Touche' still has the original roller boom. It can't roll anymore because of the rigid boom vang.
I've replaced the old screw type outhaul with a car and 4:1 purchase. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Oct 11, 2015 4:44 PM, "schiller via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > So, Corsair is out for the season and I brought home the Spinnaker Pole > and the Boom to clean up for the winter and it got me wondering how many > still have the original roller reefing boom? I have used the roller > reefing feature once with the old main (no slab reefing). We now have a > North Main that has two reef points. We don't reef all that often. We > just don't go out that often in 15+ TWS. > > Once I got the end fitting off I figured out why the outhaul was always > such a tough adjustment. The outhaul sheave has a half inch ID and the pin > is 5/16. There was no bushing in the sheave. I think that I'll just order > a new sheave from Rig Rite. > > I am having the mast stepped this winter so that I can give it a good look > over this winter. I am going to replace all of the bulbs with LEDs and > finally fix my spreader lights (they came disconnected a few years ago and > I just haven't wanted to go up the mast that bad to reconnect them. > > We are doing all of this work because we are finally leaving South Haven > and taking the boat north to White Lake (Michigan). It is a difficult > decision. We have been in South Haven (short one year that we didn't even > go in the water and one year in Saugatuck/Douglas due to low water levels > in South Haven) since we came up to Michigan with our South Coast 23 in > 1992. We find that there is no social life for the old sailors in South > Haven. We are hoping to find a little more activity in Whitehall and we > will join White Lake Yacht Club to help. The up side to moving up the lake > is that the cost is less (we can pay for the slip and the WLYC dues for > less than slip in SH) and we can sail White Lake when the big lake is not > hospitable. We already know more people on White Lake than we do in South > Haven. > > We are also replacing the 45 year old cushions since we will be spending > more weekends on the boat. Whitehall is a 2 hour drive, South Haven was a > twenty minute drive. > > This is a pretty big move for us but we are excited to maybe get more > usage out of the boat. Wish us luck. > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > on the hard in South Haven fo probably the last time > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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