Great advice Connie. I'm a habitual list maker. I have lists of lists!! Do you have a design for a companionway hatch board to hold a table that you mentioned?? Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conbert H. Benneck" <chbenneck@sbcglobal.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:59 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Merry Christmas
Joe Murphy wrote;
Hi Joe,
Lists of "things to do" can be roughly divided up into three categories:
1. The first is the - "don't forget to bring....." list, a shirt pocket sized note pad which you should always have on board + pencil is an easy way to keep track of these items the next time you go sailing: beer, ice, the Philips screwdriver, the monel safety wire; or an oil can; i.e., the things that you found you needed but didn't have on board. ... or the things you might want to do (repack the trailer bearings) before your next trip. If the next trip is two weeks later that thought might have slipped your mind, till you are in the car and on the road. Then it's, damn, I wanted to .....
2. The next "to do" items are the normal maintenance items to keep your ship in good shape: whip the ends of the lines; redo the anchor rode; put a gasket under the sail locker lids to make them watertight; change your reefing method; repair a sail, .... check your rigging. Most of these items can be taken care of during your spring commissioning work
3. The final "to do" list are the small but steady improvements you make to the ship to make life on board easier; more comfortable; or make things handier to reach. These are items like a companionway hatch board that has a holder for binoculars, your GPS or a radio. How about a companionway hatch board to hold a table so that you can eat lunch in a more proper manner, and not have to balance things on your knees or hope that they don't slide off the sail locker lids.... ....or use the filler piece under the M15 aft end of the mattress as a galley work area at the aft end of the cockpit. .... or lead all your halyards back to the cockpit so that it is easier to single-hand the ship.
The items in the 1st list are all the things you have to remember to take along on your next outing because you found that they were things you needed and that weren't on board.
The 2nd list items are the low key on-going things that have to be done to keep the boat ship-shape.
The 3rd list are mostly items that you can make during the non-sailing seasons. Then you can putter around in your shop, making various things that improve your ship. That's a lot of fun too, if the ground outside is white; and you can't go sailing. Your winter projects make next summer's sailing that more enjoyable.
Connie
......or your insurance isn't paid up.. Merry Christmas all. Joe Seafrog
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Campion" <wcampion@aol.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 9:24 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all. My stocking had a harness and teather for single handling!!! I guess someone loves me.
Skip M-15 #208
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On Dec 25, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Bill Wickett <billwick@gmail.com> wrote:
And to you too Larry. It has been a blessed day here. I cooked, and "they" are all cleaning now. What a blessing!!
Stocking held a Raymarine TP1000. Mmm-mmmmmmmm.
Bill Wickett
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Larry E Yake <leyake@juno.com> wrote:
A Very Merry Christmas to all of you!
Here's hoping that you are all having a blessed day, and that your stockings were packed with boating goodies!
Larry Y.
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