Comptip or not

A small chain looped around the mast and thrown in the water should provide a good ground path for lightning. There's risk in everything, its a matter of balance.

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#1) Keep the straight one.
#2) If you ever want to race, you can.
#3) safer
#4) if the halyard or pulley goes bad on the aluminum mast you can no longer get the parts from your dealer.
#5) the cleat is pretty easy to replace. Get the rivet condoms from your hobie dealer so the mast stays watertight. He'll also have the right cleat and rivets (monel)
#6) A comptip mast can be worth more on the market.
#7) It's pretty expensive to put a comp tip on later. You have to buy them now.

cheers
Bill

Feel free to bet your life on it. I'll pass. This is Tornado Alley and I've seen up close what these storms can do. Lightning is absolutely not to be trifled with. In my book, anyone who knowingly does so when he doesn't have to is either foolish or idiotic.

It is every mariners responsibility to keep an eye on the weather and use sound judgment. To do otherwise puts at risk your passengers, or the people who have to recover your body.

Brian C

Please understand I was not advocating sailing during lightning storms and that my chain idea would protect you. I personally run for the bunker when I see a storm coming. I was just remarking on the previous post about trying to be safe if you get caught in one accidentally.

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Thank you for the clarification. Hopefully those who didn't know better will benefit from the exchange.

Brian C

This may be the owner's new tow vehicle... After a bit of work.



Brian C

Oh yea...that a 3000 or a 100-6? Tow vehicle? You're kidding...right?

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AC?

Dude...it was made in England

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No. Not air conditioning. What was the car that Carrol Shelby made the AC Cobra out of?

AC Ace-Bristol

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H20 #287 "Tallahassee Lassie" (down in FLA)

Ah. Not the same car. Similar looking someone who isn't a English car enthusiast.

So for those of us who don't follow old iron, what is it?

It is an Austin Healey 3000. Probably about a '67. Similar but no banana! Looks to be easily restorable.

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H20 #287 "Tallahassee Lassie" (down in FLA)

The image name gave it away. Definitely an Austin Healey 3000. Either '63 or '64. Boss is still trying to figure that out. He got it way cheap. His mechanic has offered to buy it twice already.

For those who've met Aris, you'll know he's a British car nut. He's got a running MG B and a running Sprite (both in very good nick). He's got an MG A waiting to be reassembled. He's got a Bugeye that just came out of paint as part of a ground up redo (it was a total basket case). And he's got another B laying around here someplace that will probably get parted out. I don't know the years on all of them. If I were 4 inches short, I'd buy the Sprite - British Racing green with white stripes.

Here's the Bugeye after painting -

Brian C

Yeah.... I was kidding.

Here's my tow vehicle:



Brian C