Author Topic: thread deleted...gone sailing. (Read 13285 times)

Grnrngr · « **Reply #50 on:** April 02, 2014, 12:42:46 AM »

87 Buccaneer 200, 20 feet with an 18 inch keel, draws about 2 ft total. Has a freshwater tank of 20-25 gallons, a sink with a little hand pump and a small single burner camp stove on gimbals. I put 5 coats of bottom paint on it, about 8 coats of varnish on the wood, cleaned the 25 yr old grease out of the winches, lubed and put them back together, replaced the lower shrouds, and fixed the lights. Still have a little electrical to do, it needs a new deck fitting where the wires from the mast attach. It's a sweet little boat, easy to single hand, enough room for four people camping, a bit larger cockpit because the cabin's a little smaller

evanphi · « **Reply #51 on:** April 03, 2014, 05:59:51 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on April 01, 2014, 11:31:45 PM

Quote from: evanphi on April 01, 2014, 07:36:18 AM
Those lakes are beautiful!

Small update for 'On a Whim'... we had a major winter/spring storm last wednesday, and the boat next to us blew off her cradle and knocked our boat over. Can't tell the damage, if any, at this time because the tarp is still in tact and we are at the back of the fleet near the breakwater... so no crane access until spring and launch. It is also still very icy and going aboard with another boat on top may be a BIT of a dumb idea. We were getting ready to sell her, too... Now we have to wait.

Somebody screwed up when they blocked that other boat up. Is that your trailer to the left and did it fall from there? I worry about the hull/deck joint as it looks like it would have taken the hit when it came down. Bummer about selling it too...kids eh?

let me know what you find when you can get a look at it.

Yep my trailer is to the left of that photo. Our rail is resting/came down on the corner of the cradle to the right. No idea on damages still... tons of rain and snow and slippery mess, unsafe to go into the boat to check. Have to wait til the snow is gone and all the other boats are out of the way!

And kid isn't the problem! Having a job thrown up in the air to see where pieces land is the problem... we were going to liquidate any cash assets just in case, but it looks like we won't be selling the boat any time soon, as we would have to repair it before selling it now!

demon78 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 25, 2014, 04:33:11 AM »

That's a storied river with a long history as part of a trade route that stretched thousands of miles.
Bill the demon.

evanphi · « **Reply #53 on:** May 15, 2014, 05:38:01 AM »

I love stories of lighthouse keepers for some reason. A lonely, but necessary profession.

On a Whim will be kept dry this summer. Insurance settled a nice price for repairs, so she will be heading to my parent's place where I can work on the repairs over the summer. Good, I suppose, since the baby is so small. She'll be almost 2 when we get back in the water next summer. I think that will be a better age for sailing.

My wife is taking an adult learn to sail course this summer that our Club puts on. I think it will be really great for her, learning on dinghys (420 class). That is how I learned, only I was much younger!

The water in the river STILL hasn't gone down enough to launch the boats yet... Racing season will be delayed for sure!

evanphi · « **Reply #54 on:** May 16, 2014, 06:28:07 AM »

Beautiful! I raced Laser back when I took Silver Sail. I loved that thing. Maybe I can get a cheap one to satisfy me this summer...

Seeing 29ers and 49ers, though... those things FLY! I have seen a 49er get completely airborne coming off the crest of a wave while on a reach.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #55 on:** May 18, 2014, 04:58:42 AM »

I haven't looked in on this thread in some time. Great series and photos. The Great Lakes are a fantastic resource. We go up to The U.P. every year. We'll be taking the SS Badger across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc this year. Haven't done the car ferry in about 40 years.

evanphi · « **Reply #56 on:** May 20, 2014, 05:31:44 AM »

Wow I really need to get to the lakes! My brother and his girlfriend are moving to Toronto, and she's from Michigan. Excuse to visit and go sailing!

I think if I ever had to move "inland", I would have to be near the lakes.

demon78 · « **Reply #57 on:** May 20, 2014, 04:24:09 PM »

Yeah Evanpi It's not the salt chuck but it's no bad. Places like Tobermory kind of remind you of a little English sea side town.
Bill the demon.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #58 on:** May 23, 2014, 02:28:29 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on May 22, 2014, 09:19:09 PM

Quote from: Bob Wessner on May 18, 2014, 04:58:42 AM
I haven't looked in on this thread in some time. Great series and photos. The Great Lakes are a fantastic resource. We go up to The U.P. every year. We'll be taking the SS Badger across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc this year. Haven't done the car ferry in about 40 years.

