[Public-List] Spinnaker rigging, pole down haul

Gordon Laco via Public-List public-list at lists.alberg30.org
Tue Aug 16 13:26:44 PDT 2016


Hello Larry,

I'm in Bayfield Inlet on the rocky eastern coast of the bay.  

Rain has stopped.  A couple of loons are fussing around and I saw a huge snapping turtle, the undisputed patriarch of this cove, eyeing Surprise with clear malice.  What a monster. 

G

On 2016-08-16, at 4:05 PM, Lawrence Morris <morris.lc at verizon.net> wrote:

> Gord,
> 
> You are bring back memories.  Where are you swinging?  I have spent many a pleasant day in Rattlesnake harbor an Club Island or are you north of Killarny?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Larry, Solstice 501
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Gang
>> 
>> I'll sent pictures but at the moment I'm in a remote anchorage in northern Georgian Bay swinging at two anchors , sipping scotch, reading a Patrick O'Brian novel.  Heavy gravity is setting in.   (Any Vonnegut readers out there?).  It's also raining softly but that's making being at anchor here all the more attractive.   
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise 
>> Bayfield Inlet, Georgian Bay 
>> 
>>> On 2016-08-16, at 1:34 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I once considered a bail at the base of the mast, but it seemed like it would interfere with the forward hatch. I'd be interested in how Gord has implemented this.
>>> 
>>> - George
>>> 
>>>> On 8/16/16 11:54 AM, Hernán Scarnichia via Public-List wrote:
>>>> Backfin,
>>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>>> I will try with a downhaul to the base of the mast as soon as I put a bail
>>>> there to atach it.
>>>> It may be easier for me to set up as a foreguy to the bow cleats or toerail
>>>> (aluminum slotted)
>>>> How is the foreguy routed to the cockpit and where do you cleat it off?
>>>> 
>>>> Hernan
>>>> #414
>>> 
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