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Nah, I just took Bob Fine’s word for it.
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1.5″
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Dan,
I learned to fly a mizzen staysail on a yawl I used to own, so was happy to
find one aboard Silverheels when I bought her. I’ve only used it maybe 10
times, usually on long offshore legs. It’s fun to do, looks cool, and gives
the boat an extra ½-1 knot. Typically flown when reaching in light airs, it
fills the large gap between the boomed out main and mizzen sails. It may
take a bit of experimentation to decide where to attach the tack on your
boat, but you can usually hold that corner in your hand while the sail is up
& full and move it around to create the best sail shape. I tether mine
either to the aft foot of the windward mast pulpit, or to a deck padeye to
which a staysail sheet block is normally shackled (photo attached).There should be an external swivel block at the mizzen masthead for the
mizzen staysail’s halyard, and a cleat on the port side of the mizzen mast.
The single sheet is led outboard of the mizzen shroud to another swivel
block on the end of the mizzen boom (which may be secured out to leeward
with a preventer if necessary, and from there to a cleat on the side of the
mizzen boom or else to any handy cleat on the cockpit combing (photos
attached).I found the attached sketch on Google. Looks like an old Bruce Bingham
drawing! The instructions originally said “(Mizzen) running backstay set up
to leeward quarter,” but I’m sure that’s wrong so I changed it to say
“windward.”Have fun,
Tor
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Adam,
Why not buy the new 135% genoa and keep the old 155 for light air sailing?
There’s ample space for it in one of the cockpit lockers.Tor
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Adam,
Seems like a 135% genoa plus a staysail will approximate the square footage
of a 155% jenny. Granted, the 155 will probably be more effective in light
airs, but the 135/staysail combo offers a variety of all-weather sail
options right down to a storm jib.Food for thought.
Tor
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Good points, John, but isn’t the mainmast on a cutter rig stepped further
aft than on a ketch?Tor
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IMHO, a 135% is the best compromise.
Tor
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Good call, Pat. I think putting all that weight a little closer to the
center of gravity is worth the slightly longer wire runs. I’d have put my
batteries in that next locker, too, if Silverheels’ water heater wasn’t
already in there.Tor
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Dan,
I squeezed 5 Group 31 AGM batteries beneath the aft cabin bunk’s aft inboard
corner (see attached photos), plus 1 Group 27 dedicated starter battery in
the bottom inboard corner of the aft cabin “wet locker” (aft of the nav
table), plus 1 Group 27 dedicated windlass battery beneath the V-berth, port
side immediately aft of the water tank.Tor
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Ken,
It seems your mobile phone email address is problematic for my mail server.
I’ll resend that info now to your gmail address.Today’s double post was a shared accident – I actually made an effort to
stop the first copy and thought I had. You might choose to save the one with
the larger-size photo files for reference. I didn’t know I have been making
frequent double-posts to the forum in general. Have no idea how or why, or
what I can do to stop it from happening. Other than this morning, I normally
send a message just once and receive a single copy of it back after it
arrives at the forum’s server and is forwarded to the members. No indication
at this end of the doubles you’re getting. My regrets.Tor
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Thanks, Bob. I wasn’t going to name names. 🙂
That explains this morning’s double post, but not the frequent doubles Ken
mentioned.Tor
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Ken, I’ve answered your off-forum inquiry about my boat yard twice, but keep
getting Failure to Deliver notices. Have you received wither of my replies?Tor
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Ken,
When I got Silverheels the aft lazarette was a spaghetti mass of lines and
other crap 4′ thick. I built in a rope hanging locker with 3 horizontal
bars, plus a sturdy shelf to starboard to support a bucket that serves as my
stern anchor rode locker, partially visible in one of the attached photos. A
pair of 3-gallon buckets forward of the hanging lines contains small lines
and, to port, several ready dock lines. This arrangement has proven to be
excellent.I removed the batteries from the starboard cockpit locker. They were junk
anyway and the location seemed vulnerable to getting wet. I left the
built-in battery boxes in place, though, and use them as storage
compartments. The port cockpit locker I left wide open and compartmentalize
it with buckets, large kitty-litter boxes and a couple of milk crates. It
doesn’t look Martha Stewart neat, but I know exactly what’s in there and
where to lay my hands on things quickly.Tor
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Ken,
When I got Silverheels the aft lazarette was a spaghetti mass of lines and
other crap 4′ thick. I built in a rope hanging locker with 3 horizontal
bars, plus a sturdy shelf to starboard to support a bucket that serves as my
stern anchor rode locker, partially visible in one of the attached photos. A
pair of 3-gallon buckets forward of the hanging lines contains small lines
and, to port, several ready dock lines. This arrangement has proven to be
excellent.I removed the batteries from the starboard cockpit locker. They were junk
anyway and the location seemed vulnerable to getting wet. I left the
built-in battery boxes in place, though, and use them as storage
compartments. The port cockpit locker I left wide open and compartmentalize
it with buckets, large kitty-litter boxes and a couple of milk crates. It
doesn’t look Martha Stewart neat, but I know exactly what’s in there and
where to lay my hands on things quickly.Tor
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Tell Paul they’re best when sautéed in onions & garlic with a dash of
cayenne.Over the years I’ve had a variety of land birds arrive on board offshore,
probably blown out to sea by strong winds. In the beginning, I/we would try
to help them with food, water, sometimes even an improvised nest. Nothing
worked and as far as I know, none of them survived. Now I just leave them
alone. Amazing how seemingly tame they become, isn’t it? (photo attached)As for our boats’ speeds, at some point the physical limitation of hull
speed kicks in. Higher speeds over ground must be attributed to current.
That said, seeing those lofty numbers on the GPS and feeling the boat so
alive sure is worth the price of admission.BTW, I have always figured a boat’s maximum hull speed using the standard
formula, v = 1.34 (square root of LWL). Interestingly, Wikipedia suggests
that the multiplier can be as high as 1.5 (even 1.7 for a powerboat), which
raises the result somewhat. Also, a boat’s LWL is always a bit of a guess
since it increases as the hull heels and/or squats. The 424’s LWL is given
as 33’8″ in the brochure. Has anyone figured out what it probably is when
the boat is achieving hull speed in a strong breeze? My guess is around
36′(maybe 37?), but it’s only a guess. Taking the highest possible numbers,
then, 1.5 and 37′, it seems theoretically possible for a Pearson 424 to sail
9 knots through the water. I’m just sayin’…Tor
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