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Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: Going to the "dark side"
Last post by passagesfromtheheart - Today at 01:57:59 PMQuote from: Urban Hermit on Today at 10:13:14 AMUnder the influence of the Executive Department, we went to the dark side, leaving a Freedom 33 cat-ketch onto a Mainship 34. I've been pining ever since. Wish I had our Bayfield 29 back. Currently have a Compac 16 and waiting for the weather to drop into the double digits. The heat index here is 108 today, on land, with shade.
Oh, wow, I love those Bayfield 29s -- they are the models that have the huge head in the forepeak as opposed to a v-berth, right? There is one for sale, currently, somewhere around the Great Lakes, I think. I've heard that the Bayfields are really great boats -- quality construction, seaworthy, finished nicely. If I could have a "big boat" again, this one would be one of my top 3 -- the others being an Pacific Seacraft Orion (crazycarl, you are a lucky dog on that one!) or a Com-Pac 27.
#2
CP-25's / Re: New 25 Owner & Delivery Re...
Last post by passagesfromtheheart - Today at 01:50:45 PMHi, dasgaswolf!
Thanks so much for sharing your boat's HIN -- my boat's was ABV00037T102.
From what I learned online, if I am interpreting things correctly:
* My boat would have been the 37th Com-Pac 25 built and yours would've followed mine at #38.
* Your boat has a code of "B" in its HIN, so I believe that would mean it was finished/born in February. My boat has a "T" and I could not find an answer for what month that is as the letters start with A = January, B = February and so on -- so that said, as there are only twelve months in a year...the "T" leaves me puzzled. Not sure about that.
* The last two digits are the model year, so both our boats finish with the "02" in their respective hulls, but interestingly, again, if the Internet is right, the third from last number in the HIN, or the number which precedes that model year of 02 is such that my boat is a 1, which evidently means the hull was "certified" in 2001, but the third from last digit in your boat's HIN is a "2", so I'd surmise that means your boat's hull was "certified" in 2002.
Again, this all just what the Interwebs come back with when I Googled how to interpret HIN numbers on boats. Not sure how accurate all of that really is, but I am sure, at least, about the ABV at the very beginning of the HIN (as this was the abbreviation code assigned by the USCG to Com-Pac Yachts) and also those last two digits of the HIN being the year, and then the 37 and 38 numbers being the hull # built since the boat went into production. So our boats were built one right after the other as far as 25s go -- kinda cool, I think! :-)
Hope you continue to share more stories and pics of your boat -- what is her name, btw?
Thanks so much for sharing your boat's HIN -- my boat's was ABV00037T102.
From what I learned online, if I am interpreting things correctly:
* My boat would have been the 37th Com-Pac 25 built and yours would've followed mine at #38.
* Your boat has a code of "B" in its HIN, so I believe that would mean it was finished/born in February. My boat has a "T" and I could not find an answer for what month that is as the letters start with A = January, B = February and so on -- so that said, as there are only twelve months in a year...the "T" leaves me puzzled. Not sure about that.
* The last two digits are the model year, so both our boats finish with the "02" in their respective hulls, but interestingly, again, if the Internet is right, the third from last number in the HIN, or the number which precedes that model year of 02 is such that my boat is a 1, which evidently means the hull was "certified" in 2001, but the third from last digit in your boat's HIN is a "2", so I'd surmise that means your boat's hull was "certified" in 2002.
Again, this all just what the Interwebs come back with when I Googled how to interpret HIN numbers on boats. Not sure how accurate all of that really is, but I am sure, at least, about the ABV at the very beginning of the HIN (as this was the abbreviation code assigned by the USCG to Com-Pac Yachts) and also those last two digits of the HIN being the year, and then the 37 and 38 numbers being the hull # built since the boat went into production. So our boats were built one right after the other as far as 25s go -- kinda cool, I think! :-)
Hope you continue to share more stories and pics of your boat -- what is her name, btw?
#3
Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: what's going on -- everyon...
Last post by crazycarl - Today at 12:46:46 PMBeen working on the Orion. A/C keeps tripping the breaker. If I can't it working, no way Joanie will go on a planned trip next week.
As for the Compac, it's dockside along with the power washer awaiting her monthly bath. Maybe an evening sail if the winds pick up.
As for the Compac, it's dockside along with the power washer awaiting her monthly bath. Maybe an evening sail if the winds pick up.
#4
Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: It May be Time to Sell
Last post by Urban Hermit - Today at 10:22:21 AMI though I had the only occupied house on Fecal Valley Drive. Hi, neighbor.
Yeah, as others have advised: step away, take a deep breath. Maybe choose your favorite one or two boats and sell the others. Yes, by all means, buy a motorcycle. "You'll never see a motorcycle parked outside a psychiatrist's office." Dirt daubers? Can you eliminate mud within a 200' radius of the boat? Spray the surfaces with flying insect killer and leave as a residue? Maybe just declare a hiatus due to summer heat? Tilling Time sits in the carport shared with a miter saw and a table saw, gathering wood dust, until the heat index drops below 90.
Yeah, as others have advised: step away, take a deep breath. Maybe choose your favorite one or two boats and sell the others. Yes, by all means, buy a motorcycle. "You'll never see a motorcycle parked outside a psychiatrist's office." Dirt daubers? Can you eliminate mud within a 200' radius of the boat? Spray the surfaces with flying insect killer and leave as a residue? Maybe just declare a hiatus due to summer heat? Tilling Time sits in the carport shared with a miter saw and a table saw, gathering wood dust, until the heat index drops below 90.
#5
Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: what's going on -- everyon...
Last post by Urban Hermit - Today at 10:14:14 AMWaiting for the heat bubble to burst -- maybe late September?
#6
Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: Going to the "dark side"
Last post by Urban Hermit - Today at 10:13:14 AMUnder the influence of the Executive Department, we went to the dark side, leaving a Freedom 33 cat-ketch onto a Mainship 34. I've been pining ever since. Wish I had our Bayfield 29 back. Currently have a Compac 16 and waiting for the weather to drop into the double digits. The heat index here is 108 today, on land, with shade.
#7
Sun Cats and Sunday Cats / Orientation of throat and peak...
Last post by Steve Caplow - Today at 09:46:17 AMThe peak halyard sometimes gets hung up on the rigging and I wonder if the orientation of the 2 halyards is backwards in the blocks and cleats. Which halyard cleat should be farthest to starboard?
#8
Boat and Hardware Modification / Re: VHF questions
Last post by Fastdoc98 - Today at 09:36:12 AMRealistically this would only apply to bigger trips that I'm hoping to take as opposed to my usual activity. It sounds like maybe I'm making it more complicated than I need it to be. Plus, one more thing to connect/disconnect when I launch and retrieve.
#9
Com-Pac Sailors Lounge / Re: New Member from New Bern N...
Last post by crazycarl - Today at 08:06:12 AMJack, I was just talking with Kevin C and he mentioned your Compac. Small world.
#10
Boat and Hardware Modification / Re: VHF questions
Last post by crazycarl - Today at 07:58:25 AMI have both. The base mount is installed on the cabin ceiling just inside on the starboard side. The cable runs up the compression post and through the cabin top with connectors, and inside the mast. It needs to be disconnnected when trailing and the antenna removed. I keep the handheld in the cockpit in a "ditch bag". I have used the base unit to communicate over 10 miles, but that is a rare occasion. The handheld unit would be sufficient 99% of the time.
A mast mounted auxiliary antenna would greatly improve your distance, but may not be warranted depending on where you're sailing.
A mast mounted auxiliary antenna would greatly improve your distance, but may not be warranted depending on where you're sailing.