Just acquired a very clean '83 Compac 16, rechristined Sloop du Jour. This is my second time around. In the 90s I had a '78 in moderately good shape, though the bunk plywood was rotted. I sailed it into a submerged concrete seawall, knocked a hole in the bottom corner of the keel, and could never get the water to drain out. Not going near that thing this time. Snow (in Pensacola!) suspended my navigation lights project; don't expect to get it in the water until March at the earliest.
Congrats on Sloop du Jour— looking forward to hearing about your adventures! Curious when Pensacola last had snow before the most recent snowfall — how much did you get? Yeah, the incident with the submerged concrete seawall sounds scary — yikes!!!
Sounds like fun. I'm still sailing a 1981 16 with my g-kids. My Daughters grew up in that boat, then advanced to bigger craft. I entertained selling it to a good old friend, who originally sold me the boat as a dealer, south of Detroit. I was told in no uncertain terms that I would be keel hauled if I did that. How long can you hold your breath under an 18" draft boat? LOL.
Well. it would get rid of the "Soil", God.
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Here's one now
Sloop Du Jour (https://photobucket.com/share/a2a57d7c-9f9d-4b2a-93d0-58357ef976b8)
Rats! Well, I shouldn't have expected that nobody would already have hit on Sloop Ju Jour. Back in the Chrysler 20 days, I took my son and his girlfriend out and as we motored toward the bay I took off my watch and slipped it over the tiller. I had early on taught him about puns and he had become a holy terror with them, He commented that that was a good place to put my watch and then at the same instant, we both shouted "For tilling time!"
He died 12/25/93. Maybe I should name mine Tilling Time.
UH - That would appropriate IMHO. You should also engrave the name on the tiller.
TG
Gee -- forgot about this thread. Sorry . . .
It's going to be Tilling Time. The present tiller is a wooden dowel. Eventually I'll get around to laminating a proper one from alternating 3/16" ash and mahogany and mayhap I'll get a real woodworker to engrave the name on it -- thanx for the idea. Haven't got it in the water yet and the weather isn't cooperating. We're expecting rough weather tonight (4/6-7) and a drop in temperature behind it. <sigh> May be May.
Snow? Last time we got about 8 inches though it varied from 6 to 12 within the general area. Before that . . . not sure I remember back to '94 when I came here.
Got my panel wired and installed and connected to all the lights. I rigged circuitry so that I can flip one switch for nav lights sailing, another for nav lights under power, and a third for anchoring. I'll probably never use them but they're like the stuff in the safety deposit box: never see or use them but I know they're there.
Had a USCG Auxiliary safety inspection and have the sticker on the forward port side of the doghouse, as close to the state sticker as I could get it. The motivation was the magical thinking theory that it'll reduce the chances of a bored Fish and Game guy deciding to hassle me.