... <bshamblin2002@...> wrote: sailors, a friend and i are plotting a circular trip through the icw and inland canals/rivers where the boats mast will need to...
Howdy, I can't go into great detail as I'm answering this from my cell phone, but I do this all the time in our Picnic Cat, and have found it handy at times in...
Hello, I think this forum is the best place to ask this question because there is a variety of sailing experience and backgrounds here and like me, everyone...
i have the same plan,race on sunday,open class its fun,looking to buy a flying scot daysailer.easy to single hand,plenty of used ones around,very fast,some say...
Richard, My first response is to look at the classes racing at your intended venue and pick the one whose characteristics suit you best. Beyond that, there's...
Hi Richard, I also belong to a sailing club which is?a?very competitive racing?club, but also has?a cruising fleet? I do not normally race my CP and?our...
I think a Thistle is a wonderful, fast boat. Whether you have hull #1 which is wooden or the latest one in glass, they are equally fast. In fact, hull number...
Thanks for the replys everyone. I'll take a second look at the flying scots and thistles. I'm hoping to build a crew after finding a boat. There are a...
Any advice on replacing the starter pull-cord on a 1987 4hp Evinrude? It broke yesterday and I can't figure out how to install the new one without removing the...
Hi, I had done the same thing. I wound up getting a Thistle a couple of years ago. Go to the class websites for the boats you are considering and look at...
Of the two boats considered, I would say the Scot is much more comfortable to race than a Thistle. While the Thistle handles and feels sort of like a laser at...
You should choose a boat that has a well established fleet in your area, even if it the boat is not your first choice. Flying Scot is a great boat but prepare...
I had never flown a symmetrical spinnaker before I got my Thistle. The first two years if there were white caps I left the chute down, but when there are white...
Richard, if that Lighting 19 was fiberglass (they made wood hulls earlier), chances are it is repairable. These are very fast boats and nothing touched it back...
I've done this on a Nissan but don't think I can advise on a 'rude. Plus it's too hard to go through by e-mail. One piece of advice, though: watch out for...
I replaced the pull cord on a 1989 Yamaha 6 HP. The Evinrude is probably similar. There was no choice but to remove the starter spring in order to thread the ...
Have any of you succesessfully made a trailer tongue extender that telescopes inside the original tongue? If so I would appreciate knowing what size materials...
Bob, I had a Bayfield 25 on a trailer for a few years. The Trailer had a tongue extension as you describe. Essentially the hitch coupler was a 5000# 2” ...
Kevin, That surely sounds like a winner. I need only about three feet to keep the rear of my Toyota truck out of the briny and may try this combo if I can...
Bob, haveing a box inside the frame would be difficult due to the toung attachment and trubolts restricting access. Gregg Nestor has a very interesting artical...
attached is a drawing from cruising world, 1999 that i had downloaded from either the com-pac website or the trailersailing website... it has the details for...
Certain all of them look like fine workable ideas. Many thanks Richard. Bob ... From: "Richard Glenn" <rbglenn2001@...> To: <com-pac@yahoogroups.com>...
Hello, Back from reserve duty, hope it's not too late to revitalize the discussion. I do appreciate everyones input and enthusiasm. There isn't really an...
Generally, I have become a silent reader on this forum, but I have learned so much from Bob over the past 15 years that I feel obligated to reply to his quarry...
Don, I appreciate your input on the trailer extender. I have the same trailer as you and found the tilt feature impractical. My launching technique is to back...
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