CP 19/2

[K3v1n]

"Once more upon the waters! Yet once more!
  And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
    that knows his rider."





Yes! Gypsy Soul has been dipped once more into the briny sea. Didn't get to sail today, we just launched her then motored over to the slip. Spent some time figuring out the lines and getting gear stored in the right places.

Robin was the official photographer for the mast raising as Mom assisted me with the task at hand.
Thing's went fairly smooth, I didn't yell much at all.







Hope for an evening sail on Monday after work.
Looking forward to a great season of sailing.


-Kevin
"Now, bring me that horizon!"

[Craig Weis]

Kev
I see on Gypsy Soul that she carries a grapple anchor in the roller and a danforth maybe below for lunch? Grassy bottom?

Ahhhhh the importance of ground tackle! skip.

[K3v1n]

Hey Skip,

Yes I had to go with the 16.5 Bruce type anchor for overnighting. I want to make sure I stay put. I have about 16 feet of chain also hooked to the behemoth. I also have a Danforth stored in the cockpit locker, not sure of the size off the top of my head, but makes a good lunch hook.

Went out with the family for a couple hours on Monday and was out single handed yesterday for a couple hours. It was blowing nice got her up to 5.6 knots a few times...fun, fun, fun!

Have a great Memorial Day everyone!



-Kevin

[K3v1n]

Got my son out on the boat today, his first time EVER!
Wind was honking pretty good, got the GPS to hit 5.9 knots several times.



Took some video with my camera.

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o30/Compac19/?action=view&current=100_2822.flv


-Kevin

[Paul]

Kevin:

Great footage!!  Looks like a blast!!

Hope the rest of the summer is great sailing, too.

Paul

[Bob23]

Kmax- Great video. I see she doesn't heel all that much. Was that shot taken on your way to Gulf Point, looking East?  The ship sure does move along. Chris looks like he was having mucho fun! I didn't realize that this was his first sail!! See you on the water!
Ciao! Bob

[K3v1n]

Well I did it... bought a bigger boat but she's not a Com-Pac sorry to say.
Yes my new to me next sailing vessel is a 1985 Seaward 22. So I hope you guys and gals won't mind if I stick around seeing I'll be Com-Pac-less.

Anyway, I hope to get to the marina on Thursday and look everything over, run the motor etc. and if all checks out she'll be mine by the weekend. Then a little cleaning and a coat of paint and we'll switch out boats at the slip.

Fairwinds,

-Kevin

[Lost Lake]

SOLD YOUR COM-PAC???  Ouch! You should get some bad Karma for that!  LOL!

From what I hear the Seaward is a great boat.... Good luck with her!

[K3v1n]

If anyone cares to follow along with my work on Panacea you'll find us over at SailFar.net, but don't worry I'll still be popping in here from time to time to visit with my Com-Pac cousins.

http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=1197.0

-Kevin

[Bob23]

Ya scurvy dog, ya. I'll chase you from website to website till I keel haul ya! Well, I'm not gonna visit the Sailfar site...I'll just stop over the house and check her out inperson. Smooth Sailin'...Bob23