Thanks for all the great feedback on this. On my boat as with some of the others the goose neck is attached with a bunch of machine screws - not welded so I expect it should be straight forward to move it up - simply drill and tap new holes in the mast. I could put some screws in the old holes to "fill" them. Thinking about height of the boom for flaking/covering the sail and attaching the halyard to the head are important considerations - I'll make a few measurements/trials and see how much higher makes sense to go based on that. Other boats I have sailed on have had the top batten catch on the back stay and while annoying there are ways to shake it loose as suggested so not that big a deal to me (not planning on any short course racing with lots of tacks). Raising the clew helps with cockpit clearance, but not with vang angle so that is a consideration and if just raising the clue that would also mean installing new reef points in the sail if we wanted to keep the same angle when reefed so raising the gooseneck seems to be the way to go in my case.
Thanks! Nathan S/V Wisper 1981 C&C 34 Lynn, MA On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:42 AM Randy Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > A previous owner raised the boom on my 30-1 by exactly one foot, comparing > former and current gooseneck bracket hole patterns on the mast, probably as > a safety and comfort choice. Later HINs than mine (I have hull #7) came > from the factory with that modification - the boom a foot higher than on > the early HINs. > > Like Dennis, I have no way of comparing boat feel before and after. But I > have no complaints about the way my boat sails. I’m 6’2” and the boom just > clears my head on tacks and gybes, with the vang set for a level boom. I > added a vang and it forms a 30-60-90 triangle or better (wouldn’t have been > possible with a lower boom). Standing on the cabintop I have no problem > reaching the headboard to shackle the halyard or put on / take off the sail > cover. > > My previous mainsail always looked short in the foot to me. I wondered if > the previous owner who raised the boom cut off the bottom 12” of the sail > resulting in a shorter foot. This year I got a new mainsail and made the > foot as long as possible given the boom-end, screw-drive outhaul system on > the original 30-1 roller-reefing boom. I have the occasional problem with > the top batten catching the backstay in light wind, but in those conditions > I have the backstay adjusted loose and can just jiggle the backstay to let > the batten pass. > > Best Regards, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #7 > Ken Caryl, CO > > > On Aug 7, 2018, at 6:32 AM, Nathan Post via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > All, > > > > Having sailed our 1981 C&C 34 a few times and while looking into having > a dodger and bimini made for her I am considering raising the boom about 8 > to 10 inches. Good idea or bad idea? Has anyone done this on their boat? > > > > We are only planning on cruising, not racing. The current full batten > mainsail (which is probably a used replacement as the sail number on it > doesn’t correspond to the boat) falls well short of the masthead when fully > raised and the head is about 18 inches below of the top of the track so > there is plenty of room up there without recutting it. At its current > height the boom is about eye level for me when standing and my wife bumps > her head if she is not careful - getting it above head height would be nice > for comfort and would also allow the dodger to be a bit higher. > > > > I know raising the main higher will hurt performance a bit in windy > conditions, but I am not sure how much it will degrade the handling or > balance. It will also change the main sheet angle a bit and reduce the > effectiveness of the cabin top traveler but with installing a new vang I > don’t think that will be so important. However, I love how well balanced > the boat is - she sails beautifully - so I don’t want to mess that up. > > > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Nathan > > > > S/V Wisper > > 1981 C&C 34 > > Lynn, MA > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > >
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