Hi,
I installed a sprit last spring to fly an 83 m2 asym (almost as big as a regular sym) on my 33 mkII. I had a facnor asym FX to furl the big thing. this setup was choose to be able to use the sail easily by a crew of two or even singlehanded. The on deck bow bracket was fixed with a 6x6 inches x 1/4 aluminum backplate that is also held in place by the various hardware on deck. the plate covers most of the area behind the stay and spread the load. I initially planned to had a turnbuckle attached to the forestay backplate at the bow, but appeared to be not required. Went for the selden sprit (aluminum) because it is stronger than the sparcraft so can be longer. mine is 3 ft of the bow roller. this setup is expensive but works great. You really need good tension for a good furl, and you can see the sprit bend a little. I figured the installation is strong eneough... the BUT is at the masthead, a crane would be a good addition since i left my headsail furled and the furler drum is in the way and ads friction or even blocks the furling of the asym. bringing some "backspin" and twist when its sets free again. NOT good. There is no problem when racing, we choose to drop the jib on deck. We are still learning how to use this new gear to control the unwanted surprises, but overall my evaluatation is positive and meets my initial objective to have an easy and fast kit. My girlfriend is more confident each time we use it and we try to use it as often as we can when cruising and racing. hope that helps. Pete, your wheel is still a very nice addition to our boat! Bruno. From: jrtau...@aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:41:58 -0400 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck Sprit kits from 4 manufacturers. Sparcraft offers a new range of bowsprits. Easily removed from the deck these innovative spars can Forespar The Banana Sprit comes in 2 sizes, one for boats up to 40ft and another for boats up to 50ft in length and feature: Forte The easy-to-install Forte Carbon Sprit Kit includes everything you need: an engineered carbon fiber sprit built to withstand loads, and your choice of easy-to-mount deck hardware and sail attachment hardware. Created to retrofit boats 20 to 50 feet, the Sprit Kit makes fun downwind sailing affordable and simple. Selden Selden gennaker bowsprit features: Unique inboard and outboard ends Can be fitted to most yachts Always in stand-by position for active use Makes for fast and efficient gennaker handling Easy stowage when not in use Complete kit for deck mounting Selden's bowsprit is a removable or retractable bowsprit (when purchased with bow bracket) and has a well designed tackline mechanism that brings the line in through the sprit Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:14 AM, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: I seriously doubt that lashings would be able to handle the loads. You would probably be better served to mount the spin pole on the mast in the normal fashion, using the pole to hold the tack of the A-sail forward of the headstay. Then run the tack line of the A-sail through a block mounted on your anchor roller or stem fitting. The tack line would take the loads in the normal fashion. If you really need to get the A-sail out in front of the headstay, you could look around for an oversized spin pole to use in this manner. The PHRF hit for the oversized pole might be offset by the credit for using an A-sail, depending on which PHRF region you are in. If you are not racing, you don't need either a pole or a sprit. You actually want to use something like an ATN Tacker to control the tack of the A-sail and hold it on center near the headstay. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:19 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck I was thinking of lashing my spiniker ploe to the fordeck. Think that will work? C&C30MK1 Curt, _______________________________________________ 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
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