Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread RANDY via CnC-List
PHRF TOT at my club in Colorado. Cheers, Randy - Original Message - From: "Pete Shelquist via CnC-List" To: "cnc-list" Cc: "Pete Shelquist" Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 1:29:10 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread RANDY via CnC-List
Yeah, Dillon is a hot scene. Last year 36 one-design boats and 22 PHRF boats: http://dillonyachtclub.com/results.html But it's a violent place to sail. Two years ago at the Buccaneer 18 national championships a microburst knocked down the whole fleet, breaking masts and requiring rescues,

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread RANDY via CnC-List
Thanks Michael. There's probably some truth to the complaint that PHRF handicaps are not fair (in my RSA I only get +6 for a two-blade fixed prop, and I think a folding prop would make me more that six seconds per nautical mile faster). But I don't think anyone has quit my club over an unfair

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread RANDY via CnC-List
Hi Edd, Yes, we're lake sailors here in Colorado :) Have a look at my photo album at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NqAxQ6JxFTY0VBM2hlT0hveDQ and you can see the lake I sail on. But we get to the Caribbean, Gulf, and Pacific whenever we can :) There's actually quite a healthy sailing

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Tracy Hirsh via CnC-List
For us along the upper Gulf Coast, PHRF TOT is used as the racing standard but some clubs still offer Portsmouth TOD classes as well. Tracy Hirsh *Ogopogo* 1989 C 37+ CB Fairhope, AL ___ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members.

Re: Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key

2016-07-14 Thread Syerdave--- via CnC-List
Cool video josh- thanks. Did you have a problem that caused you to install that starter relay? Seems to me that the switch that gets the abuse is the pushbutton, not the key which never makes or breaks a load greater than a few lamps worth. I think I will relocate the key cylinder. it is

Re: Stus-List Offshore passages as crew - where to start?

2016-07-14 Thread svpegasus38
body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px} Yes it is. The next cruise and or meeting will be in September. We are all out cruising. They are usually raft ups. No docks for us.  Doug MountjoysvPegasusLF38 #4just west of Ballard, WA. -- Original message--From:

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List
phrf tot here in the STL midwest.Ron Wild CheriC 30-1STL From: Pete Shelquist via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Pete Shelquist Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Ian Matthew via CnC-List
We use PHRF TOT all the time at our YC. A=650, B=550 Ian Matthew "Siento el Viento". C 29-1 San Francisco Bay -- Ian Matthew "Siento el Viento" C 29 mk 1 San Francisco Bay Sent from my iPad using Gmail Mobile ___ This list is supported by the

Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List
We use all PHRF. Line starts on Wed nights and mix of line starts / pursuit starts for my club's races (And we kicked booty / won last night.. ) -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier Message: 4 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:29:10 -0500 From: "Pete Shelquist"

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
All PHRF racing on the Pamlico Sound in NC use PHRF with TOT. Charlie Nelson Water Phantom cenel...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Pete Shelquist via CnC-List To: cnc-list Cc: Pete Shelquist Sent:

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding (with Butyl)

2016-07-14 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
Jeremy, you want that tape from Maine Sail (Compass Marine). It IS much better than just about anything else. Of course, your problem is that the shipping to Canada would cost you more than the tape itself. If you are around Vancouver, consider shipping it to a UPS store on the US side and

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Sam Wheeler via CnC-List
My Friday series uses PHRF TOT, switched from TOD a couple years ago. Sam 35-3 Scoundrel (f/k/a Spanish Dancer) SF On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > We use PHRF and Time on Time. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay >

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Edd Schillay via CnC-List
We use PHRF and Time on Time. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log > On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Pete Shelquist via CnC-List >

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

2016-07-14 Thread Pete Shelquist via CnC-List
All - For your local races, how many use PHRF vs ORC or other? TOT vs TOD? Thanks, ___ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All

Re: Stus-List Circuit Breaker Panels for 1981 C 36

2016-07-14 Thread Bob Caughran via CnC-List
I recently replaced the 30A main breaker on my 29mkII. Pulled it ran down to west marine, compared it to what they had. Found one that was basically the same except different screw size for wire terminal lugs. Changed lugs on the wires and installed. Took far longer to drive to west marine than

Re: Stus-List Circuit Breaker Panels for 1981 C 36

2016-07-14 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Glenn — are they the toggle-type with two screws mounting them through the front panel? If so, that’s probably a Carling Type A breaker, like the Blue Sea 7000 Series: https://www.bluesea.com/products/category/14/29/Circuit_Breakers/A-Series

Stus-List Circuit Breaker Panels for 1981 C 36

2016-07-14 Thread Glenn Gambel via CnC-List
I was wondering if anyone knew what brand, type, etc. single pole marine circuit breakers would fit in the original panels that were installed on a 1981 C 36? My original panels are in great shape, but I have three or four circuit breakers that are no longer functioning and must be replaced.

Re: Stus-List Offshore passages as crew - where to start?

2016-07-14 Thread Andrew Means via CnC-List
Thanks Tom, I’ll check out the crew bank, that seems like a good resource. Crazy about the storm/becalmed situation… I won’t be able to make it to Thetis (at least, not without seriously inconveniencing my employees) but would love to meet up with other Puget Sound C owners sometime soon - maybe

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding (with Butyl)

2016-07-14 Thread Sam Wheeler via CnC-List
Since you're thinking about doing the rest of your deck hardware down the line, I would definitely spring for Bed-It to be safe. I don't have experience with other brands though. Sam 35-3 Scoundrel (f/k/a Spanish Dancer) SF On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <

Re: Stus-List Offshore passages as crew - where to start?

