H23 Compass

[Brian M H23]

I'm curious - where do other hunter 23 owners keep their compass (and other navigation gear). Mine has a "dashboard" compass in the back of the cockpit, which 1: does not work well with mid-boom sheeting and 2 - hard to see when sitting at the tiller in the back of the cockpit! A close third could be that the reason i'm replacing it is a side-issue of number 1, being that the mainsheet cracked the globs and dumped fluid everywhere on my last sail of the season I don't really want to keep it here..also! What do i do with the gaping hole!!

 

[VT Fitz]

Put in a speaker

With the hole, you could install a speaker, from either an entertainment system or a fixed VHF.

 

[Androctus]

indeed

It has nothing to do with compasses and potato guns. But there are sevreal threads in the archives about shortening the forestay and adapters to lengthen the chainplate. I think there were even some sailmakers who will do it for you if you send them in your stay, they shorten it and send a kit for the chainplate, because its a common mod on an H23. Me, I elected to put the furler down in the anchor locker, for two reasons. First, it was cheaper. Thats always the first reason. Second, if I shorthened my stay, my genoa is so tall I actually would'nt be able to use it with modifying the sail as well. add that to the stay, chainplate, furler, luff tape and uv cover, and in teh end it was more than I wanted to contemplate.

 

[Brian M H23]

Androctus

I'm replacing my forestay this winter- if my sail already fits the furler-on-top configuration, is there any advantage to gettings a longer forestay and putting it in the locker..or is it just a lot of work cutting the locker panels.

 

[Androctus]

Mac 's looks pretty good

The way he's got his in. Its really no big deal at all, though to put it in the locker. A CDI FF2 drum fits right inside there no problem, and the doors on the locker were easy enough to cut with a dremel and rotary bit. I used the lid on a tub of spackle to trace the hole, that left plenty of room for the furler and lines. To make it look a bit more polished looking I cut two pieces of teak to frame it out. The advantages for me in cost were great, not to mention the added bonus I get a larger sail on there. I think it also helps the aesthetic appearance leaving the drum out of view, and I got some nice complements the way it looked this year. The downside is getting the stay hooked on when rasing the mast can be tedious. You need to leave extra slack in the backstays, and pretty much have to get down on my belly to make sure its pinned in right, and running the line can be trouble to, cause theres not alot of room to angle the line in the drum right. Its easier to run a line up from the deck than down into it. A guide like Mac has on his would be a big bonus, which the CDI doesn't have. My lead pulley is actually on the bow stanchion, and the line runs under that glassed-in bar in the locker. Crude, but gets the job done.I'd say overall, if yours is already elevated and you don't have an issue with sail clearance, I'd leave it where it is.