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Ow, back trouble sucks. I wrenched mine in my 20s and it is a constant PITB. Actually, I meant "you too" about the rudder. Seems there's a lot of rudder issues going around as well. Good luck deciding on the Piper Championships! That sounds like fun. Fun -- and especially having fun sailing -- is way more important than money IMO (which might explain why I have so little of the latter these days...)
Pardon the high jack of your thread for a moment, but came across a prior boat you curated and had to share: Ankle Biter, as seen last Friday evening, just back to the slip at Waikiki Yacht Club after a beer can race. Pete, the guy you sold to, still owns the boat, has "sailed the hell out of it", races regularly, and has cruised it to all of the Hawaiian Islands. He says when he bought Ankle Biter from you he thought he would own the boat for a few years and then move up to something bigger, but 14 years later he is still loving the ride and has no plans to sell. He also remembered your name without prompting and enjoyed recalling and retelling of meeting you in Hanalei to complete the purchase.
All of which speaks well of the job you did prepping AB for the 2008 SHTP, and to the quality of the SC 27 generally. Well done, sir.
All of which speaks well of the job you did prepping AB for the 2008 SHTP, and to the quality of the SC 27 generally. Well done, sir.
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Hey! Thanks for this. Oh, it's good to see her in good hands, still, and going strong..
Sorry to read about the continuing bad news for masts this year. Here’s hoping the rest of the decade is clear of problems.
Does the piper have a roadworthy trailer that can get you to places like Santa Cruz, Morro Bay, the Delta, Huntington Lake among others?
Cheers,
Ants
Does the piper have a roadworthy trailer that can get you to places like Santa Cruz, Morro Bay, the Delta, Huntington Lake among others?
Cheers,
Ants
Absolutely.
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A free boat should be embraced with an abundance of free time. It seems I am over committed for the next decade or so.
If the free offer was a half hull model, I guess I would have to wait in line for my chance.
I imagine there are others who will give special thought to this situation.
I am not Scottish, but imagine my sailing ancestors must have had an influence in naming the town of Uig. Wait, that reminds me of a tale.
My introduction to Scotland came from a family trip in the early ‘80’s. My last name - Uiga, comes from a place name in Estonia. There is no translation to mean something. In the ‘90’s when internet searches were first possible, I would search the last name and usually come up with the immediate family. One time I found the book entitled The Womens Timber Corps by Uiga Robertson. Surprise! I contacted the author by mail and found Uiga Robertson’s dad was enamored with the isle of Uig, so he created Uiga as his daughter’s name. The added response was that Uiga had wished her mother had been a little more insistent.
In my reply, I stated if we had met earlier and married, she could have been Uiga Uiga! That would have given plenty of incentive to change her name.
Cheers,
Ants
best story ever!
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BobJ
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
That's quite the outboard on it!
Our family's first boat was a 21' hard-chined sloop. It was not a light-weight boat but my dad noticed that due to its hard chines and V-bottom, its Evinrude six at full throttle would almost make it plane. So if six is good, fifteen is better, right? (We were all new at this stuff.) He found a 15 hp Evinrude long shaft and managed to get it mounted on the little stern bracket.
The boat did plane with it - briefly. The whole works pulled right out of the transom and were it not for the safety line, the new engine would have been at the bottom of the Estuary.
Our family's first boat was a 21' hard-chined sloop. It was not a light-weight boat but my dad noticed that due to its hard chines and V-bottom, its Evinrude six at full throttle would almost make it plane. So if six is good, fifteen is better, right? (We were all new at this stuff.) He found a 15 hp Evinrude long shaft and managed to get it mounted on the little stern bracket.
The boat did plane with it - briefly. The whole works pulled right out of the transom and were it not for the safety line, the new engine would have been at the bottom of the Estuary.
Tchoupitoulas
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Hi Alan,
So will you use the lifting sling every time at Treasure Island? Have you had any luck securing a spot?
Sb
So will you use the lifting sling every time at Treasure Island? Have you had any luck securing a spot?
Sb
Intermission
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I've seen some folks save some money by doing the sanding, priming, sanding, and then the masking themselves, and then BMC sprays the paint.
I have also seen roll and tip jobs come out looking great, and I've seen them come out like orange peel by DIYers at BMC.
Your results may vary.
I was quoted $300 a foot for a paint job by the woman on the phone at BMC. That's $7,000.
Mister Tchoup, two ahead of me on the wait list.
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Lifting frame?
The piper is about the same displacement as an Olson 30. To me, the frame means there is some arrangement where straps go around outside of the hull. The Olson 30 had a rod with a hook that screwed onto the keel bolts.
Is the frame arrangement better that a more simple arrangement? Especially , now that there are high strength dyneema type lines that are relatively simple to splice and use and store (incomplete sentence).
Ants
The piper is about the same displacement as an Olson 30. To me, the frame means there is some arrangement where straps go around outside of the hull. The Olson 30 had a rod with a hook that screwed onto the keel bolts.
Is the frame arrangement better that a more simple arrangement? Especially , now that there are high strength dyneema type lines that are relatively simple to splice and use and store (incomplete sentence).
Ants