Winter 2003 Trailer/Sailors Association
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Trailer/Sailors Association The magazine of the Winter 2003 Trailer/Sailors Association Features/anouncements Front Cover Welcome Aboard CS Editorial Staff 1 We-Do-It David Craigie 9 Treasurer/Membership Report David Craigie 20 What s in your boat name? David Craigie 21 Update on the Trailer/Sailors Web Site Mike Nelson 25 From the T/SA Web Discussion List Ed. John Coppedge 27 2002 Annual Trailer/Sailor Meeting Jack Beggs Back Cover Classified Ads Cruising Articles 2 Super Superior - Part 2 Henk Venderhulst 12 From City Island (NY) to Rhode Island Guy Hubbard 16 Our First Cruise in the North Channel Dallas & Jan Thomas 17 Ramp Report - Allen Harbor on Narragansett, RI John Ulmer 22 Upper Huron Cruises Rebecca & Bob Bringle 28 It was a dark and stormy night... Joe Orinko How-To 10 Building a Trailer Sailboat: About Time Michael Morris 26 Gizmos, Gadgets, and Galley... Ed. Debbie Bell Planned Cruises 20 Planned Cruise: North Channel via Trent-Severn Waterway David Craigie Back Cover Planned Cruise: Sioux Narrows to Kenora ON Chuck Johnson The authors of the newsletter disclaim any and all responsibility for any kind of injury or damages sustained which may result from the application of any or all ideas or suggestions appearing in any articles of Clipper Snips. The authors of the newsletter furthermore give no warranty, express or implied, as to the merchantability, fitness for purpose, advertised quality, or any other matter of any products advertised in Clipper Snips or appearing in any articles of said newsletter. Clipper Snips Page 1 Winter 2003 Welcome Aboard... A special welcome to new mem- The Treasurer/Membership North Channel. bers, both brand new, and those Report by Dave Craigie in- Update on the Trailer/Sailors whose data was screwed up in the cludes comments by another Web Site by Mike Nelson in- last issue. A member of the edito- newsletter editor about lack of cludes a photo of the web site. rial staff messed up the sort & se- articles in his newsletter. I can If you haven't tried this site, lect from the database, and the page only add: I know the words and have a friend or librarian show was pretty worthless (except for my melody to that tune. you this site. It's a colorful ren- comment about reaching out to dition of our common interests. members). All the correct data is in Frequent Snips submitter, Guy Hubbard, describes a long one- the 2003 T/SA Directory piggy- Regular features From the T/ way cruise in Long Island backed with this issue. If you get SA Web Discussion List and sound in From City Island the issue without the directory, Gizmos, Gadgets, and Gal- (NY) to Rhode Island in his please contact me. ley...contain many interesting Seaward 25. It s not Déjà Vu we re re-running snips. John Ulmer complements Mike Morris article on building Rebecca and Bob Cringle in Guy s cruising article with the boat. We created all of Clipper Upper Lake Huron Cruises Ramp Report - Allen Harbor Snips in one Microsoft Publisher relate cruising Georgian Bay on Narragansett Bay, RI de- file. The outside pages are printed and the North Channel, from scribing cruising in the waters on heavier paper, so the printer has the non-group sail perspective. to massage the file to make it hap- around Newport, RI. pen. I didn t notice it on the proof., Finally, your editor includes a per- The owner of the shabbiest sonal account of historical humor in but the article text restarted on the hulk will brighten up upon second page (pg 31). With this is- It was a dark and stormy hearing "Nice boat - nice night...Truth is funnier than fiction. sue, Snips is done in 2 files, the lines". We all love our boats, cover and the pages. and Dave Craigie consolidated Enjoy our magazine. Here s what s special about this some positive comments into Joe Orinko issue of Clipper Snips: an article What s in your boat name? New this issue is a feature arti- On the Clipper Snips Horizon: cle "We-do-it". It's subtitle "A We have 2 notices of cruises - collection of notes from T/SA Chuck Johnson posted Planned Can being a Trailer/Sailor members about their 'trailer/ Cruise: Sioux Narrows to save your marriage?... docu- sailing' experiences" might be Kenora ON and Dave & Joyce ments marital advantages of better stated "We (all can) do Craigie posted Planned trailer sailing over big boat Cruise: North Channel via it". And I particularly like the cruising, courtesy of David & Trent-Severn Waterway. If comment by Gary & Karen Joyce