Thanks Richard. That is funny, “gybe the pole!” When we’re towing the trailer I call out what point of sail we’re on given the wind. My wife rolls her eyes.
Cheers, Randy Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2023, at 8:18 AM, Richard Bush <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: > > > Randy, that's a great story...I love happy endings! I did something similar > a few years back; I transported a 12 ft spinnaker pole from Fla. to our home > in Kentucky on the roof of a small car. It was really fun going down the > interstate and yelling gybe the pole...! > > Richard > s/v Bushmark4: 1085 C&C 37 CB: Ohio River, Mile 596; > > Richard N. Bush Law Offices > 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine > Louisville, Kentucky 40220 > (502) 584-7255 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > Cc: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>; Randy Stafford > <randal.staff...@icloud.com> > Sent: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 5:32 pm > Subject: Stus-List Re: Listers in North Carolina? > > Hi Chuck, > > Yes, we saw a bunch of kiteboarders and windsurfers on the sound side of > Hatteras near Avon. We were there during a gale warning - the ferries even > shut down. > > Regarding the boom, I looked on Selden’s website for dealers in the US and > contacted a half-dozen of them. I learned that shipping a new boom to > Colorado was going to cost me $1K (yes, seriously). Meanwhile I already had > a three-week trip planned with my travel trailer to the Florida panhandle > (St. George Island State Park, fantastic place), St. Augustine where a race > week was happening coincidentally, Charleston, the Outer Banks, and home via > Nashville and Lake of the Ozarks. Omar Sails in New Bern, NC is a Selden > dealer and was one of the half-dozen I contacted. Craig Beavers there was by > far the most responsive and helpful of all the dealers I contacted. He told > me there is a Selden manufacturing site in Charleston, and confirmed I could > pick up the boom there myself and transport it home in my travel trailer > (which has 24’ finished space). So I ordered the boom from Craig, and > stopped at Selden about a week ago and met the guys who built it, and we > stuffed it into my trailer. It was an obvious and easy way to save $1K in > shipping. > > Annapolis was not on the itinerary for this trip, but thanks for the offer! > > Cheers, > Randy > >
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