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Boat, motor, trailer, sails, oars, etc. Follow link: http://hiltonhead.craigslist.org/boa/2963359146.html It's time for a new project.

Bob: I sent you his email via private message through the forum.

I'm in Beaufort, SC. I can't make it to Cedar Key anytime soon. But you're welcome to come up here. And, there's a guy in Tampa with a BRS 17. I will get you his email.

They smelled better this am. I think I'll wash em once more.

I found my mizzen sheet saturated in gas yesterday. I've soaked it in baking soda and water, dish soap and water, and laundry detergent and water. I did the second 2 before wring it out and the baking soda and water after wringing it out. Then, I let it dry out today. It still smells of gas. Anyone have any suggestions? I was going to wash it once more. The gas came from a bad connection on a portable tank. A fairly nasty mess. From what I've found online, I've done the right things so far.

Peter: Have you made a bad mix of epoxy on this project? I only ask because I'm building my third boat and had just recently patted myself on the back for having perfect success with my epoxy work. Today I just discovered the 2nd bad mix in less than 1 week. I do this at least once on every build. If you haven't , I hope I don't jinx you. How tall will the centerboard trunk be? Sam

I'm not sure exactly. I was thinking maybe you could have some sort of shims you would keep permanently on the motor. I use my boat for sailing too and have the rudder, etc. made for the transom as designed.

I am concerned how my centerboard slot will behave under power. Instead of building up the transom, could you "build up" the motor bracket?

Phil: How does she handle when up on a plane? I hope to try a motor on my BRS 17 soon. You did not install a centerboard on yours, did you? I am impressed with the performance. Was that speed with a passenger in the boat?

Phil: how does the boat handle going this speed?

This photo shows the inverted frames to the shantyboat I'm building along with the stern frame right side up in the foreground. The hull has progressed a bit since this photo was taken, but I have not been out in the shop much in the past week because of the cold. Often I have to take my 14 month old son with me and so that gives me a good excuse to stay indoors lately.

What are the length of the CS 17 masts and the O.D.? I'm curious to know if they're the same as my BRS 17 as I would like to make some bm masts.

You see, that would have been the perfect opportunity to feed you a potato, or at least send one across the bow.

Ken: I know you got some good shots of my stern. And y'all are all lucky I forgot my sailing gloves at home. An idea for next year: potato cannons. This would add a lot of excitement to the racing. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3jXJDIlRz4?fs=1&hl=en_US

That was great fun. Neither I nor my crew brought a camera so I hope others of you will post some photos from the weekend.

I plan to be there with 2 pals and 1 boat late Fri. night some time.

I spoke with the Apostle of Speed after I capsized and he said that raising the centerboard some is a good way to reduce heeling, just not to raise it too much. Today was my first time back out since the capsize. I did not have as much wind as I'd hoped for, very little actually. One thing I've really come to appreciate is the tiller extension. I was able to move around much more and my arm did not get tired from holding it out to reach the tiller.

It sounds like I did everything I could have to acheive a capsize.

I did not think it would either. But my buddy I take sailing usually said he read it online somewhere. We tried it, and sure enough it worked. As far as I can tell the board down keeps you from sliding but that also results in heeling. Lift the board and you slide but less heeling. That's how it seems to me. But others are much more qualified to answer that. I had thought the opposite would be true as I figured the board down would act as a canter leaver preventing heeling but now I think the board is just no match for the sails at the other end of the leaver.

The reason I did not have the cb all the way down is that I've found the this helps reduce heeling significantly. What would having the board down have helped with in this situation?

Thanks Ken. I definitely won't be putting a motor on my boat anytime soon as loosing that would have hurt.

Looks like the wind was between 7 and 10 mph and at times gusting to 16 mph.

I capsized my BRS 17 yesterday and thought I would share the story for the benefit of others. I'm pretty sure I'll be at the Messabout and look forward to learning a lot. So, I decided i wanted to go sailing yesterday because we had some wind (I have not looked up the speed yet but certainly will). I could not find anyone to go with me so I decided to go ahead alone. This is probably the 10th time I've had her out. Maybe the only smart thing I did was put my lifejacket on as soon as I stepped into the boat. As soon as I left the dock on my first tack up wind I could tell I needed to make adjustments. I had the cb only about 2/3 down to reduce heeling and I had the mizzen sheet uncleated and in my hand, still trying to figure it all out. I caught some wind started to heel, the rail went under and I pushed the tiller as far as I could reach while trying to keep my weight on the rising side of the boat. Thus, I don't think I got the tiller pointed past amidships. And slowly I went over. The main sheet was still cleated so the first thing I did once over was to uncleat this. I then swam around to the other side of the boat to get on the cb to try to right it. The good thing is I was near the landing so there were a lot of people around to help. The bad thing is I was near the landing so there were a lot of people to see. Once on the centerboard, it came right up. But, I have yet to install any mechanism for keeping my seat hatches closed so the lower side filled with water. I got back aboard and started to get towed by a nearby boat but all that water in that compartment pulled that end down again and the boat eventually capsized again. Then my friend who runs SeaTow showed up and started helping me. The boat that was helping gathered my loose things and took them to the dock. I got the masts out (had to cut my sheets because the boat was upside down after I got the masts out. We got the masts, sails and sprits out of the water and into his boat. I got the boat turned over again and he started towing me to get some of the water out. Luckily I also have deckplates installed on the vertical faces of the side compartments near the forward thwart. By opening this most of the water inside was able to come out. We then were able to pump most of the rest out and he towed me to the dock. I lost two water bottles, some sun screen, one flip flop, one oar lock, my bailing bucket, my manual pump, and some pride and confidence. But I did not die, get hurt (just scratched and sore today) or loose my boat. I will have to pay SeaTow, but I think it's a fair price. A couple of lessons I learned: I was in too much wind to be alone without ballast. Having some crew would have helped tremendously to keep the boat from going all the way over. I need to install something to keep my hatches closed. I think if the hatch had not filled, I would have been able to bail the boat without it capsizing again. If I had had and been using a hiking stick I may have been able to get the boat turned up into the wind enough to keep from going all the way over. The design is a good one and the boat seems to be no worse for the experience. With all that weight in the boat being pulled by the bow eye I was half expecting either my stem to come apart or my transom to come off. So far I see no signs of either. My seat hatch did come apart on one of its forward corners but I think it was already weak. I also had the forward bow compartment open and it filled with water. I think with all hatches closed, the boat is unsinkable which is comforting. It would have been much more stressful had I not put my lifejacket on at the dock. Be careful.