[Capri25] Antigua

[Kathie Wright]

Is anyone going to Antigua this week for the races?
I have a friend who is going there on vacation
[Thursday] and would like to participate in some of
the socializing. He doesn't sail at WYC, but he is a
sailor.

Please let me know and I will pass the info along.

Thanks,


Kathie Wright


--- Dutch Bull <dbull at northernim.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience they can share on
> this subject. If so, please contact Joe Mireur
> directly.
>
joe.mireur at earthlink.net<mailto:joe.mireur at earthlink.net>
> 
> 
> Dutch Bull
> Northern Iron & Machine
> Ph 651-778-3338
> Fx 651-778-3390
> Cell 763-300-9562
> Dbull at northernim.com
> 
> From: Joe Mireur [mailto:joe.mireur at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:17 PM
> To: Dutch Bull
> Subject: Capri 25's
> 
> Hi Dutch,
> 
> I got your name and email address from a message you
> posted last September on the Wayzata\Capri25 website
> regarding Tee shirts.
> 
> It's the Northern Iron & Metal that caught my eye. I
> just bought a Capri 25 in Oklahoma and brought it
> down here to Texas. It's hull #303. It's in pretty
> good shape and mostly needs to be cleaned up a
> little. But I do have a problem you may be able to
> help me with.
> 
> I keep my Capri at Seabrook Marina, on the trailer I
> got with it. This will be my third boat at Seabrook
> Marina. I have kept them all on a trailer, because
> its cheaper and I don't have to maintain the bottom.
> The marina has a 3 ton lift/electric chain hoist
> that swivels. You lift your boat off the trailer and
> swing it around and set it down in the water. Works
> very well.
> 
> Except - the marina requires that you do NOT use a
> sling, too many accidents I was told. You must use
> lifting eyes or other device built into the hull by
> the manufacturer.  And this boat doesn't have the
> threaded hole in the keel (1"-8) that some other
> Capri 25's have. If you are not familiar with this
> hole, it is found between the last two keel bolts.
> My boat has a hole, but apparently it was for a
> bushing/fitting that is no longer there. And the
> threads below this hole that this thing apparently
> scrwed into, are too rusty to be of any use.
> 
> So, I'm wondering if any other Capri 25 owners have
> run into this problem, and if they did, how did they
> solve it?
> 
> My current idea is to fashion a plate of 1/2" steel
> large enough to cover the area between the last two
> keel bolts, drill four holes in the corners and keep
> going about 12" into the keel. Then tap these holes
> (in the keel, not in the plate) (if I can figure out
> how to get the chips out!) and insert four new keel
> bolts/lifting bolts. Use nuts/washers to hold this
> plate in the boat. In the cente of the plate will be
> hole 1" + in diameter, and on the bottom side of
> this will be a 1"-8 nut welded to the plate. Then I
> can screw in a lifting eye, attach my chain harness,
> put the boat in the water and sail away while
> opening a cold one.
> 
> What I would really like is to hear from either
> someone like a mechanical engineer who can say,
> "Yeah, that would work, each bolt only has to hold
> about 1200 pounds. Shouldn't have a problem." OR
> someone who has faced this problem themselves and
> solved it to their satisfaction. Any help/direction
> you can offer me will be greatly appreciated. If I
> drop this boat just once its gonna ruin my day!
> 
> 
> Thanks for listening,
> Joe Mireur
>
joe.mireur at earthlink.net<mailto:joe.mireur at earthlink.net>
> 281-804-1707 cell
> 
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