I have a 1996 29.5 and would like to make it easier to single hand. I have read mention in the posts of installing the spinnaker winches and running the jib sheets back to them so the sheets are closer to the helm. A few questions: 1. What fittings are used to run the sheets from the fairleads to the winches and where are they located? 2. I would assume that I would need to replace the sheets with longer ones. Can anyone provide me with the proper length? 3. Would one use the ST30? Are they easy to install? 4. As pictures are worth a thousand words, if anyone has any I would appreciate them. My email address is richc@mdblaw.com. Thanks.
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Andy
Aft winches
Rich, does your boat have aft winches? By running the sheets to the aft winches (ST30s) it is easy to single hand the 29.5. Check out the genoa pics of the 29.5 with the 155 genoa. If your are using the 110 jib, the sheets will probably reach to the aft winches as is.
Rich, does your boat have aft winches? By running the sheets to the aft winches (ST30s) it is easy to single hand the 29.5. Check out the genoa pics of the 29.5 with the 155 genoa. If your are using the 110 jib, the sheets will probably reach to the aft winches as is.
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robert
single hand
I have a 29.5 with the aft winches and bullets along the cabin side leading the sheet to the winch from the fairlead. There is actually a diagram of this in the hunter 29.5 manual , you have to look closely. the sheets need to be about 4 feet longer and the aft winches need only to be 16st not 30. I have 3 bullets leading the sheets on each side , this works great/
I have a 29.5 with the aft winches and bullets along the cabin side leading the sheet to the winch from the fairlead. There is actually a diagram of this in the hunter 29.5 manual , you have to look closely. the sheets need to be about 4 feet longer and the aft winches need only to be 16st not 30. I have 3 bullets leading the sheets on each side , this works great/
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Lee Hadjiosif
Single Handing
You would be much better off if you left the jib sheets where they are and invested in an autopilot if you don't already have one. Without the A/P you will have difficulty single handing even with the aft winches. The cost of two new winches and new sheets will be about the same as an autopilot if you can install it yourself.
You would be much better off if you left the jib sheets where they are and invested in an autopilot if you don't already have one. Without the A/P you will have difficulty single handing even with the aft winches. The cost of two new winches and new sheets will be about the same as an autopilot if you can install it yourself.
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Kenneth Pfaff
Go with the Autopilot
Go with the autopilot. I easily singlehandle my 290. I just hit a button on that autopilot to tack, and as it does its job I handle the sheets.
Go with the autopilot. I easily singlehandle my 290. I just hit a button on that autopilot to tack, and as it does its job I handle the sheets.
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Andy
No autopilot, I da ho
Auotpilots really? Is he sailing the Columbia River or a lake in Idaho? I say learn to single hand without the AP so you don't rely on techno stuff which requires batteries which require...ya ya. Be a man, sail the wench! The main is darn near self tacking as it is!
Auotpilots really? Is he sailing the Columbia River or a lake in Idaho? I say learn to single hand without the AP so you don't rely on techno stuff which requires batteries which require...ya ya. Be a man, sail the wench! The main is darn near self tacking as it is!
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Terry Cox
H28 SINGLE HAND
Rich, I had a 110 furling jib on my H28, which I recently sold. The H28 came equipped with self tailing two speed winches on each side, mid cockpit. Both lines (port and starboard tack) extended back through the fairlead to a cheek block mounted on the deck next to each winch. Each line had a knot in the end so that when I rolled the jib up, it would snug the lines to the cheek block and off the deck ready for the next sail. I really liked this arrangement for its single hand convenience and ease of use. Whenever I headed out I always hoisted the main first, then the jib followed by trimming both for point of sail. Terry S/V Belle-Vie
Rich, I had a 110 furling jib on my H28, which I recently sold. The H28 came equipped with self tailing two speed winches on each side, mid cockpit. Both lines (port and starboard tack) extended back through the fairlead to a cheek block mounted on the deck next to each winch. Each line had a knot in the end so that when I rolled the jib up, it would snug the lines to the cheek block and off the deck ready for the next sail. I really liked this arrangement for its single hand convenience and ease of use. Whenever I headed out I always hoisted the main first, then the jib followed by trimming both for point of sail. Terry S/V Belle-Vie
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robert
autopilot? really
If you cruise, get an autopilot, if you want to sail- and singlehand on a beautiful spring day with the wind blowing 15kts , get aft winches and sail the thing yourself.
If you cruise, get an autopilot, if you want to sail- and singlehand on a beautiful spring day with the wind blowing 15kts , get aft winches and sail the thing yourself.
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Dan
Single Handed
If you are going to single hand, the aft winches would help, but in most instances you can tack the boat, and once you come through, just go forward a few steps and tack the jib over. Letting it backwind a few extra seconds does not generally cause any problem. Did it many times in an Olsen 30 without an autopilot or aft winches. Having said that, I would buy the autopilot first over aft winches. The autopilot can help when you raise the main, lower the main, furl or unfurl the jib, etc., or just need to go below for a minute to take care of something. At the same time, you can't consider the autopilot essential crew....they fail, and you have to still be able to sail safely without it. Dan Jonas (S/V Feije II)
If you are going to single hand, the aft winches would help, but in most instances you can tack the boat, and once you come through, just go forward a few steps and tack the jib over. Letting it backwind a few extra seconds does not generally cause any problem. Did it many times in an Olsen 30 without an autopilot or aft winches. Having said that, I would buy the autopilot first over aft winches. The autopilot can help when you raise the main, lower the main, furl or unfurl the jib, etc., or just need to go below for a minute to take care of something. At the same time, you can't consider the autopilot essential crew....they fail, and you have to still be able to sail safely without it. Dan Jonas (S/V Feije II)
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Chuck Wayne
29.5 singlehanding
I agree (see my other post) I could easily single hand my 29.5 with the st4000- to tack, set up your jib lines on the forward winches under autopilot, when you're ready you just hit the1 and 10 degree buttoons together and the pilot tacks the boat while you tend the sails. any time you need to do something, you just engage the pilot....
I agree (see my other post) I could easily single hand my 29.5 with the st4000- to tack, set up your jib lines on the forward winches under autopilot, when you're ready you just hit the1 and 10 degree buttoons together and the pilot tacks the boat while you tend the sails. any time you need to do something, you just engage the pilot....
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Brian
better boat balance
I single hand my 28.5 most of the time. I do have an autopilot that I enjoy when I have company I would like to snuggle up with, but most of the time I find if you balance your sails right and lock the rudder the boat tracks very well. You will have to pay attention to gusts, but it will maintain you for a trip to the head or getting a snack. Autopilots are good, as long as there are no failures.
I single hand my 28.5 most of the time. I do have an autopilot that I enjoy when I have company I would like to snuggle up with, but most of the time I find if you balance your sails right and lock the rudder the boat tracks very well. You will have to pay attention to gusts, but it will maintain you for a trip to the head or getting a snack. Autopilots are good, as long as there are no failures.
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