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Bryan Beamer
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Initially Posted - 10/12/2003 :  23:01:18  Show Profile
Today while sailing around with a double reefed main and the jib furled to about 90% I looked up at the top of the mast and the VHF antenna is at a 90degree angle to the mast. My thought was how could this be? There is noting to hold the whip part from falling. Obviously there was nothing I could do at this time so we kept sailing with an eye on the antenna.

Back at the dock I tested the VHF it work just like normal. I ask another sailor to come and look at it. Everyone was confused on how this was possible. Finally we decided to go up the mast. The other sailor whose name is also Bryan said he would go up the mast and look at it and try to fix it. It was good that he volunteered to go. He weighs in at 140# and I weigh in at 240#.

We got the bosun chair out rigged it and up he went. Bryan gets up there and just touches the antenna and it comes loose. What he found, the antenna-locking nut had come loose and the whip had backed is way out. The only thing holding the antenna was the little red rudder boot that slides over the locking nut and the connection point. The amazing part is this little red rudder sleeve was holding and 18” antenna whipping around in winds gusting to 35 knots. The antenna has come loose some time since the end of June when we put the boat back in the water after our trip to Indiana. I guess I did not tighten the locking nut properly. Once again just like the shoe incident at the National Regatta luck was on my side.

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Bryan Beamer
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Daylight Again
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2003 National Champion

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/12/2003 :  23:18:45  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
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We got the bison chair out rigged it and up he went.
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Bryan, Its only a "Bison" chair when people like you and I are in them.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://members.cox.net/fhopper/Catalina25/sigbow.jpg" border=0>Frank and Martha in Wichita KS. Lake Cheney
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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 10/13/2003 :  00:01:27  Show Profile
oops!!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it. I hope Arlyn didn't see that or I will have another entry on the blooper list.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Bryan Beamer
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 10/13/2003 :  08:04:01  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Bryan...I missed it...but thanks to Frank...I got it and it will be added<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 10/13/2003 :  13:35:00  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Talk about luck, I was sailing offshore in moderate winds (10 knots +) and waves + wind chop &gt; 3 feet. A little screw that holds my jib sheet block together backed out. The block, screw, spring all fell in a neat pile on the deck. I gathered them all up and put the block back together and continued sailing. I reached over and checked the block on the other side and the screw was in by only 1 thread.

I now check these before each daysail.

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