Installing main halyard winch on coach roof

[Warren Kaplan]

Sorry,

I haven't been on this site for a long time.

[Warren Kaplan]

And up forward by the mast! Main halyard and reefing lines.

[tartansailor]

Nice to hear from you again Warren.
All the best.

dick

[Oswego John]

Warren,

Welcome back.

O J

[Sea Hunt Video]

Warren:

Welcome back. A lot of folks were concerned about not hearing from you in a while. OJ and I suggested you were in a grass hut on Moorea with a pretty Tahitian beauty.

[Warren Kaplan]

Thanks to all for your concerns. In a nutshell, my absence has been due to Superstorm Sandy. I live on the water on the South Shore of Long Island. Need I say more.

I was out of my house for 5 months. Constant demolition and reconstruction since that time. At this very moment the painters are here for what I hope is the very last day of getting the physical structure back to normal. Then its getting the carpets and furniture. Rehanging pictures, etc.

So, I've been pre occupied. I did manage to sail a few times this year but that's all.

I hope to be here more now!

Thanks again!

[Dick Kobayashi]

I second the comments of the previous members. Summing it up: I think Steve and Dean who go to the mast acquire a very important safety characteristic that cannot be quantified- hands on experience and "sea legs". These are not available at WM or any other store. Once I learned what a pain the Lazy Jack system was I got rid of it - there is just not that much sail. I have fully battened sails so two ties will hold the sail in place until I moor and neaten up.

In any kind of wind at least one of my slugs hangs up - so I go forward anyway (and I have a cabin top main halyard winch).

A huge advantage of the 25D is its modest size. The size of the equip and sail surface area is small and easily handled by one person if you take your time and learn the systems and gain confidence in your own skills as they build.

I have fought, mostly successfully, the urge to buy and install gizmos. And after more than 10 years of ownership feel that I made the "right" decision most times. Of particular note is how differently I looked at the boat after a season or two on it. When I purchased it - I put in a good roller furling system, bought a 130 genny and a ST2000 auto pilot and not much else since.

Mostly the boat's superior design takes care of you - that and sea legs obviate the need for a lot of gizmos.

dk

[rtbates]

On a few of my previous boats I brought mast lines back to the cockpit. On 'Seraph' I decided that drilling holes in the balsa cored cabin top and risking leaks wasn't worth the elimination of going to the mast. I rather go to the mast than deal with all the lines in the cockpit anyway.

But that may just be ME..

[Andy Denmark]

Warren,

Glad to have you back aboard. Been worried about you but sounds like you're heading down the home stretch now.

MacAlans awaits us, sooner rather than later, my friend!