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shnool
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Initially Posted - 09/25/2012 :  18:34:43  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
Haul out scheduled for the middle of the week. Then the process of transformation begins shortly thereafter.

Tons and tons of work to be done to this old floater.
bottom, fair
keel, fair
topside paint
windows repair/replace...
tons other things, if I can get those done.
C&C 32 Smith Mountain Lake Virginia
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shnool
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Response Posted - 10/13/2012 :  17:43:49  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
She's sitting in my front yard right now... My mast lowering was flawless, it's getting the boat on the trailer that needs work. My stupidity, I think I should have done a strap retrieve... instead I hauled it out with no tongue extension, no strap retrieve, just straight ball, and I think that kept the winch too high to get it aligned right. Boat's straight now, but it took some "rocking" by about 6 clubmembers, and a winch, and some dumb luck.

Several people wanted me to post a picture of how I raise/lower my mast... well again I forgot until after the mast was down, I CAN say, I was able to do it myself.
This is the A-Frame, after it is resting on the bow. The apex of the frame gets secured via lines to the bow cleats (fixed lines)... the opposite side of the apex, gets the mainsheet purchase attached. The other side of the mainsheet gets attached to the spin pole ring.


Here is the mast crutch I used... just to hold the mast while I unlatched the bolt. The PVC is a roller, and the 8 foot 2x4s are wedged against the transom and also the stern pulpit. I tied it off, just to make sure. Worked great, was able to slide the mast right on it.
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 10/14/2012 :  05:44:53  Show Profile
Nice job.

How do you tie your boat off to the dock? I don't see cleats on any of the docks.
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shnool
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Response Posted - 10/14/2012 :  09:10:58  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
Oh I hate it, but I understand why they do it. There are rings at the 4 corners, into the sides of the docks. These round eyes are heavy duty, but because the docks are EXACTLY 9 feet wide (ask how I know) and the Capri 25 is 9'2" wide (good thing it's narrower at the waterline) but it means that docking I hit the rings every now and then, even with fenders down. I got permission this year to put dock guards out for next year... but they have to be removable. Hopefully that will keep me from marring my paint job (that I am doing this winter).

Ok, as to the reason no cleats... The dockmaster is responsible for every dock in the marina, and each cove 2 miles away (private docks)... and he stacks each dock/finger on top of one another. If there were cleats on top, he couldn't slide the docks on top of one another.

Oh, our lake turns solid nearly every year (last year being the first time in 30+ it hadn't). The regulations are that no one is allowed to put fixed pilings in the lake... so ALL docks are floating. This makes the months of Oct/Nov a busy one for our dockmaster, and also March/April.
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