Cal 20 and 30

Hey, listmates, Cal 20 #1220 is in the water as of 9 a.m. for her 50th season!! Earlier weather forecasts for dubious conditions gradually evaporated, and the day is sunny, warm, and not too windy. There was a huge powerboat on a delivery rig sitting at the launch slip, but the yard owner chased him away, saying "I've got two boats to launch before I can get to that one." Better still, the outboard started and ran me all the way to the mooring ball, maybe about 3/4 mile. It's a cranky old thing but I have learned its quirks and find it to be a reliable power source when needed. And since my mast is still horizontal, waiting for me to find that 2nd person to step it, I needed the outboard. We get along much better now that I feed it alcohol-free "rec gas." If anybody is around Traverse City, give me a hand with that mast, maybe? All the people I know who'd be willing are either (a) old or feeble or disabled, or (b) people that I always ask. One minor glitch--there's a poison ivy patch where my dinghy is stored ashore. The properties across the road have been developed as condos, and the associations own the shoreline. They sort of tolerate me, maybe because I'm on the property line and maybe because I'm in the brambles (and poison ivy). The rising Great Lakes water level mean that the shore is smaller than last year but for free, I'll make do. So how about the Cal 30? Well, that's the one that will be offered at the Maritime Heritage Alliance boat auction on Saturday, June 4. Should go cheap. Everybody seems to think it's a great boat. Here's the info site; scroll down to boat #28 (where she's described as a Cal 29): > http://www.maritimeheritagealliance.org/annual-boat-auction Lots of other cool boats, too. Chris Campbell

Chris, Have a great sailing season and I suggest you buy a 9$ paper paintsuit and gloves from bigbox that your helper with the dinghy can toss after exposure to the vines. (You too if you're allergic as most probably are). Are you stepping the mast at your mooring? Really nice of the yard boss to be fair. A bottle of wine or sixpack is a nice thank you. Helen and Edward. We got in a little racing in santa cruz Tuesday, as soon as we set the sails the fog set in, max 1/2 mile visibility. But nice to sail, regardless. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:15 PM, ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]<Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hey, listmates, Cal 20 #1220 is in the water as of 9 a.m. for her 50th season!! Earlier weather forecasts for dubious conditions gradually evaporated, and the day is sunny, warm, and not too windy. There was a huge powerboat on a delivery rig sitting at the launch slip, but the yard owner chased him away, saying "I've got two boats to launch before I can get to that one." Better still, the outboard started and ran me all the way to the mooring ball, maybe about 3/4 mile. It's a cranky old thing but I have learned its quirks and find it to be a reliable power source when needed. And since my mast is still horizontal, waiting for me to find that 2nd person to step it, I needed the outboard. We get along much better now that I feed it alcohol-free "rec gas." If anybody is around Traverse City, give me a hand with that mast, maybe? All the people I know who'd be willing are either (a) old or feeble or disabled, or (b) people that I always ask. One minor glitch--there's a poison ivy patch where my dinghy is stored ashore. The properties across the road have been developed as condos, and the associations own the shoreline. They sort of tolerate me, maybe because I'm on the property line and maybe because I'm in the brambles (and poison ivy). The rising Great Lakes water level mean that the shore is smaller than last year but for free, I'll make do. So how about the Cal 30? Well, that's the one that will be offered at the Maritime Heritage Alliance boat auction on Saturday, June 4. Should go cheap. Everybody seems to think it's a great boat. Here's the info site; scroll down to boat #28 (where she's described as a Cal 29): > http://www.maritimeheritagealliance.org/annual-boat-auction Lots of other cool boats, too. Chris Campbell

On 6/2/2016 5:02 PM, Helen Horn he… [at] sbcglobal.net [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > Are you stepping the mast at your mooring? I step the mast at the marina's seawall--it's always calm there, and I can secure the mooring lines fore and aft. But on the Cal 20, it's a 2-person job. When I walk the mast aft so the pivot can be secured, I pass the balance point. The bottom end tilts UPWARD unless the helper holds it down. I had thought about the various mast-raising schemes but none of them address that problem. It's actually an easy job but it just requires two different human beings, at two places. I hate to bother people but necessity drives me. Chris

If you have a 6 ft step ladder, that's your other person. Tie it solidly down near the end of the cockpit so when you climb the steps you're facing forward. Put something on the top if it's aluminum to avoid scratching the mast. Set aft section of mast on ladder. Make sure the shrouds and backstay are connected and tangle free. Go to front (heel) of mast and slowly push the mast back across the ladder (watching that nothing tangles) until you can drop the heel into the step. If you have a hinge pin, put it in. If you don't, you'll need to devise am this to tie down the heel because most likely you are pushing down to get it there. At some point hook up the spin or jib halyard to a line run through a block on the stem like you would normally. Make sure it's cleated or tied off on the mast and the part coming to the stem is a couple feet short of the heel so you don't pull the shackle into the block up forward before the mast gets vertical. Line comes back into cockpit and through ladder hopefully through a cam cleat or stopper first. With heel pinned to step, go back to ladder and start climbing. Catch mast on your shoulder and grab the hoist line coming through ladder. Alternately pull and climb until you run out of nerve, steam, strength, etc. Hopefully you will reach the point where you can just drag it upright with the line. I usually push the mast as high as I can with one hand while pulling the line through the stopper or around a winch so it doesn't fall back. Then crank it up the rest of the way with a winch. You may not need the winch, I'm doing this on a 23 ft boat with a 32 ft mast so it's mostly not optional. Once it's vertical and the backstay comes tight, go up and attach the forestay. Reverse to take it down, except no cranking. Just be sure to guy your ladder so your don't push it over while sliding the mast fore or aft. If you can't get the mast up to the "it gets easier" point from the top of the ladder, move the ladder forward. (this also makes the mast heavier when you start lifting with your shoulder. Experiment to find the sweet spot). Happy Re-Mastculating! > On Jun 3, 2016, at 09:37, ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > >> On 6/2/2016 5:02 PM, Helen Horn he… [at] sbcglobal.net [Cal_Boats] wrote: >> >> Are you stepping the mast at your mooring? > > I step the mast at the marina's seawall--it's always calm there, and I can secure the mooring lines fore and aft. But on the Cal 20, it's a 2-person job. When I walk the mast aft so the pivot can be secured, I pass the balance point. The bottom end tilts UPWARD unless the helper holds it down. I had thought about the various mast-raising schemes but none of them address that problem. It's actually an easy job but it just requires two different human beings, at two places. I hate to bother people but necessity drives me. > > Chris >