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Here is a link to my Ariel, Arion, lying in Jones Creek off Old Road Bay at the entrance to Baltimore.. After seeing Ebb's new cockpit drains I decided to follow suite. View pix  the installation here..............    

 http://www.gcdesigngroup.com/sailing_page_5.htm


Garry

Ebb, I have been quite impressed with your efforts. I especially was attracted to the new aft exiting cockpit drains. Could you elaborate a little more about them, pipe size, problems encountered,etc. I am currently embarking on that refit and could use any advice.

Thanks, Garry
Arion, Ariel #371, Jones Creek, Baltimore,MD

Have you tried Bacon's in Annapolis?
http://www.baconsails.com/

Commander 227, that's what I did.

thank you,
Searoom

In the Pearson literature, the forstay is listed as being 31' 4.75". Does this refer to the cable length only? In preparation for installing Harken furling, I just measured my forestay. From truck clevis to the bottom clevis of my turnbuckle,  I got 32' 2.5" . Any input before I cut the new cable to length would be greatly appreciated.

Searoom

Thanks for the feed back guys. Yes I do have a bubbler and it works great.
On the Chesapeake we rarely get serious ice. Those pix were taken in Annapolis where my bubbler blew a fuse in the house and invoked the ire of my host.  I had to turn it off. However,I learned a valuable lesson about the shape of our hulls....If the ice is static the boat just rises as if in a cradle, no damage. I can't say the same for moving ice. Where I am now, in a marina with my own electrical account, I put the bubbler in each Dec. with a timer but have only used it a few times. Winter 2008-09 was icey for about two weeks. Once Feb.  rolls around and the angle of the sun rises so that there is less reflection and more absorbtion then our water temps. improve rapidly.


Garry

Here is a link to some shots of Arion #371 in South Baltimore along with a few other shots some from her former berth in Annapolis.


http://www.gcdesigngroup.com/sailing_page_5.htm