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Yep, We did it! We spent the weekend on the boat, and sailed most of the day saturday! I could not have done it without all the GREAT help i got here.
The bottom paint had gone on the weekend before, and we got the mast up, but i had to leave her just short of splashing and come back home and to work.
But when this weekend hit i was ready. We did a few final things, hung the outboard, and carefully backed the trailer into the water. The boat floated prettily off the trailer, with no one on board! The rope my wife was holding was not secured and as she and i watched, My Girl floated into the lake all by herself. (second picture below) Fortunately I had a friend at the club who had his boat ready to go out and he made a dash and hauled her back to the dock.
After he rescued my runaway boat and pulled her back to the dock, i could not get my outboard engine to start. That really disappointed me because i had put new spark-plugs in, checked the fuel line, checked the filter and gas flow to the engine, etc. I finally figured out that the engine starts a lot easier if you plug the wires back onto the spark-plugs!
By the time we got her to our slip and tied up, it was too late to get everything ready to sail, so we ate dinner and went to sleep. The next day was perfect though. The wind was not too strong.This allowed us to make lots of mistakes with sail handling and running rigging with out causing any damage. i began with a small jib, but changed to a larger lighter Jenny which seemed to do great. There were about five other sailboats out for the day from the Rome Sailing Club. We had a great time, and a great dinner afterward. Grog rations were doubled, or maybe even trippled!
Hey Joe, how do you like my "auto pilot"! (the rope on the rudder!)
Thanks for all the help! Now maybe i can focus a little more on sailing! I can't wait to get back out there!
Keith
Yep, We did it! We spent the weekend on the boat, and sailed most of the day saturday! I could not have done it without all the GREAT help i got here.
The bottom paint had gone on the weekend before, and we got the mast up, but i had to leave her just short of splashing and come back home and to work.
But when this weekend hit i was ready. We did a few final things, hung the outboard, and carefully backed the trailer into the water. The boat floated prettily off the trailer, with no one on board! The rope my wife was holding was not secured and as she and i watched, My Girl floated into the lake all by herself. (second picture below) Fortunately I had a friend at the club who had his boat ready to go out and he made a dash and hauled her back to the dock.
After he rescued my runaway boat and pulled her back to the dock, i could not get my outboard engine to start. That really disappointed me because i had put new spark-plugs in, checked the fuel line, checked the filter and gas flow to the engine, etc. I finally figured out that the engine starts a lot easier if you plug the wires back onto the spark-plugs!
By the time we got her to our slip and tied up, it was too late to get everything ready to sail, so we ate dinner and went to sleep. The next day was perfect though. The wind was not too strong.This allowed us to make lots of mistakes with sail handling and running rigging with out causing any damage. i began with a small jib, but changed to a larger lighter Jenny which seemed to do great. There were about five other sailboats out for the day from the Rome Sailing Club. We had a great time, and a great dinner afterward. Grog rations were doubled, or maybe even trippled!
Hey Joe, how do you like my "auto pilot"! (the rope on the rudder!)
Thanks for all the help! Now maybe i can focus a little more on sailing! I can't wait to get back out there!
Keith
