[Public-List] Self Tailers

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

We put 40ST's on SURPRISE for primaries, and moved the old Barient non-self
tailing winches aft onto the spinnaker winch pads.

I don't doubt that adding self tailing winches to the boat was the single
most dramatic improvement she's received while we've owned her.  I know ST's
are not inexpensive, but I'd say they're worth every penny.

So what was the second most dramatic improvement?  The head.  When we got
SURPRISE she had a port-a-potty thing that was both awkward to sit on and
unpleasant to live with.  Under the lid was illustrated instructions on how
to make a 'sled' of folded toilet paper by which to aid the passage of solid
waste contributions...

A number of years ago we put a real toilet-style head into her.  Oh what an
improvement.  One can now sit in comfort and read a magazine like a
gentleman when doing one's duty.  I think the day I began toning down my
complaining that I missed the wooden boat, SURPRISE's predecessor, was the
first day I used the new head.

Gord #426 Surprise

PS - the wooden boat had a bucket.  Actually she carried two, a blue one and
a red one.  One was the head, the other for galley wash ups.  Visitors would
commonly forget which was which... And at this moment, I can't remember
myself.  


On 2015-10-23, 8:37 PM, "Wes Gardner via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> So maybe, just maybe I can eek a couple of self tailers into next spring's
> budget (maybe she won't notice :-) What size for primaries? I don't have a
> chute and won't be setting this boat up for one...
> 
> Wes
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