To stow (spinny & whisker poles), or not to stow...that is the question.

[AdventurousAnton]

Ahoy from Alameda, CA! For those of us who mostly day sail or weekend aboard our boats, does it make sense to stow the spinnaker and whisker poles when not racing or doing multi-sail drills? My E30+ has both attached port and starboard (which is great!), but they're not actively being used, and the extra deck space for feet would be useful.

Thoughts?

 

[Loren Beach]

Have a look at the Forespar stanchion-mount models we upgraded to a number of years ago. After too many years I got tired of tripping over the chocks and the pole on deck. These work great!

O34 - Permanent Dockside Fenders

Here are some recent pix of the "HullHugR" dock cushioning pieces. I also have some sacrificial toweling over them. New LPU paint is expensive, so we are guarding against scratches as best as reasonably possible. The usual tubular fenders are...

ericsonyachts.org

 

[Christian Williams]

Port side is 10' cockpit cover. Starboard, whisker pole and dinghy mast. Note the hangers are outboard of stanchion.

The installation frees knee room, and despite appearances, sheets never foul.

 

[AdventurousAnton]

Thank you, gentlemen! This is exactly what I never knew I always needed. I'm ordering a few today and will mount outboard. @Christian are your pole bags custom, or off the shelf?

 

[Christian Williams]

I make all the canvas. Justifies the sewing machine....

 

[AdventurousAnton]

I make all the canvas. Justifies the sewing machine....

100% makes sense. I had a small (portable) sewing machine aboard Meridian (Soverel 36) for mending sails...but consider myself to be a RANK amateur when it comes to needles sewing thread. It might be a good opportunity to polish up on that...

 

[Christian Williams]

How many folks get the MV Zissou reference? It's a zany piece of work.

 

[Loren Beach]

How many folks get the MV Zissou reference? It's a zany piece of work.

Ah so. A cool sounding movie I have not viewed. Had to look it up on Wikipedia. Gotta get up real early to keep up with you guys!

 

[AdventurousAnton]

How many folks get the MV Zissou reference? It's a zany piece of work.

Please meet MV Zissou, our Sea Ranger 52 trawler we live aboard full-time on Alameda Island (SF East Bay):

 

[AdventurousAnton]

The view of her little sister SV Andiamo! behind her:

 

[Dave G.]

The Life Aquatic?

 

[AdventurousAnton]

The Life Aquatic?

Yup! Our boat is named after Bill Murray’s character. We toyed with ”Belafonte” Oh-so-briefly, but Zissou just felt right. I’ve got many flavors of his orange-red beanie as well.

 

[Christian Williams]

 

[peaman]

Apparently, I have been living outside of "the loop", having been totally unaware of this production. "Life Aquatic" is the name of one of the regular boats in our Wednesday night races, and only now do I get the meaning of the red cap. Here's hoping I can find this on Roku.

 

[Christian Williams]

It is the nautical equivalent of Lebowski, a marvel not perhaps for everybody. It's a sendup, among other things, of Cousteau, who although a boyhood hero turned out to be not exactly what he appeared, as seems to attend the hero-worshipped. Wes Anderson, yeah. His movies are either unexpectedly wonderful ("Rushmore") or unexpectedly unwatchable ("Asteroid City"). But good to have him on the planet.

 

[Loren Beach]

Speaking of Cousteau, we actually observed his ship when it made a rare visit up the Columbia River, several decades ago. Quite eye catching, it was. Those cylinders were huge.

Alcyone (1985 ship) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(Apologies for too much thread drift... even if it is wind powered...)

 

[AdventurousAnton]

Apparently, I have been living outside of "the loop", having been totally unaware of this production. "Life Aquatic" is the name of one of the regular boats in our Wednesday night races, and only now do I get the meaning of the red cap. Here's hoping I can find this on Roku.

I'm wearing that watch cap right now, even though it's gorgeous here on Alameda.

 

[southofvictor]

Yup! Our boat is named after Bill Murray’s character. We toyed with ”Belafonte” Oh-so-briefly, but Zissou just felt right. I’ve got many flavors of his orange-red beanie as well.

Thats excellent! Our dockmate in Seattle named his boat Belafonte.

 

[AdventurousAnton]

Thats excellent! Our dockmate in Seattle named his boat Belafonte.

The PNW certainly has some of the hippest boat folks…give our regards from Alameda!