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That is something that looks really useful. Thanks! Jim Hoey Ship A Hoey - Morgan 21 Bucky wrote: I just stumbled across this: If you've ever uttered the...
Jim Hoey
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Nov 7, 2009
11:19 pm
6275
This winter we want to install a furling system on our M28. Hauling the jib up and down is causing the first mate (ie the wife) to complain and I agree that it...
Peter
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Nov 8, 2009
2:18 pm
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Peter, I'd determine my budget for the project and whether I want/need roller reefing or just furling for storage. Then I'd add up the cost of the system,...
Merlin Clark
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Nov 8, 2009
2:45 pm
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Take an ASA or US Sailing course. You will go through all the skills you need to BEGIN your life as a sailor and have a great time too. Chip s/v Brigadoon 1982...
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Nov 8, 2009
2:46 pm
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Bryan, I replaced my 20 X 17(pitch) on my 1982 416 when I re-powered a couple of years ago. The new Cummins engine needed a new transmission which needed a...
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Nov 8, 2009
3:02 pm
6279
I like all that. Since we're on a lake we won't need reefing ability. I definitely like the owner installed part. My budget is about $1,500 so this would fit...
Peter
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Nov 8, 2009
6:19 pm
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This isn't Capt Chip the airplane driver is it? ... From: Cptchip@... <Cptchip@...> Subject: Re: [morganowners] thinking of buying morgan 41 OI To:...
Merlin Clark
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Nov 8, 2009
6:20 pm
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Well we picked a great day to stop in Beaufort,SC. Sunny, calm, and 78f. There are two of us(boats)looking ahead to find a possible anchorage in case Ida comes...
Corbett M
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Nov 8, 2009
8:07 pm
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Nope, just a water kinda guy. In a message dated 11/8/2009 1:20:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, merlinuxo@... writes: This isn't Capt Chip the airplane...
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Nov 8, 2009
10:51 pm
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I added the CDI Flexible Furler to my M28 (1970) about four or five years ago. It both reefs and furls, and I've been very happy with it. It has the advantage...
Karl Burton
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Nov 8, 2009
11:06 pm
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I should add that I also sail on fresh water. When I got the furler, I got a high-cut 150 with a foam luff for reefing - it really works quite nicely even...
Karl Burton
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Nov 8, 2009
11:09 pm
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Chip,   My 416 came with a 17x17 prop. It revs up too easily it seems to me and looks small for the aperture. When a shifting mud bank suddenly and...
Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~
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Nov 9, 2009
5:42 am
6286
The art of docking a 41' single-handed is to do much unnecessary revving of engine in neutral as you approach too fast.. This alerts anxious looking other boat...
Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~
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Nov 9, 2009
6:06 am
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My Morgan 416 has the 18x17,seems to push and pull O.K. If there is any information on the optimum prop for the 416, I'd like the information. Capt. Jack ... ...
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Nov 9, 2009
11:20 am
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Bryan, You are correct; you don't find this stuff in the "How to Sail" handbooks. You can only get gems like this from seasoned 41 footer captains such as...
Zuzack, Tom
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Nov 9, 2009
11:21 am
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Absolutely right... Capt. Jack ... From: Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~ <captbryan2@...> To: morganowners@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 1:06 am Subject: Re:...
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Nov 9, 2009
11:28 am
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Well, good to meet you Capt Chip. The other one is a friend that I knew here in FL for a number of years before he moved home to the Chesapeake. ... From:...
Merlin Clark
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Nov 9, 2009
1:25 pm
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Corbett & Robin, I don't have local knowledge, but look for my good friends Cal & Nancy Blodgett of s/v Inida Wind II, and Ken & Francie Bushee of s/v Release...
Dimitri Garder
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Nov 9, 2009
3:44 pm
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Robert, On the subject of books, Nigel Calder's "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual" is indispensible. When stuff breaks at the worst possible time...
Dimitri Garder
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Nov 9, 2009
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I have no reason to doubt that 18 x 17  3 blade is right. Which is why I enquired about where to get one.  17 x 17 is wrong - for that I can vouch, Bryan ~~~...
Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~
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Nov 9, 2009
4:46 pm
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I bought a Omega 14 sailboat to learn about sailing. It wasn't long before I was baptised in the little bay. It was summer and people would just show up to...
Joseph Picciandra
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Nov 9, 2009
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Dimitri, Thank you so much. We will keep a lookout for them. The hard drive in our heads has plenty of room for input!!!...
Corbett M
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Nov 9, 2009
5:19 pm
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Bryan, I am in Cobbs Creek, Virginia, about 45 minutes from Williamsburg. Yes, I would sell the old prop. No damage, clean edges. BUT is it what your engine...
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Nov 10, 2009
1:49 pm
6297
Hi, I have friends on s/v Legacy, a Caliber 40, who are in Beaufort now at Lady Island Marina. They are also heading south. Their names are Aubrey and ...
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Nov 10, 2009
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Of course, that might not work on repeated occasions, once your neighbors figure out your style, UNLESS you acquire a rep. One way is to start a rumor about...
Larry Dill
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Nov 10, 2009
5:48 pm
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Personally I choose the OI41 to handled by myself - which I did for a number of years prior to marriage. I take great pride in being able to dock Annabelle...
David V. Fansler
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Nov 10, 2009
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David, If this has turned into a S e r i o u s   T h r e a d  then I would love you to show me how to come alongside a dock with a wind off the dock - and...
Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~
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Nov 10, 2009
7:05 pm
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Larry, Clarify this ? Do you mean lose control  of boat as in boat drifting sideways downwind with dinghy painter around the prop? or lose control of self as...
Bryan ~~~ _/) ~~~
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Nov 10, 2009
7:18 pm
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I guess my only concern with where the thread was going was to find ways to show your lack of seamanship by revving the engine, or other such means to draw...
David V. Fansler
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Nov 10, 2009
7:34 pm
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Comments, please? How is life aboard Flying Pig different from my life ashore? 1: Flying Pig is a boat. Aside from times in the boatyard, where it's up on...
Flying Pig
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