How do you jibe this setup? Do you have to attach a guy during the jibe? That sounds tricky!
My boat is new to me and came with an asymmetric chute that doesn't measure well for PHRF - it's pretty small, yet I'm penalized for it on the rating. Any former racers out there have a functional symmetric chute that they'd like to part with? How about a pole? Ideally, luff length would be 50', foot / mid-girth would be 27'9" and pole would be 15'5" Bill Hall 1985 C&C 37 Starfire Stamford, CT On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Morgenstern, Keith E CIV SEA 08 NR <keith.morgenst...@navy.mil> wrote: > On Beyond the Sea, we've had a few different setups. > > Originally we had 3/8" stayset for the sheets and an older, > sorta-low-stretch 1/2" line for guys. > > I've never really had issues with the sheets, but the guys were too > stretchy and in any sort of reaching condition they'd let the pole bang > the forestay. > > This year we upgraded all of it. > > I used 3/8" ultra-tech for guys. With ronstan snap shackles and donuts > to protect pole jaw > > For spin sheets, I spliced 1/4" spectra to some 3/8" Samson "LS" line, > with the spectra exposed. Effectively a stripped line, but without > paying "spectra-prices" for the part that is laying on the cockpit floor > under no load. I think I went with 20' stripped, but I'd make it less > if I had to do again. Maybe 15' next time. > > For shackles, I seem to do the opposite of everyone. > > I go for large bales for the spin sheets and small bales for the guys. > My reasoning is this: the rings for the clews are sorta small, and > there's not room for both shackles to attach, so I attach the sheet to > the clew, and the guy to the sheet's shackle. Hence the need for a > large bale for the sheet. > > This allows us to take the guys off for light air nights without > struggling with getting it out of the small-ish ring on the clew. > > I probably could stop using sheets and guys, and instead just go SHEETS > with twings...but I have the crew all trained on sheets and guys, no > need to solve a problem that isn't there. And yes, we end-for-end with > this setup. > > -Keith M > C&C 35-3 > "Beyond the Sea" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Indigo [mailto:ind...@thethomsons.us] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 12:24 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List C&C 35Mk III Spinnaker Sheets / Guys > > I am thinking of getting new spinnaker sheets made up this winter for > Indigo. I will probably go with standard snap-shackles as the Tylaska > shackles are a luxury I do not really need. I was wondering what line > is recommended by other 35MKIII listers, and whether it makes sense to > remove the cover (and how much). I will be sticking with my older guys > for at least another year or so. > > > > Jonathan > > Indigo > > 35MIII - Southport CT > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- William D. Hall, Ph.D. 203 653 2886 (o) 617 620 9078 (c) wh...@alum.mit.edu _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
