Another New Happy Compac Owner Aboard

[rwdsr]

Hi All! Just got approved to come aboard. I'm the proud owner of a 1978 CP 16 Hull#592.  Just got her home over the Thanksgiving holiday, and can't wait to get her in the water.  I plan to do most of my sailing in the Paris Landing area of Kentucky Lake, so anyone in this area contact me and give me a shout, maybe we can get together.

[Bob23]

Let me be the first to welcome you here, rw.
Bob23

[newt]

You do well with a compac. She will take of you as you baby her. Enjoy.

[Bob23]

   I can echo Newt's statement. I haven't sailed on a lot of different boats, not as many as some skippers here. But I can state that when my 23 is doing her thing, you can just feel that your'e in a substantial boat that's been built and designed with pride and to last. She just behaves. It's hard to put into words but you'll see next spring. Of course there is the obvious- hand laid hull, quality hardware, proper amound of teak, etc, etc, etc.
   Whe I as boat looking, my friend Bud pointed me to some very good deals and was surprised when I turned them all down. My reason? "Bud, she's just got to stir my soul." My 23 and your 16 are soul-stirrers.
Bob23

[adifferentdrummer]

Hi All! Just got approved to come aboard. I'm the proud owner of a 1978 CP 16 Hull#592.  Just got her home over the Thanksgiving holiday, and can't wait to get her in the water.  I plan to do most of my sailing in the Paris Landing area of Kentucky Lake, so anyone in this area contact me and give me a shout, maybe we can get together.

Welcome aboard, and congratulations on the acquisition of your fine sailing craft. I have hull #635. I bought her last winter, fixed her up and put her in for the first time in April of this year (2009). I sailed her nearly every weekend until the weather finally turned to cold and nasty. We've really had a fine time together, she and I; even overnighted quite a bit.

I'm in East Tennessee, sailing mostly on Douglas Lake. I intend to get familiar with the other area lakes next season, and maybe take a little cruise down the TN River. Look us up if you ever get over this way.

Milt

[rwdsr]

Bob23, I'm another Bob, I see there are several of them on here.  And Diff Drummer, I want to get with you sometime and sail Douglas lake.  I've been wanting to see Douglas for a few years now.  Now I've got a good excuse.  I've been reading posts on this website ever since I started looking at this boat.  It just took me a while to get approved.

[adifferentdrummer]

Bob23, I'm another Bob, I see there are several of them on here.  And Diff Drummer, I want to get with you sometime and sail Douglas lake.  I've been wanting to see Douglas for a few years now.  Now I've got a good excuse.  I've been reading posts on this website ever since I started looking at this boat.  It just took me a while to get approved.

Bob, as soon as the weather gets right again and they put the plug back in, just say when. Until the spring, the water levels will remain low in most of the lakes around here because of TVA's flood control program. Spring, summer and fall, the sailing is great. Check out the pictures I took last season... http://picasaweb.google.com/adifferentdrummer

I'd like to see how many CP16s we could get together for a sail. I've found one other CP16 owner who lives close by, and I believe there are a few others in my general area on here as well. It would be sort of a flotilla of CP16s. It would be nice to have all the Com-pac yachts represented, but the 16 lends itself so readily, being so easy to trailer, rig, launch, etc.

I hear Paris landing is a very beautiful area. I might trailer over there someday. That's part of the joy of trailer-sailing!

Is your hull #592 in pretty good shape? Got any projects you're working on? Got any pictures posted?

Best,
Milt

[kickingbug1]

    i might just sail kentucky lake this summer for a few days. ill give you a yell . having a com-pac rendezvous at carlyle lake end of july look for a post with details

[OkieBob]

Another Bob,

Ahoy!

[rwdsr]

Milt, My brother in law over in Knoxville did the work on the outside of the hull for me.  He is the one that convinced me that I should go get this boat.  He and my sister run a marina over there.  The inside of the cabin has never been touched, so it's gonna be an ongoing project.  The boat went thru Hurricane Dennis and slammed up against the pier and knocked off the bow pulpit, but my brother in law fixed it and I have all the parts so when I start working on it will put it back together.  as it stands now, I can sail it while I'm working on it.  As for pictures - when you all see what that little boat looked like when I picked it up - and what it looks like now, you are going to be amazed!  I'm writing a series of articles for Duckworks Magazine that will detail my summer initiation into the world of sailing.

[adifferentdrummer]

A hurricane survivor; just goes to show how tough these little boats are. They take a wailing and keep on sailing!

Looking forward to the pics and details.

Milt

[Salty19]

Welcome, rw.  You've come to the right place. 

Are you a new sailor or just new to the CP16??

[rwdsr]

Hi All,
To answer Salty's question, I'm new to sailing all around.  Played briefly 30 some years ago with a Sunfish and enjoyed it. Tinkered several times over the years with trying to rig different boats to sail without much success.  Then this summer traded for a 1969 or 70 MFG Sidewinder 16' I don't know what you call it, racing sloop?  You can sail it either cat or sloop rigged it has a main and a jib.  I had it out several times and got pretty comfortable sailing it, (dumped it once) turtled.  I've been reading the exploits of the Duckworks Magazine.com bunch for the past couple of years and read about the Texas 200 and the OBX130, and thought Hmmmmm, I can do that.  I'm familiar with the Kentucky Lake and LBL area having camped and fished there for years now.  I packed my light camp gear aboard that boat and took off.  I won't give a blow by blow account of the adventure here because I'm writing a 3 part article for Duckworks telling all about this summer (with pics).  Anyway I sailed 25 miles the first day and stopped and set up camp and then sailed back the next day.  By then I knew pretty much how to sail the Sidewinder.  Then I decided I wanted a "real" sailboat - one with a keel, and a cabin I could camp in.  Well , the short story is that for this old guy everything more or less fell into place and I got the CP 16 that's sitting in the backyard.  I haven't been out in her yet and I'm dying for a decently warm day with a good breeze to take her out, but I know I can do it, and will keep everyone posted of my progress.   

[Glenn Basore]

rwdsr,

Looking forward to your next post !

Glenn B.

[rwdsr]

Thanks Glenn.  Ok guys, I've opened a picassa account and put the pics on there, but don't know how to get the link on here so all you have to do is hit it and go there.  But anyway here it is.  http://picasaweb.google.com/rwdsr53/Sailboats#