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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 11/25/2007 : 22:33:18

I would like to invite you to visit my new site.
http://web.mac.com/fhopper/Sailing_Catalina_25_Sailboats/Welcome.html

It is organized into two sections, one for Catalina 25 specific photos and another with non Catalina 25 specific photos. Both sections are devoted to boats and sailing. Most photos are at a high resolution and will be full sized if you download one. The Catalina 25 specific photos are intended to serve as reference and resource photos, I hope people find value in them.
The other photos contain some shots I like a lot. I believe some of the pictures are great desktop backgrounds or could be made into a series for a screen saver.

I will leave my old pages up for a while.

Edited by - Frank Hopper on 11/28/2007 06:48:03

GaryB
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Response Posted - 11/25/2007 : 23:07:07

Hi Frank!

I love your new site! I already see some mods I can make to my '89.

Do you have any plan details for the seat extension you built to make the settee wider in the cabin? I need to come up with something so my wife and I can sleep on our boat. The V-berth and quarter berth is too small for both of use to fit.

GaryB
'89 SR/WK #5862
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 11/26/2007 : 05:37:59

Frank,

great collection of photos. I have to take a better look when I get home (at work right now).

Gary,

I am currently working on a bunk extension on my '89 TR. I chose to build it on the port side (the short side). I did this so there would be access to the porta potti & VBerth area. My thought was that an extension would then be able to go past the stove area so that those 6' tall would have a place to put their feet. It means that the room for the feet is only as wide as the extension since the original bunk is shortened because of the stove area but that seemed okay to me since many that go camping have no problems using a sleeping bag and that is also a bit constricted.

I have the support structure just about completed and then will address the additional mattress which I will have custom made (saw some websites that sell them). I have found this project extremely tedious. I started it last Spring but then put project on backburner as the sailing season moved into full swing. I have not taken photos yet...wanted to wait till I get to the final stages and have the mattress in hand. Basically, the support structure consists of a support block that fits around the mast column on one end and simialr is form fitted below the first step to exit to the cockpit. I then have a wood rail that locks into both supports and is then used to support the slats that fit on the rail and a rail that is installed on the port side bunk fiberglas wall. Everything goes together either form fitted or with carriage bolts that are just used to drop into holes to hold the structure together. the support system is rock solid and easily breaks down. I am just pondering over the area between the steps and the stove/sink drawers. Once I figure out the supports there, then I am up to the mattress ordering. On top of the slats will fit a piece of Plastazote (left over from a non-boat project). plastazote is the material used to make orthotics out of and is dense/plastice compression type material about a 1/2" thick. then the mattress will fit on top of that and the way I have the rail built, the mattrss will fit just below it's top edge so the mattress is held in place.

Guess I should put some photos on my website so it's easier to explain. The area between the steps and the stove/sink drawers is dsort of an "L" shape wrapping around the bunk corner. I may not use a support system there. I am contemplating getting one of those step-stool tool boxes with dimensions that will enable it to fit into that area and about same height as I need to support slats and the mattress. that will save me the trouble of designing a support system in that spot.

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 11/26/2007 : 17:29:22

Very nice. I envy your computer skills.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 11/26/2007 : 18:46:34

Nice job Frank!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 11/26/2007 : 19:20:15

Really nice work... and those boats are real gems when you're finished with them.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 11/26/2007 : 19:36:23

Larry,

I like the sound of your design. Please send pictures and diagram when you're done.

GaryB
'89 SR/WK #5862
Kemah,TX

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/27/2007 : 08:32:54

Thanks but my computer skills are simply those of any Macintosh owner. Our newest OS, Leopard, included an app called iWeb. I have determined that it has rendered the photos in a way that precludes copying the photo's address. This is a bad thing since I post photos all the time to threads on this form and will not be able to from this site as it currently stands. I cannot even post a link to them. I am working on a fix. (After all a Hopper post with out a photo is... well it just isn't is it?)

