call it, "cozy." It was the first time I used the poptop. It added a lot of extra headroom, but I still managed to hit my head a few times below decks. I guess you could say that the trip was uneventful in the best of ways.

Came back with lots of ideas for modifications, including a bimini, aft portals, a block to give purchase on the outhaul, a 135% genoa, a mid-ship cleat and a MUCH improved packing list.

Michael Hetzer
"Windsong"
2009 Catalina 250 WK HN984
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 06/12/2009 :  06:28:25  Show Profile
That's exactly how it's supposed to work! Congratulations! (Do I detect early symptoms of the three-foot-itus virus? )
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/12/2009 :  08:04:54  Show Profile
Great fun! We went out for two weeks last year with three on-board. Cozy but fun. Good packing is important.

Tom Potter did the aft portals project so you should check out his web site. I am interested in your outhaul block idea. I think there is a block inside the boom already but am not sure. Where would you put the block?

I like the Lexan forward hatch cover on the new C250's and those opening ports in the cabin.

Here is how we pack. I made this list after the last cruise.


Pack in the V-berth
• Clothing Duffels
• Shore Power bag
• Pop-top Cover
• Laundry duffle
• Books/Magazines
• Shoes, hats, gloves
• Chargers

Pack in back along aft berth port side
• Extra Lines
• PFDs, harnesses, tethers
• Tool Bags

Pack in port locker (under the cabin seat)
• Emergency Kit
• Cleaning bucket and devices
• Cleaning soaps, etc
• Fire extinguishers
• File folder of boat documentation, boat manuals
• Bottled water, sodas, etc

Pack in starboard locker (under the cabin seat)
• Heaters
• Cooking Pots in drain bucket
• Games
• Bottled Water, sodas, etc
• Dink pump and repair kit
• Emergency Tiller

Pack in wet locker
• Towels
• Foul weather gear
• Small umbrellas

Store under galley
• Wastebasket
• Container for 2 gallons of water
• Container for cleaning supplies, sponge, etc

Hang under electric panel area (hooks on galley wall and conduit)
• Recycle bag
• Extra galley bag

Book rack
• Place mats
• Cutting mats
• Tide books
• Cruise books

Cockpit port locker
. Fenders

We also converted the cooler space to shelving and that is where we store most food. Our coolers now sit under the table.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 06/12/2009 :  19:43:52  Show Profile
Sounds like a cool trip. Looks like you made the outside trip and stayed out of the ICW. I bet you had fun at the mouth of the Cape fear, the current is a bear if you catch it wrong. I grew up in Southport and hung out on Bald Head before it was developed. Use to camp on the beach and play in the light house when I was young. Went to work there when they started to develop it, when I left there was only about 10 houses built.
Nice looking boat!
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windsong
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Response Posted - 06/13/2009 :  05:07:08  Show Profile
You didn't happen to buy any real estate when they first started to develop it, did you? :)
I took a J-School racing class on Bald Head Island in April, and Kent Mitchell was in the class with me. You probably know he's one of the two brothers who bought the island back in the 1980s and a HECK of an avid sailor (owns Cape Fear Yacht Works). With him at the helm, we brought the J-80 under sail, flying the spinnaker, into the marina, tacked twice, doused the spinnaker and coasted into our slip. It was a real "Captain Ron" maneuver.

You're right about the current in the channel. In a falling tide, it can get pretty nasty. You ever take the sneaky route along Oak Island? I know it's there, but I need a local to show me the first time. You get awfully close to land.
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 06/14/2009 :  20:44:35  Show Profile
If you intend to add more purchase to the outhaul; I found the easy way to accomplish this without taking the boom apart was to just strip the coating off the outhaul and add a wire block to the clew.
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ruachwrights
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Response Posted - 06/15/2009 :  12:38:08  Show Profile  Visit ruachwrights's Homepage
Great cruise! We'll be doing some cruising this summer with my family of five in July, so thanks for the inspiration. I like the woodwork on the newer boats.
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