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Oh, I could cry, it indeed sold for a song: 

"SOLD:  This abandoned project will be a great boat when the repairs are completed! Bottom hull blisters have been removed, have dried for 2 years, and are ready to be patched. Westerbeke diesel engine has been removed (condition unknown).  Aluminum mast, rigging, and sails appear to be in good condition.  It's a bargain at $3,600"

I could have scraped up money to make her my next love....as JoseC said, Karma comes around, so hopefully it will come around again when I can use some! ;-)

That's right, Terrence, you have Suselle...great boat!

Um, I now figure the best boat is one where you are already in the middle of the ocean.   That is the goal, for me....even though the fun stuff is indeed working on the boat before you sail away for the day or for a year....dreaming of what you will put where....will this locker stay closed if she is knocked down (better wiggle it some more to be sure) and is that storm sail going to work (I better go out now and practice while it's blowing 40k and gusting 70k but I am only 5k from home!)     And will water gush through that port?! (I will aim the hose right....there.....and...oh, hmm, it does leak!)

However, I believe it is the full keels that make some of us swoon?! ;-)  We'd do anything and go anywhere to make our boats happy, isn't that it?!

And, also, sounds silly, but make sure you are Completely Into The Wind!!!  I mean, even if the bow blows off two degrees, the sail slides will jam!!    And the bow does blow off quickly on the Co26. 
Also, make sure you pull the sail up Fast....I mean, just eight or ten really good pulls (I didn't even use winch until last few inches) really fast, and the sail should be UP!   (um, yes, go to the gym and get a couple of muscles...helps with the groceries too! ;-)
And always look aloft first to ensure lines aren't twisted.
Lastly, on a windless day, take down the sail and Clean out the track with a brush, silicone it really well, and also....make sure the slides are actually the right size, who knows....they could be the wrong ones....

And Way to Go on the racing!!!!  Yah!

Yes, a fully battened main with three reefs does wonders for one's heart rate!   Then, learn how to reef FAST!   Learn to do it by yourself, and do it lots when the wind is only 15k or so...that way there isn't fear along with the panic, ha ha!

Ok, here's a story:  one fellow could not find out the year of his Contessa - he's an owner from Vancouver area.
I told him that my sail bags had a number on them.  He said he had looked and looked....and finally, just before he was going to give up, he held up the paper-thin sailbag to the light, and as he put it:  "like the shroud of Turin, the number appeared!"   

Cool, hey?!

Someone could measure their rudder when boat is on hard?!   My boat is currently elsewhere, almost sold, so I am unable to measure or I would.    If it's cheap enough, just buy it, someone will give you rudder specs, for sure.

"Shaft coupling is just a lump of rust" does not bode well for shaft coupling's longevity! ;-)    Hopefully can be painted, but if not, a new one is hopefully all you will need, (she says while trying not to gasp)....becuase you do not want it cracking while you are trying to motor out of a current-infested marina!  I always check the prices at Entec's website before talking to anyone, so that you can pretend you are not shocked when they tell you something the size of a "timbit" is going to cost $475.

For a forestay for hank-on, which I wanted to do, I was going to get new stemhead made in stainless with two holes, and have the roller furling forestay be forward of the spare hole for clip on forestay, and then only use one or the other, with roller furling fstay also on clip so can be removed to use hank ons...of course, all depends where and what kind of sailing you are doing...I also had a reef put into my 90% jib to make it a storm jib of sorts, and have three reefs in main, with a nice crisp 115 Genoa hank on that should cover me in all hank on weather...
My roller furling genny is 135%, plenty big.

Well, I have to say I am a bit puzzled: the mechanic doing the engine survey on Friday, July 14, (I was not present) says she will not start ?!   Apparently a frost plug or something...very strange, as she, of course, had a heater in her all winter...

I like to ask them: "Have you ever worked on a Farymann before?!"    as I like to hear them say....'um, no, I've never even seen one before"!!

We'll see what happens...

Hi everyone, pals that you are....
I am sad to say that there is an offer on her, (and it's pretty well what she's listed at) and I have a stomach ache...however, I am told by the understanding brokers that the British fellow buying her is just in love with her...apparently he saw me and her at my old marina and was in love with her from that moment.   So, I will keep you all posted if the sale goes through (perhaps she'll refuse to get on the transport trailer?  Maybe her prop shaft will fall out in protest over being in gear on the hard?!....)
I will stick around here, you are all the best......we all teach ourselves alot about our boats and experiences, and I always think it best to share them...and I can still talk alot...;-}

Congrats Sam, you are going to have fun!

My topping lift is led from aft of boom, up to top of mast, down inside mast, out aft along deck to stbd. side of companionway hump.  MUCH easier to handle when ready to dash forward and reef...(reefing all done at mast) and also handy as it's last thing you release when in cockpit and wonder why your sail is not setting right, guffaw!

I also have a small clip and line (6" or so) that clips from end of boom to backstay that holds up boom alongside topping lift to take strain off topping lift when boom lifted out of way once sail is down. (must remember to release it first before doing any sail raising, or else you will forget!)

Re: finding water leaks from rain or sea: Flashlight (and mirror) along the hull and along bilge areas will also show glint of wet trickles.
Also, check lockers and areas daily for water seepage as well as after you sail, and after any rain.  If no water one day(or event) but there the next or after, very easy to narrow down.