Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal Girl Instruments

Timm - What kind of instruments do you have? I am going to mount mine over the companionway as well and I like the pod you have as it appears to be very shallow and not bulky like most I've seen. Any chance you have a few pics of it you could share? Thanks - Paul In a message dated 3/23/2012 11:38:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ti… [at] ch2m.com writes: I have finally adopted red/green for rigging The lines on port are / have red in them Ditto Starboard Red All standing rigging, lifelines, shackles, spreaders are identified with color bands. That way a foredeck, can grab the green halyard, with the green shackle, and look at the green stanchion and green tack and have some confidence there is clean routing. *´¨) ¸.· ´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·**¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·' ( ......….-_/) Timm Lessley From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allen Edwards Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:28 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cal 39 - Corinthian Chris, that is actually interesting. I never ever wrap a winch backward although I have crew that has sailed to the South Pacific and back that does. I never get left and right wrong but even after 23 years I have to have signs on the boat to identify Port and Starboard. At least you can label the port and starboard sides of a boat as, like you say, they are places and not directions so don't change when you turn around. Even trying to remember that you get on the boat from the port side doesn't seem to help. Perhaps it is too many years of sailing with people who know know a sheet from a light blanket or think a line is something you use in a bar. I am told that on the large Coast Guard ships that they have large signs with arrows pointing out which direction is left and which is right. When I heard that, I made my signs for port and starboard without feeling so stupid. By the way, is it always the port winch that you get backward? Allen On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Chris Campbell <_c… [at] lsnm.org_ (mailto:cc… [at] lsnm.org) > wrote: On 3/22/2012 6:38 PM, Husar, Charlie [USA] (ASE) wrote: Chris, for us (we) old sea dogs, I fully agree. For the majority of the people that show up on my boat, I am happy if they remember when we are on starboard tack, can wrap the winch in the correct direction, and know what a boom vang is. I will confess that after many years of wrapping winches, I sometimes get CW and CCW confused. But then I tend to get right and left confused (often), while usually doing better with port & starboard. Those are places, not directions. Chris Campbell