[Public-List] Setback with Touch Wood

[Gordon Laco]

I'm in my Epifanes booth; I've got Voyager Self Steering vanes here too, but registered the booth under Epifanes

Gord

On 2014-01-10, at 8:59 PM, Dominic Amann <dominic.amann at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's hope so. Old man winter has thrown a lot at us so far.
> 
> I hope to drop in at the show on Sunday.  Where should we look for you?
> On Jan 10, 2014 8:56 PM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
>> Surprise had four feet of snow on her - Dominic I am sorry I didn't check
>> your boat when I checked mine.   I won't be back up there till after the
>> 19th when the show is over.   I think your tarp is plastic?  Maybe the snow
>> slid off.  My tarp is canvas, which I prefer for ventilation but the snow
>> tends to stick to it.
>> 
>> My wife and I knocked what we reckon are tons of snow and ice of Surprise's
>> tarp.  I had her mast laid across her as a ridge pole with scissored 2x4's
>> at the stern and laid on the pulpit forward.  The strut under the midships
>> of the mast  (a piece of oak I've used for years) broke under the weight
>> and
>> the mast was bent down in the middle almost to the cabin top.  I thought
>> for
>> sure it was finished.
>> 
>> Much to my surprise as the snow load was knocked off, it returned to
>> straight.  There's a new strut under it again.
>> 
>> Lucky, lucky.   Perhaps TW will be lucky too....
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/01/14 8:49 PM, "Dominic Amann" <dominic.amann at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ouch. So sorry to hear that. Best of luck.
>>> On Jan 10, 2014 8:34 PM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello gang -
>>>> 
>>>> I¹m firmly ensconced here in my booth at the Toronto International Boat
>>>> Show....if any of you come to the show I¹d like to see you.    All¹s
>> well
>>>> and I¹m looking forward to the week but for one thing.  Earlier this
>> week
>>>> we
>>>> had a snow storm in Midland like I¹ve never seen.  Four feet of snow
>> fell
>>>> over two days.  I was looking at the thickness of the snow cap on our
>>>> house,
>>>> and then I remembered Touch Wood in her temporary shed.
>>>> 
>>>> Did I make those undressed 2x4 roof beams well enough?  Did I put enough
>>>> bracing into the structure?   Well the answer is no.  The shed collapsed
>>>> and
>>>> TW is beneath several tons of ice, snow, and the wreckage of the
>> building.
>>>> I couldn¹t get to her to see how bad things are, but I could see that
>> the
>>>> roof is completely down.  I hope that so long as she didn¹t fall over,
>> she
>>>> may have survived.  However all my tools are buried in the snow.  I
>>>> couldn¹t
>>>> dig into the ruin because I had to get here to the show....and guess
>> what.
>>>> There¹s going to be a thaw with heavy rain this weekend.... Then a deep
>>>> freeze again.  I reckon whatever shape she¹s in she¹ll have to bear till
>>>> March when things start warming up.
>>>> 
>>>> I am so glad her mast wasn¹t in the shed.... I can¹t believe this has
>>>> happened.
>>>> 
>>>> Gord #426 Surprise
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