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John P
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Initially Posted - 08/04/2005 :  08:42:25  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Hopefully, if the mast goes up tonight with no issues, she will be wet tomorrow!

I tested the outboard last night and it started with the 2nd pull. So happy about that. Not bad for a 21 year old motor.

Sadly enough, last night while sitting in the cockpit, I noticed two pieces of white tape in the cockpit that I never saw before. I pulled them off to reveal cracked soft core. The first is in the lower left corner of the cockpit/settee/entry corner, has a 3/8" hole and is wet. 2nd is on the port aft inside corner of the settee/transom, it has a very small hole, but the gel coat is spider webbing. The 2nd is very dry. The 1st being wet from the water run-off from the hatch boards. Looks like another off season project.
'84, C-25, SR/FK, #4663, "ILLUSIONS", Chazy, NY (Lake Champlain)
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Response Posted - 08/05/2005 :  10:38:15  Show Profile
John,

Get the Boat in the water and sail. You'll never have everything finished. Enjoy!
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Response Posted - 08/05/2005 :  10:39:06  Show Profile
John,

Get the Boat in the water and sail. You'll never have everything finished. Enjoy!
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John P
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Response Posted - 08/05/2005 :  22:12:17  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
She's WET!!!!!

Looooong day. Lot of planning and figuring. With the mast raising failure last night, I left the mast base in the step, and the other end in the crotch I built. The marina had never seen such a setup. Once in I motored the 8 miles North to the marina where she now sits happily at the dock. Tomorrow I will rig and put the sails on.
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seastream
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Response Posted - 08/06/2005 :  21:31:33  Show Profile  Visit seastream's Homepage
Congratulations! Now get out there and SAIL! She's safe & reliable, so the other repairs can wait. Summer won't.

I own an '83 Catalina, SR, FK, #3718, named Illusion, located near Portsmouth, NH. Sounds like you bought her cousin.

Bob
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John P
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Response Posted - 08/08/2005 :  15:05:28  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
Funny, I always wonder how many boats have the same name.

An update, I spent most of Saturday cleaning her topsides ( was going to wait, but when I raised the pop-top, I almost died seeing all that crap). I spent Sunday rigging her and now she is ready. Hopefully I can get out later this week. This weekend at the latest.
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