Therapy gets a new coat of bottom paint.
A lot of preparation went into this year's sailing season. We had not painted the bottom of Therapy since we acquired her, so this year's main project was easily identifiable... the red bottom paint had to go. What a mess! I spent one day doing nothing but sanding. I'm still finding red paint dust in places I'd rather not describe.
I used Interlux's Micron CSC "Shark White" paint for the new bottom. An unusual color that matches the small stripe just above the waterline. At $225 / gallon, I sure didn't want to spill any of it. Any couple of days and two coats of paint later, the new bottom looks good. Therapy was finally ready to launch on May 24, 2011.
I used Interlux's Micron CSC "Shark White" paint for the new bottom. An unusual color that matches the small stripe just above the waterline. At $225 / gallon, I sure didn't want to spill any of it. Any couple of days and two coats of paint later, the new bottom looks good. Therapy was finally ready to launch on May 24, 2011.
Jib halyard breaks on the first day!
Connie and I arrived early Friday evening in order to get an early start commissioning the boat and still getting out on the lake with a good part of the weekend still left. We just finished patting ourselves on the back for such a good job of putting up the sails, rigging the lines, recovering the bimini and dodger, and flushing the water system.
It was late Saturday afternoon when we finally left the dock and ventured out on the lake for the next few days. As luck would have it, the jib halyard snapped on the very first deployment of our sails. Then, the mail sail jammed when I tried to refurl it. What's going on?
After talking with Gary Harris of North Sails Vermillion, the problem with the jib was "halyard wrap". This occurs when the top of the furler is too far away from the sheave at the top of the mast allowing the halyard to twist with the furling action of the sail. Too much twist and ..... snap! The solution?..... someone has to feed a line down through the mast .... from the top. Since Connie weighs a lot less than I do, she was nominated. Needless to say, that experience didn't go well as Connie was heard to scream "Get me down! Get me down now!!" With the help of a few neighbors, and the purchase of a bosun chair, I was able feed a messenger line down the mast, followed by a new halyard, and raising the jib with a short line on the bottom furling shackle moved the top of the furler closer to the sheave.
It was late Saturday afternoon when we finally left the dock and ventured out on the lake for the next few days. As luck would have it, the jib halyard snapped on the very first deployment of our sails. Then, the mail sail jammed when I tried to refurl it. What's going on?
After talking with Gary Harris of North Sails Vermillion, the problem with the jib was "halyard wrap". This occurs when the top of the furler is too far away from the sheave at the top of the mast allowing the halyard to twist with the furling action of the sail. Too much twist and ..... snap! The solution?..... someone has to feed a line down through the mast .... from the top. Since Connie weighs a lot less than I do, she was nominated. Needless to say, that experience didn't go well as Connie was heard to scream "Get me down! Get me down now!!" With the help of a few neighbors, and the purchase of a bosun chair, I was able feed a messenger line down the mast, followed by a new halyard, and raising the jib with a short line on the bottom furling shackle moved the top of the furler closer to the sheave.