Re: Stus-List The platform question

2015-11-03 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hi Stu, and all list members, I am positively overwhelmed by the friendliness on this list. Since being a list newbie (with 35 years of sailing under my keel though) I stepped into hot water here asking why this wouldn't be organized differently, four list members took it upon themselves to exp

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 117, Issue 125

2015-10-31 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
way it isthat's why we are here.change it, and many of us are gone.   So take advantage of "this fantastic, knowledgable group". Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S.   On 2015-10-31 10:14 PM, Janko Puls via CnC-List wrote: Hello list, Bill, and Dennis,

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 117, Issue 125

2015-10-31 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hello list, Bill, and Dennis,   Thanks, Dennis, for this helpful and constructive advice. I'll try to organize this in thread view in gmail.   Bill, thanks for pointing this out. It was and is not my intention to step on any seasoned list veteran's toes. I just joined the list this summer and me

Stus-List : The platform question

2015-10-31 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hi Stu and everyone,   Did you ever consider switching the list into a forum?   I really enjoy reading this everyday, here is so much shared knowlegede and enthusiasm, but it's a pain in the neck to actually read. These are some problems with the actual list: - When you clip everything off, it is

Stus-List : The platform question

2015-10-31 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hi Stu and everyone,   Did you ever consider switching the list into a forum?   I really enjoy reading this everyday, here is so much shared knowlegede and enthusiasm, but it's a pain in the neck to actually read. These are some problems with the actual list: - When you clip everything off, i

Stus-List C&C trademark stripe.

2015-09-22 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Ahoy, For the trademark strip I used 1/2' tape in seagreen. At the ever friendly and helpful and affordable http://www.hollandmarine.com in Canada you will be able to purchase the stars and pointed tips as well, and in different colors - but if I remember right their decal supplies are limited.

Stus-List C&C trademark stripe.

2015-09-22 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Ahoy,   For the trademark strip I use 1/2' tape. At the ever friendly and helpful and affordable www.hollandmarine.com in Canada you will be able to purchase the stars and points as well - I think their supplies are limited. cheers Janko   -- Point of View New York City: A Game of The City You

Re: Stus-List Reboarding - was Re: - Inflable life jacket - inflation

2015-09-18 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hi, I was looking into the reboarding solution as described earlier: Lifesling 2, attached to the snapshackled main sheet blocks on the boom, which can swing out over to the victim. We tested this on our 30' MKI and found that this construction doesn't lift the POB high enough over the life lin

Re: Stus-List boat names

2015-09-17 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Ahoy,   When the time came, we were weighing heavily on a new boat name. My sailing partner was more on the side of Greek Proto-godesses like 'Ananke', which I found a bit much for a decent but modest 30-footer. I wanted to avoid silly stuff, though it always cracks me up to see puns like 'Reel

Stus-List Intro / line lenghts for 30 MKI spinnaker

2015-09-07 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Ahoy everyone, I would like to get the spinnaker on our 30 MKI back to work - I always had it somehow gerryrigged, and since I often singlehand or doublehand the boat, I consider getting a snuffer so that I could use the spi with short crew as well. BUT: Our uphaul and downhaul lines went AWOL,

Stus-List Intro / question: Line lenghts for C&C 30 MKI spinnaker

2015-09-06 Thread Janko Puls via CnC-List
Hello everyone,   I am new to the list and would like to introduce our boat and me. A friend and I are sailing "Messing About", a 1980 C&C 30 MKI, out of Larchmnont, NY. (I take care of the boat for about seven years, when she was Kelly green and named Mistral IV, but our captain decided at 95 yo