Craigie. Breault which I placed in a either of these sound interest- highlighted text box on page 1. ing, get in touch with them. Mike & Jan Collins list sev- eral entries on everyone's 'to- Henk Vanderhulst corrected me I have a short article by new do' list in Boat Maintenance that his age is only 77, so he's members Dallas & Jan Thomas Suggestions. "My favorite nearly octogenar- about Our First Cruise in the ian trailer-sailor. Super Supe- The Clipper Snips Spring 2003 issue: I m still looking for short We rior - Part 2 describes his sin- did it snips. The basic outline gle-handing for 2 weeks and Deadline: March 15, 2003 is: 1. We read a Snips article, meeting famous authors Focus: 2. We got info from John (always great reading). We DID it & We DO it articles Ulmer (the ramp guy), 3. We trailered from here to there, 4. Jack Beggs provides a report of Spring Fix-up/Improvement Projects We had an adventure and we 2002 Annual Trailer/Sailor Cruise Reports: All Venues had fun. Association Meeting complete Summer Cruise suggestions with pictures. Clipper Snips Page 2 Winter 2003 "We do it" A collection of notes from T/SA members about their 'trailer/sailing' experiences Paul & Susan Roberts spend time in Port Credit, ON. Members since 2001 Gary and the Key Largo in the winter, around Karen Breault sail their Seaward 25 They would like to see a compari- the Snake Creek Bridge area. He is Xanadu, out of Luck WI. They son of the 3 evolutions of the Mac located on the bayside in a project have an extensive sailing resume 26X that frequently has transient slips. and an interesting philosophy con- [email protected] is his email ad- Old venture ( swing Keel) cerning trailer sailing: dress. Water Ballast 26 Newest and current design 26X Don t talk about a trip, Members Al and Alice Kooyers (Ed. I thought there was a dagger- take it. The size of the sail their Precision 23 Danke out of board version somewhere. Anyone boat isn t important. Holland MI. Al related an interest- care to do some research and write ing story about their evolution to a short article?) Trailer that boat and trailer sailing. have fun. We have had My wife and I, at 65, are continu- Joy Tarrant who sails with her affa- years of fun sailing. ing in a hobby, started when our ble husband, Dave aboard their son was in the 8th grade, building MacGregor 26 - Mucky Duck out Gary and Karen Breault a 13 foot sail boat from a picket of Rockford Illinois says that she fence, aluminum clothesline, 4 would really enjoy some 1st mate They have been to the Bahamas sheets of plywood, polyester/ help with recipes that work. They twice on Xanadu and plan a return cotton bed sheets, plans from the enjoyed some terrific food while in trip in 04. When asked if they local library, and brass screws. the North Channel last summer, would like company on their next The pine pickets became the ribs, including fresh hot rolls, wonderful trip, their answer was that they al- the horizontal spruce became the chicken salads and, ah yes, a great ways welcome company. It is never mast, the clothes line turned into curry. Anyone care to share a few too early to start planning that next rigging, the bed sheets became the mealtime secrets? Also, have you big trip. [email protected] is sails. PUFF taught us to sail, and got a favorite canned or dried food their email address. to enjoy a new family interest, as that you carry aboard? well as giving him a fun sport with his friends. Members Bob and Barbara Camp- bell sail L'Attitude their MacGre- Later we obtained a Clipper 21, Having trouble backing the trailer? gor 26X out of Tempe AZ. They sold it for more than we paid for it This little message comes from also have a 1998 Hunter 410 in a 10 years later; moved up to a member James Davis from Remsen Sunsail charter program in Tortola, Spindrift 21, sold it after 10 years, NY. He and wife Bronwyn sail a British Virgin Islands. If a charter and now have a Precision 23. I Starwind 19, Twilight Time. James is somewhere in your future plans have sailed an O Day 25 with a says about backing up a trailer: or if you have questions concerning friend who is (now) spoiling me This comes to some by instinct. chartering they would be glad to with hot and cold running water To others it comes by trial and offer what expertise that that they aboard a Beneteau 32. It has been error. Some forget everything have at [email protected] or 480 interesting to start with tent camp- when there are distractions. Here 831 8653 ing, go to fold out trailer camping is one method I ve used.