When I was young, say, last year or so, I never had a use for mast rails. I could prance about the deck with nary a worry in the worst of the worst weather. I was, for all practical purposes, the mountain goat of deckdom. I'm sure you'll believe that.

My efforts since purchasing Pelican (nee Pelicano) have been to make her an ocean going vessel that I can single hand.

Towards that end, I decided that since I couldn't run all my sail control lines to the cockpit, that I'd keep them at the mast. These lines include the main and jib halyards and the main reefing lines. It doesn't make sense to have to run back and forth from the cockpit to manage sails, especially if you're trying to get it down quickly.

I know you'll say, "Hey, wait! Didn't you move all your lines aft to the cabin roof on Inertia? I mean, you went to such trouble!" You'd be correct - the difference was that Inertia had a clear route for all the lines that wouldn't result in me tripping every time I went forward. Pelican's layout is not the same and since I can't run that many lines, I won't - actually, the only three will be the staysail sheet, the boom vang, and the main sheet. Everything else is at the mast.  read more »

I shortly told you about the beginning of my Italian adventure and about loosing my bag in transit in this post: AMS-ROMA-MILAN BRINDISI BARI >>Brindisi That was a short post written on Saturday-afternoon after racing, just before we went out to dinner. The story below is what happened that day and goes on after that.... After a short night - I arrived at four in the morning - I met Chief Umpire Marek at the breakfast table and we talked about the coming day. Nice guy with all preparations ready and a positive attitude. Actually, the whole atmosphere of the event was positive; meeting organizers, sailors and the rest of the team, at the beautiful located club facilities of 'Circolo della Vela Brindisi'.  read more »

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To all the Bayliner owners with Hino engines.
From Terry in Parts@
North Harbor Diesel
360-299-1905
parts@northharbordiesel.com

I hear all the time from my customers and yacht brokers that Hino engine parts and the older Bayliner parts are no longer available. That is simply just not true. I am the only Hino dealer in the continental United States. I have several mechanics here at North Harbor that have more than 25 years of experience. Not to mention a full yacht service crew that has extensive experience in hull, deck and cabin work. So if you need hino parts, hatches,weather strip, door slider rollers, venturi windscreen parts, shafts, struts, or rudders. Call me. If i can't get it. I will tell you where you can.

View up to cabin and "Babe". One recent project has been the creation of a turning lane. By widening one segment of driveway, I can make it easier to park and retrieve boats and trailers from the area below the cabin. So far this has required me to move several tons of rock and gravel. Additional gravel will be used to freshen the driveway and parking areas.  read more »

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