New Com-pac 23 owner

[Jim23]

Just thought I would post a quick introduction. I've been lurking in the shadows for a few months trying to figure out whether I'd really be required to pay Bob's initiation fees.

I sail with my wife and 2 daughters on Lake Granby in Colorado. Our sailing grounds are at 8200' with a view of the peaks lining the continental divide. The summers here are short but pretty incredible. We then pay for all of that beauty with 7 months of hard winter. Winds are unpredictable and vary widely. I've learned the hard way to watch for gusts (in some cases gales) coming across the lake. The boat has handled all of it very well and my confidence with her increases with every trip.

Our boat is a 1999 Com-pac 23. No name yet but we're leaning towards Foxy Lady (our last name is Fox). The wife and I haven't agreed on a name yet...I want classy...she wants fun. I chose the 23 after wasting way too much time researching sailboats and so far I'm extremely pleased with the decision. I decided to go for quality instead of quantity within a budget of about $10K. I know several folks sailing Catalina 25's, which I still like, but the lines of the Com-pac proved irresistible. We live a mile from the marina so overnights are few and far between. For us the boat is primarily a daysailer. Sunset cruises are our favorite time to sail.

A few of the features that came with the boat; 155 furling genoa, standard main, sternrail seats, inboard motor controls.

Upgrades since purchased; rigid boom vang, new tiller with clutch, foiled rudder, mantus anchor/new rode, new hawse pipe & anchor lock.

Thanks to everyone for the great info on this site. Most of my upgrade decisions have been based on what I've read here. Hopefully at some point I'll be able to bring something to the table. Here's a link to a youtube video showing a mast top view of an evening sail. We had the main reefed due to occasional 20+ gusts. The kids are in the cabin playing games while my wife and I enjoy a sunset...doesn't get much better than that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23o_1cfYHs

-Jim

[brackish]

Welcome Jim, glad to have you and yours aboard. 

You sail in a great area, I've been to Winter Park for each of the last 18 years skiing and have enjoyed the view of the lake from the tops of some of those peaks.

Great video!  GoPro? How? where? did you mount it.?

And don't worry about Bob23's initiation fee, he's really an old softy.  Now his cousins Guido and Rocky, that's another story.......

[Jim23]

Wow...small world. Where are you from? Sometimes I'm amazed to meet people from far and wide that regularly ski Winter Park. Most folks associate Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge with Colorado. Winter Park is one of the local's favorites. My wife grew up skiing Winter Park and instructs there now. That's one of the reasons we moved to the area.

My video equipment was pretty low budget. I threw together a mount in about 20 minutes with parts I had laying around. It's a piece of 1x pine with eyelets to attach my jib halyard and a small line for steadying the camera. I ran the camera up the backstay with hose clamps that ran through the pine and around the stay (very primitive!). I drilled a hole and used a 1/4" machine screw to attach the camera. The camera is just a Canon Elph that I've had for awhile. I figured if it dropped in the lake it would be a minor loss.

Thanks for the welcome.

[HeaveToo]

Welcome aboard!

I am in the beginning phases with my Compac after downsizing from a Catalina 30.  It is a big difference and I keep on hitting my head on things.  Still, having a good trailer is very helpful.

Quality is definitely a good thing.  I am impressed with the overall quality of the build.  Also, it is nice when you can readily contact the company that built your boat and they are very pleasant to deal with.

[brackish]

Wow...small world. Where are you from? Sometimes I'm amazed to meet people from far and wide that regularly ski Winter Park. Most folks associate Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge with Colorado. Winter Park is one of the local's favorites. My wife grew up skiing Winter Park and instructs there now. That's one of the reasons we moved to the area.

My video equipment was pretty low budget. I threw together a mount in about 20 minutes with parts I had laying around. It's a piece of 1x pine with eyelets to attach my jib halyard and a small line for steadying the camera. I ran the camera up the backstay with hose clamps that ran through the pine and around the stay (very primitive!). I drilled a hole and used a 1/4" machine screw to attach the camera. The camera is just a Canon Elph that I've had for awhile. I figured if it dropped in the lake it would be a minor loss.

Thanks for the welcome.

I live in Tupelo, MS, sail on Bay Springs Lake, part of the Tenn-Tom system.  Also go to the Gulf once a year. 

We first went to Winter Park and stayed at the Timberhouse lodge, were treated like family by the Waldrons, as everyone is, and just kept coming back.  We like the lodge it is an old beat up place with no locks on the doors, no TV's in the rooms, no electronic devices allowed in the common areas, just a big fireplace and conversation with good company.  Breakfast and supper are elegantly served in courses family style as is afternoon tea.  Many of the guests are repeat as we are some, multi generations.  It is a ski in lodge if you can handle the Billy Woods Trail.  As once a year skiers, we never get tired of the Winter Park terrain.  At any rate, I've already got my four pass for next Spring.

Wow that is a very high quality video for such a primitive mounting system.  Good job with that.

[Bob23]

Hi  Jim23...Bob 23 here. Normally we (I)  charge a $5000 initiation fee and pending approval by the board (again, me)  your membership  will be approved.  Of course this fee is non refundable.  But you seem like a nkce guy with great taste in boats so today only it's a freebee.
Welcome. We look forward to your contributions.
Bob23 and "koinonia" 1985 23/2 in NJ

[Jim23]

Thanks for the concessions Bob23, I was dreading a visit from Guido and Rocky. Maybe we'll meet one day and I can pay some of those fees in libations!

[Bob23]

You got a deal! We speaka da same language.
Bob23

[Tim Gardner]

Hey, Hey, HEY THERE! Bob23 the numbskuller doesn't have the authority to waive the fees on his own.  There's a minimum polish my boat fee here somewhere. Salty?

[Salty19]

That's true...the last fee waiver to a new member was in exchange for a bottom paint job on our lovely CP19, Island Time.
The least we can do is polish up Tim's boat!

Nothing in life is free.