Ron,
The great news is the C&C 25 is a masthead rig so what you've learned actually applies. Racers from a factional rig background take a good year to figure out something is wrong with how they trim sails on a masthead rig and almost another year to actually get it with help. One local competitor who made the jump the other way never won another race after being atop finisher for years. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Ginter Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Newbie onboard Thanks for the welcome Herb, and thanks for the pointer to Chapman's. Everything I know about sailing was taught to me by my old racing skipper, and I had never heard of Chapman's before today. I'll be ordering one tonight. I have spent the winter reading all the manuals that came with the boat, and everything else I can lay hands on. I have the deep (fin?) keel, so trailering would be more difficult. However, being on the Great Lakes offers endless cruising possibilities. A relative of my girlfriend has retired to a big farm on the shore of an island in the St. Lawrence river just off Quebec City, and we're already discussing how much time we'd need to make that trip! ...Ron On 2010 Mar 02, at 1:03 AM, Herb Clark wrote: > Ahoy Ron and welcome aboard from a fellow 270 owner. Read your > manuals, get a new copy of Chapmans, and ask lots of questions from > this group and from your group of local sailors. If you have a near- > by yacht club, especially one with some cruisers, get to know these > folks and spend some time doing some weekend and eventually longer > cruises. If you don't have a trailer and a pick up, consider this as > another option. You will be amazed at all the wonderful places you > can visit when you can move your boat around at 55 knots down the > interstate. We have trailered our boat from northern CA to Prince > William Sound, AK and British Columbia numerous times. Mexico and > the east coast is another option and the shoal draft of the wing keel > is a real asset. So, you have a great boat and with the right 1st > mate, the sky's, oops I meant the sea, is the limit ! Dream a bit, > make the plans, and then take the baby steps that will lead you to > feeling confident about exploring new waters. Having a good mentor, > or a few other buddy boats, can make the learning curve a bit easier > as well. > > Cheers and fair winds, > Herb and Carolyn Clark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
