March 2012 - Fairwind Yacht Club
March 2012 - Fairwind Yacht Club
March 2012 - Fairwind Yacht Club
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mainsail, 135% genoa, and genoa furler. Ullman Sails, Ventura, also had a winter special last fall. We ordered<br />
the sails in October and received them in February with a significant discount.<br />
The sails are 7-ounce Dacron and will handle the heavy usage our boats receive. Desert Wind got new Ullman<br />
sails over three years ago and they are still in very good shape despite the heavy usage. We installed the new<br />
furler ourselves last week, which was a good learning experience. We now have a very good understanding of<br />
how a CDI Furler is made and works. We only had to take the mast down twice to get it to fit properly; actually<br />
not that hard of a job. Special thanks to John Staples, Frank Thomsen, Patrick Anderson, Harry Kane, and<br />
Dennis Derley for helping out.<br />
This week, we installed new lifelines on CompanionShip. We bought all the materials and made the lifelines<br />
ourselves at West Marine. This was straight forward to do once we got past a couple of challenges. Who would<br />
have figured that the forward wire studs were ¼-inch thread while the aft wire studs were 5/16-inch thread? We<br />
also received a ¼-inch wire stud that was left hand thread even though it was labeled with the right hand thread<br />
part number! Well, once we had the right parts, swaging was the easy part. The self-made lifelines cost less<br />
than half of what Catalina Direct charges and about a quarter of what the yard rigger was quoting.<br />
With the new sails, genoa furler, and new bottom, we expect to have CompanionShip move up with Desert<br />
Wind and Sand as the most sailed boats in the fleet. CompanionShip’s old 150% hank-on genoa is now on<br />
Sweet Deal.<br />
Next year, it will be Sweet Deal’s turn for a spring makeover.<br />
February’s Workday Heroes<br />
CIH<br />
14’s<br />
Dave Nichols<br />
CompanionShip:<br />
John Staples<br />
Dave Nichols<br />
Sweet Deal:<br />
Corey Chase<br />
Sand:<br />
Jim Breslin<br />
Dennis Isleib<br />
Peter Granet<br />
Roxanne<br />
Desert Wind:<br />
Dave Payn<br />
Dennis Derley<br />
Kevin Sheldon<br />
Zephyr & Freedom Too<br />
Tom Kelleher<br />
Paul Aist<br />
Richard Canan<br />
Lamriie Leguer<br />
Dave Touya<br />
Sigmund Sales<br />
Hayden Houser<br />
Jamie, Jakob and Kelly Schlottmann<br />
Scott Kelly<br />
Jim Milstaed<br />
Mark III:<br />
Jesse Lumsden<br />
Rick Lucky<br />
Angelsea:<br />
Tom Marshall<br />
Greg Arnold<br />
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--Carl Enson
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