March 2003 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

San Diego / Mission Bay questions
by Stan Froseth 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I read with interest the recent thread about small boat sailing in the San Diego area. Lynn and I will be picking up our new M15 (#616 "Cat's Paw") at Bob Eeg's factory in mid-April(!) We are considering a maiden voyage on Mission Bay, possibly putting in at Dana launch ramp and staying over a few nights (anchored in Mariner's Basin or at a guest slip somewhere), and exploring the bay while we get acquainted with the new boat. Any additional comments, tips or experiences? Are there likely to be a lot of speedy craft in the bay this time of year (we'd be mid-week)? Is there any kind of security in the public boat launch parking lots (for overnight tow vehicles w/trailer)? Stan Froseth Duluth, MN _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Schooner v. Jet Ski: Warning Shot Justified
by Honshells 09 Mar '03

09 Mar '03

>From the May, 2002 issue of SAILING magazine. When I sat down to transcribe this piece, I thought I was simply sharing the story of an obnoxious jet skier vs. a sailor. But as I typed I caught a detail I hadn't noticed when I originally read the story: The jet ski operator was a lobsterman. So perhaps his actions, still unjustifiable, were motivated by the schooner's keel fouling his pots. -------------------------------------------------- Schooner v. Jet Ski: Warning Shot Justified The U.S. Coast Guard arrested the wroing man, an administrative law judge in Maine suggested in March when he cleared Capt. Neal Parker of charges that he assualted a jet skier who was threatening his schooner. Judge Peter A. Fitzpatrick ruled that "the Coast Guard has failed to prove that Capt. Parker assaulted the jet ski operator. Indeed, the evidence on this record shows that Mr. Marves (the jet ski operator) may have assaulted the captain and the others aboard the Wendameen." That's what a lot of people thought after learning of Parker's plight (reported in Full and By, January 2002 SAILING). His alleged "assault" consisted of the firing of an antique pistol loaded only with a percussion cap toward the water to warn off a jet ski that was on course to collide with his schooner at high speed. The ruling ended an eight-month ordeal for Parker, who faced the loss of the mariner's license he needs for his livelihood. Parker sails his 90-foot (LOA) charter schooner Wendameen out of Portland, Maine, on overnight cruises to nearby anchorages. Wendameen was anchored in Pulpit Harbor on North Haven Island on July 25, 2001, with the seven paying passengers and the crew about to have dinner on deck, when a jet ski piloted by a 20-year-old lobsterman started performing what the court described as "high-speed, unsafe and harassing maneuvers around the schooner." When Parker signaled him to slow down, the jet skier responded with shouted obscenities and sped away. "Suddenly," Parker recalled, "the jet ski turned and bore down on us at full throttle, square for our transom." After Parker fired his warning, the jet ski stopped some 10 from the schooner, and its operator, according to the court record, "threatened to do bodily harm" to the schooner's passengers and crew. Parker called the Coast Guard, but it was he, and not the jet skier, who was charged. In the decision, Judge Fitzpatrick wrote, "The reckless actions of the jet ski operator ultimately threatened the safety of the passengers and crew . . . The principal culprit in this incident is the jet ski operator." The judge noted that Parker had held his captain's license for 25 years with no violations and has an excellent reputation as a professional seafarer. Going to sea as a teenager, Parker, now 45, worked his way up through the ranks of crews of traditional ships on the East Coast, and went on to serve as master of a number of vessels. He bought Wendameen, a virtual derelict, in 1985, and spent four years rebuilding her. Built in 1912, the yacht was John Alden's first schooner design. In connection with the jet ski incident, Parker was found to have violated Coast Guard regulations by failing to get approval from the Coast Guard commandant to carry black powder aboard the schooner. In giving Parker a sentence of six months porbation, Judge Fitzpatrick observed, "This requirement was not widely known among the vessel owners in the schooner fleet in Maine or even to the Coast Guard inspectors." --Bill Schanen

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Re: montgomery_boats digest, Vol 1 #572 - 1 msg
by WWDolph＠aol.com 08 Mar '03

08 Mar '03

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by Betty Trimbo 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

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Re: montgomery_boats digest, Vol 1 #569 - 2 msgs
by Russ Browne 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

Tod, great pictures! That storm looked like it meant business. Like the tqanbark sails and would like to have one for my ComPac SunCat, but was told by Airforce sails (Sailnet) that they could not get quality tanbark fabric. Anyone with a sailmaker and/or fabric source? Russ Browne Sailing P.J.Puddlejumper 2000 ComPac SunCat #16 Branched Oak Yacht Club On the prairies of Nebraska

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Re: Tanbark sails
by Russ Browne 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Thanks to those who responded. I will check Doyle on Contender, as well as Dabbler. Bill, your sails look great, and I'd like Puddlejumper to have that same, classic look. Russ Browne Sailing P.J.Puddlejumper 2000 ComPac SunCat #16 Branched Oak Yacht Club On the prairies of Nebraska

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Re: M_Boats: Re: montgomery_boats digest, Vol 1 #569 - 2 msgs
by chbenneck＠juno.com 05 Mar '03

05 Mar '03

Hi Russ, Sailrite, in my older catalog, lists "Tanbark Dacrons" in 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 oz. weights. Call them at 1-800-348-2769 Connie

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RE: M_Boats: Whisker Pole & VHF Radio Input Needed
by Harvey Wilson 04 Mar '03

04 Mar '03

Hi Giles.. If you can remove the antenna of your hand held radio, there's a good chance that you can get an adapter from Radio Shack..or the mfr. that will permit an external antenna. I don't have one for my HH marine radio, but I do have one for a HH CB unit that works great. Harvey/ Ga M-17 Stargazer #294

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Re: M_Boats: Marking The Waterline From: "Jerry Montgomery" <jmbn@innercite....
by Woodsybill＠aol.com 03 Mar '03

03 Mar '03

The best way to mark the water line is to place boat in shallow water under normal loading, and mark water line, say every foot or so, with indelible marker, remove boat and connect the "dots". With dry land marking one can not be sure that boat itself is level and certainly not in the same plane it would be in the water.

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Re: M_Boats: Marking The Waterline From: "Jerry Montgomery" <jmbn@innercite....
by IDCLLC＠aol.com 03 Mar '03

03 Mar '03

It occurs to me that you could level a good, straight board with your starting point, the board angled back to the stern, and run the string across its top as you went. The humble string has aided building since the pyramids and before. Way cool! My father's a bamboo rod maker. He, too has quite a collection of planes for his craft. Steve Tyree, P-15 #2098 "Amy Ann" > A while back I worked in Mexico on a powerboat tooling project, and in the > absence of a transit we used a string to establ;ish the WL. We taped it to > the stem with masking tape and one man got on the other end and slowly bent > it around the boat, keeping it level, and another put little tabs of > masking > tape on it to keep it from sliding. Sounds hokey but it worked great. It > was done by an old Mexican boatbuilder, who was also a master with a plane. > Nearly everything I could do with a router he could do with a plane, and > usually just as fast and as good. Makes you think. > > Jerry >

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