tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post4492411932823264675..comments2024-02-25T10:43:07.698+13:00Comments on STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: _________________________ SORTED __________________________Alden Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-54673113980960427862017-01-23T21:54:04.680+13:002017-01-23T21:54:04.680+13:00Thanks Dan. The launch and retrieval system enable...Thanks Dan. The launch and retrieval system enables me to deal with the boat without expending very much energy at all. It's all very 'easy peasy'; a strategy which I hope will extend my ability to keep sailing long into the future.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-33412798111386152542017-01-16T09:15:50.288+13:002017-01-16T09:15:50.288+13:00Well done. With this rig, the pleasures of sailing...Well done. With this rig, the pleasures of sailing will include the pleasures of handling the boat on shore with an elegant, simple, effective and well thought out launch system.Dan Gurneyhttp://www.estuarian.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-84319556319234142132017-01-15T20:04:07.064+13:002017-01-15T20:04:07.064+13:00Thank you for your comment and 'Keep Reaching&...Thank you for your comment and 'Keep Reaching' (by far one of the best points of sailing!Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-88747535280923763492017-01-15T15:26:03.782+13:002017-01-15T15:26:03.782+13:00Very elegant work.Very elegant work.Keep Reachinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251896778558452358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-74170172050604357702017-01-15T10:23:52.943+13:002017-01-15T10:23:52.943+13:00.... and (I forgot to tell you this in the above c....... and (I forgot to tell you this in the above comment) - to get the Starling off the trailer I simply wheeled the beach trolley over the back edge of the road trailer (big noisy crash / bang) and slid the bottom edge of the beach trolley on the black plastic strip on the back edge of the trailer until the beach trolley wheels made contact with the ground. Not the most elegant of maneuvers but it worked. The new system eliminates bangs, crashes and much hard pulling and lifting - much more in tune with the skippers age and sensibilities. Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-20760493825660843322017-01-15T10:10:13.100+13:002017-01-15T10:10:13.100+13:00Ben - The Starling is smaller and lighter. I was a...Ben - The Starling is smaller and lighter. I was able to pull the front of the beach trolley up onto the black plastic strip on the back edge of the deck of the trailer and while standing on the road trailer in front of the Starling slide the whole outfit forwards on the road trailer. The beach trailer would then balance with the wheels hanging over the end of the road trailer. I would then move around to the back and sides and lift the wheels up onto the trailer deck. On race days at the yacht club I would usually get someone to help me do this. 'Slipstream' is too big to do this with which has resulted in me building the two ramps which make the whole operation very easy and effortless.<br />I thought of making the ramps in aluminium but it was easier for me to just make them from wood, a material I am familiar with and already have the required tools at hand.<br />I am certainly looking forward to the first sail.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-11461712696604064162017-01-15T07:07:37.131+13:002017-01-15T07:07:37.131+13:00I was wondering how did you do all this with the S...I was wondering how did you do all this with the Starling?<br />You could have done all of that construction in Alumina for instance, but as an old ship wood worker you prefer off course this solution.<br />Go for it in the next sail.<br />Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337494349546448043noreply@blogger.com