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  • Birthday 01/26/1947

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    Coastal sailing my sprit-rigged whitehall, night sailing, ultralight hiking & camping, boat building, nature photography, steam engines

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  1. Norm Otto & son Peter will be sailing to the messabout in CS 17 #307 in "sloop" configuration with Mizzen in the "middle" mast step as the mainsail , if anyone is interested in how it sails. I have been sailing it as a sloop for the last 6 months using the staysail as jib in light winds. This week I will also see if the "mainsail" works as a jib for heavier winds. I sail out of Bath, NC
  2. Shoulder problems make hoisting my forward mast difficult so I am interested in purchasing (not building mysef) CF masts for my CS 17 # 307. Both masts are about 1 ft longer than specified on the plans and use sail track. I'm in Mass. so a northeast mfg. would be preferred for easy pick-up. I know that Phil G. at Hall Spars in Bristol, RI sailed the EC with CF spars, but they were designed for his special sail cloth (mylar?). I have regular dacron sail cloth--4oz, I think. Older threads seem to indicate a 40%+- mast weight savings. Has anyone had such masts made and if so, your thoughts, opinions & experiances on the subject woud be appreciated. Is anyone else interested in acquiring such masts for their CF 17?
  3. The 2 HP Honda 4 cycle (29 lbs-short shaft) is fine on my CS 17. I bot it during construction so I could build a "storage" motor mount for it in the aft compartment when the motor is not on the adjustable transome mount--- there is an old "thread" on the Forum on building motor mounts in the aft compartment. I plan to sail my boat to the 2013 Mess-About.
  4. To find many different canoe sail rigs, I suggest you check out the American Canoe Association (ACA). They have been building, sailing & racing C-class canoes for over 100 years (max. 55 SF sail) and when I built a sailing rig for my canoe (as we all did back in the 1970's) we could construct the whole rig any way we desired. Also the 14 ft. MacGregor sailing canoe has a nifty Gunter rig which works well & easy to reef--my grandson & I built one 5 years ago & we sailed together just last month & the rig is compact, light & sails well. Sailing canoes are more stable than one would think with pressure on the sail and lee boards, but it takes stamina that I no longer have to race in heavy winds & seas.
  5. I used 89 cent +- "chip" brushes - 1/2 to 3 inches wide--(bristles cut down about 50%) from the local craft store on almost all my CS 17 #307 build (and many acid/plumbers brushes) with quite satisfactory results. BUT, it requires "grooming" them for 10-15 minutes each brush before use. Most new brushes need grooming to pull out loose bristles and particles and particularly so cheap brushes. "Grooming" is using thumb & forefinger to pull the bristles and fanning them against 4 fingers rapidly for particles/dust. Without grooming I got a bristle every 18 inches or so in the epoxy or varnish and after grooming, maybe only 3 bristles in 17 ft., which can be easily "flicked" from the surface with the tip of the brush. I don't re-use them, except for the 2nd & 3rd coats applied just after the prior epoxy coat "tacks" up (non-blushing MAS epoxy is my favorite). All my cleanup is with denatured alcohol--harsher chemicals do bodily harm to me. Even varnishing with "chip" brushes (full bristles--not cut down) comes out very well when I use Epifanes (no-sand between coats) Woodfinish Gloss, over epoxy but I've been varninshing for my whole life, it seems.
  6. I took a different approach to making it easier to step the forward mast in the mast tube by installing a mast tube that extends about 4 inches above the fordeck with the aft 1/2 cut away from top of the tube to the deck (see attached photo). From the cockpit I insert the mast base in the above deck part of the tube & simply walk it forward until it slips down into the tube. Its much easier stepping, but un-stepping still is problematic, so I added a 1/2 sphere to the base of the mast to help hold the mast base in the above deck part of the tube. My fordeck also has non-slip added to the varnish so I don't slip. Splash water also stays out of the mast tube (although the tube bottom has a drain through the foreward compartment into the cockpit . I still plan to replace my heavy 21 lb. aluminum masts with carbon fiber ones. Does anyone know which New England carbon fiber mast fabricator has already engineered them for a CS 17 with regular 4 oz. dacron sail cloth? Both my masts are about 1 ft. longer that the plans specify. CS 17 # 307 OSPREY sailing on Nantucket & Pamlico Sounds.
  7. Sorry I can't make the spring cruise due to scheduled shoulder procedure. Have Fun !!
  8. I'd be interested in joining a spring mess-about in my CS 17. I have a home east of Bath NC (next to Potters Marine on North Creek). I will be trailering my boat from Cape Cod to Bath in the spring. I love boat camping and solo sailing --day and night, but I have just started sailing Pamlico Sound.
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