Michael if you ever need crew I'm available! Steve
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Don Harben <sailadventu...@rogers.com>wrote: > ... National Yacht Club had a Hunter drop during lift out a few years > back. The bow was wounded badly. > > The year after, a mast dropped with people and boats around. I was in the > dry sail area watching the process with wide eyes. I did the stop and > warning from a distance ... scary. > > * Don* > > *PS I sailed at NYC in the old two story wood clubhouse that backed on the > Ball Stadium. There is picture of the old clubhouse in one of the meeting > rooms. There were no docks in the basin, only moorings. I dry sailed > Lightnings out through the moorings and the gaps ... most boats andsailers > lived to see another day ...LOL* > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca> > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent:* Friday, April 4, 2014 7:11:40 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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