So, Corsair is out for the season and I brought home the Spinnaker Pole
and the Boom to clean up for the winter and it got me wondering how many
still have the original roller reefing boom? I have used the roller
reefing feature once with the old main (no slab reefing). We now have a
North Main that has two reef points. We don't reef all that often. We
just don't go out that often in 15+ TWS.
Once I got the end fitting off I figured out why the outhaul was always
such a tough adjustment. The outhaul sheave has a half inch ID and the
pin is 5/16. There was no bushing in the sheave. I think that I'll just
order a new sheave from Rig Rite.
I am having the mast stepped this winter so that I can give it a good
look over this winter. I am going to replace all of the bulbs with LEDs
and finally fix my spreader lights (they came disconnected a few years
ago and I just haven't wanted to go up the mast that bad to reconnect them.
We are doing all of this work because we are finally leaving South Haven
and taking the boat north to White Lake (Michigan). It is a difficult
decision. We have been in South Haven (short one year that we didn't
even go in the water and one year in Saugatuck/Douglas due to low water
levels in South Haven) since we came up to Michigan with our South Coast
23 in 1992. We find that there is no social life for the old sailors in
South Haven. We are hoping to find a little more activity in Whitehall
and we will join White Lake Yacht Club to help. The up side to moving
up the lake is that the cost is less (we can pay for the slip and the
WLYC dues for less than slip in SH) and we can sail White Lake when the
big lake is not hospitable. We already know more people on White Lake
than we do in South Haven.
We are also replacing the 45 year old cushions since we will be spending
more weekends on the boat. Whitehall is a 2 hour drive, South Haven was
a twenty minute drive.
This is a pretty big move for us but we are excited to maybe get more
usage out of the boat. Wish us luck.
Neil Schiller
1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7
(C&C 35, Mark I)
"Corsair"
on the hard in South Haven fo probably the last time
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