I am set up for dip-pole. I believe that the end-for-end gybe is possibly easier and faster, but I am not sure I would want to be up at the pointy end when my heavy aluminum pole is flying around just supported in the middle!
Jonathan Indigo - 35MK III - Southport CT -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:40 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List WTB and Re: C&C 35Mk III Spinnaker Sheets / Guys Keith, Is an end for end gybe easier/faster/safer than a dip pole on a 35? Joel Sent from my iPad On Sep 17, 2012, at 12:48 PM, "Morgenstern, Keith E CIV SEA 08 NR" <keith.morgenst...@navy.mil> wrote: > I assume you are talking about how we jibe after detaching the lazy > guy... > > We are likely to take off the lazy guy only on long-ish legs with few if > any jibes. (think point to point races) > But, if we need to jibe, we hook it back up. > Since we only drop the lazy guy on really light winds, it's no big deal. > > If we are likely to be jibing back and forth a lot, we don't take it > off. > > > -Keith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Hall [mailto:wh...@alum.mit.edu] > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 8:48 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List WTB and Re: C&C 35Mk III Spinnaker Sheets / Guys > > 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
