La Belle Aurore, 25 mk1 hull number 225, still has the roller furling boom – and I even still have the crank that came with the boat for furling. Like Touche, the roller boom is disabled by the Garhauer Vang. Bell has end boom sheeting with the traveler on the transom. And though I have done away with the topping lift, I still use the little rotating plate on the end of the boom as the attachment point for the mainsheet block.
I don’t really think this was the pinnacle of sailboat technology. But if it works, why change it. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:19 PM To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Roller Reefing Boom I still occasionally sail on a C&C 35 Mk.1 that still has the roller furling main and the screw type outhaul. It still has the pin stop traveler too. The owner has has had her since 1980 or so. He is always trying to convince us "this is the pinnacle of sailboat technology, why change anything?" It works for him. Ken H. On 11 October 2015 at 21:03, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Touche' still has the original roller boom. It can't roll anymore because of the rigid boom vang. I've replaced the old screw type outhaul with a car and 4:1 purchase. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Oct 11, 2015 4:44 PM, "schiller via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: So, Corsair is out for the season and I brought home the Spinnaker Pole and the Boom to clean up for the winter and it got me wondering how many still have the original roller reefing boom? I have used the roller reefing feature once with the old main (no slab reefing). We now have a North Main that has two reef points. We don't reef all that often. We just don't go out that often in 15+ TWS. Once I got the end fitting off I figured out why the outhaul was always such a tough adjustment. The outhaul sheave has a half inch ID and the pin is 5/16. There was no bushing in the sheave. I think that I'll just order a new sheave from Rig Rite. I am having the mast stepped this winter so that I can give it a good look over this winter. I am going to replace all of the bulbs with LEDs and finally fix my spreader lights (they came disconnected a few years ago and I just haven't wanted to go up the mast that bad to reconnect them. We are doing all of this work because we are finally leaving South Haven and taking the boat north to White Lake (Michigan). It is a difficult decision. We have been in South Haven (short one year that we didn't even go in the water and one year in Saugatuck/Douglas due to low water levels in South Haven) since we came up to Michigan with our South Coast 23 in 1992. We find that there is no social life for the old sailors in South Haven. We are hoping to find a little more activity in Whitehall and we will join White Lake Yacht Club to help. The up side to moving up the lake is that the cost is less (we can pay for the slip and the WLYC dues for less than slip in SH) and we can sail White Lake when the big lake is not hospitable. We already know more people on White Lake than we do in South Haven. We are also replacing the 45 year old cushions since we will be spending more weekends on the boat. Whitehall is a 2 hour drive, South Haven was a twenty minute drive. This is a pretty big move for us but we are excited to maybe get more usage out of the boat. Wish us luck. Neil Schiller 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 (C&C 35, Mark I) "Corsair" on the hard in South Haven fo probably the last time _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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