Edited by - Frank Hopper on 11/27/2007 08:33:29

JimB517
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Response Posted - 11/27/2007 : 13:22:58

very nice site, Frank. That is one damn windy lake. You've got a shot in the art section of a 25 with the deck under and 4 or 5 big guys on the weather rail. Wow. You would be bored here sailing in 10 knots. Even under spin.

Page 2 of the National Regatta album does not load.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/27/2007 : 13:36:30

Download that photo, it is very high res and you will see most everyone is chill'n.
The second page loads for me but I had to scroll up to see the photos.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/27/2007 : 15:27:27

Well done.
Thank you for this excellent resource.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 11/27/2007 : 23:02:20

Very nice Frank. Mac did a nice job. I had to switch to IE however as Netscape would not show the links.
Steve A

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 06:47:14

I was reving the site last night, it may have been goofy for a while. With Netscape being a Mozila browser I would expect it to work fine. Many people use firefox now.
Please check out the photos again, they will now show larger, and can be referenced by location. The animation is a little slower to load than I like, it takes about 15 seconds to get it together at my house. The "Gallery" will load in a new page when you select one.
This is the photo that Jim was referring too. It is a great photo to download from the "Gallery"

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1981capri
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 12:04:16

Hey Frank

Nice pictures!!!

I had the same problem, firefox didn't show the links. Works fine when I switched to EI.

Just out of curiosity: What was the wind speed in this photo above. I am wondering how much wind it takes to dip the rail with a four man crew. Looks like it might have helped if the big guy riding cabin top moved to the windward rail.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 12:11:21

Great photo, I almost never get the deck to the water unless I am on the lee side. Notice the sails trimmed beautifully and no weather helm!

Was that a swinger, with balanced rudder?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 12:11:23

Frank--your pic is even more impressive when squared up a little. (I guessed at what was horizontal--there's nothing to measure against absolutely, but I'm pretty sure the camera was tipped.

(I added a little light, too.)

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 11/28/2007 12:20:42

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 12:15:12

...also, based on the apparent center-of-gravity, that guy by the mast appears to be negative ballast at that heel angle--quite a bit of it.

And while it certainly looks like a mid-80s C-25, I'm wondering about the slight chine I see starboard by the transom. Is that an optical illusion, or did somebody modify the hull?

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 11/28/2007 12:33:28

stampeder
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 12:55:51

I don't think that's a hard chine - but an illusion of light on the hull.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 13:09:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 Great photo, I almost never get the deck to the water unless I am on the lee side. Notice the sails trimmed beautifully and no weather helm!

Was that a swinger, with balanced rudder?
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He is a fin and the 05 National champion, Kansas Twister and your right about the weather helm, he is sailing that way not experiencing an "event". Don, it is not a chine but a shine. Dave you can download and zoom the photo and see his heel indicator on the compass, it is on the race board in the companionway.
You will see a lot more of him in the Nationals photos. He and Le'Couquillage are the two boats in the practice racing at the front of the Nationals section. Notice Kansas Twister is reefed in those shots and Le'Coq is not. If you look at the trees in this photo and the lack of distinguishable whitecaps, I would say it was only blowing in the upper teens in this photo and the mid 20 in the practice shots.

I am going to post a 25 specific observation in the 25 forum.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 13:49:52

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 very nice site, Frank. That is one damn windy lake.
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Jim, this is one of my favorite shots, we were out watching a race and my grade school friend Alan sailed by in a Vivacity 24, note the bimini up.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 14:26:52

A Vivacity in Kansas?? Must've blown in, like Dorothy...

Jim B... Kansas is like the Roaring Forties--nothing whatsoever to obstruct the wind.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 11/28/2007 14:31:06

JimB517
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Response Posted - 11/28/2007 : 17:52:55

Yeah, and those fresh water boats sailed 1/2 the year really shine up. Just to compare, here is a photo of Indiscipline before the start of the Newport-Ensenada race.

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