Hey Shawn, Might be a bit of an optical illusion on the main sheet, boom is pushed out for the solar, clearance is fine, boat has a traveler. No baby, inner forestay or track on the foredeck. The line you're seeing is the spinnaker halyard I think. Boat came with the davits, I think they are rated for 300lbs. We have a highfield 310 with a 15h 4stroke, the only time I put the dinghy on deck is in the winter before the boat gets wrapped, lives on the davits the rest of the season.
*Kevin Wright* Raven 1985 Landfall 43 Midland ON On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 2:56 PM Shawn Wright <shawngwri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Thanks for the feedback. Raven looks great! How is the mainsheet clearance > for the aft end of the enclosure? Looks like it might be close. Do you have > a traveller or just two blocks for the mainsheet? It looks like you don't > have the inner forestay, but do have a babystay? I notice most LF43s have a > traveller track just forward of the mast, which I assume is for a self > tacking staysail on a boom? I've only seen one fully rigged as a cutter > with furling staysail, but am not sure how it's all rigged. > Sounds like the lack of deck storage can be mitigated in a few ways, maybe > with some of the storage across from the engine. > I've been aboard a few CC boats (Hylas, Whitby, Moody, Taswell, Westerly) > and of course the cockpit when enclosed is great, and the interiors are > usually amazing, but I have never sailed one. I expect the > improved visibility will be welcome. I was going to ask about your dinghy - > are those storage hangers on the stern of Raven? Have you stored it on the > foredeck before? > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 >
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