C 157 docked right across from me at the Cleveland Yachting Club for many years! Small world to think that C 20 might someday wear Job Cite's hinges. The former owners have some history on 157 if anybody's interested.
C 157 docked right across from me at the Cleveland Yachting Club for many years! Small world to think that C 20 might someday wear Job Cite's hinges. The former owners have some history on 157 if anybody's interested.
Pfeilclan,
I'm sure John would love to hear about her past. He is willing to give you the hinges.
Send me an email with your address and I'll send them off to you.
Did you guys at CYC have a Commander fleet? It seems many have come from there.
Mike
C227
The Princess served as the backdrop for some Brooks Brother catalog photos this week.
The producer said she'd send me the finished pictures.
The Princess received $350. for "location Fees"... I wonder what she'll do with the money.
Northern Minnesota is an interesting place to choose for an outdoor sailing shoot in mid April! That must have been a BB whim, not a plan from last Fall.
I'm sure you'll find something fantastic to do with your $350.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
Well ya don't see much of The Princess, and I thought they were shooting stills for a catalog but here is the ad.
http://youtu.be/VIxElBSPkSA
Mike, Lowes or Home Depot (can't remember now) used my farm house for a Halloween TV ad one time shortly after we bought the place. They spent 2 days adding props to the yard and house and one full day of shooting video. It ended up a 60 second commercial and about as much of the house was in the ad as the Princess is in this video. I had to go to work the day they filmed but was told the whole little community turned out to watch the shoot. With what they spent on my little 60 second spot it is no wonder movies cost millions to make.
Can you tell me how you terminated the white rubber Eagle moulding on the Princess? Don't know if you shaved it down on either end, or... I am trying to reuse the orignial aluminum moulding to fit to it - as it is made to accept. In scratching my head about how to proceed, it has hung out in my garage for over a year not being addressed! Any pointers or detail pictures would be great.
Thanks,
KW
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
Kyle,
I just trimmed the aft ends to match the profile if the transom and butted it up against the stem fitting up front. I smeared a little 5200 around to fill the gaps and make it look like I did a good job of trimming to fit and let it go at that. Great thing about boats... They only have to look good from fifty feet to look perfect!
Mike
The Princess and her sister downwind during the Burton Cup this summer.
We were overlapped for over 5 miles!
Upwind at the Burton Cup
Cool. That pic makes The Princess look like a 30 footer!
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
That's exactly so! 30' or mo' Sleek!
Like to see something on the cyrano.
Still feels like winter here in Minnesota... Freezing rain and snow for most of this week, highs in the 30s and low 40s, night time lows below freezing. We still have over 24" of ice on the lake. But we've had some nice days, the days are getting longer and spring will come.
Big changes for me, I resigned as manager or SYC last fall and will soon be selling my % to my partner. (Lesson learned, never a minority partner be.)
I am having rotator cuff surgery next week, so with one arm and no shop I brought The Princess up to Bob's shop to have him do the spring tune up. On the list is the bright work which really needed to be done last spring. Recoat the bottom, I got four years on the Vivid bottom paint but that should have been done last spring as well. I noticed last fall that water was getting into the cockpit sole core around my rudder post. I caulked the joint to get me through the year but now I'll have Bob open it up and repair it properly. There are also four years worth of nicks and scratches I'll have him tune up.
With the slow recovery from shoulder surgery I'm sure to be truly "single handing" a lot this summer. The Princess's simple rigging will be even more appreciated.
There will be 5 Commanders on the lower lake this summer and there is some talk of informal One Design racing. We'll see if that pans out.
Mike
Sorry to hear your shoulder is giving you issues. I had that surgery done several years ago and it went surprisingly well. I think I even surprised my surgeon when I went back for a follow up and he wanted to see what range of motion I had after the arm had been in a sling. I did not want to have my shoulder freeze up by being immobolized for a long time so I would occasionally take my arm out of the sling and work at my desk with it out of the sling. I did not push it but just got some movement going so it did not freeze up. Seemed to help.
You know all this time I've been working on Destiny I had stuff sitting in the aft end of the cockpit so I did not walk on the cockpit floor in that area until recently. It pretty much ticked me off when I felt the mushy floor there also. So While I do the elec. installation I will also be recoring the cockpit sole. Silly me I thought I was done with recoring work.
JERRY CARPENTER - C147
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiam.
Hope both you and Princess heal flawlessly!
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