[C38] Osprey for sale

[Charles]

Steve,
While I largely cruise (although I cannot help but race any boat heading 
the same direction), the Mighty Quinn was originally purchased and 
rigged for racing.  The first owners where an America's Cup crew, who 
won the Chicago - Mac in 1981 and then sold her.  Her second owner also 
competitively raced and won the Chicago - Mac in 1985.  So, everything 
was set up for racing.  I have over-sized rigging where-ever it won't 
result in penalties and as you might recall, a sail inventory that 
included every possible option...  The mainsheet can be flattened (8:1) 
a bit more, which allows for just a little more ability point.  It also 
allows the boat to sail a little harder before reefing as I can bend the 
rig more than usual (weatherhelm is scary).
The boat has survived two knockdowns.  In fact, that was a large factor 
in the 1985 win as most of the competition was dismasted or quit, while 
the Mighty Quinn was only filled with about a foot of water above the 
cabin floor (this is what I was told).
I am her third owner and the value I get out of the rig is a level of 
comfort that I have an additional safety margin that has paid off 
several times over the last two years of cruising.  Like most of us, I 
tend to reef later than I should, which is always a bad idea.  This 
makes the reefing more dangerous and unpleasant, but at least I know the 
rig can withstand the "stupid human" traits of it's owner!

Charles Finn
Mighty Quinn #114
Great Lakes

Steve Smolinske wrote:
> Charles, 
>  
> I was looking at the photos you posted on window replacement and noticed your main sheet rigging.  What are you using on the traveller?  I cant find anything like what I think that it might be. 
>  
> Steve
>
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> Sent: Sat 10/24/2009 12:38 PM
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> Subject: [C38] Osprey for sale
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>
> All,
> I just received an ad for a Catalina 38 boat for sale: 
> http://www.catalina38.org/SaleTradeFree/boats.htm
> It came to the listserve, but I posted the ad in the Boats area of the
> website.  My thinking is the website is a more appropriate location for
> such material (especially since we just agreed to offer sails, gear,
> boats, etc. on the website).  My second concern was the size of the post
> (over 2.5 megabytes), which is pretty large for some of our members
> email systems...
>
> Let me know if this policy is the one that works for our members.
>
> Regards,
> Charles Finn
> Webmaster,
> Mighty Quinn #114
> Great Lakes
>
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