Thanks for the reply. My main sheet attached to a traveler located near the companion way (not mid boom but not end boom either). If boom was high enough I could get a lot of cockpit covered.
I guess I'll have to wait and get the mast up to see how much height I actually have I did see on one of the canvas websites where a Seaward 24? had raised the end of the boom and had the foot of the sail recut. If I don't have the height I need that might be an option Sandy 1981 25 MkII Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Chuck Gilchrest <csgilchr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Sandy, > I can’t tell you about a Mk2 but on my Mk1 (which has a slightly longer > boom), my boat had boom end sheeting which makes the “boom height” a > somewhat relative thing. The main sheet attached to a bail on the end of the > boom on one end, and to a transom mounted curved traveler on the other. There > were times I could stand up without worry and other times I’d need to duck > when gybing (I am 5’8”). Generally I ducked… You can rig up a topping lift > to control boom height, but when hard on the breeze, I’d like to pull the > traveler up and keep the boom as close to the centerline as possible, and > with the sail trimmed in tight, the boom didn’t give much clearance in the > cockpit. > > With the boom at somewhere around 10+ feet in length, you won’t find much > available real estate aft of the boom end for a bimini. Even if you could > mount one off the transom, you’re not going to get much coverage from such a > bimini given that with a tiller, you don’t sit in the aft part of the cockpit > while underway. > > Maybe when you’re at anchor, you can rig a boom tent apparatus to keep the > sun off of you, but I don’t see such an arrangement working while sailing. > Cheers, > Chuck Gilchrest > S/V Half Magic > 1983 35 Landfall > (formerly 1974 25 Mk1) > Padanaram, MA > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of sandy > rankin via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 2:27 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: sandy rankin <arankin...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Stus-List Boom Height - 1981 25 MKII > > Hello All > > New owner of a 1981 25 MKII. Stumbled across this group while doing my > research. > > As the season nears i've been rummaging through bags and bags of "stuff" that > came with the boat, trying to acquaint myself with what I've got. It came > with an old trashed dodger but no bimini. > > One of our top priorities is a bimini as i am fair skinned and turn the > shade of a cooked lobster rather quickly when exposed to any kind of sun. Our > local canvas maker said that based on his specs, we would only be able to use > a bimini covering the area aft of the boom while sailing because of the > height of the boom. A connector to the dodger could then be added while at > anchor. > > Can anyone tell me the height of the boom on this model? (We bought this boat > at the end of the season last year and the mast was already down) > > If indeed it is too low, has anyone raised the boom or shortened the leech to > get the additional height for a bimini to be usable? > > Thanks for any advice you can provide. > > Sandy > 1981 C&C 25 MKII > Lake Ontario > >
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