Moon raise SFBAY

Sailing on the bay

On 10/27/2015 2:58 AM, Edward Stancil e.… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Edward Stancil included below] > > Sailing on the bay > Nice photo. The big full moon has brightened our last few nights here too. It's interesting to think that we have that big round object out there, circling around our planet. Around here we are preparing for the water to turn solid. Almost all the boats are hauled out by now. There may be one or two in the marinas where they are protected and can haul out late. I finally got my dinghy repaired. We had a huge storm in August that brought down a lot of large trees in the region. One of them fell on my fiberglass dinghy and poked two holes in it. I covered them in tape and kept using it. Once the boat was hauled a few weeks ago, I did proper fiberglass and epoxy repairs, then painted it. The process was interesting. I mean, it's just a dinghy, and an inexpensive one to boot. But when I do things like this, they have to look good. So I went through multiple steps to get it all shaped properly and faired out so you can't see the repair. There is one tiny defect that _I_ can see but then I remembered that it's just a dinghy and called it good enough. Now we're ready for next season. Chris Campbell > > >

Hi, Chris. Sounds like you had the makings of a Flex Seal™ commercial. Cheers Charlie Annapolis From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:28 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Moon raise SFBAY On 10/27/2015 2:58 AM, Edward Stancil e.… [at] gmail.com <mailto:e.… [at] gmail.com> [Cal_Boats] wrote: Sailing on the bay Nice photo. The big full moon has brightened our last few nights here too. It's interesting to think that we have that big round object out there, circling around our planet. Around here we are preparing for the water to turn solid. Almost all the boats are hauled out by now. There may be one or two in the marinas where they are protected and can haul out late. I finally got my dinghy repaired. We had a huge storm in August that brought down a lot of large trees in the region. One of them fell on my fiberglass dinghy and poked two holes in it. I covered them in tape and kept using it. Once the boat was hauled a few weeks ago, I did proper fiberglass and epoxy repairs, then painted it. The process was interesting. I mean, it's just a dinghy, and an inexpensive one to boot. But when I do things like this, they have to look good. So I went through multiple steps to get it all shaped properly and faired out so you can't see the repair. There is one tiny defect that I can see but then I remembered that it's just a dinghy and called it good enough. Now we're ready for next season. Chris Campbell

On 10/27/2015 12:06 PM, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > > Hi, Chris. Sounds like you had the makings of a Flex Seal™ commercial. > I had to look that up! One thing I have learned by becoming old is to be very suspicious of miracle goo. One former owner of my Cal 20 had treated silicone sealer as his miracle goo, and its ineffectiveness was matched only by its tenacity after it had failed to function. The only thing worse is 5200. My temporary dinghy fix was electrical tape, available in an attractive white tone that matches my dinghy hull. (I buy it in colors for wrapping my split rings in the rigging--green for starboard, red for port, white for bow, stern, and now dinghy). It almost looked good enough to be the final repair, but what kind of sailor would repair his boat with tape, for goodness' sake? One of the positive things about sailing is the long tradition of seamanship--the pressure to do things the right way so others don't think you're a doofus, or worse, so you don't kill yourself by stupid acts. So far I've attained the doofus stage a few times but haven't reached death yet. We'll put that off as long as possible. And having a serviceable dinghy--no tape--will help. Chris > >

Chris, your last paragraph says it all! "...do things the right way" This sailor of over 60 years had to learn doing things the right way, the hard way. Tom Vandiver Cal Cruising 46 Satori, preparing for winter on Bayou Chico ;-) From: "ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Moon raise SFBAY On 10/27/2015 12:06 PM, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: Hi, Chris. Sounds like you had the makings of a Flex Seal™ commercial. I had to look that up! One thing I have learned by becoming old is to be very suspicious of miracle goo. One former owner of my Cal 20 had treated silicone sealer as his miracle goo, and its ineffectiveness was matched only by its tenacity after it had failed to function. The only thing worse is 5200. My temporary dinghy fix was electrical tape, available in an attractive white tone that matches my dinghy hull. (I buy it in colors for wrapping my split rings in the rigging--green for starboard, red for port, white for bow, stern, and now dinghy). It almost looked good enough to be the final repair, but what kind of sailor would repair his boat with tape, for goodness' sake? One of the positive things about sailing is the long tradition of seamanship--the pressure to do things the right way so others don't think you're a doofus, or worse, so you don't kill yourself by stupid acts. So far I've attained the doofus stage a few times but haven't reached death yet. We'll put that off as long as possible. And having a serviceable dinghy--no tape--will help. Chris

Fun dialogue, one of the things that makes this group so enjoyable. It's amazing what you find previous owner(s) may have done to your boat, some trying to remedy or cope with previous solutions. We try to stay mostly original, partly so the next owner won't have to go backwards. These trusty old cals are restorations forever and should not be overdone. We are enjoying our 36 in SF bay, with replacing the stern wood rail that wore thin probably twenty years ago, and new spreaders and standing rigging, at least ten years older than should be. This winter. So we (owners of an indecent number of boats)had our number come up for a smaller slip in Santa Cruz, after paying to be on list for many years, partnered up with another member of our yc in Redwood City who also drives the hill to sail, and took her (ours too now) cal 2-27 to its new home in Santa Cruz. She works, we're retired, so the schedule is perfect. And, you can eat the fish you catch in Monterey Bay! Funny thing is, we almost bought this boat last year, don't laugh Fred. (Fred let us sail his beautiful Nemesis last year in the Sound. And he saved us from becoming owners of some strange boat in Washington where we were trying to join our yc in a minicruise. The cost to charter there is more than a purchase)(We are probably on the waiting list for a local institution too). Helen and Edward. Hoping those of you who have to put away your boats have a happy winter. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"Tom Vandiver bs… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date:Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 3:59 AM Subject:Re: [Cal_Boats] Moon raise SFBAY Chris, your last paragraph says it all! "...do things the right way" This sailor of over 60 years had to learn doing things the right way, the hard way. Tom Vandiver Cal Cruising 46 Satori, preparing for winter on Bayou Chico ;-) From: "ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Moon raise SFBAY On 10/27/2015 12:06 PM, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: Hi, Chris. Sounds like you had the makings of a Flex Seal™ commercial. I had to look that up! One thing I have learned by becoming old is to be very suspicious of miracle goo. One former owner of my Cal 20 had treated silicone sealer as his miracle goo, and its ineffectiveness was matched only by its tenacity after it had failed to function. The only thing worse is 5200. My temporary dinghy fix was electrical tape, available in an attractive white tone that matches my dinghy hull. (I buy it in colors for wrapping my split rings in the rigging--green for starboard, red for port, white for bow, stern, and now dinghy). It almost looked good enough to be the final repair, but what kind of sailor would repair his boat with tape, for goodness' sake? One of the positive things about sailing is the long tradition of seamanship--the pressure to do things the right way so others don't think you're a doofus, or worse, so you don't kill yourself by stupid acts. So far I've attained the doofus stage a few times but haven't reached death yet. We'll put that off as long as possible. And having a serviceable dinghy--no tape--will help. Chris