Dear friends, After spending ten days on the hard in Biloxi, we are happy to
be back on the water again. Life in the boatyard was dirty, dusty and tough
but Libelle now has epoxy on her sand-blasted cast iron keel and two fresh
coats of Trinidad bottom paint along with various other maintenance
improvements. In the course of replacing the cutless bearing Jim got to know
the greased interior of the max-prop intimately. These projects would not
have been possible without the advice, encouragement and big hammer of Paul,
the yard owner. He explained the importance of the tiny etched letters in
lining up the gears inside the prop to achieve to proper pitch of the
blades, but claimed there was nothing to it if you made certain marks and
followed the manual. It took four hands and lots of patience to get it back
together. As we applied the final grease with Libelle in the slings of the
Travel-lift, the crew asked if we got "the right angle of the dangle." Jim
said everything was back just the way it was. They laughed as they told us
that's what Paul said before they tried out his last customer's boat which
went backwards when they put it in forward gear. Not to worry Libelle motors
smoother than ever. The highlite of our evenings were dinners, nice visits
and errands in a car - all provided by Carol Mathews. We were blessed with
great weather - datime high ca. 80 degrees F (comfortable in paper
coveralls) and nightimes 55 F. After a night at anchor in the Mississippi
Sound, we are now on our way back to Beau Chene, where we'll jump in the
Toyota on Sat to head for Baton Rouge for early Thanksgiving dinner at
Yvonne's house while Matt and family are visiting there. Still loose about
cruising plans for the winter as we intend to fly to Germany in mid-March.
Meanwhile ALLES Gouda von Mandeville - Jim and RosiSubject:
no longer rightin the boatyard
Date:
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:19:51
From:
"rosemarie allen"
To:
cramcha@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu, woody.nero@nrlssc.navy.mil, matta@madsewer.org,
char7@imaxx.net, Michael.Ernst@uni-konstanz.de, Tao_sc31@hotmail.com,
dkerkhof@chorus.net, lonna_temple@pleasantco.com, nonlinear@mindspring.com,
danno@chorus.net, stan_smith@flad.com, mxwbr@aol.com, WHoldik@t-online.de,
LongeneR@ummhc.org, jcwacker@facstaff.wisc.edu,
Dear friends, After spending ten days on the hard in Biloxi, we are happy to
be back on the water again. Life in the boatyard was dirty, dusty and tough
but Libelle now has epoxy on her sand-blasted cast iron keel and two fresh
coats of Trinidad bottom paint along with various other maintenance
improvements. In the course of replacing the cutless bearing Jim got to know
the greased interior of the max-prop intimately. These projects would not
have been possible without the advice, encouragement and big hammer of Paul,
the yard owner. He explained the importance of the tiny etched letters in
lining up the gears inside the prop to achieve to proper pitch of the
blades, but claimed there was nothing to it if you made certain marks and
followed the manual. It took four hands and lots of patience to get it back
together. As we applied the final grease with Libelle in the slings of the
Travel-lift, the crew asked if we got "the right angle of the dangle." Jim
said everything was back just the way it was. They laughed as they told us
that's what Paul said before they tried out his last customer's boat which
went backwards when they put it in forward gear. Not to worry Libelle motors
smoother than ever. The highlite of our evenings were dinners, nice visits
and errands in a car - all provided by Carol Mathews. We were blessed with
great weather - datime high ca. 80 degrees F (comfortable in paper
coveralls) and nightimes 55 F. After a night at anchor in the Mississippi
Sound, we are now on our way back to Beau Chene, where we'll jump in the
Toyota on Sat to head for Baton Rouge for early Thanksgiving dinner at
Yvonne's house while Matt and family are visiting there. Still loose about
cruising plans for the winter as we intend to fly to Germany in mid-March.
Meanwhile ALLES Gouda von Mandeville - Jim and Rosi Date:
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:19:51
From:
"rosemarie allen"
To:
cramcha@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu, woody.nero@nrlssc.navy.mil, matta@madsewer.org,
char7@imaxx.net, Michael.Ernst@uni-konstanz.de, Tao_sc31@hotmail.com,
dkerkhof@chorus.net, lonna_temple@pleasantco.com, nonlinear@mindspring.com,
danno@chorus.net, stan_smith@flad.com, mxwbr@aol.com, WHoldik@t-online.de,
LongeneR@ummhc.org, jcwacker@facstaff.wisc.edu,
Dear friends, After spending ten days on the hard in Biloxi, we are happy to
be back on the water again. Life in the boatyard was dirty, dusty and tough
but Libelle now has epoxy on her sand-blasted cast iron keel and two fresh
coats of Trinidad bottom paint along with various other maintenance
improvements. In the course of replacing the cutless bearing Jim got to know
the greased interior of the max-prop intimately. These projects would not
have been possible without the advice, encouragement and big hammer of Paul,
the yard owner. He explained the importance of the tiny etched letters in
lining up the gears inside the prop to achieve to proper pitch of the
blades, but claimed there was nothing to it if you made certain marks and
followed the manual. It took four hands and lots of patience to get it back
together. As we applied the final grease with Libelle in the slings of the
Travel-lift, the crew asked if we got "the right angle of the dangle." Jim
said everything was back just the way it was. They laughed as they told us
that's what Paul said before they tried out his last customer's boat which
went backwards when they put it in forward gear. Not to worry Libelle motors
smoother than ever. The highlite of our evenings were dinners, nice visits
and errands in a car - all provided by Carol Mathews. We were blessed with
great weather - datime high ca. 80 degrees F (comfortable in paper
coveralls) and nightimes 55 F. After a night at anchor in the Mississippi
Sound, we are now on our way back to Beau Chene, where we'll jump in the
Toyota on Sat to head for Baton Rouge for early Thanksgiving dinner at
Yvonne's house while Matt and family are visiting there. Still loose about
cruising plans for the winter as we intend to fly to Germany in mid-March.
Meanwhile ALLES Gouda von Mandeville - Jim and Rosi
