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Hi John-
We copied you and Jack with a removable Solent stay. With a Hood Furling mast, there is no mast bend and stay tension is pretty balanced.
We also have aself tacking track that was originially intended for the staysail. That worked out well so we had a jib made for the furler that is self tacking. This is great for going to windward in good breeze, but leaves us with no good light air sail except for the diesel.
I’ve been thinking of either moving the headstay forward to the end of the anchor roller platform and adding a second furler at the solent stay, maybe moving that forward to where the forestay now attaches. The objective being to mount a light air genoa forward of the self tacking jib.
Or maybe just get a drifter or assymetric on some temporary furler forward of the headstay? But I really don’t like spending time on the pointy end when sailing.
Granted these kinds of ponderings only affect me as the season winds down, and I’m not actually sailing enough. I realize that there is risk in moving the center of effort forward, and I’ve got the sloop that is ketch without a mizzen and I don;t want to creata a lee helm.
Any advice?
QuentJust curious, by mounting the stay so far aft behind the anchor locker and the mast a couple feet forward of the cutter version, isn’t the staysail pretty small? I assume that the inner forestay is parallel to the headstay, perhaps it is not?
Is the adjustment provided by the tracks really useful in trimming the staysail, or would stationary blocks work OK?
Quentjohn stevenson wrote:Tor,
Somewhere back in this thread or a similar one, a few days ago Quent posted a link to an article on the subject of removing rot from wood. The author of that article said he found auto antifreeze (Glycol) to be as effective as boric acid in this application. I think he mixed them just get the most potent treatment.John-
The problem being that unless you chemically kill the rot, if you trap moisture under the epoxy or whatever seal you use, the rot will continue. I used antifreeze to kill rot attacking both a bulkhead and the cabin sole in a chronically wet spot near the nav station. If the absence of chronic rot smell is any indication, the stuff works well.
We also did the deck fitting fix, cutting holes in the top skin with a hole saw, and routing out soft balsa with a coat hanger wire. The area was not too extensive, and with the exception of weight bearing areas, we backfilled with canned “Great Foam” from Home Depot. Downside on Great Foam is that even fully cured, it indicates as wet to a moisture meter.
Don’t under estimate the problem of water traveling considerable distance within the balsa deck core. On Clairebuoyant, water entering near the mast dripped from screw holes in the overhead several feet away. Pearson did not fill the space created by seams in the balsa sheets. This creates channels for water to flow.
QuentBummer. I actually like my Raymarine C-80. Of course, it’s wired to Nexus insturments and a Garmin GPS.
QuentHey Tor-
C and I had a similar mission at boatshow. Found a guy who cuts Temur-pedic memory foam and alters the cover to fit for boats, but he was pricey.
We currently use a 4″ foam mattress that I cut to fit with a Walmart 2″ memory foam “topper.” The topper makes it acceptable, and with the 4″ foam underneath, fit OK without alteration.
Walmart has a 6″ memory foam full mattress for $200 that looks interesting. Over the 4″ foam as a base, it would require only minimal tapering at the bottom and a notch at the head end, maybe no alteration of the cover.
Moisture is a problem. We roll up the mattress to keep it dry when we are off the boat.
QuentHi Lee-
Sorry I didn’t make it to Pussers Thursday. My ride from DC was having too much fun, and I was late getting to Annapolis. Claire and I did have a great time with the group Friday after all day at the boatshow. Feet still hurt.
I’ll put a check in the mail tomorrow. Please send me the decals when you receive it.
John-
I agree that there seemed to be fewer factory reps present at the show. It also seemed less well attended that prior years. Too many huge boats, not enough affordable ones. I did meet a Comnav/Nexus guy out of St Pete FL named Dick Booth who knows his stuff. He also said Jon Josephson, late of Nexus is now with Garmin. Got nothing from Raymarine but their 800 number.
The Kubota with the cooling water pump pulley was Nextgen. It also appears on Ferris catalogue p.32, on the DC charger FDC150E.
Paul-
As soon as I get over to the boat, I’ll get pics of the washing machine.
As I said, perhaps not my best idea, but Claire likes it.
Quent
Clairebuoyant, #132Hi Pete-
Used Sail Care once years ago on a prior boat’s main. Sail came back white and crisp. Shape was not improved, and bolt ropes shrunk a bit which made it baggier than before. We eventually took it to Bacons to sell, and they had a rather dim view of the process, appraising the sail for less because of it. Had a local loft wash a sail for us, and it came back soft and lifeless.
With good sails available from offshore and reasonable prices, we just use them then replace them.
QuentHi Phil-
Give me a couple days to dig them out and see if I have all the parts. Be advised that many on the forum don’t have a real high opinion of Bomar opening ports. My own experience is that they often leak, and in cold weather, sweat enough to discolor the interior teak paneling.
The ones I have need at least new lexan, rubber seals and paint. A couple lack the outside trim rings. You might do better with new Becksons.
OTOH, rebuilding Bomars would be cheaper than new stainless steel ports.
QuentLee and Mike-
The sails are now in my truck. I’m going to try to get to tonight’s get together at Pussers, but I’m going to be in DC (a long story) until about 7:30. Best I can do is probably 8:30-9:00PM. If that’s too late, I’ll also be around all day Friday and Friday night. Cell is 410 562-8228.
Quent
Clairebuoyant #132Claire and I are back in town. We can be at Pussers after about 8:00PM on Thursday, and plan to be at show on Friday.
QuentLee-
If it’s not too late, we’d like four as well. See you at Boatshow
Quent Kinderman
Clairebuoyant #132
