Stus-List Hanging a dipole

2016-04-03 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
direct if you don't want to post to the group. Thanks in advance, A! Andrew Frame s/v Otter, C&C 24 Alva, Florida ___ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our co

Re: Stus-List Anyone score any C&C shirts from the Craigslist guy?

2016-02-08 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I got a couple of oxfords and polos and was surprised by the heavy-weight fabric. Looking forward to getting into them once they get washed a couple of times to get rid of the storage odor. He's supposed to get back to me on jackets. Andrew C&C-24, s/v Otter Alva, Florida On 2/8/2016 3:08

Re: Stus-List Not What I Ordered - was New Sails TODAY!!!

2015-11-13 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
On 11/13/2015 08:44 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:51:13 -0800 From: Tom Buscaglia To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Not What I Ordered - was New Sails TODAY!!! Message-ID: <201511121850.taciokkd019...@jax4mhob12.myregistered

Stus-List Cruisin' Music

2015-07-10 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
d to steer towards classical or motion picture themes. What are your two or three favorite compositions, and do they have a specific point to be used in the voyage, or are they running music? -- Andrew Frame C&C-24, #43 Lehigh Acres/Alva, FL ___

Re: Stus-List Boat time and weather

2015-07-09 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
Too hot here to go out. Not enough breeze, and broiling in the cockpit or in the salon. Even tied up under trees, too hot to do maintenance! On 07/09/2015 09:12 AM, Richard N. Bush via CnC-List wrote: Our weather pattern here in the middle states has not bee conducive to boating; it ra

Re: Stus-List One for the hams in the group

2015-07-08 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I see the company that made the original hamstick is gone. Is anyone else making them now? Or similar? On 07/08/2015 06:19 PM, John Pennie via CnC-List wrote: Lol - know the overkill counterpoise thing all to well. On the last boat my wife and I ran enough copper to open a mint. High hop

Re: Stus-List What Model Have I?

2015-06-18 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
plied for insurance with Allstate and they > asked for a make and model. > > They were happy with "C&C 24" but it got me wondering what model > variants of the 24

Stus-List What Model Have I?

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
ing what model variants of the 24' were offered, besides the above-mentioned /Niagara/? -- Andrew Frame C&C 24, #43 Lehigh Acres/Alva, FL ___ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing

Re: Stus-List Annapolis to Newport

2015-06-04 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
What kind of device is on board that allows this kind of tracking (asks the newbie)? On 06/04/2015 01:11 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote: Joel on “The Office” seems to have found some wind; he’s keeping up with the big boys! http://yb.tl/a2n2015 Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V

Re: Stus-List Rigging/chain-plate tie-rods

2015-06-02 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I find that down-sizing has benefited me in some parts of life. How do you feel about selling the boat, and moving to a smaller, less maintenance-intense vessel? Andrew On 06/02/2015 11:45 AM, Gary Nylander via CnC-List wrote: We have a number of boats in our local fleet with owners in t

Re: Stus-List New Electrical System is Installed -- Thank YouListers!

2015-05-31 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I built a lightsaber when I was 16, unintentionally. It was *supposed* to be a 40-meter CW transmitter, but I made an error etching the circuit board, and that tube glowed BRIGHT purple when the high voltage hit it. Thus my delight that my 24' has a minimal electrical system (that's gettin

Stus-List Score!

2015-05-27 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
While strolling the clearance aisle at Wallyworld this evening I found a Humminbird PirhanhMax 175 sonar for ... $30. Exactly the kind of item that I've been keeping my eyes out for. -- Andrew Frame C&C 24 Lehigh Acres/Alva, FL _

Re: Stus-List Flag Etiquette - Past Commodore's Flag -> cows in spring

2015-05-19 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I'm happy I'm not in any club, or can sail to "foreign" ports. I'd probably start an incident among the white-whine set by flying the wrong color or logo or something. "What's that?" "A bandanna. Drying." "It's blue with white scrollwork." "And?" "That's very close to the same design fr

Re: Stus-List Towing, Insurance, etc.

2015-05-19 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
5 AM, Andrew Frame via CnC-List wrote: Hello folks. New guy here again. I have discovered that SeaTow is the company to stay away from. But what about BoatUS? My specifics are not extreme: river sailing or always in sight of the coast, always daytime. My concern is liability in case of an acci

Stus-List Towing, Insurance, etc.

2015-05-18 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
kind of disability like a dismasting due to a snapped stay. 24' C&C, no engine. 45-thrust trolling motor for maneuvering, and sail under way. Thanks for your thoughts. -- Andrew Frame C&C 24, Lehigh Acres/Alva, FL ___ Email addr

Stus-List C&C 24 Top o'Mast Work

2015-04-30 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
way to do inspection/repair is to loosen the bow stay and both shrouds, and just lay the mast down aft. We can then stand on the dock and fiddle about with it. It seems perfectly reasonable up front. Anyone with 24 experience beg to differ? Thanks in advance for any thoughts. -- Andrew Fr

Re: Stus-List Quick question re: putting gates in lifelines

2015-04-30 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
I have a single 3/8" line on 18" (or so) stanchions. On the starboard side cockpit, the line has an eye and hook affair that allows you to step onto the boat, and hook it back together once aboard. A much simpler situation, but it can be done. Andrew C&C-24 On 04/30/2015 01:15 PM, Barba

Re: Stus-List Crew duties during a race

2015-04-22 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
My crew: Spouse: Hanging on tightly convinced we're going to capsize when we heel. Daughter: Total lack of situational awareness, particularly noticeable when on the foredeck, we're coming about and the jib and lines proceed to mummify her. Son: Panic-frozen in place, terrified of the body-

Stus-List Ahoy.

