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Hey Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/22/07 6:42p.m.

Hmmm. That would explain some things... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/22/07 7:37p.m.

partly because the leech droops as the sail is rolled up -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 6:45a.m.

HAVE MERCY -- Skipper Adams -- 9/23/07 9:13a.m.

Port Lavaca is where we keep the boat- it's about 125 miles from Houston -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 11:37a.m.

What, you're telling me Laura didn't get that done on her cruise? -- Rachel -- 9/23/07 2:33p.m.

lol- nope- she got the eyebrows done, the starboard toe rail -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 5:40p.m.

Ugh, I'm not a big stainless fan anyway, as you know... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 6:33p.m.

seem to be ok. We have a very few bronze clevis pins which I hoard -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/24/07 8:23p.m.

It seems impossible, but I've seen split rings come off "by themselves"... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 9:09p.m.

Jamestown distributors . . . -- Lee -- 9/25/07 4:43a.m.

 Try Shaw and Tenney- but stand by for the prices   -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:38a.m.

Jamestown shows Silicone Bronze COTTER pins, but only stainless Clevis pins -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 6:36a.m.

Yep- one of the reasons I dislike them- saw a flailing jib sheet -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:41a.m.

Bronze Blocks -- Eden Cowart -- 1/29/08 9:19a.m.

re:Above waterline leak -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/26/07 5:37p.m.

Okay Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 9:17a.m.

The portlights are not completely sealed... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 11:36a.m.

Gotcha -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 1:22p.m.

Sealing the base of the mast -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 3:37p.m.

Of course there are differing opinions on this, but I consider silicone... -- Rachel -- 9/27/07 7:26p.m.

I was refraining, hoping you'd chime in. I won't allow silicone aboard. -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/27/07 7:44p.m.

Hee hee, the "two-man" anti-silicone band (not that we're the only ones) -- Rachel -- 9/28/07 3:55p.m.

ROFL - now Rachel- from someone who is "womanizing" a booth at Trawlerfest, I'm -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/28/07 6:12p.m.

I know, but "two-person band" just doesn't have a ring to it -- Rachel -- 9/29/07 5:26a.m.

How's the show going? Tiring I'll bet. Will we see you chatting tonight? -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/29/07 5:37a.m.

Leaks revisited -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 11:27a.m.

Sounds like you are onto something -- Skipper Adams -- 10/15/07 2:00p.m.

I've never rebedded -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 5:03p.m.

Same here -- Skipper Adams -- 10/18/07 11:37a.m.

Towels -- Joe McCary -- 9/23/07 5:50p.m.

Yep- I think jiffy reefing is the way to go -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 7:30p.m.