First thing I did when I started sailing my new P19 last summer was
make a check list...what to do going out, and what to do coming in.
Then I laminated it and put it in the cockpit storage cabinet at the
stern of the boat. Problem is, I always forgot to use it. Yet, the
first ten times I took it out, I should have. Then maybe I would have
loosened up the mast topping lift sooner than later.
Meanwhile, my P19 sits at a fiberglass repair business because my son
rammed it with a PWC. Never thought to put that on my checklist.
Paul Anstett
P19 #1022 SarahSpunda
Fargo
BTW...three big cracks in the starboard bow hull
--- Ted Duke <tedduke@usa.net> wrote:
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> Bernie,
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> Glad I don't have to plug my boat. Worse I have done
> is
> forget tp install Tiller. Checklists are for
> sissies. I
> really do have a checklist but can never find it!!!
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> Ted
> Bernard Johnson wrote:
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> > Dammit, I sure need one! Set off to go sailing
> yesterday. Loving wife
> > with me. Wife has strong doubts about my
> competence. Going to reassure
> > her that all is OK....me not incompetent... Boat
> ready in record time. A
> > bit windy so rig boat with main already reefed to
> be on safe side.
> > Launch boat perfectly, don't even get feet wet.
> Stellar performance!!!
> > Swing bow around with a flourish and walk boat out
> to end dock cleat.
> > Tie up. Take trailer to parking area. Even
> remembered a pencil so could
> > fill out payment envelope...life history, sexual
> preferences, mother's
> > maiden name, kind of boat, destination, what had
> for dinner previous
> > night...mustn't keep the state of Calif. in the
> dark..... One last pee
> > and then a jaunty walk with now admiring wife to
> cute little boat
> > bobbing invitingly at end of dock. Ah! For once
> NOTHING has gone wrong!
> > I pause for a moment at the end of the ramp and
> and burst into song, an
> > inspiring rendition of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".
> All the other boaters
> > trying hard to hide their envy of my efficiency in
> launching my boat and
> > my wonderful voice. Get to boat. A perfect
> moment. Everything OK? Sure
> > is! (Must remember to to put keel down, put rudder
> down, start motor in
> > neutral, untie boat before leaving....Yes, yes,
> yes...). What's that
> > trickling sound? Water sloshing around under dock?
> Noooo... Boat looks a
> > bit low in water... Better check tightness of
> bilge plug (had not been
> > tightened on last sail and taken on about half
> gallon of water...). Lean
> > over transom, check tightness of plug. Small
> problem. Plug not even
> > there. Boat still filling with water. Me back to
> being incompetent.
> > Prospect of lunch at waterside restaurant
> vanishes. Loving wife
> > disappears, replaced by very disappointed hungry
> female companion
> > wondering what possessed her to go out with this
> jerk.
> >
> > Like I said, I need a check list.........
> >
> > Bernie Johnson.
>
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