http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/ Catalina27 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:48:19 GMT Bigsailor3@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2162 We have all been there i think. You really have to replace both eventually but you have to take a hard look at both sails and replace the most worn one first. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:59:07 GMT johnrmcl@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2161 Hey Jon: Thanks for the send back and the pics. My you are the ambitious one. What did you sail in the years you did not have Empty Pockets? I have new 165 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:07:05 GMT Jon Dokken http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2160 John Good to hear from you. My wife thought of that name and it stuck. Attached pix of vinyl lettering. I ordered this very boat Oct of '78, sold it five Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:43:37 GMT sj24162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2159 I meant to say I didn't need to sail very far. Gary Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:28:31 GMT sj24162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2158 I'm wondering if the boats that are carrying a sail inventory are using a furler. I only have a 150 and don't have a lot of experience sailing the 27 in high Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:15 GMT johnrmcl@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2157 Jon: Great name for you boat!!! Mine is presently "Loose Change", a 1975 standard rig, #1994. John McLaughlin For all those whose cares have been our concern, Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:52:54 GMT dmtierney@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2156 Jon, A couple of folks in C-27 Fleet 19 (Northern Chesapeake Bay) have gone from a 150% to a 135% Genoa and have said it was the best decision they have made Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:08:50 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2155 Somehow that does not look like an OEM strut, but I am not sure. On my '76, the strut is bronze Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:21:36 GMT Doug Mansfield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2154 After pulling my boat for the season I've found a significant crack in my shaft bracket (I've also heard it called a skeg, but the parts list at Catalina says Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:22:25 GMT mcbuster00 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2153 Thanks for reply. My compliment of jibsails are a 110 140 and 170. For light air, the 170 really does well. On Lake Pepin (on the Mississippi) when the winds Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:36:46 GMT Brian Bearden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2152 When I bought my boat it came with a 150 deck sweeper. I do not sail in winds less than 10, and prefer 15-20. I regularly sail in 30 or more. I always hated Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:12:07 GMT sj24162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2151 Jon, We sail on Lake Pend Oreille in north Idaho with a 150. We try to stay off the lake in winds above 20 mph, but occasionally need to roll it up a little Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:50:31 GMT mcbuster00 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2150 I do not know what marina we will settle on. We will be living in Hagerstown this spring and would find something between Baltimore South and Annapolis. Tnx Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:31:50 GMT Joe McCary http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2149 Where on The Chesapeake will you be sailing? I sail out of West River and find that most times a 150 will be fine. Of course, like anything else, there are Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:47:22 GMT mcbuster00 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catalina27/message/2148 Folks Next summer Empty Pockets will find itself on The Bay. I am ordering new main, genoa and gennaker North Sails Radial designs and wondering what size