The UP is great...Superior has some incredible shoreline there from the Pictured Rocks to the sand beaches in the Munising and Marquette areas. Totally different shore than the north side of the lake. You could imagine yourself in the Caribbean...until you set foot in the water. There was still ice floating around the some areas as of last weekend. Should be gone by Memorial day.

Yeah, heard on the news yesterday that Lake Superior still had 4-5% ice cover!

evanphi · « **Reply #59 on:** May 23, 2014, 06:31:15 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on May 22, 2014, 09:55:54 PM

Quote from: demon74 on May 20, 2014, 04:24:09 PM
Yeah Evanpi It's not the salt chuck but it's no bad. Places like Tobermory kind of remind you of a little English sea side town.
Bill the demon.

I love the fact that it's not salt water. Better for swimming, drinking, and no nasty critters grow on your boat. Tobermory is a great little town....along with Little Current and Kilarney. We rode the Chi-Cheemaun on our first trip up there back in the 1986.

Even the "freshwater" river we sail in is inundated with salt water. The Bay of Fundy (highest tides in the world, woohoo) likes to dump salt water into our river.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversing_Falls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_River_(Bay_of_Fundy)

demon78 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 31, 2014, 01:31:47 PM »

Looks good Rusty.
Bill the demon.

70CB750 · « **Reply #61 on:** May 31, 2014, 03:34:11 PM »

Nice work.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #62 on:** May 31, 2014, 04:41:56 PM »

Thats a cool little boat Steve...

MoMo · « **Reply #63 on:** May 31, 2014, 06:38:04 PM »

Add my kudos to the compliments, ...Larry

apetersonboy · « **Reply #64 on:** June 06, 2014, 09:18:58 PM »

Don't have any pictures on my phone but my two brothers my dad and a few friends and their dad all went portaging and canoeing across Isle Royale in Lake Superior over the course of a week. We had an a near 100 year old Old Town canoe as transportation on the water. Fished everyday, picked blue berries, thimble berries, and the occasional strawberry for food. Loved every minute of it. I have vowed to go back. The water was as clear as can be. Loons and otters were everywhere. Absolutely beautiful.

We started at the north end of the island and were told to be at a certain port and the end of the week if we wanted a ride home. No schedule except for that.

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demon78 · « **Reply #65 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:54:24 AM »

All of this has reminded my self that I vowed I was going to start walking the Bruce Trail, so I guess it's time to get my fat painful ugly old body into my boots and give it a try after the Paris swap meet this year. I'll walk little swatchs of it.
Bill the demon.

demon78 · « **Reply #66 on:** August 13, 2014, 06:46:02 PM »

Superior must have been chilly because it sure wasn't warm here, a couple of nights or so above 25c and the rest around 10-12c it's been a cool summer makes me wonder what the fall is going to be like, anyhow great pictures.
Bill the demon.

Stev-o · « **Reply #67 on:** August 13, 2014, 06:47:17 PM »

Sounds like a good trip, great pics. I would welcome those chilly winds down here, we've been in triple digits.

demon78 · « **Reply #68 on:** August 14, 2014, 04:03:59 AM »

You know the cure for power boats noise? Torpedoes/anti ship missiles.
Bill the demon.

evanphi · « **Reply #69 on:** August 14, 2014, 04:45:20 AM »

Looks like you had an amazing sail! I need to get the repairs done on our boat so I can take mini trips next year.

EDIT: Now you have me on the North Sails website looking for new sails... Just over 1100$ (plus taxes of course) for two new sails on a Tanzer 22.

I have two mains now... the "good" main has all the batten pockets torn at the leech, currently sealed with spinaker tape. The alternate main is almost brown it is so old and saggy. Also have an original jib, and a genoa. The genoa is nice, but hard to handle on my own in the winds we have around here.

