genoa tracks placement

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william

my little h23 is turning into a kinda fun boat. all lines are now aft so i can actually sail it.....sorta :) (it must be humurous to see from the marina tho....as i said....i'm 30 years out of practice!)....maybe i should fly the daysign for "not in control"! the 1986 nissan starts second time and i have a thrustmaster for it and a 7 pitch prop coming. (i'm at 5000' altitude so my 5hp is more like 3!...but real reliable!). next project...my jib sheets/knots are right into my shrouds. looks like i need some rails to move my sheetleads forward or backward. (i have the stock jib....i think its stock anyhow....and a new 120% aprox rolly tasker). the rolly tasker gets into the shrouds but i'll address that after i get the old jib sheets/knots out of the shrouds. i have tried the sheets both inside the shrouds and outside....outside seems a little better. i suppose i could send pics but maybe someone else has been here already. (btw: i bought a west headsail bag for it and installed it yesterday and so far i think i like it better than a furler...drag things down with the downhaul and stuff it all into the bag!)...they think the things are made of gold tho!
 
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william

camera is in mexico

gave it to my mom for a trip so when it gets back in about a week i'll post some pics.
 
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John

Picture of where I put my genoa tracks

I just installed a 135% roller furler genoa (see post above) with a CDI furler. You want to put the tracks as close to the cabin house as possible to get the best sheeting angle you can for going up wind. Mine start about 5 inches further foward than the original stand up bases and go back to the end of the cabin house. If you can see the two little spots or dots, that is where the stand up bases were. The photo isn't very good as the life lines and genoa sheets cover up the track, that and I down sized the picture too much.
 

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Apr 19, 1999
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Pearson Wanderer Titusville, Florida
That's about right

I installed jib tracks about a year ago. What a diference! My tracks go a bit farther forward than John's but they end at about the same place aft (right at the edge of the non-skid). The fixed sheave location works out to be about midway along the track. If memory serves me correctly the track length was 3'-2". Both the stock 110 jib and 140 genoa work fine. It's really cool to adjust headsail trim for the wind and sea conditions by moving the sheave back or forward as needed. Good luck. Peter H23 "Raven"
 
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