[Public-List] Bow chocks

Gordon Laco mainstay at csolve.net
Fri Nov 1 15:05:21 PDT 2019


Hello Rod!  

We got two Misery Cruises in this year… the one last weekend was quite horrible!

Gordon Laco
www.gordonlaco.com




> On Nov 1, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Rod Symmes via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Well Gordon - you didn't get your misery cruise but at least you had a misery haul.  Was there any white stuff on the docks this morning ?
> I am feeling quite smug because last weekend I saw the winds they were forecasting for today and had two beautiful soft days [ monday and tuesday] to work in short sleeves stripping all the fabric off PERSEVERANCE and motoring her around to  D's.  Wednesday I was hauled and tucked away in a sheltered area with enough time left in the day to winterize engine and plumbing and pull the drains so I don't have to worry about any cold nights while I await nice weather for tarping.  We said hello to SURPRISE as we crossed her stern.
> 
> Today I am home and cozy ---- I think it is time to put another log in the stove and brew a cup.
> 
> Cheers,     Rod
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> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bow chocks
> 
> Mine in 426 succumbed to an impact driver.
> 
> I removed them in order to reposition them closer to the edge of the bow casting.
> 
> SURPRISE came out of the water this afternoon and so ends the 2019 sailing season.   We never got away this year for a cruise, but we did have many weekends up the coast and that’s nothing to sneeze at.  And the old girl did win herself another flag, third place in the August series.  Not bad, not bad.
> 
> Well the weather today was quite miserable… wind and cold both in plenty.  We needed to get a pump out before hauling (yes, I forgot to do that once) and maneuvering around the rickety pump out dock was a bit of a thrill but it all worked out.  Our boats are exceptionally well behaved under power and I was able to spin her in her length in the channel as usual.  I should add that not having the genny on the furled helped tremendously by virtue of it’s windage being eliminated.
> 
> That’s all done now… SURPRISE is snug in her cradle.  Soon her canvass tarp, called ’The Shroud of Turin’ because it still has Touch Wood’s imprint worn into it, will be over her so she can sleep till spring.
> 
> Here’s to spring!
> 
> Gordon Laco
> 426 Surprise
> www.gordonlaco.com<http://www.gordonlaco.com>
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>> On Nov 1, 2019, at 3:41 PM, Greg Hounsell via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Collective wisdom time.
>> 
>> Need to remove the skene bow chocks up on the bow plate. Of course SS bolts
>> or screws seized/welded after decades.
>> 
>> Ideas?
>> 
>> PS. Are they bolts that need to be reached from the anchor locker? Is the
>> bow plate threaded? Or are they screws all the way through into the fg?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Greg
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