The disc brakes are on the trailer, H26 is in the water SAILED HER today. The Admiral loves the boat and how she sails. I raised the mast myself with not much trouble. She points well and moves fast for the light air we had. Motors quite fast with the Honda 9.9. Now I have a few questions; Do you-all keep your mast support and mast raising pole onboard or ashore? If onboard, where? My sail is about 2 feet short of the black line around the mast near the top. Quite a bit of empty mast up there. It says H26 in big letters on it. Nice, full battened sail. I think I've got enough halyard tension, unless this sail is different somehow. Made of rubber? Any comments or info? The jib sets well but it looks like a 110 at most. Does anyone out there use a bigger Genny, like a 150? How much water does she draw with the board up? Is it OK to beach the boat and let her sit on the raised board and whatever side she settles on? I'm talking sand or mud here, not rocks. Thanks in advance.
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Congrats on the H26..here is what I know The sail Should go all the way up..could be the p.o. repositioned the boom lower, or the replacement sail was made a tad small...or a replaced mast is too long, check your sails luff dimension.. (don't have it handy but specs for IJPE are on this site somewhere) and that will tell you what is going on The Jib IS about a 110, and I also asked about a genny, but it seems the prevalent advice here is "no",,since this is a "main powered" boat a larger jib won't necessarily improve performance, also the Jib runs inside the shrouds, and cars outside would be difficult to achieve, and doing so would have an adverse effect on the boat's ability to point She'll float in 27" of water loaded I also want to know about beaching..since I know some great sandy spots that dry out up in puget sound, and I have my brush and paint ready for a quicky bottom job touch-up...hope somebody else chimes in.. Rob
Congrats on the H26..here is what I know The sail Should go all the way up..could be the p.o. repositioned the boom lower, or the replacement sail was made a tad small...or a replaced mast is too long, check your sails luff dimension.. (don't have it handy but specs for IJPE are on this site somewhere) and that will tell you what is going on The Jib IS about a 110, and I also asked about a genny, but it seems the prevalent advice here is "no",,since this is a "main powered" boat a larger jib won't necessarily improve performance, also the Jib runs inside the shrouds, and cars outside would be difficult to achieve, and doing so would have an adverse effect on the boat's ability to point She'll float in 27" of water loaded I also want to know about beaching..since I know some great sandy spots that dry out up in puget sound, and I have my brush and paint ready for a quicky bottom job touch-up...hope somebody else chimes in.. Rob
I have a 260, same but different below decks
With the o/b down I draw 26 inches, and 22 inches with the o/b up (extra long shaft) but we are a very heavy boat. We are in the process of doing the Great Loop so everything is loaded including the AC, refer, 2k gen, 40 gal of gas and everything we are going to use for the 7,800 nm trip. We beach Bausm Rush when the optortunity presents itself, what I do is beach the bow with a stern anchor out, so we can wench ourselves off if necessary. We have done this when we sailed to the Bahamas from Miami. We started out from Jacksonnivle FL and are now on the Albemarle Sound NC heading North. The jib is a 100% just filling the triangle between the forstay and the mast, we have carried a spinaker which is a blast and I highly recommend, but for this trip we left it at home. :-( I beleave something is out of kilter if you can't raise the main all the way up. John and Anita Baums Rush Living the dream Anyone want a sailing updates about our trip send me an e-mail for sailing updates. %%%%%%LKYusnret2@aol.com%%%%%%
With the o/b down I draw 26 inches, and 22 inches with the o/b up (extra long shaft) but we are a very heavy boat. We are in the process of doing the Great Loop so everything is loaded including the AC, refer, 2k gen, 40 gal of gas and everything we are going to use for the 7,800 nm trip. We beach Bausm Rush when the optortunity presents itself, what I do is beach the bow with a stern anchor out, so we can wench ourselves off if necessary. We have done this when we sailed to the Bahamas from Miami. We started out from Jacksonnivle FL and are now on the Albemarle Sound NC heading North. The jib is a 100% just filling the triangle between the forstay and the mast, we have carried a spinaker which is a blast and I highly recommend, but for this trip we left it at home. :-( I beleave something is out of kilter if you can't raise the main all the way up. John and Anita Baums Rush Living the dream Anyone want a sailing updates about our trip send me an e-mail for sailing updates. %%%%%%LKYusnret2@aol.com%%%%%%
Mast raising stuff
Fred, the mast crutch stays with the trailer. Only time I figure to need it is when trailoring or in the home slip. The raising pole always stays with the boat, sometimes in the head and other times, I have bungied it on deck inboard of the stanchions, but you have to watch your step on that side. I keep it with the boat so that I can temporarily lower the mast anywhere I might be. Even though it is supposedly able to be beached, I am wary. I would be particularly wary in an area in which tides could cause a little beaching that just holds the boat ashore without weight on the board to become much greater and place significant weight on the board. Call me paranoid, but I figure I can do a bit of wading.
