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Steve Blackburn
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2007 : 00:33:27

I'm thinking of buying the snow plow attachment from WM catalog #SP2039-1029. Maybe I'll go deluxe and buy the one with lines running all the way back to the cockpit for better control. You see, it's May 23rd and snowing real hard outside. Can't even see my lawn. Tomorrow I'm due for a motoring skills course and will be wearing my largest winter jacket.

Merry Christmas!

Steve Blackburn, Calgary, AB
C250WB - 1999 - Hull 396

Edited by - Steve Blackburn on 05/24/2007 00:34:30

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 07:04:40

Ya might wanna supersize your jib with that...

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 07:14:07

Nice graphics work.

I can empathize. It was 29 degrees here in Northern Michigan on Saturday. No snow though. We're crying for moisture here. Anything but snow would be welcome. Lake Superior is 15" above it's record low and our lake, which connects to Superior, is a mess. I have a beach I never had before and have to go out 290 feet to get to a suitable depth for my wife's boat lift.The dock additon would be huge so I'm just going to stick the lift out there with a dock section and mark it with solar lawn lights. My C25 is moored about 50 feet beyond.

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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 08:54:11

Hey Steve, you're not kidding me! That's not really your boat! Wrong sail number

Paul

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 10:37:06

defender.com has them for less.

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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 13:20:22

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">defender.com has them for less<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
yes, but only for powerboats!

Paul

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Bill Arden
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 14:31:52

Geez, and I thought I had it bad (see the thread "Northerner's Favorite W(h)ine").

I bow in deference to your persistence!

Hope your boat's not water ballasted...

Regards,

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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 20:36:41

You'll have to add one of these to the transom if you expect to melt that lake.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 23:37:44

Darnit, Paul got me with the sail number.

However here are real pictures I took this morning right before going off sailing for my final course. These are real now. Notice on the second picture my tulips covered with snow!

Hmmm persitent you say? Maybe that's what I'll call my boat afterall "Persistence"

Today wasn't so bad afterall although it felt more like a scene from "Deadliest Catch" but without crabs. Near freezing but no rain. The thick winter jacket wasn't a luxury.

Edited by - Steve Blackburn on 05/24/2007 23:43:18

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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 05:45:03

have never even thought about it till seeing Steve's pictures.

Do you guys in the cooler climbs have to worry about the furler freezing? We have to consider the high temperatures, so the fuler is always strapped to the mast and covered. It's never exactly 'straight' so there are minor kinks that are barely noticable.

Our Tulips have already bloomed and frizzled, still on 1 day 2 hours a week water restrictions down here.

Paul

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Jarrett Anderson
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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 08:17:33

WM makes an ablative anti fouling plow paint you may want to consider.

I guess now is a bad time to ask about a good water proof sun screen? I really never thought twice about keeping the boat in the water year round til I saw your pictures.

Jarrett _/)

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 11:03:45

Steve,
I know you just bought the boat (I remember your tire pressure post).
It's a really bad idea to leave your jib out in the snow (or sun if you ever get any).
It will wear out before you get a chance to use it.

Russ #793

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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 13:26:16

"Do you guys in the cooler climbs have to worry about the furler freezing? "

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've found that once it warms up in the Spring, the plastic softens and the kinks, for the most part, go away.

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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 13:53:26

Every time I see pictures like this or read threads from the northern guys, I know one thing. I ain't never moving back North. We have lived in Chicago twice, Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver and Kansas City. I like my snow shovel right where it has been for the last 6 months. On the garage wall!!!!

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/25/2007 : 14:36:37

What's a snow shovel?

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/27/2007 : 16:21:20

Thanks Russ. Do you completely dismount the furler jib then?

Edited by - Steve Blackburn on 05/27/2007 16:21:42

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Response Posted - 05/27/2007 : 18:39:55

Steve, we trailed the boat just a couple of times with the jib on the furler: it got so messy, that we gave it a good wash, and from then on removed it before heading home.

paul

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/27/2007 : 18:41:54

Would a jib sock cover make a difference?

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 05/27/2007 : 21:06:25

Steve,
I have a jib sock but some people remove the jib from the furler.
I wouldn't remove the furler, because it's too hard to store someplace else.
Russ (#793)

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Response Posted - 05/28/2007 : 07:31:26

Agreed with Russ, I think Frank Hopper posted some great pics of his furler carrier.

Paul

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/28/2007 : 12:04:48

Anyone ever think about using 3" or 4" PVC pipe? Use the light stuff and cut 6' - 8' sections. Then detach the forestay at the masthead and slide the sections over your furler and furled sail. Slip each section into the next and you have an instant hardened carrier. Five or six of the pieces should do it and can be stored in the tow vehicle or on the trailer while you sail.

Edited by - Nautiduck on 05/28/2007 12:05:29

Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/29/2007 : 00:35:07

Nautiduck, I really like your idea. Would make a real nice neat package. I would keep the forestay at the masthead attached and slide every section from the roller towards the mast head. Could even put an end cap at the bow so dirt doesn't go inside while you tow.

What do you guys think?

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/29/2007 : 09:43:18

Steve, the furler drum would be in the way, right? Or at least it would cause you to use larger pipe than needed for covering the furled sail and foil.

I went to a home improvement store and saw 3" pipe in 10' sections that would do it.

For the furler drum perhaps the first section could be a 3" pipe with an adapter to 4" or 5" for a short piece to cover the drum. Total enclosed system.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/29/2007 : 13:08:18

Randy, yes I was thinking of larger pipe the whole way so the furler drum fits. But you're right, it would require a 5" pipe the whole way. The only reason I'm saying we should insert the pipe through the furler drum first is that I'm thinking this is the quickest way since I wouldn't need to detach the sail head. Maybe detaching the sail head isn't that much of a big deal afterall?

Either way, I'm going to do this in the next weeks. It's just too good an idea to pass by and real cheap too. Will probably use PVC pipe to make myself a mid mast support as I have seen done here.

By the way, I put the stern mast support to the lower position so my mid mast is supported by the spreaders who are in turn resting on the lifelines. It looks perfect since everything looks like its supported evenly + it has some minor flex to it. Does anybody have recommendations against doing that?

Edited by - Steve Blackburn on 05/29/2007 13:10:10

Bill Arden
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Response Posted - 05/30/2007 : 09:43:00

I put the stern mast support to the lower position so my mid mast is supported by the spreaders who are in turn resting on the lifelines....Does anybody have recommendations against doing that?

Other than chafe on the lifelines, I'd think you were OK. You might check the spreader mounts on the mast - I don't think they were designed to be loaded in a forward direction (or "up" as you look at the stowed mast).

One question on my part - are your spreaders unusually long? Mine rest well inside the lifelines when the mast is down.

Thanks and regards,

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Response Posted - 05/30/2007 : 14:15:55

Same question here Bill, our spreaders are about 2" from the lifelines.

Paul

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