[Rhodes22-list] We're wet!! Coquina (foredeckguy) launched Sunday

David Bradley dwbrad at gmail.com
Mon May 14 22:47:34 EDT 2007


Gary, sorry if I missed this before.  Where's home port?

Congratulations and enjoy!

Dave


On 5/14/07, foredeckguy <gary_lockhart33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> An update on getting my new (to me) boat underway. Spent Saturday getting
> stays on, putting needed gear inside and trying to figure out how the
> trailer mounted mast raising was supposed to work. Unfortunately, helpers
> didn't show so mast raising was put off until Sunday morning. After
> letting
> out enough winch cable (practically all of it) and tying to the main
> halyard, we were ready to go for lift off. Only 2 stay tangles requiring
> backing up and the mast was up. The only casualty was the VHF antenna lead
> that didn't know to scoot out of the way of the descending mast. (I wanted
> the hand-held VHF anyway, but not this soon.)
> The launch went sort of smooth. Only after getting the boat off the
> trailer
> ( with maneuvers I won't go into) did I discover the centerboard trunk
> support bar on the trailer will lower, putting the boat onto the rollers
> so
> it can then roll off the trailer. We tied off at the ramp and motored,
> with
> some dignity, to our summer home. (The breeze Sunday in an unfamiliar
> marina
> and new boat required four tries to get it parked. Fortunately, the place
> was really empty and there were no placard wielding judges scoring the
> event.)
> I expect to have sails on and be ready for the real start of racing this
> Thursday (last week was a tune up with only 3 boats showing). Thanks again
> for all good advice and wishes.
> Gary
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