As usual you have some great ideas, but they won't work for me. My gas tank
is the flat 3.5 GAL one that has to stay hooked up to the motor. It is too
large to wedge into the ladder. As far as the slugs, I think they are just
too small because they twist (vertically) in the grove and jam. On my mast,
the gooseneck ends up below the wide spot in the 'bolt rope grove' when I
pull the downhaul tight. Nothing can be simple.
LCL
>Read on to end...
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>In a message dated 99-01-16 13:58:12 EST, Left Coast Larry writes:
>
><< Gas tank. I am going to get that darn thing out of the cockpit one way
or
>another. Not only is it in the way, but it leaves a film of oil on the
floor
>(sole for the purists) that attracts grime. I have an idea for building a
>compartment into one of the seats but will need to build a plug so the
local
>'glass' fabricator can lay up the tray. >>
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>RE: fuel tank
>
>Larry!
>
>hang on!
>
>I lift the lower end of the boarding ladder horizontal, place the gas tank
>wedged in against the top half, tie the lower end extreme edge to top of
>ladder with 2 strong bungi cords, tie tank to ladder with other pair of
>bungi's and it all sits there until I need to get wet. Then I pull bungi's
off
>(4 of 'em) put tank in cockpit and jump in. However, when waves get around
5'
>with a fetch less than 20' it does try to escape by floating away. Water
does
>seem to make it evil... {:^)
>
>Check it out...
>
>Hope it works for you too.
>
>Btw: Lately, when I jump in water, I've taken to letting gas tank float in
>water dangling from fuel line... I am a lil crazy and hate to lift heavy
stuff
>as it puts me in pain for a while...
>
><<
>Mast. So far the slugs have been more of a pain then a help. They stick
in
>the slot and fall out of the mast when I lower the sail. As I have a sail
>cover (and am part Norwegian) it bugs me to use a sail stop as the sail
won't
>lay flat on the boom. I can't see where it wouldn't be much of a deal to
>close the old gooseneck opening,
>>>
>
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>RE: mast
>
>Somewhere on the web (sorry I did not save location) I saw a pic of 2
pieces
>of metal screwed to each side of the groove so slugs would not fall out. I
>believe it was at the Catalina Group web page... I posted their mast
raising
>systems a while back to Potter web....
>
>In any case check the mast groove... It has a tendency to pinch shut at the
>trailering mast support part jamming the sail... Also if you accidentally
>ding it, it will also pinch there..
>
>Another solution is to lift the boom above the slug entry slot and let it
hang
>there with a sail stop under it. That will keep slugs in and sail on top of
>boom..
>
>Best
>Solar Fry
>