catalina27-talk: Visiting the boat

[drs377]

I envy all you folks with tarps--but I guess having our boat in the backyard 
makes up for that, and we can look out at her while we do dishes or eat dinner 
and dream about summertime on the water.  We've got Pixie parked on her float-
on trailer just beyond a very steep dropoff near the river (the 'upper 
terrace' of its banks) so we have a unique perspective--it's almost like 
looking out at her sitting in a slip: we look downhill and see her deck just 
below eye level.  Still, when I go out to work on her every day, it's a ten-
foot climb up a stepladder to get aboard.

I'm sort of kicking myself for winterizing the A4, because I've had an 
electric heater running 24/7 to keep the interior warm enough for woodworking 
and adhesives and teak oil.  And I've got a boombox running--had to switch 
from AM talk radio to a classic rock station when I installed a 120VAC dimmer 
to feed the low-voltage track lighting over the new galley and couldn't stand 
the interference--and have discovered that C27's have great acoustics for 
singing along: like being in the shower without the noise of water running.  

It's really wonderful to be out there working every day in my spare time, but 
I'll be so glad when the work is done and she's waterborne again that you 
can't imagine.  Or probably you can--it seems like everybody feels the same 
way on this list.

David Shaddock
1977 C27 #3495 Pixie
Rockford, IL

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Title: Re: catalina27-talk: no messages all day?

Windabout sets in my yard at home and I have power and the blue poly tarp makes for nice greenhouse effect in the cockpit on sunny days – turn on the little electric heater and putter around with those little things you notice over the season that need to be taken care of or more often than not grab a couple of beers and go out and watch a little football or basketball and take a nap.   Dave C27 #5212 Windabout Cape Cod, MA http://dpbcc.home.comcast.net From: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com [mailto:catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com] On Behalf Of Paul Tschirhart Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:27 AM To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: no messages all day?   Dave,   I wonder if it is tradition among us northern sailors to go hug the boat on New Years day. I have been doing it for years. I crawled aboard “someday”, fired up the stove and had a nice cup of tea while I dreamed of warmer days.   Happy New Year   Paul Tschirhart C27 – “someday” Lake Erie - Ontario   -----Original Message----- From: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com [mailto:catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com] On Behalf Of McCance/Robinson Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:45 PM To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: no messages all day?   We have experienced an early spring thaw up here in the Great White North. Took the opportunity of lack of snowdrifts to pay a New Year's visit to my beloved Peregrine. Found her where I left her, snug on her cradle and swathed in her winter tarps..... all was well, cold, but well. damn I hate this climate launch is four months from tomorrow. ick -- Dave Robinson Peregrine Catalina 27 #3695 1978 Standard Rig, Traditional Interior, A4, Tiller Jacksons Point, Ontario http://www.neptune.on.ca/~canoe/ "Cruising has two pleasures. One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters". -Howard Bloomfield

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