Dave, I am not a member of the IC27A executive, and I surely do not doubt their sincerity and dedication, but I agree with you. I too joined with the hope of having access to those articles. Those few I've gotten my hands on since purchasing my C27 a few years ago have been immensely valuable as I've handled projects on my boat, but they are also interesting in helping an owner like me to get to know the C27, whether involved in a particular project or not. I have searched around the IC27A site looking for article access and found a thread here or there that I thought might lead me there, but my attempts proved pointless. The fact that I still try from time to time shows my deep desire for the knowledge and wisdom they provide.
Again, I do not doubt the sincerity of those involved, and Phil has always been helpful to me, when I've waded into the email stream. regards, Jon Prestage #1858 C27 Zephyrus III Wilmington, NC > [Original Message] > From: McCance/Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/12/2006 5:14:04 PM > Subject: catalina27-talk: Technical Notes? Mainsheet? > > I don't want to be pushy, but the web-site for the IC27A Technical > Notes section has carried the following promises for a year: > > >We have a gaping hole in our website presently. The Technical > >articles are not available. The original publishing process never > >retained an electronic copy of what went to print so we did a > >recovery project. It's a long story including Gulf Coast hurricanes, > >but bottom line the project stumbled around after a great deal of > >effort and finally died. Well technically it got crushed by an oak > >tree. > > > >A new effort will complete a no frills copy of all 22 years this > >month (Nov. 2005) in PDF format. By no frills I mean clunky file > >sizes but once we have it we can improve it in phases. The original > >project failed for its extended complexity (scan, OCR, edit OCR > >errors, redo page layout, convert new pages to PDF) and yielded > >nothing in the end. This go round will be full page images directly > >into a PDF for each issue. > > As someone who sails waters far removed from the active fleets and > races PHRF (as opposed to one-design), I joined the association for > the technical information available through the website and through > Mainsheet. I know there have been numerous technical problems, but > its been a couple of years and no web articles..... and the amount of > material published in Mainsheet has bordered on negligible. Many of > the links on the website are dead and nothing new has been added in > quite a while. > > I would still love to see those articles and see some new articles in > the Mainsheet, but my membership expired at the end of last month, > and I'm having trouble convincing myself to renew after 4 years. > Anyone from the executive care to respond? > -- > Dave Robinson > Peregrine > Catalina 27 #3695 > 1978 Standard Rig, Traditional Interior, A4, Tiller > Jacksons Point, Ontario > http://www.neptune.on.ca/~canoe/ > "Cruising has two pleasures. > One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. > The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters". > -Howard Bloomfield
