Ready for a long winters nap

[Jim Walsh]

ORION was hauled a couple weeks ago. That left me plenty of time to touch up the brightwork and clean-and-wax the hull. That will make things simpler in the spring. Come spring I can get another coat of wax on the hull, put a coat of bottom paint on, and I'll be ready to launch.
I put her winter cover on last week while the temps were mild and the wind was reasonable. From this point forward I have the protection of the winter cover to provide a comfortable place to do a couple other late season projects.
I can also get a couple more weeks of use out of my Vette before it gets too cold for its tires to hold the road.

[Skeep]

Jim, that cover and Vette are both examples of fine workmanship indeed! You may have started a particular eye-candy approach to photographs by doing this however! Dories and Ragtops!

[Jim Walsh]

Jim, that cover and Vette are both examples of fine workmanship indeed! You may have started a particular eye-candy approach to photographs by doing this however! Dories and Ragtops!

That's a cool idea. Cape Dory's and automobile "eye candy". They wouldn't have to be all collector cars, perhaps cars we just love. Our friend Roberto aka Sea Hunt Video has a Chevy pickup of which he's very proud.

[Sea Hunt Video]

Jim, that cover and Vette are both examples of fine workmanship indeed! You may have started a particular eye-candy approach to photographs by doing this however! Dories and Ragtops!

That's a cool idea. Cape Dory's and automobile "eye candy". They wouldn't have to be all collector cars, perhaps cars we just love. Our friend Roberto aka Sea Hunt Video has a Chevy pickup of which he's very proud.

Jim:

It is very kind of you to mention my Chevy truck. She is 21 years "young" this month with a little more than 300,000 miles on her frame. I knew exactly what I wanted when I purchased her at the dealer in November 1994 with only 5-6 miles on her. I have zero desire to part with her. There is nothing I have seen on the show room floor that even begins to compare to my Chevy truck. Every week or so someone honks at a stop light and asks if I am interested in selling. It's nice to be wanted but she is not going anywhere.

It is very similar to S/V Bali Ha'i, my Cape Dory 25D. After looking at many different sailboats from a lot of mfg. I decided a Cape Dory 25D was exactly what I wanted. As some on this board may recall, it took a while (including a 3 year affair with my lovely Typhoon Weekender), but I finally found my "Sophia Loren". It has been a love affair ever since.

I am in the middle of having her deck prepped and Awlgripped (Oyster White) with Griptex nonskid (Moon Dust). When done she will then have almost new sails (UK) and sheets, almost new Lewmar self-tailing bronze winches, a new deck, recently re-done teak (Cetol), almost new topsides (Awlgrip), and one year old bottom job (2 coats Sea Hawk Tropikote). In my unbiased and objective opinion, she will once again be the prettiest girl in the sailing club's mooring field.

Now, if I could just learn to sail solo.

[grluecke]

Nice car, Jim, but your boat cover caught my eye! I've been looking to phase out using the Lowes plastic tarps, where did you get yours? What kind of frame is underneath?

[Jim Walsh]

Jim, that cover and Vette are both examples of fine workmanship indeed! You may have started a particular eye-candy approach to photographs by doing this however! Dories and Ragtops!

That's a cool idea. Cape Dory's and automobile "eye candy". They wouldn't have to be all collector cars, perhaps cars we just love. Our friend Roberto aka Sea Hunt Video has a Chevy pickup of which he's very proud.

Jim:
Now, if I could just learn to sail solo.

I find sailing solo easy, it sailing WITH people that gives me the willies

[Skeep]

So Roberto, an affair hmmmm? I'm at about that 3 year mark in mine as well..... But I think this affair will probably carry-on a bit longer for us. She's an older gal, and being an older skipper and older than her, I think we've got some more tacking to do! LOL

[Jim Walsh]

Nice car, Jim, but your boat cover caught my eye! I've been looking to phase out using the Lowes plastic tarps, where did you get yours? What kind of frame is underneath?

It was made by Fairclough in New Haven, Ct. They are online at http://www.fairclough.com
This cover is now in its fifth season of use. With the price to heat shrink at my yard, as of next season the cover has paid for itself These are not the only good covers on the market but this is exactly what I wanted and I am very happy with it. If you visit the website all of your questions will be answered. They even have an installation video. If you have any detailed questions feel free to PM me.