[Public-List] Mast Step

[Gordon Laco]

...while the bosun rigs the grating for the daily routine of flogging
miscreants up for the usual charges... Hanging water bottles on winches,
yanking on the lifelines while I'm resting my arm in them, stomping while
moving about the decks, failing to coil halyard tails, leaving the ice box
open, failing to pre-load opposite tack winches after a tack, blocking my
view of the knotmeter or compass or genny ticklers (or anything I might be
looking at), grabbing the wheel for support while moving about the cockpit,
drawing my attention to other yachts as potentially crossing situations when
they clearly aren't, generally failing to read my mind when I give ambiguous
or conflicting orders... Etc etc

Gord #426 Surprise (which is generally a happy ship - er ah so I think...)


On 19/04/12 8:53 AM, "Rod Symmes" <weatherhelm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> You fooled me,  Gord.   I was sure you were picturing yourself, hands clasped
> behind your back, on the deck of a Corvette with the sound of the helm
> standing rigging groaning under the pressure of the Royals.
> 
> Cheers,   Rod
> 
> ~~~~_/) ~~~~~~~~~~
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> 
>> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:43:34 -0400
>> From: mainstay at csolve.net
>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Mast Step
>> 
>> The heel of such a modified mast step makes a dandy place to land the lower
>> limb of a boom vang tackle.  For lack of such a fixing point (SURPRISE has
>> the stock cast aluminium step) I use a stirrup shaped boom bale on the foot
>> of the mast that catches the athwartships bolt.
>> 
>> When easing the boom or gybing, the shackle on the bale makes a metalic
>> groaning sound that some dislike...but I really like.  To me that sound
>> brings to mind a dangerously powerful 1970's vintage America's Cup 12mtr
>> yacht easing its mast ram, vang and backstay hydraulics.   I think that's a
>> very intimidating sound for competitors to hear.  However, as my wife has
>> pointed out, I am probably the only person who makes that association....
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise
>> 
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