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CS SLOOPSCOPE

Newsletter of the CS Owners Association
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Volume 1 April 1, 1997 Issue 2


Buy & Sell CS Yachts

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Each quarter, a printed newsletter is sent to all CSOA members. A complete copy of Volume 1, Issue 1 is published on this web site for you to view. However, the newsletter is one of the primary perquisites of membership. Therefore, the following is just a summary of the content to be found in the published copy sent to members. We always welcome new members, and hope you will join if you have not already done so.

[Boats on a run]
FLEET STATEMENT

Total count 1/'97 - 1/'98

BOAT

NO.
CS22 1
CS27 3
CS30 11
CS33 9
CS34 2
CS36 19
CS36M 4
CS40 4
CS44 0
Tartan 3000 1

FROM THE HELM

Time to put away snow shovels and skis and do what we really love to do...SAIL.

A new Web-page has been started up by Skip Ross for those with Internet access. It looks great and has a lot of information from other members to obtain. For those with- out the Internet access I'll try to keep you informed by snail mail notes or through the newsletter.

Anton did get in touch with Tony Castro CS designer of the CS34, 36M, 40 and the 44, via E-mail and had an interesting conversation. Castro said because he's so busy be rarely responds to any E-mail messages. Read what Tony had to say about his designs and the CS34.

THE GULL'S NEST

Social Activities

PORT JEFFERSON, NY
RENDEZVOUS

The first CSOA rendezvous is planned for June 1997. Details about location at Danforth's dock and the Inn accommodations are in the volume 2 newsletter. We hope this to be a success with CS owners being able to meet each other and talk boats.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Our membership just keeps growing. We are pleased to welcome our newest members to CSOA.

HINTS 'N HELPERS


Replacing Sheave in Turning Blocks

Just after our purchase of Kokopelli we went sailing sod tried to put up the spinnaker. In an attempt to raise the chute on Kokopelli, after halfway up and full of wind we could not get the chute up or down. With the usual screaming in excitement I came to realize that the halyard was jammed in the turning block at the base of the mast. Once home I discovered 5 of the 6 blocks had cracked sheaves.

Details on how to replace your sheaves are in the newsletter. Size and details of drilling and removing ,then replacing are outlined. Also where to get the parts and the cost to do this are supplied in the newsletter.

PHRF Ratingsfor CS Yachts

Some owners wanted to know what the PHRF rating other CS yachts had from different areas of sailing. These ratings are supplied in the Newsletter Pg. 4

STUMP the SAILOR

Sailing Trivia

How did our sailor do with stumping you this issue ???
The Novice: Easy You know these.!
The Captain: A better sailor.
The Admiral: Is the sailor who's the best!

CS BOATS in REVIEW

Reviews on the CS36 are available through several publications. Read page 4 to find out where you can read some interesting articles shout your CS 36 yacht.

WEB INFO

You can visit the new CSOA Web-site at:

http://www.closereach.com/csoa/

Many thanks to Skip Ross who dedicated so much time to make this available to the members.

Web-sites available to visit are:

Check the CSOA Web-site for the addresses.

ABOUT OUR MEMBERS

Read the interesting stories from Dave Curran CS36 "Lady Galadriel", who sailed her thousands of miles in the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea.
You can also communicate with Dave via his e-mail address provided here if you want to chat about the boats performance.

Also Maurice Drew, a CS27 owner who loves to talk about boats. Drew use to race the CS27 and feels it's the perfect pocket cruiser If anyone has any questions about the 27 or any CS boat, Drew said he'd love to talk boats with them. Drew's e-mail address is also provided after is story in the newsletter - pg.7.

SAILING'S WATERS

New article pg. 6

VENDOR'S CORNER

Cheek out this column for suppliers information and where to get parts.

This page last updated: Tuesday, April 25, 2000

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