Car topping revisited .... [SunfishSailor] TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Thanks Mike,
I once hauled a Penguin out to the Chesapeake Bay, from Chicago, for the
international championships with a pickup truck. Two carpeted two by fours,
held on by C clamps, did the
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Mark Kastel
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Re: TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Great job storing for transport on that little car. With a dock in my back yard I am so fortunate. Can be on the water in 15 minures. I made a rack for the bed of my pickup when I do transport, but
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Michael King
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Re: TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Aft end hiking strap pictures?
Fred Pounds
713 320 0550
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Fred Pounds <fpounds@...>
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TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 4:14 PM
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Subject: RE: TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Hello sports fans,
After sharing
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Mark Kastel
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TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Hello sports fans,
After sharing the photos of my mount for the ratchet block (with the matching I strap underneath the deck for the forward mount of the hiking strap) I was contacted and asked
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Mark Kastel
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#17742
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Re: TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Hello sports fans,
After sharing the photos of my mount for the ratchet block (with the matching I strap underneath the deck for the forward mount of the hiking strap) I was contacted and asked
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Mark Kastel
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#17741
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Re: Wetsuit for sailing a sunfish in Michigan
That is pretty dang cold! People were out swimming here today in NC. I have long shed the drysuit and today we had temps in the low 80ties. Nice warm breezy day, perfect for my sail today.
Mr
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Michael King
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Re: Wetsuit for sailing a sunfish in Michigan
Hi Roger, all,
For what it’s worth, I made my first outing of the season today wearing my new neoprene gear.
Nearest water temp reading to me is 44.2*F today (N. Atlantic), though the water I
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Gmail
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TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY: Hiking Strap Retrofit
Hello sports fans,
After sharing the photos of my mount for the ratchet block (with the matching I strap underneath the deck for the forward mount of the hiking strap) I was contacted and asked
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Mark Kastel
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#17738
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Re: Open Fairlead
That didn't take long, you are definitively correct Joe. I had been calling it the sheet hook for decades. Interesting camera angle.
Also interesting how the cockpit deck edge on some boats never had
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Signal Charlie
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Re: securing new ratchet block
Be sure to take the hook off!?Sent from my smartphone
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turluck
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Re: securing new ratchet block
Thanks for the kind words!
Regarding my worry about
it looks like this becomes a non-issue if you install the block with a stand-up spring under it, as my2fish’s post has now illustrated. Come
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crispin_m_miller
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Re: Open Fairlead
I don't know for definitively what an "open fairlead" is, but this
immediately sprang to mind. Saw the pictured
widget on the forward cockpit lip of a 1966 Sunfish. It's basically a hook
on the
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Joe Budge
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Re: PHOTOS OF RATCHET BLOCK MOUNT: [SunfishSailor] securing new ratchet block
Here's my preferred setup and parts list:
* Harken 2135 ratchet block
* Harken 150 cam cleat (optional)
* Spring Cup HSB2
* Stand up spring H071
* Eyestrap, LP91100 or H137
* Stainless steel
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my2fish
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Re: PHOTOS OF RATCHET BLOCK MOUNT: [SunfishSailor] securing new ratchet block
Nice photos. We've looked at a lot of them, there's over 3000 in the files here. But that's the first time I remember of the underside of the cockpit lip :)
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Cheers
Clark and Skipper
Our blog Small
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Signal Charlie
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Open Fairlead
We are sifting through the Parts List for the ALCORT Wooden Sunfish kit and the very last item listed was Open fairlead. Took us a while to figure out what it was. What do y'all think it is?
Also we
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Signal Charlie
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Re: securing new ratchet block
Nice tips. I like the one about adding the eyestrap below the lip, useful for a lot of things.
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Cheers
Clark and Skipper
Our blog Small Boat Restoration ( http://smallboatrestoration.blogspot.com/
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Signal Charlie
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Re: securing new ratchet block
I'm not the op, but nice, helpful, thorough post -- thanks!
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Randy Kramer
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Re: securing new ratchet block
My own experience with this family of block has been to think it’s great. It might be bigger than you need, except that to run a comfortable-size mainsheet (half-inch, in my opinion), you might
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crispin_m_miller
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#17728
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PHOTOS OF RATCHET BLOCK MOUNT: [SunfishSailor] securing new ratchet block
Here you go Brian (please find attached)…
Mark A. Kastel
<mailto:Kastel@...> Kastel@...
608-625-2042
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 7:32 PM
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Mark Kastel
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