Just bought a 1984 CP19 (Hull #256) and towed her to Southern Maine from Mass. Looking forward to exploring Casco Bay and beyond as soon as it warms up a few degrees! Glad to have found this great resource too.
Mike
(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b589/tugboatmro/Com-pac/photo10_zps8341c7c1.jpg)
Great looking boat!
Welcome aboard.
Nice, clean looking boat. You will have a lot of enjoyment from her! This forum will be a great source of support.
:D
Looks great!
I wonder, is it really tongue light? Looks like it is sitting pretty far back maybe?
At any rate, you will love her! the 19 is a great boat! Be sure to post pictures of some mods on that thing so we can all copy them ;D ;D ;D
Mac
Hey Tug,
Welcome to the site! From whom did you buy your 19?
TG
Hi mike, welcome to the forum, and congratulations on the purchase of the boat.. where are you in maine? I am planning on heading up to the maine boat builders show next month. we are in PA, and our boat is currently in NJ.. but, i love maine, and I look for any and every opportunity to travel up there. it has been many years since i have attended the boat show, so i am particularly happy to have that in the plans for this year.
I am sure that you will have a blast on casco bay with the cp 19.. spring can't come fast enough! jt
Welcome aboard. Glad to have you.
capt_nemo (with Sun Cat)
Quote from: Tim Gardner on February 18, 2013, 07:42:27 AM
Hey Tug,
Welcome to the site! From whom did you buy your 19?
TG
Hey Tim,
Thanks to you and all for the greetings. I hesitate to put anyone's name online, but I can say that I bought her from a guy in Chicopee, MA and her name was "Not Sirius". She's in great condition and it's obvious that he took very good care of her. Full Hull number is ABV00256M84G. Not sure if she was registered on the site but I plan to register once I've decided on her new name. The site is great and a wealth of information. Spring can't come soon enough. Thanks again,
Mike
Hi Mike and welcome to one of the best sailboat sites in the universe! Your 19 is a beauty and I'm sure you'll be very happy with her.
I must say I'm extremely jealous...you posted a photo on your very first post...it took me 2 years to learn.
Bob23 in NJ
JT: Due to the fact of my Florida trip being postponed, I may go the the Maine Boatbuilders Show...I'll keep you posted.
Welcome Mike!
You're a lucky guy. Bob23 is getting soft in his old age. No mention of the outrageous billing for the site initiation fee. :D
Of coarse he did not mention the "outrageous" fee.
There is however, a "perfectly acceptable" that is owed. And I am sure when the time is right, Bob will bring up the high...but fare....amount.
And I am sure that Mike will pay whatever said fee is, just like we all have done :)
Huh Bob? ;)
Quote from: MacGyver on February 18, 2013, 02:53:32 AM
:D
Looks great!
I wonder, is it really tongue light? Looks like it is sitting pretty far back maybe?
At any rate, you will love her! the 19 is a great boat! Be sure to post pictures of some mods on that thing so we can all copy them ;D ;D ;D
Mac
Not sure about the tongue weight Mac but I'll have to check it out. Two trailer issues are my first projects anyway. Putting a new axle on it next week (reason for the jack stands), and a whole new wiring harness and lights. Already put new wheels and tires on the day I picked her up. Just gotta clear away the snow drifts first...
Well, yes- Almost forgot.
Tug: I normally charge $5000.00 initiation fee to be a member here...my 23 has developed an apetite for very expensive goodies and my building contractor job just aint cutting it. Some have, in a round about way, suggested this is highway robbery. Not so. As you yourself has stated in your very first post, this is a "great resource". So one great resource deserves another.
You may drop the small unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag next to the Compac exhibit at the Annapolis Sailboat show in October....make sure you're not followed!
Bob23
Tug,
If you're not comfortable doing that I will gladly "mule" the funds for you. Just drop the small unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag in the mail to me. I'll make sure Bob what's his name gets it.
TG
TUG!
don't listen to either of those stinkpots!
i launder the money for bob. therefore, wouldn't it be more efficient to place it with me?
pm me your address and i'll have my courier, rocko, pick it up a.s.a.p. (he'll even give you a hand written receipt)
any denomination of bills are excepted, no questions asked. (or answered)
please, no foreign currency.
at your, and bob's service, crazy carl's courier and laundry service. ltd.
Ahhh the fleet of CP-19 enlarges. A Mark I, II, or III.
MacGyver is right. Loosen the bolts and slide the winch forward on the trailer. If you have to flip flop the jack and winch.
Two ways to slide the boat up.
One. Pull, the winch tight. Drive ahead, slam on the brakes, she'll skinny up a bit toward the vee block. Keep doing this till the boat is where you want it, in the vee block. The keel will roll on the rollers. And note that at no time will the keel touch or sit on all four of the rollers. When she's tight to the vee block, she'll touch the front roller. When louse during storage she will rise off the front roller and touch the stern roller. Any three will do. Re adjust the hull bunks.
Two. Tighten the winch, use a 10 inch long 2 x 4 under the keel between the trailer cross members [play around, move the wood and floor jack back and forth till the balance point is found] and use a 2-1/2 ton floor jack with wheels to raise the boat off the rollers and hull bunk. You need a smooth surface under the jack. Maybe a piece of scrap plywood as a 'road'. Not much just enough to skinny the boat around. Use the winch to pull the boat with jack into the newly positioned vee block. Then re adjust the hull bunks.
Most of the weight sits on the rollers. I put a tee-shirt rag between the hull and the hull bunks above each 2" x 2" leg, and adjust the hull bunk fit until it requires a pretty good yank to pull the tee-shirt rag out from between the hull and the bunk. You'll see that the adjusted hull bunk fit, curves to the hull and kind of locks the hull into the trailer.
Welcome aboard. skip.
I actually did this week before last. Boat rides about 8 inches forward of where it was when I got it.
Quote from: Bob23 on February 19, 2013, 04:07:55 AM
Well, yes- Almost forgot.
Tug: I normally charge $5000.00 initiation fee to be a member here...my 23 has developed an apetite for very expensive goodies and my building contractor job just aint cutting it. Some have, in a round about way, suggested this is highway robbery. Not so. As you yourself has stated in your very first post, this is a "great resource". So one great resource deserves another.
You may drop the small unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag next to the Compac exhibit at the Annapolis Sailboat show in October....make sure you're not followed!
Bob23
Hey Bob,
Unfortunately I spent my CPYOA initiation fee on my new CP-19. Funny how that works out. As for the Boat Builders Show, hope you make it down here for it! Its a great show and I used to keep my old boat at Portland Yacht Services. Checked the dates on the show and sadly I'll be out at work so gonna miss it this year. Oh well. Thanks to all for the trailer advice. New axle is on its way and old one already cut off. Can't wait to get the trailer done so I can get on to boat projects.....
Mike