Spring Mtce.

Ha! Got the bottom painted today, 3 hours total, masking and painting. My brother helps. We sanded it Monday, that took longer. Now only waxing and buffing and we're ready to splash. Earliest for me, ever. Now, what can go wrong? Most of my friends still have shrink wrap on. That is, their boats have! There's a picture. Just think, if the Egyptians had had shrink wrap. Perfect mummies. My club's Opening Day is the Sunday before Memorial Day, and my boat has never been there then. Hey, I used to work, had young kids, etc. Besides, Lake Mich ain't warm enough yet to enjoy.David Dobbs, Cal29 411

On 5/2/2018 5:30 PM, david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > Ha! Got the bottom painted today, 3 hours total, masking and > painting. My brother helps. We sanded it Monday, that took longer. > Now only waxing and buffing and we're ready to splash. Earliest for > me, ever. Now, what can go wrong? Most of my friends still have > shrink wrap on. That is, their boats have! There's a picture. Just > think, if the Egyptians had had shrink wrap. Perfect mummies. My > club's Opening Day is the Sunday before Memorial Day, and my boat has > never been there then. Hey, I used to work, had young kids, etc. > Besides, Lake Mich ain't warm enough yet to enjoy. > David Dobbs, Cal29 411 > My Cal 20 is ready to go as soon as my hauler can get her in. Topsides buffed out, bottom paint touched up, winter cover & mast supports off, spring cover & supports on, outboard motor in place, trailer blocks out so it sits on its own tires. Two nights ago I rowed the dinghy out, found my winter buoy, and replaced it with the real mooring ball. I varnished the rudder over the winter. Now I just need to get the boat in the water, working around work obligations, Dr. appointments, and all the stuff that fills up our calendars. This is early for me but I have a trip to Scotland at the end of the month and want to have the boat in and the mast stepped before that. When I put the mooring ball out I wore a PFD on the dinghy, first time ever. The water temp is probably 38 degrees F. here on my side of Lake Michigan, since we've had a cold spring, and the chance of being immersed in that made me cautious. Chris Campbell > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >

I love the enthusiasm with which you snow country sailors show the love for your boats. It's like they are getting dressed up for a party. The separation ritual motivates the getting ready each season. I bet you get more done in that short burst than those of us who are always in the water . You rock. Helen Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 10:08 AM, ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]<Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: On 5/2/2018 5:30 PM, david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: Ha! Got the bottom painted today, 3 hours total, masking and painting. My brother helps. We sanded it Monday, that took longer. Now only waxing and buffing and we're ready to splash. Earliest for me, ever. Now, what can go wrong? Most of my friends still have shrink wrap on. That is, their boats have! There's a picture. Just think, if the Egyptians had had shrink wrap. Perfect mummies. My club's Opening Day is the Sunday before Memorial Day, and my boat has never been there then. Hey, I used to work, had young kids, etc. Besides, Lake Mich ain't warm enough yet to enjoy. David Dobbs, Cal29 411 My Cal 20 is ready to go as soon as my hauler can get her in. Topsides buffed out, bottom paint touched up, winter cover & mast supports off, spring cover & supports on, outboard motor in place, trailer blocks out so it sits on its own tires. Two nights ago I rowed the dinghy out, found my winter buoy, and replaced it with the real mooring ball. I varnished the rudder over the winter. Now I just need to get the boat in the water, working around work obligations, Dr. appointments, and all the stuff that fills up our calendars. This is early for me but I have a trip to Scotland at the end of the month and want to have the boat in and the mast stepped before that. When I put the mooring ball out I wore a PFD on the dinghy, first time ever. The water temp is probably 38 degrees F. here on my side of Lake Michigan, since we've had a cold spring, and the chance of being immersed in that made me cautious. Chris Campbell

On 5/3/2018 1:40 PM, Helen Horn he… [at] sbcglobal.net [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > I love the enthusiasm with which you snow country sailors show the > love for your boats. It's like they are getting dressed up for a > party. The separation ritual motivates the getting ready each season. > I bet you get more done in that short burst than those of us who are > always in the water . You rock. Helen I was out working last night after the daily after-work walking route. When I started the walk I got two blocks down the street in shorts & t-shirt with temps in the low 70s when the wind switched to the north--onshore from Grand Traverse Bay--and the temps dropped 20 degrees. I had to turn around and go home to get more clothing. Next, off to the boat & worked until dark. The only problem with the spring fix-up/clean-up is that once the boat goes into the water, most of the work stops. If I'm on the boat, I'm sailing unless something really demands work. The rest of you can pause and do projects while tho boat is ion the water. One of my theories about boat ownership is that keeping the boat looking good is an important priority. Boats that look good are usually safe & functional too. When I was much younger and just becoming a sailor, a local guy had a Mercer 44 with a dark blue hull. It seemed like the most beautiful human-made object on earth to me. But he beat the hell out of it and never did any maintenance. Seemed criminal to me. Chris Campbell >

Another picture taken a few days ago on a beautiful day in San Francisco Bay. Maintenance on Papoose this season involved painting the cockpit and cabin sides. New mainsail and a new A-3 spinnaker. Just a reminder, this is an L-36 built in 1956. Notice the new rig as a result of my dismasting two years ago. This is our first sail of the year and we learned a lot of things that we had forgotten... We have not raced yet with the asymmetric. The reason for getting the A-3 was that my AP symmetric was just too much to handle for this old crew. Now we just need to learn how to jibe without flossing the keel. We tried an inside jibe but ripped the sail. That was a bad idea. Too much wind and no bowsprit so we are going back to outside jibes. On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:57 PM, ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats] < Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > On 5/3/2018 1:40 PM, Helen Horn he… [at] sbcglobal.net [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > I love the enthusiasm with which you snow country sailors show the love > for your boats. It's like they are getting dressed up for a party. The > separation ritual motivates the getting ready each season. I bet you get > more done in that short burst than those of us who are always in the water > . You rock. Helen > > > I was out working last night after the daily after-work walking route. > When I started the walk I got two blocks down the street in shorts & > t-shirt with temps in the low 70s when the wind switched to the > north--onshore from Grand Traverse Bay--and the temps dropped 20 degrees. > I had to turn around and go home to get more clothing. Next, off to the > boat & worked until dark. > > The only problem with the spring fix-up/clean-up is that once the boat > goes into the water, most of the work stops. If I'm on the boat, I'm > sailing unless something really demands work. The rest of you can pause and > do projects while tho boat is ion the water. > > One of my theories about boat ownership is that keeping the boat looking > good is an important priority. Boats that look good are usually safe & > functional too. When I was much younger and just becoming a sailor, a > local guy had a Mercer 44 with a dark blue hull. It seemed like the most > beautiful human-made object on earth to me. But he beat the hell out of it > and never did any maintenance. Seemed criminal to me. > > Chris Campbell > > > > >