Well, I am back again. After another summer gone all I can say is that I wished I got to take the boat out this summer. I have been too busy with a complicated life but some progress has been made. I came across a bunch of photos while searching venture Newport 23. I was surprised at the dirty boat ...

We went on a cruise just before christmas and bought one for my son who liked it and another for future. For 20 bucks including a ipod case, a pen and a watch that looks neat it still is a good deal. No, not water proof and not all dials working but where can you find a watch that looks so great and...

Yes you are right. That slot I talked about originally I thought unusable because it looked like double bearing black piece didn't slide up the foil. (now I know the name). If bearing didn't slide how was I going to feed the sail into a slot on both sides of the bearing unless the foil split in 1/2....

Yep, it slides now. I mostly was twisting it but when I shoved it it didn't want to move. Yesterday we had a bit of a thaw and now it slides up and down the sheath just as you said. Still weird only top and bottom stretched tight leading edge but...if it is fine, its fine. I think the next thing I n...

tkanzler Thank you. It is much clearer and I think that is exactly what is happening. For me, I noticed one of the pieces rotated and the way it felt there was a bearing in the center and I could see one in the outside end. Double bearing. I figured the one end wouldn't spin because it was tied to m...

Hi Brian, I had it removed from a sled in Colorado. There is a guy that does conversions to make the engine accept a rotax redrive by putting the engine in a cage so to speak. The cool thing is that it has the alternator, electric start, dry oil sump and more in a package in the 140-160 lb range and...

umm Nope Willy. Just your post is below Normal. But only because He posted just before you so sorry. However, you have flown in a float plane and I haven't even done that. And you knew the boat would fly so you get points...plus we have like 4 above normal posts and youre hanging out talking the tal...

Y. B. Normal. Nope not normal. Above normal people know about gyros. You sir know about the "beating" so you make 4 speaking up. What an A.B. Normal amount of intelligence I feel here....... lol Well, I can tell you that the alluminum sheath goes all the way up to mast forestay. If it is s...

So you smart guys.....

Okay Archie, that makes 3 of ya on here that knows. You know..... Sailing a wing on a plane, an unpowered rotor or sail on a boat.... it's related.... Seems like if you can ride the wind you can't see and change vehicles you might have a natural transitional learning advantage. Coming into a crosswi...

http://i48.tinypic.com/2i771op.jpg It cleaned up good but looked bad. Later, the after cleanup pix.... What can you tell me about this furler? No manufacture name at the spool. The black bearing joints 1/2 way up the pole don't have a cutout in the sail. Does the sail fit in the alluminum track and...

Okay, here are some photos of my boat. I cleaned her up in the middle of winter here in Michigan It looks like she cleaned up good and powerwasher seemed to help reduce time. [/IMG] http://i47.tinypic.com/xng18z.jpg http://i48.tinypic.com/25u1krt.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/2zsbf2o.jpg I'll have to w...

cool - did you guys already know that you can click on the photos uploaded by Tinypic and it zooms in for quite a bit of detail? That will work. Now to find the furling jib pix on my phone.....

Hi Tom, You got me confused. Did you mean hi JIM? or do you have me mixed up with someone else? I know you know me...... or did you type Tim by mistake and just mention you are gyro man for the rest of the readers? I was looking at other sites and yahoo groups and it doesn't look user friendly and e...

Okay here is the location of the sailing story on the gyro forum. It shows the boats we built. Scroll down to post 136 I think... It starts there.....and lots of photos down to about 144. I think it is worth looking at if you like older style sailing. Thanks kmclemore that was very helpful and works...