Cured My "3' Itis"

[TJ]

I know the hurt you felt, I have three daughters myself, eldest being 48 now, but they are always "Daddy's Girls".  Enjoy them while they are willing to go.  tj

[Jim23]

Here's my favorite picture of my girls "sailing" with me...just glad to have them along. Fortunately they've both attended sailing school at the local club along with me dragging them out regularly. Teens and tweens aren't always interested in hanging out all day with dad on the boat but someday they'll thank me (I think).

[frank]

Great pic!!!

Nice to see kids reading and not on an Iphone texting or playing games!!!!

They truly WILL remember these times with you on the boat.....be certain of that.

[Craig Weis]

In the foto I noticed that the cabin overhead of this CP-19 has the fiberglass one piece headliner in the cabin.
That makes the 4 inch ports stick out a little bit above the deck

This CP-19 XL is a later model with a bow sprit.  [skip's XL is hull #588]
I see a vee birth bulkhead but no compression post.  Does the bulkhead replace the compression post? This is a CP-19 right?
Interesting design change?

Hint: Tie a cord through the eye of the campaign way hatch for a hand grab when sliding open from the inside with the drop boards in place.
Also the drop board could be cut in half on a water shedding 45 deg for easy storage and a choice of placing the top piece in or the bottom piece in for air and light and privecy.
And any half can be used for a table to span the foot well across the cockpit.
The inside of my hatch came factory grey so I painted in white to match the headliner. Automotive rubbing compound will remove the brown on the fiberglass.

skip.

[Jim23]

Sorry Skip, I got off topic with my post. Discussion was about CP19 and "3'itis". My boat is 1999 CP23 although the CP19 was my first choice when I first started looking at Compacs. Pictures of your 19 are what finally hooked me on Compac. I discovered after sailing a few years with my wife and 2 girls that a working head was a top priority.

I like the idea of tying a cord through the hatch eye. I need to trim the hatch or top drop board as they hang up slightly.

-Jim

[Craig Weis]

opps. my mistake.
was wondering how all that stuff got inside the cabin.

skip.

[Jim23]

Thanks Frank.

I agree...the general rule for our family is the boat is a reprieve from electronics (unless it's boat electronics, of course!). I'm one of those mean, old school dads

[TJ]

Here's my favorite picture of my girls "sailing" with me...just glad to have them along. Fortunately they've both attended sailing school at the local club along with me dragging them out regularly. Teens and tweens aren't always interested in hanging out all day with dad on the boat but someday they'll thank me (I think).

Nice Family Picture, glad to see the girls with their Dad.  My youngest (now 31) quit going with me when a gust knocked us over when she was below and all she could see was water thru the port when she was 15!  No gray area in sailing in my family, either you like it or you don't.    tj

[Craig Weis]

Jim writes, "  My youngest (now 31) quit going with me when a gust knocked us over when she was below and all she could see was water thru the port when she was 15!  No gray area in sailing in my family, either you like it or you don't."

On just the 155% headsail me and my sister in law laid the CP-19 deck into the water of Green Bay and a nice flow of very cold water rolled up over the cockpit combing, into the cockpit and out the scuppers. I held that line as long as I could before falling off that angle of the dangle.

We were laughing so hard with our feet plastered on the low side settee's edge and our backs arched over the high side combing that we almost forgot to breath after sucking in a pile of air with all the excitement.

Took me five years of trying to dip the rail.

skip.