Don
Engage a Marine Surveyor to determine the extent of the wet area. It is
likely wet a lot further from the source than the "soft" feeling
indicates. Wet balsa can still be strong or feel strong depending on
the degree of saturation and its bonding to top layer and underside. A
benefit of a
Don
Once sealed (properly), the migration will slow as you need oxygen to
continue the rotting of the balsa. You need to have a professional test the
extent of the damage. It may not be as easy as simply running a tap test.
If the rotten balsa hasnt caused a delamination from the skin (yet
We were talking about this before going out racing last night. Two of us had
Gill gloves simply disintegrate during the Mac this year, and my college-age
son says that when he was racing 420s in high school the whole team swore off
Gill forever. He was wearing an ancient pair of Ronstans that we
Mystique, a C&C27 MKIII, is as tender as any of the old C&Cs and I have long
considered putting in a 3rd set of reef points. A
storm main sail is pretty much out of the question unless permanently rigged on
a separate track imho. Otherwise changing mains
once the wind has picked up sounds diffic
I can't imagine sailing without gloves. But then the SF Bay isn't exactly
the warmest sailing environment! Fred - you mustn't be doing any sheet
adjustment! I also sail on a Cal-40 and do main trim on that. Gabbing the
main without gloves is really painful.
My best gloves are Harkens. They ar
Hi Nate,
You can get the seals from a Yanmar dealer. Even though I am not in the
region serviced by Torresen Marine, I use their online parts catalog for the
2QM15 as a great reference. Below is the link to the Yanmar 2QM15 listings.
See the section under "Gear Housing".
www.marin
On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Ian Matthew wrote:
> Fred - you mustn't be doing any sheet adjustment!
Well, I don't race, so that reduces adjustments a bit...
When I'm out in variable conditions, unless I'm sailing in tight quarters, I
adjust by heading up in the puffs. I'm often more or less si
I hardly ever use gloves either unless it is cold weather.
Might be different on a heavier boat, - got a pretty good burn off the
mainsheet on a heavy cruiser one time.
That being said, when it is cold out I have found that your basic black pigskin
winter driving gloves have the best dexterity a
My crew like the Harken gloves cause they're sexier, but I find the West Marine
product has improved and buy either when they go on sale for around $20 to $25.
I look for quality stitching and leather reenforements. I keep four pair on
board and don't usually wear them personally unless the wind
I know people who sail without gloves; I can't.
I used Ronstan's that lasted the longest (but I was sailing less then). Gills
last a season at best (though, they are quite comfortable). I have quite good
experience with West marine - they were, so far, the best value for the money
(I bought a c
I got badly burned fingers once with half-fingered gloves.
While I should have released the line before I saw my fingers 'smoking', it
happened too fast for me to let go quickly enough.
I had to retreat below for several hours nursing my blistered inside fingers on
my hand with ice, ointment,
my 0.02
Have had a pair of sailing gloves for years but had worn only once in 10
years
Over the ten years sailing mostly on Niagara 26, J27 and the odd otehr
boats.
Started running main regularly on a C&C 115. Have been wearing the
gloves almost every time out since shortly after taking on t
Just went from gloves with all fingertips exposed to gloves with just the index
finger exposed. Raced last night and got a finger burn!
From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On
Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:31 AM
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I'm not convinced that size matters. I think I have the biggest boat
on the list... and I never wear gloves (unless they're winter gloves
for warmth)
When I was a kid racing Lasers, I'd go through a pair every few weeks
it seemed, so I finally just decided to toughen up my hands and save
some dou
Colin
You sound like a sailing animal...I sort of agree with gloves because I
never use them either...they seem to compromise everything I do but I do
relaxed sailing now...when I was racing and trimming the genoa and spinnaker
I appreciated those gloves sometimes
As for feet, I like to protect m
That harkens me back to my Hornblower book days. Or was it Sea Wolf by Jack
London? The new recruits always had "hands like a lydys' with no calluses.
Well, now I have hands like a lydys, and I burnt the dickens out of my
fingers letting the main halyard fly a month ago, wish I had had gloves on
Dwight,
You are probably OK, but had to chastise my son for wearing sandals on the
boat. He lost one when he went forward and it was a major distraction. Better
to be barefoot.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
- Original Message -
From: "dwight veinot"
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When racing, I wear racing shoes. When cruising, I'm mostly barefoot. But
when going ashore on the Gulf's sandy beaches, I wear sandals. You never know
what's buried in the sand. I, and many of my friends have suffered cuts from
broken glass, shells, etc.
My choice of sandals? Chaco Z/1
RE: hand and foot protective gear.
I admit to being more physical than most during my active offshore racing years
(on boats 35' to 70'), a little less so these days but:
I have broken my heel bone (5 hour reconstructive surgery), several teeth,
concussed by the pole, needed facial stitches, sp
Years of sailing I 14's, E scows , Laser 28's, Stars, and now c&c 35 as
skipper, I rarely wore gloves, much less shoes. Too many lines to stand on
which you can't feel with shoes. Occasionally I'd wear high top wrestling
shoes, usually in Dec. and January but that was long before the high tech g
I don't wear gloves when cruising, but the Ronstan ones when racing. All my
crew have Gill championship gloves, which work very well, but don't seem to
last, and I initially wanted something different so I wouldn't have to sort
through the pile of Gills. Of course, the soft leather on the whee
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