Fred, the mast crutch stays with the trailer. Only time I figure to need it is when trailoring or in the home slip. The raising pole always stays with the boat, sometimes in the head and other times, I have bungied it on deck inboard of the stanchions, but you have to watch your step on that side. I keep it with the boat so that I can temporarily lower the mast anywhere I might be. Even though it is supposedly able to be beached, I am wary. I would be particularly wary in an area in which tides could cause a little beaching that just holds the boat ashore without weight on the board to become much greater and place significant weight on the board. Call me paranoid, but I figure I can do a bit of wading.
Thanks guys, great information
If you're in the Puget Sound, Rat Island across the bay from Port Townsend is a great sandy spot. Almost anywhere south of the Tacoma Narrows is soft mud, with a few exceptions. Check your charts, of course. I have had a lot of boats, and I'm very impressed with the H26. I am tired of boats with too many systems. I really like the H26 aproach to the cooler and gas tank after fighting fuel and refrigeration on bigger boats. I like to put an anchor on shore and an anchor off shore with a circle of line through blocks or just a ring on the anchors, like an old fashoined clothes line, so you can pull the boat in to get to shore, then pull it out so it won't ground with the tide. My boom fitting is fixed in one spot with pop rivets. It's high enough for a tall (over 6') person to stand in the cockpit with no danger. The sail is definitely short for the mast. I guess my question is whether there are normally tall or shorter H26 mains. Whatever I have, it works and it will be fine for this year. Bacon Sails has dimensions for most boats. I'll check on this site and at Bacon, measure my sail, and see if there's any sense to it all. I'm lazy. On previous boats with masthead rigs and big gennys I would roll out the genny and forget about the main a lot of the time. I guess I'll have to get used to the awful drudgery of raising and lowering the main. maybe add lazy jacks. The H26 goes pretty well with just the jib, too. John and Anita, what a great trip!!! It makes me think of my H26 as a lot more boat than I thought.
If you're in the Puget Sound, Rat Island across the bay from Port Townsend is a great sandy spot. Almost anywhere south of the Tacoma Narrows is soft mud, with a few exceptions. Check your charts, of course. I have had a lot of boats, and I'm very impressed with the H26. I am tired of boats with too many systems. I really like the H26 aproach to the cooler and gas tank after fighting fuel and refrigeration on bigger boats. I like to put an anchor on shore and an anchor off shore with a circle of line through blocks or just a ring on the anchors, like an old fashoined clothes line, so you can pull the boat in to get to shore, then pull it out so it won't ground with the tide. My boom fitting is fixed in one spot with pop rivets. It's high enough for a tall (over 6') person to stand in the cockpit with no danger. The sail is definitely short for the mast. I guess my question is whether there are normally tall or shorter H26 mains. Whatever I have, it works and it will be fine for this year. Bacon Sails has dimensions for most boats. I'll check on this site and at Bacon, measure my sail, and see if there's any sense to it all. I'm lazy. On previous boats with masthead rigs and big gennys I would roll out the genny and forget about the main a lot of the time. I guess I'll have to get used to the awful drudgery of raising and lowering the main. maybe add lazy jacks. The H26 goes pretty well with just the jib, too. John and Anita, what a great trip!!! It makes me think of my H26 as a lot more boat than I thought.
Fred, we bought a spinnaker and fly it in the...
same fashion as you have the genny (no main). Got it from this site. Works great for our fractional-rigged 260 (no accidental gybe worries). Doyle also has a big gennaker-type sale that rolls up on a flexible integral stay. The whole rolled-up thing coils up in the bag at the end of the day. One of the other posters has it. Looks pretty sweet.
same fashion as you have the genny (no main). Got it from this site. Works great for our fractional-rigged 260 (no accidental gybe worries). Doyle also has a big gennaker-type sale that rolls up on a flexible integral stay. The whole rolled-up thing coils up in the bag at the end of the day. One of the other posters has it. Looks pretty sweet.
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