Hi Wayne, I have a functional if not juryriggerd hiking strap in
my "Fish-clone". I think I was confusing the sailor-speak for hiking
strap for something used to manipulate the Daggerboard or provide
additional methods of tranfering weight distribution outside the
cockpit.
Thanks for another great web refererence.
My Daggerboard has a maximum extension beyond the hull of 2ft. Is
this typical for real "Fish". I have only pulled up the Daggerboard
up when I have inadvertantly run aground at the shallow end of a lake
or when sailing between trees. Submerged limbs can scare the heck
out of you when you catch your daggerboard on one. DO I understand
correctly that while running with the wind the daggerboard can be
lifted to reduce drag? Are there any other under-sail situations
where modulating the dagerboard depth would be advantagous?
Thanks for the help.
Ed
--- In sunfish_sailor@..., "Wayne Carney" <wcarney@f...>
wrote:
Ed,
Right you are. A Hiking strap is a piece of webbing (seatbelt) that
attaches
to the floor or near the floor of the boat's cockpit. It provides a
place to
hook your feet so you can hang your body over the edge of the boat
and not
slip overboard. Take a look in the group PHOTOS section - in the
member's
folder - B¨¹lent Art¨¹z posted a photo that illustrates how you can
lean your
whole torso overboard (hike out).
As you deduced, Running is sailing the boat with the wind at your
back.
Have a look at this diagram:
I have another boat with the same spring arrangement you have.
Either way
works - sort of. On my Sunfish the carpet does replace the spring
friction
and allows me to set the daggerboard at any height I choose - very
convenient for approaching the beach - and something the board
mounted
spring won't let me do at all. I have marked the board so I know
when I have
1' and 6" extending below the hull.
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Conley [mailto:conley49@p...]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:18 AM
To: sunfish_sailor@...
Subject: RE: [sunfish_sailor] Running Flat?
My sailing experience is limited to about 100hrs in my "Fish-
clone" and
100hrs as a mate on a 35' Pearson. Perhaps I do not fully
understand the
use of the Hiking strap on the "Fish". Is it being used as an
aid in
allowing you to lean overboard more to balance the boat? If this
is so....
How do you typically hold onto the strap?
Is running before the wind the same as having the wind at your
back and
sailing in the same direction?
On my "Fish-clone" the spring clip is mounted on the deck and
down into the
trunk hole about 3 inches. Are you suggesting that the carpet is
a
replacement for this spring?
Thanks Wayne for your help.
Ed
