[Public-List] Clever, but perhaps not so clever...

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Gord, I can do likewise at the weekend. Boat is in her slip, dodger still up. I have fantasies about squeezing in one sail over the holidays, if the wx cooperates.Paul / Slainte #129AnnapolisSent via the Samsung Galaxy S9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Meinhold via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Date: 12/14/22  18:16  (GMT-05:00) To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Cc: Mike Meinhold <meinhold272 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Clever, but perhaps not so clever... GordI can go out soon and measure. I have Mike Lehman’s old dodger.  Rinn Duinis still on the mooringOn Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 18:12 Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:> NO!>> There will be no full cockpit enclosure (aka ‘oxygen tent’)  And there> will be no cockpit cushions.  A man must draw the line somewhere…>>>> Gordon Laco> www.gordonlaco.com> 705-527-9612>>>> > On Dec 14, 2022, at 5:58 PM, Rod Symmes via Public-List <> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:> >> > Oh my...........  next Gord will be installing an oxygen tent !> > and then it will be pressurized hot water.> > What is the world coming to?> >> > On the other hand ......... if you are forgetting where you wrote it> down,  maybe it is time you put some shade over your head.  (-:> >> > Rod> >> >> >> > Sent from my Galaxy> >> >> >> > -------- Original message --------> > From: Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>> > Date: 2022-12-14 5:33 p.m. (GMT-05:00)> > To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> >> > Cc: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>> > Subject: [Public-List] Clever, but perhaps not so clever...> >> > Hello shipmates,> >> > So there I was, deciding at last to order myself a dodger for SURPRISE.> Once upon a time I despised fibreglass boats (but now I have one) I> despised aluminium masts (but now I have one) I despised standing headroom> down below (and now I have it) and I especially despised inboard engines,> roller furling headsails and wheel steering (and now I have and enjoy all> of them).> >> > I’m ordering my dodger from Nat Genco… whose family made making dodgers> and other canvass work for Whitby Boatworks products since both Whitby Boat> Works and Genco Marine started at about the same time.  They know Alberg 30> like nobody else.> >> > I knew that Nat would need to know the comfortable height of my boom> above the companionway in order to most correctly determine the height of> my dodger… and oh wasn’t I chuckling to myself a month ago about how clever> I am when I remembered to measure that height before I was asked for it.> >> > I did measure it… but what did I do with the results of that> measurement?  I do recall writing it down on something…> >> > So, would any of you southern American brethren who still have their> rigs up care to do me the great favour of sending me the measurement> between the top of the closed companionway slider, and the underside of> their boom, and maybe a picture of their boat broadside so I can reckon how> close your boom at rest is to mine?> >> > Gord> > Surprise 426> >> >> > Gordon Laco> > www.gordonlaco.com<http://www.gordonlaco.com>> > 705-527-9612> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > These businesses support your Association:> > http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> > Please support them.> > _______________________________________________> > Public-List mailing list> > Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> > http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org> > _______________________________________________> > These businesses support your Association:> > http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> > Please support them.> > _______________________________________________> > Public-List mailing list> > Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> > http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org>> _______________________________________________> These businesses support your Association:> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> Please support them.> _______________________________________________> Public-List mailing list> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org>_______________________________________________These businesses support your Association:http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.htmlPlease support them._______________________________________________Public-List mailing listPublic-List at lists.alberg30.orghttp://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org