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We are just back from our summer family sailing trip up the coast...
Surprise was a good home and a feeder - in the Navy they say one cannot say
more for a ship.
Here are some pictures from the trip - people have been asking me about our
anchor windlass installation so you may have a place for that on the site.
That windlass is a Vetus. When I installed it I was asked at our sailing
club how much power it draws... I answered 'about half a cheeseburger' which
stunned my interviewer. Apparently he was shocked that I would fit a
manual windlass.
We carry 150' of 5/16" BBB chain under the windlass, 200' of 5/8" nylon
through the deck pipe to port. If you look closely at the spinnaker sheet
snap shackle to starboard, you will see the marlin spike on a lanyard we
keep in the anchor fitting for the starboard lifeline. Keeping the spike
there keeps it handy for doing up and removing shackles from whatever anchor
we put on the nylon anchor cable.
The reason the mahogony pad under the windlass extends so far aft is so that
it covers the old hole from the old deck pipe we used for the chain before I
got the windlass.
The other reason is just because I liked it.
Gord
Surprise, #426
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This Old Boat
by Don Casey
Subtitled "turn a rundown fiberglass boat into a
first-class yacht on a shoestring budget," this book is the best
introduction I know boat maintenance for the new or prospective owner
of a "modern classic" sailboat. Starting with guidelines
for selecting a boat, Casey proceeds to fiberglass repairs, cabin and
deckwork, spars and rigging, boat equipment, woodwork, electrical,
plumbing, refrigeration, painting, canvas work and sails. All of this
is described in clear, simple terms perfect for the inexperienced.
This is the book that taught me fiberglass work. But don't let it
fool you; this book is appropriate for experienced boatowners, too.
I still refer to it.
Other books by Don Casey
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