Good grief! Those weeds look better and thicker than my lawn.RonWild CheriC
30-1STL
On Monday, September 12, 2022, 08:16:19 PM CDT, Dennis C. via CnC-List
wrote:
Touche's slip is on Bayou Castine on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
Fairly tropical most of the year.
Monday I
Sounds like a typical Lake Pontchartrain sail!
Ed Levert
C 34 Briar Patch
New Orleans
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> On Sep 12, 2022, at 8:47 PM, Todd Williams via CnC-List
> wrote:
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> Wow! I have never seen WEEDS like that. It is a jungle!
>
> Up here in New York we get marine growth from the
Wow time to cut the lawn
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 9:47 PM Todd Williams via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Wow! I have never seen WEEDS like that. It is a jungle!
>
> Up here in New York we get marine growth from the lake bottom that reaches
> the surface about this time of year.
Wow! I have never seen WEEDS like that. It is a jungle!
Up here in New York we get marine growth from the lake bottom that reaches
the surface about this time of year. Apparently this weekend we had five
boats that collected enough weeds to foul their propellers and render the
boat inoperable.
Wild story. Smart solution.
> On 09/12/2022 9:15 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List
> wrote:
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> Touche's slip is on Bayou Castine on the north shore of Lake
> Pontchartrain. Fairly tropical most of the year.
>
> Monday I went for a nice sail on the lake. Well, nice if you don't
Touche's slip is on Bayou Castine on the north shore of Lake
Pontchartrain. Fairly tropical most of the year.
Monday I went for a nice sail on the lake. Well, nice if you don't count
the biting flies and love bugs. If you don't know about love bugs, Google
them. They're disgusting creatures
David,
Just by chance I was looking today at the website of a local professional
photographer and discovered this photo of my boat from 2020 -- my covid
isolating solo sailing year. This photo shows my 135 genoa reefed much farther
than usual, but it was a very blowy day and I was solo. Can't
Thanks for all the input. I have 110 and 145 laminate genoas. In the past,
with >2 crew, I used the 145 until Fall when the winds were strong, but as I
have done more and more single-handed racing (non-spinnaker) in the last few
years, I found the 110 was much easier to handle upwind, so I am
When I was still racing, I used non-furling sails. I started with a 152;
then switched to a 135, and finally to a 110. Each switch gave me a higher
PHRF rating. Switching to a 135 gave me six seconds more, and the 110 gave
me an additional three seconds. Going from a 135 to a 110 cost me very
I need 3 chafe guards, what I did was measure the radius it was going on
and bought some SS tubing to fit that radius.
Then cut it longitudinally in quarters and cleaned the edges up, & buffed
it out. Going to stick it on with 5200, Just another thought. I think for
the anchor, I will glue a
Furl the genny from 150% to say 130% on the very last bit of the downwind
leg just before the rounding. Put dark tape about 6 inches long vertically
upward from the foot that corresponds to 130% or 110% headsail when furled.
I found there was no real benefit to moving the roller cars to adjust the
As a long time VW diesel owner, I've changed my share of glow plugs on both
IDI and TDI engines. They will generally last 10 years or more if not run
too long, The older (80s vintage) 1.6 IDI diesel on Callisto has a manual
button for the glow plugs, and I will try to avoid using more than 5
David,
On my Doyle Genoa I have three blue dots at the foot to allow me to reef it
down to smaller sizes. It was designed that way by the sailmaker and works
quite well. I am adding adjustable genoa cars from Garhauer so can move the
genoa leads.
John McCrea
Talisman
1979 36-1
I would move the leads forward to help sail shape.
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On Sep 12, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Matthew via CnC-List
wrote:
Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
From: Jeffrey A. Laman via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 10:40 AM
To: Stus-List
Cc: Hoyt, Mike ;
Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
From: Jeffrey A. Laman via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 10:40 AM
To: Stus-List
Cc: Hoyt, Mike ; Jeffrey A. Laman
Subject: Stus-List Re: Partially furling the genoa when racing
David,
Reefing the genoa on a furler is routine
The sail and the furler should be fine (as someone already said, a furling
genoa normally is designed to be partially furled).
The shape of the sail might be an issue. Try it furled a bit and check for the
shape. If it is baggy in the middle, you know that it is not going to work
well. Well
In my case, the genoa doesn’t look right or perform well partially unfurled.
In addition, the forestay bends in a way I don’t like -- the force does not
appear to be evenly distributed.
Matt Wolford
C 42 Custom
From: David Knecht via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 10:12
We raced upwind with a foot or so of genoa furled several times. The furler
line once secured, will be fine. FWIW, I had mine secured to a camcleat
without trouble but Harken prefers it to be cleated and provide a 4" cleat with
their furler kits.
Had to look up the J27 on Sailboatdata.
Not good for the sail...reinforcement is around the edges (leech/luff/foot)
not in the middle.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:30 AM Joel Aronson via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> FWIW My first move is to reef the main upwind, even with a foam luff
> gennie.
>
> Joel
>
> On Mon, Sep 12,
For what it's worth -- another data point on glow plugs. I had a 2003 VW Golf
TDI 1.9L (Turbo Direct Injection) and drove it 200k miles. The glow plugs had
to be replaced at 80k and 160k. A good reading was 1 ohm. The plugs all went
together both times (probably) and the car was very
David,
Reefing the genoa on a furler is routine where I sail and race. I reef my main
first, then reef my 135 second. Typically when wind is about 15mph+ I keep
about 5 winds on the furler, making the headsail about 110. My luff is foam
and will keep the sail shape decent up to about the 5
I asked the list a while back about glow plugs (Universal M4-30) and whether
they should be a periodic replacement item. They should have been testable in
place, but I had trouble getting reliable readings from the meter. So I
decided since they were not that expensive ($80 for 4) to just go
FWIW My first move is to reef the main upwind, even with a foam luff gennie.
Joel
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:25 AM Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hi David
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> First I find it unusual to hear of a J27 with a furling genoa. We had a
> J27 that came that way and it
Hi David
First I find it unusual to hear of a J27 with a furling genoa. We had a J27
that came that way and it was the only one I knew of. Our furling genoa was
awful to use when racing anyway so we would ignore the furler and tack our
racing sails to the deck below the drum. Eventually
I was talking to the skipper of a J27 who nearly always wins our PHRF class and
he was telling me that while he wins a lot, he struggles in heavier air. He
said he had recently started partially roller furling his large genoa for
upwind legs and then unfurling downwind when the wind was strong
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