(A lawsuit over the matter eventually put an end to the Uniflite company, and Valiants are now built in Texas.)3) Help a brother out. Valiant owners treat one another much the way cancer survivors treat each other: were all fighting the same battle, dealing with the mechanics and mysteries of toilets, water tanks, engines, anchors, rigging, fiberglass, storage, electronics, refrigeration...you name it, so we might as well support replica Bell & Ross watch each other, and help out when/where we can. An example: To get to the bottom of our engine-overheating problem, Matt recently posted a video of water splashing out of our exhaust -- about as thrilling as a video of grass growing -- and I know that not only will fellow Valiant owners watch it, but that they will consider it, and put some effort into a thoughtful response.
Ive watched other sailors at the marina suffer their own problems -- one guy dropped his outboard motor into the water, and another guy lost his anchor and almost his arm -- but the problems never felt like my problems. With cult members, the problem feels closer to home.As luck would have it, two fellow Valiant cult members, Jim and Jeanne, keep replica Rolex Datejusts watch their Valiant (named Kanga) just a few boats over from Syzygy. Over the last six months, weve shared beta on fasteners, table designs, mast steps, boom preventers, propane lockers, running backstays, and all sorts of esoteric sailing minutiae. When we go out sailing, we look for each other. At the marina, we share tools, and parts, and advice.
Often, at the end of the day, we have a beer and talk about non-sailing things for a while. On one such occasion, I got all amped up, and suggested that itd be awesome to do boat work all buzzed, and was advised that such an approach only works on projects where randomness is important: sanding and spraypainting. Everything else, I was told, I replica Breitling watch would botch, and have to do again. Jims an engineer, so I trust him. The advice was mostly heeded. Most importantly, our cult-relationship is such that when when Jim and Jeanne have a problem, we sympathize. (When we have a problem, they just laugh, because weve got three 31-year old guys to tackle it, and theyre jealous.)
