Dennis:
One last observation to your point. I have found over the years that the
odds of making a dumb boat-related decision is directly proportional to the
amount of time I spend thinking about it ahead of time. When I simply do my
best to repair or replace old equipment with something comparable in more or
less the same configuration as the original design, things usually work out
fine. When I get creative or innovative, things tend to not work out as I
hoped. As a result, I do not spend much energy these days trying to reinvent
the wheel.
Matt
C&C 42 Custom
Erie, PA
From: Dennis C. via CnC-List
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2020 3:35 PM
To: CnClist
Cc: Dennis C.
Subject: Stus-List Painful and/or lingering decisions
I'm sure most of us have a story (or two) about a boat related decision we made
that we wish we'd done differently. Many of them probably involve "cheaping
it" or doing something in haste. Some are painful; some are just lingering
"shoulda woulda's".
One of my "lingering" ones is having my Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster
rebuilt by someone other than Lew Townsend out in Seattle (Lew was on extended
vacation and I was impatient). Went to boat this week after a couple weeks
absence and the backstay was slack.....again. The adjuster had eased an inch
or so. It holds fine for day sailing or a race but eases ever so slowly over a
couple weeks.
One of my painful decisions was installing a Lewmar line adjustable genoa car
system. While it works "okay", it doesn't adjust as easily as a Harken system
or perhaps a Garhauer system.
Perhaps sharing some of your stories will save others from similar regrettable
decisions or, at worst, give us a chuckle.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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