PETER, I have an old Bimini and need to make a dodger as well, for DawntTREADER CP23. I have a friend who does his own canvas as I do and he made some ...
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Happy New Year. Curtis ps - some good packing snow fell last night....
Curtis Villamizar
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Jan 1, 2006 8:14 pm
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Dave's VAYU is beautiful, showing much care and creativity and pride of ownership. And that to all who have responded to my inquiry re: biminis and dodgers. ...
Just wishing you all a happy and healthy new year. I have been lurking around and now with this touch of warmer weather here in Jersey my thoughts have...
KJ: Thanks and the same to you. For those still looking for aux power, just read in the Sail Magazine that Suzuki just came out with a DF2.5, 5HP, 30 pounds, 4...
I have just learned Judy Duvall (jkDuvall49)has just passed away.She has been a member of this group for the past 3 yrs and loved to sail her CP16 ( InSeine)...
Larry, A Dodger to me is takeing the place of foul weather suit and I will not wear those down here FL.I need to stand up at times and can do that at the...
Oh gosh, I am so very sorry to hear about this. I never met Judy and missed meeting her sailing at St. Andrews Bay last fall. She always seemed to have that...
Very interesting site from a small boat owner and [ past ] builder, Jerry Montgomery. I hope youre able to access, as always scroll all the way down for link. ...
Terry, that is an interesting site, thanks for the post. I have never seen a M-23, but I would like to - She looks like a well thought out design. Regards &...
Bob, I sent out a E-Mail to Peggy requesting the address and will forward to you as I receive it. Thanks for your concern! Dave CP19 VAYU,Cape Coral ... and...
Thanks, Dave. Or she can contact me at my address off-list. Best, -Bob ... From: "David Barnicoat" <dbarnic126@...> To: <com-pac@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Many thanks to all who responded to my question re: biminis vs. dodgers. Now the issue is choice of materials, especially fabric colors. Walking through any...
My experience has been that the "bright" colors are the ones that seem to have the greatest amount of fade. This is from the perspective of Southwest Florida...
Hi Peter When I chose the color for CaraMia I looked at other boats first to see the effect some colors had or didn't have. I liked green it goes well with...
It seems to me that I read somewhere that Compac 16's can reef by rolling their booms. It doesn't look like the boom will roll on my 16. Am I missing...
Tom, Some can, some can't. It depends on the particular boom. FADED Lady, does have boom roll reefing. The bow end of the boom, where it attaches to the ...
Peter, as you look at a white boat for example that has a different color dodger/bimini, note how those additions appear "added on" due to their color ...
Pull your boom sternward and see if you can then roll it up with the sail on it. -Bob ... From: "vtcgr2" <vtcgr2@...> To: <com-pac@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Hello, I haven't had many opportunities to contibute to this forum, the discussion is great but it moves so fast it is hard to keep up. But my wife and I just...
Just revisiting and checking up on some numbers. I checked the ammeter against some prior guesses. Might be of interest to some people, maybe not. Here was...
Curtis Villamizar
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Jan 5, 2006 9:32 pm
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Hi Dave and thanks for the comments as well. Don't feel too sorry for us, we really enjoyed our vacation and it brought us even closer as a family. We have 7...
Steve, Every boat I have owned or been on ..I remember... I suppose the most memorible thoughts are the ones you enjoyed the most and others fad away.For me...
Curtis, Thats a lot of calulations, For me..2- golf cart 6volt batteries..with a 10watt solar unit does it all for a 10 day trip..thats never getting the...
Dave, Maybe you have inadvertently solved a mystery for me. :) I was wondering why my 1977 CP16 had bow-mounted nav lights but no elec system. The nav lights...
Hey KJ, we're all new at something. I just learned how to make clam chowder the Barnicoat way. Start with Campbell's Chunky Clam Chowder and then dress it up....
... Not at all, KJ. We'd have all missed that trick if we hadn't read about it in their instruction manual. That's why we are here, to get answers to things we...
Sure good news about your wife, Stu. Feed her some of Dave's chowder and she'll come around in a hurry. While we're on recipes I'll lay an easy one for BBQ on...