[Public-List] Mast Step

[Kris Coward]

You forgot stinginess with the rum when mixing your drinks--obviously
far too heinous an offense to be relegated to the et ceteras (or do you
skip flogging for that and go straight to keelhauling?)

-K

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 09:07:51AM -0400, Gordon Laco wrote:
> ...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
> > 
> > ~~~~_/) ~~~~~~~~~~
> > ~~~~~~~_/)  _/) ~~~~~~~
> > ~~_/) ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > 
> >> 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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