Dog gone dog (LSME deck mods.)
>> The last time I wrecked, my dog abandoned meI widened the decks on the LSME to about 12". The idea was that it
>> in the middle of the lake and swam to shore without me!
>> YIBB,
>> David
>
>LOL! That's gotta hurt!
>
would let me heel a little further without shipping water over the
lee rail, and make a wider platform for my ass on the weather rail.
In actually use, the modification has resulted in unexpected behavior
both good and bad.
One the plus side:
On beam ends the boat will just barely float above the cockpit line.
On the day in question when we got knocked down the first time, the
dog just slid to the low point in the boat, while I climbed out onto
the dagger board to right us, just like I used to do with my laser
(no ship's dog on the laser.)
The wider deck also lets Roxy hike out. On command she heave herself
onto the widened deck, her massive head well outboard, with only her
hindquarters still in the cockpit. She's a Newfoundland, so the
effect on the boat's righting moment is considerable.
They're just wide enough to lounge on with some degree of comfort.
When we're down at South Lake Beach (where she's usually moored,) I
can lay out on the boat while keeping an eye on my daughter splashing
in the shallows.
They've plenty wide enough to walk on, so if you want to go forward
you can walk along the weather rail all the bow. Very handy for
single handing a boat that really need four people (at least!) to be
sailed well. I've been knocked down with nine (9!) people sitting on
the weather rail while driving her hard to windward.
On the negative side:
Because she doesn't swamp when she goes over (at least not right
away) she's more vulnerable to turning turtle. When I dumped in
mid-February sans wetsuit or lifevest (posted under the title "Your
Tax Dollars at Work") the only thing that kept me from turning all
the way over was the fact that the main mast got stuck in the mud.
Fortunately I was able to pry her up without going into the 38 degree
water and blew into shore before the Coasties could get to me.
You can't really sit down in the cockpit and sail, the edges of the
deck are too far from the sides of the boat. This problem is
addressed in the design of the aft cockpit of the Singlehanded
Schooner. In the SHS you can chock yourself off with your feet on one
side and your back against the other. The best I can do is lean
against the aft bulkhead.
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> The last time I wrecked, my dog abandoned meLOL! That's gotta hurt!
> in the middle of the lake and swam to shore without me!
> YIBB,
> David
chuck
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Every time the Coasties have to scramble out to one of my mishaps (if
people phone me it, they are required to go investigate), they ask me
for the LSME's registration, to which I reply "She's got no motor and
under New York State law is not required to be registered."
Contrary to what you might think, the men of the Montauk station seem
to find my swamped, unregistered schooner an amusing diversion. I
suppose it's because they (usually) find me wearing
temperature-appropriate gear, and a PFD. The fact that shes a
schooner I built myself doesn't seem to hurt.
Still, I've had enough of drifting to the lee shore, and am in the
process of installing LOTS of flotation on the chance that it might
help with self-rescue. The last time I wrecked, my dog abandoned me
in the middle of the lake and swam to shore without me!
YIBB,
David
C.E.P.
415 W.46th Street
New York, New York 10036
http://www.crumblingempire.com
Mobile (646) 325-8325
Office (212) 247-0296
people phone me it, they are required to go investigate), they ask me
for the LSME's registration, to which I reply "She's got no motor and
under New York State law is not required to be registered."
Contrary to what you might think, the men of the Montauk station seem
to find my swamped, unregistered schooner an amusing diversion. I
suppose it's because they (usually) find me wearing
temperature-appropriate gear, and a PFD. The fact that shes a
schooner I built myself doesn't seem to hurt.
Still, I've had enough of drifting to the lee shore, and am in the
process of installing LOTS of flotation on the chance that it might
help with self-rescue. The last time I wrecked, my dog abandoned me
in the middle of the lake and swam to shore without me!
YIBB,
David
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>or your boat exceeds 8 Knots under any engine you have to register
>the thing and have a speedboat Driver's licence!!!It used to be 5 HP
>and above a few years ago but they changed the regulations so
>they(the government) could make more money for nothing!!!
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"I'm staying at the 9.9. Under Canadian regs, a vessel with under 10"
You're lucky over there then ,if you have 4HP or over in Australia or your boat exceeds 8 Knots under any engine you have to register the thing and have a speedboat Driver's licence!!!It used to be 5 HP and above a few years ago but they changed the regulations so they(the government) could make more money for nothing!!!
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