2016-07-14 Thread Andrew Means via CnC-List
I have, thanks Doug - I’ve been meaning to make it out to a meeting but situations keep conspiring to prevent me from attending. Is it possible to go to the cruise if I miss the meeting? Andrew -- Andrew Means S.V. Safari - 1977 C 34 Mk I Seattle, WA On July 13, 2016 at 10:26:48 AM,

Stus-List 2016 C Northeast Rendezvous -- 9 Weeks Away -- Sept 10-12 -- Mystic Seaport

2016-07-14 Thread Edd Schillay via CnC-List
Listers, Just a reminder that, in just 9 weeks, we will be having our fifth annual C Northeast Rendezvous at the beautiful and historic Mystic Seaport. Some highlights: We are staying in the seaport. At night, all the guests leave and we have the place to ourselves (and the night watchmen.)

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding (with Butyl)

2016-07-14 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
Definitely, Bed-it is different--much stickier and flexible than most other varieties. I found out the hard way that the butyl tape I got somewhere else (travel trailer store or on-line?) was much less flexible than Bed-it. It may have been dried out or it just was made that way. Anyway, if

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding (with Butyl)

2016-07-14 Thread Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List
Bed-it brand is distinctly not the same as the stuff found elsewhere. Bill Bina On 7/14/2016 1:04 PM, Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List wrote: Ok, I'm leaning toward butyl tape now given peoples' responses and the and Compass Marine article. I've followed Compass recommendations for other projects

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding (with Butyl)

2016-07-14 Thread Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List
Ok, I'm leaning toward butyl tape now given peoples' responses and the and Compass Marine article. I've followed Compass recommendations for other projects (battery cable, battery monitor, mooring ball setup) and highly regard that site. Is there a need for marine grade (Bed-It) butyl tape, or

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - Colorado racing

2016-07-14 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Wow, I am surprised that you have 28 PHRF racers at that small lake, it > doesn’t look like there are much more that 28 in the whole marina . Even > more surprised to find PHRF Racing at 5,000 feet.

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread Bill Coleman via CnC-List
Wow, I am surprised that you have 28 PHRF racers at that small lake, it doesn’t look like there are much more that 28 in the whole marina . Even more surprised to find PHRF Racing at 5,000 feet. And I was stunned to see racing, and 8 nice Starboats racing at 9,500 feet at Frisco Bay on

Re: Stus-List Bending Stainless...

2016-07-14 Thread Bill Coleman via CnC-List
Do not apply heat to Stainless. Two things, if hot enough it will anneal it and make it dead soft with little of its former strength, and second, it will likely rust after you do. Stainless can be bent several times before it will break. We cold form all SS, it is simply the way it is done. One

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread Michael Brown via CnC-List
This is a quote from the USSailing "History of US PHRF Affiliated Handicaps 2016" document. USSailing may have some data but from a quick search I did not see a summary. PHRF racing participation is declining across the country. While there are many factors that have caused this decrease in

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding

2016-07-14 Thread Bmue via CnC-List
We just redid some of ours as there were suspected leaks, and did the same as danny suggested below. Stanchion bases are tight now, leaks fixed. Butyl is the way to go Imho. (And check for soft spots nearby while you are at it- we had a couple and they were fixed at the same time.) still one

Re: Stus-List Bending Stainless...

2016-07-14 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
You might want to have a machine shop do the bending--I doubt the usual home workshop tools will do the job. Perhaps if you apply heat you might get it done but bending a 3/8" piece of SS is not for the faint of heart! I always take such SS jobs to a shop--they can do it easily and usually

Stus-List Bending Stainless...

2016-07-14 Thread David via CnC-List
So on the Figawi I ask my crew to tighten the cunningham with a four part tackle. Nothing happens. So I ask them is the tackle pulling on the cunningham and not some stationary object. Nope, they reply, "its good". So they take the four part tackle tail to a halyard winch and all of a

Stus-List Sail Measurements - C 32

2016-07-14 Thread Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List
Hi All, Boat is far away. I did the measurements but screwed up the "I" measurement, I measured to the top of the coach roof rather than to the deck. I actually went through this exercise over 3 years ago with the boat on the hard and these are my measurements form back then. My measurement to

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding

2016-07-14 Thread Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List
I found it helpful to bore a "stanchion diameter" hole through side to side in a length of 4x4 post that was clamped to my workbench. That held the stanchion securely exactly at the right point without creating any new problems while coaxing back to straightness. Bill Bina On 7/14/2016 8:25

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding

2016-07-14 Thread Danny Haughey via CnC-List
I bed everything with butyl now, after having read that article on the compass marine website. I have not been disappointed yet. I always do as compass instructs. If cored, over drill, plug off, re-drill, countersink holes and bed with butyl. Danny On 7/14/2016 8:25 AM, john.irvin--- via

Re: Stus-List stanchion re-bedding

2016-07-14 Thread john.irvin--- via CnC-List
You,ll find it easier yo straighten them if you apply a little heat. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List___ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our

Re: Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

2016-07-14 Thread Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List
I've been crewing on an Abbott 33 on Tuesday nights for 4 or 5 years now. Really enjoy it, for sure. Father/son team so the dynamic can be pretty entertaining some days. Steve Suhana, C 32 Toronto ___ This list is supported by the generous donations of