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Re: Chainplate relocation comment

Matthias Klemm
 

I am so sorry Armando, she looks so spiffy. Good job!

I'm running the jib sheets inside only temporary when I know that I will be pointing all day long or at least for three hours or so. But to be honest that is not my?preferred?heading anyway and that's why it doesn't ?happen to often for me. I rather go some where else instead.

Here is another project that's on my autumn list that might also be interesting for you "chainplate tinkerers". This should also improve pointing and tacking in general. And yes, I got permission from what's his name to do that ;-)

I will be installing an inner forestay but only 16" behind the headstay, so that I don't have to?rig?running backstays. The staysail will be club footed and self-tacking. By doing that I will use the genny and the staysail for long tacks (of which I envision plenty) and use the staysail only for short tacks, for example in bay areas. Of course tacking with the genny requires it to be furled in before and then again furled out after the tack. I have seen a good number of boats rigged like that and one of them being Brad Mack's "Susan B.".??Another good thing about the inner forestay is that it would be quite easy to fly a storm jib which I really like.

That's up for Oktober and I will report on it.

Matthias


On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Armando Morell wrote:

Well.... nobody has commented on Hull 555 pictures, so I join in on the chainplate discussion.

* No question regarding the improved stability/strenght of moving the chainplates out to the hull. I vote no for moving them anywhere else (I preffer to keep them where they are)

* The only reservation here is the implementation of this change.?

* Have the proposers of movings the genoa track closer to the boat centerline considerd that our boat is fairly narrow already?. Is it possible that moving the genoa track may put the car to close to the boat centerline and this may not work with our max hull speed and sail plan. It is a matter of angles with our narrow boat the current position of the genoa track already positions the sheets fairly close to the centerline.

* With the sheets inside the shrouds as I recall was also suggested. What happens on a reach or a run?

* Whatever you do make sure is not a chnge you can not recover from.

Have fun and learn as much as you can.?

An experiment is worth a thousand words and I just contributed with a few.....

am

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