2015-04-20 Thread Andrew Frame via CnC-List
Thought I'd take a moment and stick my head out of the hatch and say hello to the group. I have a C&C-24 I use for short river sails near my home in southwest Florida. My first boat, and one I enjoy very much when I can get out to it. A! ___ Emai

Re: Stus-List The End of a 1978 C&C 34 (the former Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-A)

2012-11-19 Thread Andrew Frame
I find it interesting, that given Paramount's work to protecting intellectual property through copyright and trademark, you were even able to use the phrase, and graphic and color scheme all this time. On 11/19/2012 02:41 PM, djhaug...@juno.com wrote: > Oh Man the William shatter autograph is

Re: Stus-List EPIRB/ PLB

2012-11-13 Thread Andrew Frame
I'm open for suggestions for my 24' as well. Strictly coastal, but out of mobile phone range often. On 11/13/2012 01:46 PM, Joel Aronson wrote: > I'm considering adding an EPIRB or PLB over the winter. I know the EPIRB > is registered to the boat and the PLB is not. I know the EPIRB is good f

Re: Stus-List Sandy

2012-10-29 Thread Andrew Frame
On 10/29/2012 02:37 PM, Edd Schillay wrote: > > As one of my crew just wrote: "I hope the Enterprise survives the storm > OK, but, as Captain Picard said in First Contact, 'there are plenty more > letters in the alphabet.'" > Yeah, but he wasn't paying the insurance premium.

Re: Stus-List Isaac recap

2012-08-30 Thread Andrew Frame
Excellent news, Dennis. Thank you for sharing. On 08/30/2012 06:48 PM, Dennis C. wrote: Isaac dropped around 35 inches of rain on Mandeville. Max winds were around 40 knots steady with gusts to near 60. The water level gauge at Mandeville Harbor set a new record, 8.25 feet vs the old 7.60

Re: Stus-List Isaac

2012-08-27 Thread Andrew Frame
out damage. More importantly, let's hope the residents in the impact areas escape injury and property damage. We don't need another Katrina!!! Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA From: Andrew Frame To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:25 PM Subject:

Re: Stus-List Isaac..

2012-08-27 Thread Andrew Frame
ways. I have seen that the Weather Channel is calling for 7-12 ft near New Orleans... Good luck and Godspeed. Neil C&C32, Worton Creek, MD. -Original Message- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Frame Sent: Monday, August

Re: Stus-List Isaac..

2012-08-27 Thread Andrew Frame
We took the main off and bagged it, and brought the main, jib, and genoa home for a washing. Moving from our slip down-canal a few hundred feet to a tie off point, we all forgot about the overhanging tree and promptly ran the mast into the branches. How the VHF didn't get ripped off the top

Re: Stus-List - Sailing Website

2012-08-20 Thread Andrew Frame
I find opportunity *and* inclination increases considerably when our 24 is involved and the children are not. I *can't* be the only one who experiences this particular ... side effect ... of having a sailboat. (Additional side effects may include: sunburn, lightness of bank account, deh

Re: Stus-List Starlight Sailing

2012-07-30 Thread Andrew Frame
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. On 07/29/2012 10:19 PM, Jeff Cole wrote: > At 11:37pm the fattening crescent moon set behind the dark form of the > Bruce Peninsula five miles to the west. With only a few lights on the > distant shore, the Milky Way shone brightly, revealing the details of > whorl

Re: Stus-List Whale bige pump model on C&C 24s?

2012-07-27 Thread Andrew Frame
I have a '76 and it doesn't have one. On 07/27/2012 03:14 PM, Ed Dooley wrote: >> I know most on the list have bigger boats, but... >> anybody happen to know what model of Whale bilge pump came standard on a >> C&C24 >> (if there even was a standard model used)? >> Mine¹s a 1983 and the pum

Re: Stus-List Thirty Thousand Cigars

2012-07-11 Thread Andrew Frame
On 07/11/2012 02:34 PM, Wally Bryant wrote: > > So heck, there's the classic Boric Acid solution, and after I give the > boat a good scrub I'll sprinkle some around below the sole, but can't > keep it handy because I might accidentally put it in my coffee on a bad > morning. There are a number of

Re: Stus-List Thirty Thousand Cigars

2012-07-10 Thread Andrew Frame
Not really. Most folks I know still squeal like little girls when a cockroach shows up. Palmetto bugs are almost as bad. But the cats love to hunt them. Oddly, snakes and other critters are no worries. You just stop moving, they check you out, and move on. On 07/10/2012 08:23 AM, Steve Thomas w