Hmmmm ...
Mine's up for sale,
new job, no time to sail.
I suppose I should begin to anticipate some kind of depressed period. My employees will LOVE that. Not.
Tom Monroe
6219 Different Drummer
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Sent by: [email protected] 05/21/2006 09:33 PM
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Hi all,
Well I sold my beloved and cursed Dixie Chicken on Friday. Very nice guy
bought it. He got a good price on the boat. I'm suddenly very sad. You
really pour so much of your life, sweat, money and soul into a boat that
it almost seems to have its own personality. But I can see that I just
don't have the time and energy to put into working on it and sailing it
like I use to have.
C27's are great boats though, arn't they?! I helped the new owner shuffle
the boat to Calvert marina on Saturday. We sailed it. He was just loving
the performance. He kept refering to his old boat as a 'tub' compared to
the C27.
Ahhhh. So sad... So sad...
The wife seems pleased.
I mourn.
Larry Taborek
C27 Dixie Chicken
> Dave, John,
>
> Yes, this setup will work fine. I've had mine that way for several
> years. As I moved into racing my cruising-laden boat, I changed my
> mainsheet to this:
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/sailrmann/new_mainsheet_setup.jpg I have
> since changed my traveler to the straight-track and changed the blocks
> to air blocks. Now, it is easier to control the mainsheet from either
> side of the cockpit. The only downside is that the dodger doesn't mix
> with it very well. But then I almost never use the dodger.
>
> Bob Mann
> '85 c27 #5928
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/sailrmann
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> I think that it will work just fine. I have had mine out several times
>> and find that the sheet runs much better now that one block is removed
>> and no more binding on the vang block.
>>
>> The Catalina manual drawing 4.1.10 has the sheet routed to the
>> gooseneck. The original configuration can be seen at
>> http://www.sailtravis.us/
>>
>> Also note the large cleat between the boom and mast step, it would
> also
>> bind against the sheet.
>>
>> John
>> 1985 C27 5956
>> Austin TX
>>
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > John,
>> >
>> > That is the way I have the vang and main sheet block set up on my
> 1982
>> > C-27. I'm not sure if that is the way it was...I took the boom off
> and
>> > couldn't remember exactly how it was set up. My friend John of the
>> > Escapade and I walked around the boat yard looking for an idea of
> the
>> > connecting points and decided to connect vang above the mainsheet
>> > block. It seems that it should work well but have not really tested
> it
>> > yet. I've been out on two brief sails but nothing that would
> really
>> > test the set up.
>> >
>> >
>> > Dave Tierney
>> > /Celtic Pride/, 5282
>> > 1983 C-27
>> > Fleet 19
>> > Northern Chesapeake
>
>
Dixie Chicken is FOR SALE: You can view the boat at:
http://www.taborek.net/Dixie_Chicken/For_Sale/For_Sale.shtml
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