Grenadine's rig and deck hardware is all-original, old-school. No furler, lazy jacks, self-tailing winches, rope clutches. My crew has to grind and tail and cleat to horn cleats, and flake sails manually. For two years they didn't know any better because they're newbies :) But one of them jumped on a shorthanded competitor's boat the other week and came back jealous of his furler and self-tailing winches. In defense I had to explain how much it would cost to upgrade :) I'd rather spend the money on new sails. While I can appreciate the merits of all those conveniences especially for leisure sailing, for racing I like being able to make a last-minute headsail choice right before leaving the dock, or even changing the headsail on the fly.
Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Borge via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "Chuck Borge" <chuckbo...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 4:54:13 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Original Rig, (was US Watercraft receivership) Years of racing J24s, J30s & Etchells, never thought I'd have a furler. Now a little older, wiser and sporting a Stackpack too. Not the fastest setup, but still finding a way to win club races. And my wife and I can be off the mooring and sailing in minutes. Put-away is just as quick. I am sure we use our boat many times more than those around us just because it is so easy. No sail- folding arguments either! Enjoy! Chuck B C&C 34 Elusive Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2017, at 6:17 PM, robert via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: Bill You will never regret putting a furler on your boat. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax,N.S. On 2017-07-25 6:00 PM, Bill Dakin via CnC-List wrote: <blockquote> Tapestry is all original from '81, no 'conveniences' of furler, self tailers, clutches, or any modern rigging. It's kind of interesting being the throwback to older times among all the jazz on my dock. Alas, I asked our rigger to quote a Schaefer furler last week. Bill Dakin S/V Tapestry, '81 25 MKII _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! </blockquote> <blockquote> _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! </blockquote> _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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