Jim Stumpf Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Today was the first sail of CS17 284. Had a blast. Sorry the only picture is of the boat on the trailer and the porto-toilets in the background (nice background). La Due reservoir. Light, fluky winds mostly out of the north. Here is the track and stats of our sail. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202741569488548933811.0004c457e6afd95e58b71&msa=0 This pic is from the 4th of July we launched and retrieved about a dozen time tweaking the trailer. Rocky River Ohio no sailing that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stumpf Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Trying to post today's track Obviously doing it wrong sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Very nice, great results from months of love and labor. Had a blast. Sorry the only picture is of the boat on the trailer ... Bah, no excuse for that at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stumpf Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Another closer shot from trailer day. That is my good friend and mentor Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dunsworth Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Beautiful boat Jim, You will enjoy her and just wait till she gets up on a plane! Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy Hill Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I notice you chose vertical battens. If you plan to stow the sail wrapped around the mast, as I did, you might consider having a window sewn into your main. I had one and never regretted it. Your boat is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Jim...she's a beauty! did you settle on "Lady Hurricane"? and do you know about this: http://www.bayfrontcenter.org/presque-isle-bay-messabout/ I'm planning on going. I'd love to see her you there. Take care Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stumpf Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks everyone for the kind words and free exchange of ideas. This has been a fun build and I hope to have many years of enjoyment from this one. Only mod's on the drawing board for now are longer sprits, for some reason I find the beautiful birds-mouth spars are shorter than needed, they are per spec but will not flatten the sail if needed in a stiff wind. Maybe the sailmaker gave me some extra rag. The forward seat around the curved coaming is too shallow with the square profile, Joe wants to sit in the curved crook of the coaming so I will have to fab up a drop in arc of a seat so that he will be comfy while yelling at me that I can't sail. I think a small drop in thwart or seat across the lazzerete might be a comfy spot to sit in the crook of the coaming aft while Joe is at the helm regaling me with stories of his sailing prowess. Although we were not shipping any water over the fore deck I may get around to sewing up a spray cover for the forward portion of the open cockpit. Gordy point taken on the window, Joe would not had over the helm long enough for me to notice if I would like a window in the main or not. I did notice that the vertical battens tend to drop forward in light air leaving the roach partially unused, but I did have them installed so that I could furl the sail around the mast while camping. Steve, thanks for the heads up on the Bay Front event. I was not aware of it and I have already run it by the Mrs., I was there years ago when the high school kids were building the Lake Erie fishing boat, I believe that the program has moved to bigger quarters and grown since then. CABBS here in Cleveland is also a TSBA member. Were do you call home, we head west to Pymatuning pretty often. Lady Hurricane, any superstitious sailors out there that think it is bad JUJU to name a boat something like a disaster. Megan my youngest is an avid boat building and sailing companion, God love her but she leaves destruction in her path, hence the nick name lady hurricane. Any thoughts on the name? Meg accepting an award for her kayak. I asked her the other day what will I do when you move away and I want to go sailing or camping, her answer was "just come pick me up" simple enough I guess. 2 years ago. Megan and her older sister giving a presentation on building a one sheet skiff to a room of amateur boat builders (read a bunch of old codgers) Circa winter 2000. The one thing I remember for Deanna's speech was that"we sanded and sanded and then sanded some more" which got the crowd laughing because we all know it to be true. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cprinos Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Looks great Jim! Great to see it splash after following your build. I think I've seen several other comments about giving the sprits some extra length for sail control -- I'll have to remember that when I get to that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMoon Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Just lovely. I agree on the sprits, better to make them too long than barely long enough. I've already replaced my originals with longer ones. It might be best for new builders to wait until after they have their sails to make the sprit booms. Seating up front: I decked over the footwells in the front with removable panels. There's not enough foot room around the centerboard in any case and having the big sprawling space up front makes the boat infinitely more comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Interesting, I found the same thing about the booms on my CS build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestKen Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Jim, what portatoilets???? Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jones Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 And I am preparing to rebuild the sprits on my CLC Sharpie- need about 4 to 6 more inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Am I cross eyed with the heat or should that bow chock run the other way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Eagle eye Peter, I had not noticed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stumpf Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Am I cross eyed with the heat or should that bow chock run the other way? Not sure what you mean, the choke tangs are skewed opposing each other and route the line the same if reversed, both chokes are the same and I am not aware of them being sold left or right hand. May just be the angle of the shot. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stumpf Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Jim, what portatoilets???? Ken Thanks Ken that looks much better. And I am preparing to rebuild the sprits on my CLC Sharpie- need about 4 to 6 more inches. What lengths do you need a have two very nice birdsmouth sprits avaliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Am I cross eyed with the heat or should that bow chock run the other way? Not sure what you mean, the choke tangs are skewed opposing each other and route the line the same if reversed, both chokes are the same and I am not aware of them being sold left or right hand. May just be the angle of the shot. Jim Hmm, it sure does look like it is on the wrong side. Skewed chocks, also called skene chocks are either port or starboard and work on the appropriate side oriented either way. They don't lead fair on the wrong side regardless of how oriented. When line is run fair through the chock the restraint of the chock should be on the flat and not the leading or trailing end as this would wear very quickly on the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Jim....I'm in Honeoye Falls, NY. It's a couple hours to Erie, but I attended the mid atlantic small craft festival last fall, and I'm hoping to help along an event like this after seeing what it could become. I will probably bring my Sea Pearl, my spindrift 11N and the kids cardboard bats if they get it done. summer is so busy nothing is guaranteed. I hope you decide to go. Take Care, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombard Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Sweet boat, congratulations on getting her on the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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