I know how you feel, I just replaced all my standing rigging and the boat went to the yard for a bottom job. Of course they found the infamous Catalina smile. I could do the fix but the yard won't allow it so my breathe is held for the repair bill. Bad part is I had to put off ordering sails until I know the damage. I'm going back to hank and all I have is a storm jib an very old tired main. I did find some well priced sails from Kelly Hanson though, they use the same fabric as my local UK loft for a third of the price. Do any of you guys have experience with them? Brandon Snider Catalina 27 Mary Pearl Charleston, SC
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Joe McCary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It has been raining for months here, k well, for days anyway. It has > rained everyday this month . My boat has been waiting for the yards to > finish some work. They did a beautiful job on the bottom paint and they > buffed the topsides to a nice shine, she looks new. The engine, a 4 stroke > Honda 9.9 needed the oil changed and some new grease and I decided it was > time to replace the impeller (preemptive maintenance). So finally today was > SPLASH day. I twisted a friend’s arm to help with the car shuttle. We > stopped and picked up some lunch and dropped his car off at the slip. Then > we went by and picked up a case of beer for a yard tip and then to the > yard. They had launched the boat and everything was ready when I arrived. > I started the engine, stowed my rain gear (brought it along in spite of the > sunny skies) and turned on the spot. After about 10 minutes with nothing > else toi do we shoved off. About 100 yards past the bulkhead a loud, high > pitched tone coming from the engine controls started whistling. I shut off > the engine. I restarted it and nothing so we again started to move down the > creek. After 15 seconds in gear the tone reappeared. Now I am starting to > worry. I turned around headed back to find out what was going on. We had a > 8-10 know breeze that nicely pushed up (bare poles) back to the bulkhead > from which we had just departed. After tying up I went to the office. > Chuck, the mechanic, came out to look. We spent a half our discussing what > happened. Chuck did some quick “tricks” and still nothing. So, the yard > manager re-hauled the boat and Chuck promised to have it running shortly. > Another weekend lost. And I hope nothing too severe. > > > > Joe McCary > Aeolus II, West River, MD > joe at photoresponse.com > www.aeoluswestriver.net* * > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4062 (20090508) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > -- Richard "Brandon" Snider 843-616-3124
