Daniel B:
Splendid photo! Thanks for sharing that with us, and the news of your most wonderful outing. What joy!
.....Michael
Cap'n Skully:
"...all those strings start to wrap and twist like a maypole." What a colorful and apt description! I love it.
Mind you don't get so tied up in knots that it starts to look like a hangin' or a burnin' at the stake or some such.... <;-)
"A sailboat can't have too much rope, but she can have too many ropes," said the confirmed lug-nut who rigged his Passagemaker so that the halyard and downhaul are opposite ends of the same piece of rope, but feels naked with only 150' of anchor rode
.....Michael
I must also offer my two-cents congratulations to Daniel, whose saga has really succeeded in blending or combining the threads on the general protocals for avoiding first launch catastrophe and specific options for rigging that make for the easiest and most fun day of sailing. Should have been brought together like that from the beginning, I guess
No, I haven't been out yet. Too hot, my excuse these past few days - - my LAST excuse after all the great confidence-building responses to this and the other thread.
Having already determined from rowing that my Tenderly doesn't leak, I'll be back to you soon (after I figure out how to insert a photo into a post on this forum).
Shoe