Connie,
> Go sailing from Monday to Friday, when everyone else has to work.
Absolutely! The same goes for fishing. Ain't retirement grand... and
we even get seasoned citizens discounts! I generally do my boating during
the mid-week and leave Saturday and Sunday to the week-end warriors. Our
weather has been so gorgeous, however -- bright sunny skies, mild, gentle
breezes, temperatures in the mid-70s -- I would probably risk the PWCs to go
sailing. I spent most of today dry sailing in our driveway, making a few
minor adjustments and/or improvements on Poco.
Fed Ex delivered a box of goodies from West Marine this afternoon, but I
decided to stay with my wire cable topping lift, after all. I added a cheek
block on the aft port side of the boom and a jam cleat forward on the port
side of the boom opposite the reef line jam cleat. A nylon quick clip is
lashed to the cable end thimble. By running a line from the end of the
boom, up through another quick clip (which mates with the clip on the
topping lift cable), down through the cheek block and forward to the jam
cleat, I can now adjust the topping lift -- plus all halyards and sheets --
from the center of the cockpit. As always, it is important to make
singlehanding more simple and safe. After tomorrow's sail, I'll let you
know how the topping lift setup performs.
Joe Kidd M15 #207 "Poco A Poco"
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