[C320-list] Lexan slide—otter stopper.

[Greg Flanagan]

I didn’t use for years and then otters got on my boat and “nested” in the mainsail. What a mess. Since then I have kept it in religiously. I call it the otter stopper.

Cheers,

Greg
Hoop Dancer #1076

> On May 25, 2020, at 9:14 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> lol ... our insert has resided in the back of the chart table since 2003 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville North Carolina 
> 
> > On May 25, 2020, at 11:57 AM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > You justifiably feel victimized, especially w.r.t. the cushion. However,
> > someone may have done you a favor by taking the Lexan slide. I've come so
> > close to tripping over it and tumbling into the water that I've taken to
> > covering the top with yellow masking tape and then marking it with black
> > Sharpie crosses so it catches my eye. I'm tempted to store it with the aft
> > "steersman seat" that everyone takes off their boat.
> > 
> >> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 8:47 AM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> You have my sympathy. For some reason my winch covers keep walking off and
> >> hose nozzles always evaporate.
> >> 
> >> See if you can contact the prior owner and find out where they were
> >> purchased. You can probably buy a single cushion.
> >> 
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Chris Burti
> >> Statewide Title, Inc.
> >> 
> >>>> On May 25, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Pat Tormey <ptormey at 4square.net> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> While Blue Skies #1037 was sitting on her temporary slip at the Newport
> >> Sailing Center (Rhode Island, USA), somebody came aboard and stole JUST the
> >> port aft lazarette cockpit cushion AND that funny little clear lexan panel
> >> covering the walkthrough to the swim platform.
> >>> 
> >>> So now I’m looking at my local fellow C320 owners with suspicion. Sadly
> >> everything has to be stored below and locked. Fortunately, I move back to
> >> my usual slip on Naval Station Newport this week.
> >>> 
> >>> Anybody got a source for one cockpit cushion?
> >>> 
> >>> thanks
> >>> 
> >>> Pat
> >>> 
> >>> Pat Tormey
> >>> s/v Blue Skies
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
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