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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 12:55:08

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
"Anyone spot the rooky mistake"

Heh heh... I guess you spend a lot of time sailing backwards?
Are you catching a lot of guff around the marina over that?

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25
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I stared at it to get it right, after 10 years it was just to hard for me! I did wire a light under it so I can even sail backwards at night!

<img src="http://members.cox.net/fhopper/Catalina25/sigbow.jpg" border=0>Frank and Martha in Wichita KS. Lake Cheney

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 20:33:30

OK, guys... fess up! Who else doesn't see anything?

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 20:34:54

Oops--I spotted it!

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 08:59:05

I think I spotted it, but am not sure... Now I am going to be looking at this photo all day ....

dw

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
<img src="http://www.flags.com/images/layout/category_images/t_3964.jpg" border=0>

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 09:05:09

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I think I spotted it, but am not sure... Now I am going to be looking at this photo all day ....<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

If you only think you spotted it...then you haven't spotted it!

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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North Star SR/FK

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 09:52:17

Hint... it has NOTHING to do with the sail itself...

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 11:08:03

It'll still work, just going to be a little harder to see. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

J.B. Manley
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Antares '85 FK/SR #4849
36°29'58" -94°59'59"

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 11:19:28

Okay -

Now I am perplexed. I think I am looking to hard at this thing.

1. nothing to do with the sail.
2. had to stare at it to get it right
3. It'll still work, just have to look a little harder to see it.
4. Sailing backwards
5. Wired a light und

I got it!!!! It just hit me in mid sentence... I looked at the darn thing three or four times saying something is wrong here. But dismissed my self each time moving on to another part of the boat

Theoretically, the angles should be the same, so JB is right, It just might be tougher to see.

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 11:52:23

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
Theoretically, the angles should be the same, so JB is right, It just might be tougher to see.
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Unless you're standing on the bow, sailing backwards! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> I'll bet Arlyn could engineer a steering system for that...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 12:20:01

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
I'll bet Arlyn could engineer a steering system for that...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT
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And Leon could build it to military spec. Are there military spec bungies?

<img src="http://members.cox.net/fhopper/Catalina25/sigbow.jpg" border=0>Frank and Martha in Wichita KS. Lake Cheney

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 12:35:11

Considering the military has specifications for anything it purchases they would have to have specs....

I believe Mil-C-5651D would be the specification code number...

http://www.pia.com/ecommerce/PDF/preview/5651P.PDF

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 12:41:20

I think you have just made Leon and Arlyn very happy.

<img src="http://members.cox.net/fhopper/Catalina25/sigbow.jpg" border=0>Frank and Martha in Wichita KS. Lake Cheney

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 09/22/2003 : 13:03:13

Don't even use one but I can see that!

CVick
PanaceaII '81 C25 #2439 SRSK
Fort Smith,AR

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premodco
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 : 00:02:15

I need a new main. Thinking about loose foot with full battens and 2 reefs...I am not a racer, just crusing.Anyone disappointed with thier loose foot?

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 : 01:10:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> I need a new main. Thinking about loose foot with full battens and 2 reefs...I am not a racer, just crusing.Anyone disappointed with thier loose foot?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

This past season was my first with a loose footed main(UK Sailmakers) and I like it. I think the loose foot allows for better sail shaping (which means better performance) over that of my old bolt-roped shelf footed main.

I really like the loose foot and will probably never go back to a bolt-roped shelf footed main.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 : 08:51:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by premodco
 I need a new main. Thinking about loose foot with full battens and 2 reefs...I am not a racer, just crusing.Anyone disappointed with thier loose foot?
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The loose foot is great, I worried about getting one. I just got my new main a month ago. It probably doesn't really give better shape but the shape is very obvious, whereas the shelf makes it harder to see the pocket down low. It is one of the driving reasons for my buying a second cabintop winch and halyard plate. It makes you want to play the outhaul like a jib sheet, geting the pocket perfect for every condition.

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:06:20

I have used my new loose footed Ullman main for 2 weekends now in light to moderate winds and the difference is amazing. The adjustability you have with the loose foot is so much better than the bolt rope I would never go back to one. Plus its so easy to rig I've been taking it completely off and storing it in the cover on the dock out of the weather. And full battens are a must if you don't mind a little more difficulty flaking. A friend of mine sails a US 25 and normally in light winds he runs off and leaves me but now he's not running nearly as fast. (Really bugs him too!)

Now if I could just come up with the boat units for that new 150...

CVick
PanaceaII '81 C25 #2439 SRSK
Fort Smith, AR

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matsche
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 : 11:10:13

Loose foot is very cool. IMO, makes reefing easier and gives you nice hand hold to boot.

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Bob3589
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Response Posted - 11/20/2003 : 14:49:54

OK, i give up. I've stared at the picture long enough and have to admit my rookieness. What is the problem in the picture ??

Bob, 83 C25, FK/TR.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 11/20/2003 : 15:00:55

Look at the wind vane.

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Bob3589
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Response Posted - 11/20/2003 : 16:17:32

I see it now. Thanks.

Bob.

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