Last Hurrah?/ broken strings

[Meyer Carl]

Best time to tune a boat is when  you're after tunafish.


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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Last Hurrah?/ broken strings


> I'm up for it. No racing though. I spent ten years racing, and I'm done
with
> it. Cruising only. What body of water are you on? I'm on Lake Michigan out
of
> Chicago. The boat is a 25 year old French built racer/cruiser 28' with a
deep
> water keel. You can always tell the French boats: they have built-in wine
> racks. Who's sailing on what over there?
>
> Actually, to keep the topic to pianos, it's no joke that you have to tune
a
> boat. Also, think about the shape of a sail such as the main, and the
points
> at which it is held, and the most desirable shapes for it in a wind; does
it
> remind you of a soundboard? Battens (ribs) and all?
>
> Paul Revenko-Jones