Our boom used to swing across the cockpit right at head level. I had a
sailmaker add a cringle 18" higher on our mainsail leech, kind of a flattening
reef. I heard a cruiser did it to keep his boom above his bimini and called it
a bimini reef. It kept our boom just higher than my head and wor
Happy New Year,
Just a friendly reminder that I'm still looking for a reasonably priced 34+
or 37+ with a wing keel in the New England/East Coast area.
Rob Gallagher
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I wear a helmet for several different activities that I am involved in.
Several other activities that generally use helmets I feel comfortable without
it. If I were worried about my head while sailing I think I might consider a
helmet. A climbing helmet would serve the purpose very well. Giv
There is something to keeping your core warm. Chinese use reusable warmers that
they tuck on their bellies under the clothes. My own experience is that if you
want to keep your extremities warm, the only way to do it is to keep your core
warm. In the 70s and early 80s, before all the technical g
And yet again I’ll +1 to Dennis’ recommendations. I’m sitting here in my shed
looking at the second set of Patagonia foul-weather gear that I purchased way
back in the early 80’s. For it’s day it was pretty good stuff. FWIW, I met
Yvonne Chouinard while he was still hammering out pitons...
I re
More random thoughts on foulies. In spite of the rambling prose, hopefully
you'll find a few nuggets in here.
I like the technical gear. As a 40+ year snowsports and outdoor
enthusiast, I've always valued comfort over economy. I bought Gore-Tex and
fleece gear when it first came out. There's a
Adam, there is nothing like good foul weather gear if you've suffered
through the cheap ones. After years of using cheap foulies, they don't call
them WetSkins for nothing, I bought a set of Gill GoreTex coastal gear from
their clearance centre in the USA. What a difference, 6+ hours in the rain
Rob,
I am old enough to remember how it was sailing in the old "oilskins" and
"sou’wester". I did a few off-shore passages in October in the Baltic Sea
(+1 °C - +10 °C) and I now only wish that we had the technical gear that you
can use now. It could have been cheap (it was), but it was lousy. It
You won’t get much bend on a 30-1. The mast is a telephone pole. I have had
many experienced sailors and sailmakers on mine and the usual comment is all
you are going to do is stiffen up the forestay when you haul on the backstay. I
have a 4:1 purchase on a vang-like split backstay adjuster. I h
I have been delighted with my Flex-o-fold for about 15 years or so. Only on a
30-1 with Yanmar.
Gary
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I just bought a Gori two-blade folding prop for my 30-1. AB Marine in Rhode
Island was running a boat show sale price of $845 until December 15th - their
list price is $1,184. The $845 was $185 less than Flex-o-fold, and $50 more
than Martec. I looked on eBay several times and could never find a
Happy New Year sailors! Made the mistake of visiting the boat this week.
I know this rekindles an older discussion...but do any of you 35-3 owners
have experience with purchase and performance of a Flex-O-Fold prop? I
looked in archives and noted some intent to purchase this brand, but no
testimo
I did not have much success keeping hardwood wedges in place and tight on
Windburn.
Spartite is an option but after some discussions with a fellow racer that does
rigging and
a sailmaker I tested to see how much mast bend I get under normal maximum
backstay
tension. The sailmaker looked and said
Want to change boom/gooseneck height? Mount a piece of T-track on the
boom. Have Garhauer make a slide adaptor for your goose neck fitting. Now
you can move it to whatever height you want.
Cruising mainsail? Move it up a foot. Racing mainsail? Move it back to
original position.
Dennis C.
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Why not just shorten the leach on the main sail by about 6 - 12" and have the
boom higher at the clew than at the tack. That should clear all heads and
avoid remounting the goose neck fitting. You could add a new clew cringle or
have the foot cut and original clew cringle moved up. Should
If you have access to a bandsaw/tablesaw, it's fairly easy to make your
own wedges from a chunk of hardwood. I don't know of anyone
who has them comercially available. I milled my own a while back from a
chunk of wood I grabbed off my wood lot. The wedges are
tapered on one side. I cut the ta
Adam:
In the Spring and Autumn sailing season(s) here in Nova Scotia, offshore
sailing gear is my preference. During the Summer, I use simple 'splash
rain gear', however, I have a bimini and that makes a huge difference.
For me the price point is probably more important than the brand name
We did this on our 37’. The boom height on our boat was a bit problematic for
me, at 5’ 11”, standing straight up in the cockpit and more so for those
taller. I knew that I would never race this boat so I wasn’t concerned about
loosing some sail area. And at that time we were getting ready to a
On my 29 mk 2, a previous owner modified the main sail to increase the boom
height. The boom still attaches to the mast in the same location but the leach
of the main was shortened to raise the aft end of the boom so it would clear a
bimini. You wil lose some main sail area but this fix el
Happy New Year to All! I would like to get some advice on a modification I am
considering for my C&C 34+. I love the boat, but one thing that has concerned
me from the beginning has been the boom height. I am 6’3” and the boom in
normal sailing position is at head height. If I were to be st
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