haulout

At about 10:15 EDT, Cal 20 #1220, /Martha C/, ran onto her trailer and up the ramp, and is now aground until spring. It's always a sad moment but luckily it was a bright sunny morning with almost no wind and the temps came up enough that I didn't turn blue. And I managed to steer her keel right into the trailer slot, dead on. This year the storage yard is within 1.5 mi. of my house and is adjacent to the local rail trail, so I can even get there on my bike. It's more protected and less vulnerable to high winds. Now I've got to replace my mooring buoy with the winter marker and get the winter cover on the boat. I'll wash the topsides with vinegar to get the mineral buildup off and maybe get some wax on. Chris Campbell

Chris, I can see you now wheeling all your tools to the yard on your bicycle. Warning to all of you with fiberglas over foam rudders in colder climes. Take the rudder off and take it home (or to some temperature controlled site). Water in the rudder (almost inevitably there) can freeze and explode the whole thing. Dismal affair. If you are going onto jackstands in the yard, make sure the boat is set up high enough that the rudder can be removed. For a CAL 25, it must sit up 8-10 inches off the ground/paving. All you SoCal people can ignore everything I've said. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Campbell Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:21 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [External] [Cal_Boats] haulout At about 10:15 EDT, Cal 20 #1220, Martha C, ran onto her trailer and up the ramp, and is now aground until spring. It's always a sad moment but luckily it was a bright sunny morning with almost no wind and the temps came up enough that I didn't turn blue. And I managed to steer her keel right into the trailer slot, dead on. This year the storage yard is within 1.5 mi. of my house and is adjacent to the local rail trail, so I can even get there on my bike. It's more protected and less vulnerable to high winds. Now I've got to replace my mooring buoy with the winter marker and get the winter cover on the boat. I'll wash the topsides with vinegar to get the mineral buildup off and maybe get some wax on. Chris Campbell

In California those of us who drysail our boats need to paint our rudders white so the sun won't bake them out From: "Husar, Charlie [USA] (ASE)" <hu… [at] bah.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [External] [Cal_Boats] haulout Chris, I can see you now wheeling all your tools to the yard on your bicycle. Warning to all of you with fiberglas over foam rudders in colder climes. Take the rudder off and take it home (or to some temperature controlled site). Water in the rudder (almost inevitably there) can freeze and explode the whole thing. Dismal affair. If you are going onto jackstands in the yard, make sure the boat is set up high enough that the rudder can be removed. For a CAL 25, it must sit up 8-10 inches off the ground/paving. All you SoCal people can ignore everything I’ve said. Cheers Charlie From:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Campbell Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:21 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [External] [Cal_Boats] haulout At about 10:15 EDT, Cal 20 #1220, Martha C, ran onto her trailer and up the ramp, and is now aground until spring. It's always a sad moment but luckily it was a bright sunny morning with almost no wind and the temps came up enough that I didn't turn blue. And I managed to steer her keel right into the trailer slot, dead on. This year the storage yard is within 1.5 mi. of my house and is adjacent to the local rail trail, so I can even get there on my bike. It's more protected and less vulnerable to high winds. Now I've got to replace my mooring buoy with the winter marker and get the winter cover on the boat. I'll wash the topsides with vinegar to get the mineral buildup off and maybe get some wax on. Chris Campbell

On 9/27/2012 12:31 PM, Husar, Charlie [USA] (ASE) wrote: > > > Chris, I can see you now wheeling all your tools to the yard on your > bicycle. > My in-the-water temporary mast support is a triangular device that folds up and ends up being about 4-1/2 feet long. I've carried it strapped to a backpack. Note past tense. It's pretty awkward. Once I found a nice handsaw at a garage sale while bicycling. I was carrying it in one hand. The wind blew it into the front spokes and when the saw reached the front forks, the front wheel stopped. Neither Chris nor the rest of the bike did. That was my second trip over the handlebars and the last one without a helmet. Now I mostly limit what I carry to what will fit into a backpack or onto a little pack frame. But one of the definitions of the good life is being able to get there on a bicycle. This year our very odd late winter led me to ride the bike to work in Jan., Feb., and March (not every day, just when warmish and snow-free). So now the goal is to ride to work in each month of this year. Just for the hell of it. The coolest things made by humans are sailboats, iceboats, and bicycles. Chris Campbell > >