Usually the spinnaker launch goes well double handed. Takedown is more challenging, gybes are real interesting.
NFS - Non Flying Sail - Whitesail FS - Flying Sail - Spinnaker I always cringe when I hear stories about problems taking down or putting masts in. Too easy for injuries to occur. If some time has gone by since the incident you might ask again. NYC has a "pole cat"now - utility truck with a nicely articulated crane. There are trained volunteers that operate the pole cat and you have to book a time. Mike Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:00:10 -0400 From: Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 Message-ID: <caddevn4wrkhrx6lb_gyw7-jc5-bbmomausm6zso3khmcceo...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" That's really generous of you Mike, thanks for the offer. It's just me and my girlfriend so I don't think we're ready to launch a spinnaker yet, and no topping lift etc. What is NFS/FS? Any racing I do this year will be white sail. Someone from our club went and bungled taking their mast down using your crane... bungled it right overboard for chrissakes. We got a polite (and completely understandable not to mention reasonable) letter from your commodore telling us we're not welcome to use your crane anymore. Now I don't have anywhere to go to get my stick up! Our mast crane is too puny for my 'huge' boat and a few of the others at the club. NYC has been very generous letting us use their crane over the years. I'll probably have to motor over to a marina and have them step my mast for me. If you happened to have been around during that debacle I want you to know that I had no part in it!!! We quietly got ours down days prior during work hours when no one was around. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto
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