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For Vicki -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/3/08 12:22p.m.

Photo #2 -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/3/08 12:28p.m.

Woooo, !!This Is Smart, And..... -- Gerald Donaldson -- 6/6/08 5:36p.m.

Photo #3 -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/3/08 12:32p.m.

Okay, Dick, so you have the gooseneck pinned -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/3/08 6:41p.m.

 I do what Dick does a little differently   -- Tom Ray -- 6/4/08 3:47a.m.

Pulling the pin -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/4/08 11:10a.m.

When you say "downhaul," do you mean the -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/4/08 1:25p.m.

Yes -- Tom Ray -- 6/4/08 5:47p.m.

Gotcha. My dealer called it a Cunningham the -- Winch Wench -- 6/5/08 1:21p.m.

Downhaul -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/4/08 7:17p.m.

Dick, what a simple arrangement. -- Winch Wench -- 6/5/08 1:32p.m.

Hoisting -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/4/08 11:08a.m.

Dick, since you often sail on San Francisco Bay, -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/4/08 1:52p.m.

Vicki, you can also sail back into the wind -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 6/4/08 2:45p.m.

Carl, honestly the two times the sail filled while -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/4/08 4:13p.m.

Vicki: For yrs. we raced our 8 meter sloop in S.F. Bay. -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 6/4/08 3:09p.m.

The picture is Beautiful, now U need one of her under sail -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 6/4/08 3:12p.m.

Gene, I had a couple photos of me in the boat, -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/4/08 4:22p.m.

Gene, anything that makes my life in that boat -- Vicki's Secret -- 6/4/08 4:17p.m.

Mounting a winch -- Tom Ray -- 6/4/08 5:27p.m.

Tom, as you say, I probably don't need a winch. -- Winch Wench -- 6/5/08 1:41p.m.

Hi Vicki -- Jim B., Yellowstone -- 6/4/08 6:45p.m.

Jim, your points: -- Winch Wench -- 6/5/08 1:56p.m.

Re: the ice situation... -- Jim B., Yellowstone -- 6/5/08 6:40p.m.

Good luck to you, Jim. This isn't as big as what -- Winch Wench -- 6/6/08 9:22a.m.

Good story -- John- Suncat "Wanderer" in Ontario Canada -- 6/6/08 10:43a.m.

Shucks, John... -- Jim B., Yellowstone -- 6/6/08 6:16p.m.

Standing in the companionway -- Tom Ray -- 6/6/08 12:37p.m.

Thanks, Tom... I understood that companionway -- Winch Wench -- 6/6/08 7:22p.m.

the dagnabits -- Dick Herman, Muddy Duck -- 6/4/08 8:07p.m.

And just what makes you think I didn't run off all -- Winch Wench -- 6/5/08 2:13p.m.

When U'r my age U say thank U Mr. Printer. LOL!! -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 6/5/08 3:19p.m.

 

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