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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 02/22/2004 : 10:31:47

Feb 22
Mostly Cloudy / Wind
59°/38°
20 %

Mon
Feb 23
Showers
47°/31°
50 %

Tue
Feb 24
Mostly Cloudy
40°/25°
30 %

Wed
Feb 25
Partly Cloudy
41°/17°
20 %

Thu
Feb 26
Sunny
47°/26°
10 %

Fri
Feb 27
Partly Cloudy / Wind
51°/35°
10 %

Sat
Feb 28
Showers / Wind
51°/40°
50 %

Sun
Feb 29
Partly Cloudy
52°/31°
20 %

Mon
Mar 01
Scattered Showers
52°/37°
30 %

Tue
Mar 02
Showers
52°/36°
40 %

It is time to reeve those new halyards, install those new turnbuckles and get the stick up! Let's see if that halyard plate, those cheek blocks and the deck hardware actually do something. (yes, in my driveway)

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Sea Trac
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Vanuatu
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 10:50:19

Yeah, Frank, I can't stand it, either. I've spent the past three days sanding, painting (rudder) and varnishing (tiller), but still have another seven days of it to go.

So, I've decided that I absolutely MUST run up to the lake today in order to ensure that my new sail slugs and outhaul slide fit the tracks in the spars.

May just end up spending the night.

Today. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

Tonight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Monday. Cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

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JimB517
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USA
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 12:26:29

rain, thunderstorms, frequent squalls, winds 10 to 20 gusting 30, seas 6 to 8 at 7 seconds....that's todays San Diego forecast. We need the rain, but I hate being land locked. I am building new speaker boxes for my cabin stereo. They sound great.

Only 1 weekend and I am feeling lost. I can't imagine a late fall, winter, and early spring like you guys have. Hang in there and be ready for the Opening Day Rally!

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OJ
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USA
4382 Posts

Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 12:43:57

Oh sure Frank, rub it in why don't ja . . .

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Kidless
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USA
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 18:27:25

Sure, were still snowboarding and waiting for the edges to thaw on Tahoe,
I'm getting antsy,I have some new toys for this summer.
Here is a Tahoe Cam.
http://www.rsn.com/image_display/4743175.jpg?party_id=&use_db1=yes

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 18:58:41

Still two to three feet of snow on the ground, temp in the low 30. Do we get the warm-up? Go for it Frank, maybe another month. I guess I can go out on the porch and droll of the new motor

, naah.

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Steve Shetter
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 21:43:46

OK guys. I admit that I have been lucky, but I have been on the water 12/22, 1/14, 2/14 and 2/20. The 20th was one of the best days that I have had to date. Last spring "At Last" was in the shop getting her bottom shined up. This year, Spring, retirement and the "At Last" will be spending a lot of quality time together.

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RoofRoof
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 23:07:34

It's just a matter of time until you all move to Florida. What are you waiting for?

I've been sailing or flying at least one day every week.

Ahh, this is what its all about.

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coach
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 23:29:16

Jerry Seinfield said it best, "yadda yadda yadda!"

Here in Indiana its still too chilly to be taking covers off.

Less than 2 months to go though!

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Scott L
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Response Posted - 02/22/2004 : 23:38:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by coach
 
Jerry Seinfield said it best, "yadda yadda yadda!"
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Seinfeld also had an episode about cold showers and shrinkage

. I'm keeping the tarp on for a little while longer.

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Doug
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 00:03:17

I went to down to the docks Sunday to pull off the old OB mount. As I crested the hill and looked out onto the bay I could see some 15-20 sails. It was 50 some degrees and a 10-15 knot breeze. Great day to be out. Noeta looked a little dirty from sitting unused all Winter, but I thought she looked fine. If she had had a motor on her I'd have gone out. There's a 30 some footer across from me, and I noticed his mast was missing. Max, the owner, is a pretty serious sailer.
When I was in the lot getting ready to leave Max came over to talk. Asked him where his stick was and got a familiar story- Thought he'd replace a light. Then they got it down and decided they should rewire, antenna work, rigging, etc.
He looked pretty bummed when he realized I didn't have a motor to get Noeta out. As he wandered off he mumbled something like he didn't even have a sailboat right now. He's only got a #@&*$%# motor boat.
It is time to toss off the dock lines....

