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i'm still here!

things are usually pretty quiet this time of year....  sleepy boats and all.

I'm also here... just got back from Strickly Sail Chicago... can't wait till she's in the water again...

Thanx guys for letting me know I'm not the only one out here....

And while I've got your attention. let me ask again if any of you know about the Cape Horn vs Monitor?
The Monitor is certainly more popular, albiet heavier and more expensive, but the Cape Horn guy does do a pretty impressive song and dance about his unit. It's lighter and less expensive.
This is a big chunk of change and want to do it once and right.
All ears open............

I visit this site almost daily, seeing if anyone has something to say. I have a boat that needs new motor mounts and I am hoping that Bill - boatyard worker will be back this spring to help me through this adventure. I keep wondering how my boat is doing under all the snow up on Lake Erie, 2-hrs away.

I have a Cape Horn and enjoy it though I am still trying to learn how to set it correctly. When you sail Solo, it is a bear to set, but that maybe that I am a rookie on setting them. I have been dreaming about this problem also. When you put the Cape Horn on, make sure you have someone small to crawl into the back end of the boat to tighten up all the nuts and bolts. I got stuck one time when the boatyard worker had to leave while I was 3/4 of the way in the small back cockpit locker tighting a nut or two. Without someone to pull me straight up and out, I had to flap my legs and lower body in the air to wiggly myself out of the locker. No one saw this but it would have made you roll over laughing see two leg flopping in the air with upper body attached. It took 20 minutes to get out on my own and I was beat for the day. The second time I had to down there, I made sure the boatyard helper stayed and it only took a minute in and out to tighten up the last nuts, that were too far a stretch to get to and we did try that first. I will always remember that moment with my boat, as I almost became one with her on that warm day.

John - I've been there too!  when i bought my boat I was around 15 pounds lighter, and spent about as many hours in the cockpit lockers replacing deck coring above.  As fun and snug as it was in that little space, I could have done without the fiberglass dust.

4 years, some very good eating, and a few very tasty beers later I still manage to get  in and out of the lockers on each side to hold the nutz and washerz  on the backside of each backstay tang....

I am still here and would love some response to some questions I have posted! I am a relatively new sailor in Alaska and trying to find out any rollerfurling advice for the Contessa and also, if anyone ever wants to do a boat trade in Kachemak Bay in summer, for a warm weather place in winter! (non-simultaneos)!
Maybe most of us are northern sailors, though, but I would be happy to host anyone who wants to visit here in the summer months~
Kristin

Hi All:

There is a silent majority out here.
Silent, but attentive. Even if we aren't checking in as often.

We are too busy watching Tim's work on Equinox. WOW, RB great stuff.

Jim