What make of deck hardware do you use (cam blocks, deck blocks, etc)?

demon78 · « **Reply #70 on:** August 14, 2014, 07:46:57 AM »

Srust to give you an idea what the weather has been like here I went out this morning to pick peas and my pea plants are still setting flowers and pods in the middle of August they should have been finished in July but no heat to cause them to bolt and die and last night I had to have a blanket on the bed.
Bill the demon.

evanphi · « **Reply #71 on:** August 15, 2014, 05:20:47 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on August 14, 2014, 10:23:56 PM

Quote from: evanphi on August 14, 2014, 04:45:20 AM
Looks like you had an amazing sail! I need to get the repairs done on our boat so I can take mini trips next year.

EDIT: Now you have me on the North Sails website looking for new sails... Just over 1100$ (plus taxes of course) for two new sails on a Tanzer 22.

I have two mains now... the "good" main has all the batten pockets torn at the leech, currently sealed with spinaker tape. The alternate main is almost brown it is so old and saggy. Also have an original jib, and a genoa. The genoa is nice, but hard to handle on my own in the winds we have around here.

What make of deck hardware do you use (cam blocks, deck blocks, etc)?

That's not a bad price for two sails. A blown out and stretched out of shape old mainsail will really affect how well the boat sails. Batten pockets are easy to repair if the rest of the other sail is in good shape. I have one pocket that tore open last year and blew the batten out ...still need to fix it...forgot about it till I put the sail up on this trip. Otherwise my sails are in very fine shape. All I have are the main, 100% jib and a cruising spinnaker. Without a roller furler a 150% jib like you say is just a handful on a small boat. The cruising chute is nice.....not a full blown spinnaker so you don't need all the hardware. It is cut a bit flatter and I can even fly it with wind forward of the beam a bit. It won't punch to windward like a jib but is quite useful and keeps us moving when the wind goes light. It's lightweight nylon and even at 300 square feet easy to handle. We don't really have "prevailing" winds here and it often goes light or dies in the evening. With the wind likely to come from any direction on any day windward ability is pretty important here unless you want to motor more often. A roller furler would be nice but damn expensive considering the need of a new sail to go with it. If you are getting new sails it might be something to look into but $$$. I might just get a hank on 130% as a compromise. One thing may be that your winches are undersized for the big jenny especially if it's a 150. I know I would go up a size if I went to a big headsail. My boat came with Lewmar hardware and I have mostly stayed with that. Harken is nice stuff but seems overpriced....not sure how the prices differ in Canada but our boat was built there so maybe Lewmar is/was better priced....but that was a long time ago.
How bad was the damage to your boat? Fixing it yourself or will an insurance claim take care of it?

Harken is the popular brand for hardware around here. Good success with it in the past, my father uses it on his boat too. Other great brands are Ronstan and Holt Allen. I used all Ronstan hardware on my Laser when I was racing.

I don't think a roller furler is in the cards... wife won't let THAT much money get thrown into the money pit!

I think after next season, with poor sails, I can convince her that we need new ones...

During one of our last major winter storms, one of the boats beside us had a loose tarp that acted like a kite. It blew that boat over/caused the cradle to fail, and it fell into us, knocking us off our cradle. Just a 12" crack in the outer hull is all I really have to do to make her sailable again, but there was other cosmetic damage, such as teak grabrail on the port side that was completely destroyed, and some gelcoat scratches. Insurance paid out nicely. This also gives me a chance to upgrade the deck hardware and move everything back to the cockpit, like yours. I had already upgraded halyards to full length last year, now I just need the deck hardware. I'm also going to rig a "downhaul" of sorts for the jib, so I can take it down from the cockpit. A line goes from the cockpit, into a block at the bow plate, then up the inside of the hanks to the head. that way I can raise and lower all sails from the cockpit!

demon78 · « **Reply #72 on:** August 15, 2014, 10:16:35 AM »

Yes it's a bugger when they are waiting for you "Hello Steve a little late tonight"?
It's when you start to talk to them "Say Rabbit could you manage to leave me a row of lettuce"?. Now if we could make them part of the team, ahh well.
Bill the demon

70CB750 · « **Reply #73 on:** August 15, 2014, 10:26:30 AM »

Here is roll model for you, McGregor from Peter Rabbit, if I recall he made stew from Peter's dad.

evanphi · « **Reply #74 on:** August 15, 2014, 11:37:01 AM »

Rabbit season, duck season

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