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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | I'll show you mine if you show me yours Posted By: Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 Date: 4/29/09 12:14p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines Since there are so many new folks here these days and since so many of the old posts have lost the pictures, I would like to suggest everybody takes the time to post your favorite mods for your boat or trailer. These things make our sailing experience better and could very possibly help others here to do the same. So in that spirit these are the top 3 mods I did to my P-18 Sanity while I owned her that made me enjoy my time on the water much more. Number 1 I added an aluminum rod to push the rudder down and pull it up easily from the cockpit. My boat had catbird seats and that made reaching the rudder a chore. Number 2 I trailered my boat all the time and when I bought it she had a 130 genoa on a CDI furler. That was very much a pain to deal with everytime I stepped the mast. So I switched to hank on sails and bought 3 new sails. A 170% genoa, a 100% jib and a storm sail. It did not take me long to realize that the 170 was my favorite sail and I flew it when ever I could get away with it. To add that sail I had to add the track and cleats on the combing to sheet it correctly. Number 3 Man it's hard to decide between all of the rest of the mods for number three but I'll pick the trailer mods next because I used those improvements every time I sailed. I added a walking board and a bigger winch to the trailer to make launching and retrieval better.

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 I'll show you mine if you show me yours   -- Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 -- 4/29/09 12:14p.m.

Thats a great idea, being a new P-165 owner, -- Ken Lockhart, Precision 165 -- 4/29/09 12:22p.m.

Re: Favorite Mods -- JerryA -- 4/29/09 4:18p.m.

One at a time...Here is the first.. -- Jack, H23.5, SecondSojourn,Clermont Fl. -- 4/29/09 4:56p.m.

Tell us more about it... -- Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 -- 4/29/09 4:57p.m.

Oh... Show annnd Tell -- JerryA -- 4/30/09 3:51a.m.

It looks like a well built sturdy unit that... -- Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 -- 4/30/09 4:15a.m.

Here is what I've been doing: (large picture) -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 7:54p.m.

Here are some corner patches -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 7:55p.m.

Here is a layout of batten pockets -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 7:59p.m.

Reef Patch & Batten Pocket -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 8:07p.m.

Here is how I set up sewing the seams -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 8:11p.m.

Here is a sewn seam -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 8:18p.m.

Here is the whole sail sewn together -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 4/30/09 8:24p.m.

Very impressive Rob -- Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 -- 5/1/09 1:44a.m.

Yes. I enjoy doing this; have the machine -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 5/1/09 5:55a.m.

Nice work -- Tom V. P18 #377 "Kestrel", NJ -- 5/1/09 5:39a.m.

Good idea. -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 5/1/09 6:01a.m.

Very nice.. -- Jack, H23.5, SecondSojourn,Clermont Fl. -- 5/1/09 7:19a.m.

The Plans show no backstay or spreaders -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 5/1/09 6:02p.m.

Very nice work -- Tom, P18 Tangent -- 5/2/09 4:55a.m.

Rob, the wire luff jibs. -- Jack, h23.5 Second Sojourn.. -- 5/4/09 8:20a.m.

Interesting to see all that, Rob! -- Tom Ray -- 5/6/09 2:28a.m.

That is the part I am still learning, too -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 5/6/09 3:47a.m.

Rob are these... -- Jerry Carpenter C-26 # 147 -- 5/1/09 1:42a.m.

On the one you pointed to is the elastic -- Rob M, P-21, Minuet building. -- 5/1/09 5:32a.m.

Interesting! thanks Rob -- Donnie - P-185 "DonSail" #96 -- 5/1/09 6:07a.m.