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atgep
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 08:45:58

Go figure. I have been stuck in Halifax NS for the past 10 days. If anyone has not noticed we got a once in a lifetime snow storm here. 95 CM in 24 hrs! Meanhile my beauty swings on her mooring in J-ville! Go ahead ond unpack your boats, I have found all the snow and cold air. Happy sailing. Tom.

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LOREN SOUERS
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 16:23:37

Our water is pretty hard still up here (north Ohio.) Come to think of it, I skied on it this weekend!! May have to wait for the spring sailboat prep another month. Decisions, decisions...

Loren Souers
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 21:28:24

By the way, the tarp I used was from Eastern Marine, the same place that I got a lot of my trailer parts from. It was 30 X 20 and I was very pleased with how it worked out over my raised mast supports.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 21:44:34

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Let's see if that halyard plate, those cheek blocks and the deck hardware actually do something. (yes, in my driveway)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

He Frank, you have nose wheel steering on that trailer? Promise us that you'll send us a link to your local paper with the picture of where it all came to a halt.......

Me, I have a 1100 mile tow-trip in my near future....

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 22:11:38

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Oscar
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Let's see if that halyard plate, those cheek blocks and the deck hardware actually do something. (yes, in my driveway)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

He Frank, you have nose wheel steering on that trailer? Promise us that you'll send us a link to your local paper with the picture of where it all came to a halt.......

Me, I have a 1100 mile tow-trip in my near future....

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake

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Hey O how you been?
Funny you should comment on that. When I bought the boat I had it in the drive way on four jack stands and some wood blocks under the wheels with the Concrete downspout block for the bow wheel. (That concrete downspout block works really well with the natural channel it has and the lip at one end.) When I brought the boat home for the winter I was in a hurry so I put the two jackstands in the front and the wheel in the concrete downspout block. I climbed into the boat and stepped to the transom, the boat lifted. It did not clear the lip but without the pressure of the boat the friction between the block and the driveway was reduced and the rig rolled off the stands and started pushing the block down the driveway. The world went into slow motion. The tail light assembly had just made contact with the inside front of the ladder and the ladder was now along for the ride. All I knew was I did not want to be on the boat when it went off the shallow curb that we use for driveways around here. As I was levitating from the stern, over the coaming and taking the 6 foot ladder in one step, (remember I weigh 300lbs) I was picturing the new double wheel jack collapsing and the trailer hitch gouging into the asphalt of the street. My weight off the stern returned the friction value to the concrete interface and the rig stopped, I swear it snorted at me. It was at least 30 minute before I was sure I was not going to have a heart attack and another hour before I started to regroup, hitched it back up to the car, backed it back up the driveway and put the proper stuff under the trailer. Hey did you notice the nice new yellow wheel chocks! I put a 4 x 4 under the back of the trailer frame and cranked it up until the frame made contact.
But hey, its all good.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 22:18:52

Me, I have a 1100 mile tow-trip in my near future....

Oscar

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Also, this is a picture of my first boat on the day I brought it home, I was somewhat surprised by the effect of raising sails in my driveway that day. My first uncontrolled gybe was in a driveway!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 22:36:11

There was a wonderful story on the Mac/Venture board a dozen years ago about a hapless trailer-sailer who decided on a lovely spring day to jumpstart the season by raising his sails in the driveway...

I distinctly remember the part about the tongue wheel starting to shimmy above 10 kts... and the siren of the police car at the end.

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 02/23/2004 : 22:41:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Oscar
 Me, I have a 1100 mile tow-trip in my near future....

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Off to Florida, Oscar?

BTW as a follow-up for all those who were feeling kind of bad because Frank and I were crowing about doing boat stuff in warmer weather yesterday, a huge grass fire on the other side of the lake from my marina (i.e., southeast) combined with a very unusual southeaster to fill the cove with a thick blanket of acrid smoke yesterday. Of course that didn't bother me, my six-pack of Shiner, or my Dremel.

However, this morning I woke up to discover that overnight someone had painted my deck black.

Must be what it was like in San Diego County last fall. And for some strange reason, my eyes have absolutely been killing me all day...just desserts, I guess.

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