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

[Joseph Hadzima]

WEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOO!

congratulations!


--- 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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