"No Drill" Bowsprit
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I hae recetnly acquired a 340 and am interested in rigging for an asymetrical. Was yours already rigged with extra winches? What type did you use and how did you rig?
I added winches on the cockpit coaming, but I did use the sail with the cabin top jib sheet winches a few times before I installed extra winches. I installed Lewmar 30's, same as on the cabin top, got them from Defender cheaper than anything I could find on ebay.
The sheets go to blocks on the loops on the stern pulpit, then thru the arch to the winches. I use a twing from the sheet to a small block tied to the middle stanchion block, then back to a clamcleat I installed on the deck edge outside the coaming.
I didn't think the 3 or 4 feet the bowsprit moved the spinnaker tack out would make much of a difference, but it really does.
The sheets go to blocks on the loops on the stern pulpit, then thru the arch to the winches. I use a twing from the sheet to a small block tied to the middle stanchion block, then back to a clamcleat I installed on the deck edge outside the coaming.
I didn't think the 3 or 4 feet the bowsprit moved the spinnaker tack out would make much of a difference, but it really does.
I've got photos somewhere I took of winches mounted on another 340 with a tape measure in the shot, I will post them when I find them.
My sail is a Doyle UPS, "Utility Power Sail", I think it would be a code 0 or code 2 reacher. We were doing 6.5 to 7 knots in about 13 knots, 60 degrees apparent in this 1 minute youtube from Thursday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFF5SdUm1U
My sail is a Doyle UPS, "Utility Power Sail", I think it would be a code 0 or code 2 reacher. We were doing 6.5 to 7 knots in about 13 knots, 60 degrees apparent in this 1 minute youtube from Thursday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFF5SdUm1U
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Selden Spars (makers of Furlex) have a Bow sprit for aftermarket installations. An asymmetrical spinnaker is more like a large genoa rather than a regular symmetrical kite used with a pole off the mast. Since you cannot sail as deep with an asymmetrical as you can with the other (but you can sail much hotter - closer to the wind) you need to get it away from the mainsail, which will partially blanket the spinnaker. The sprit pushes the tack out forward to accomplish this.
I found the photo of a Lewmar 30 on the coaming of a 2000 Hunter 340 the salesman told me was "factory installed". I used it as a guide to mount winches on mine
Short "youtube" of Sunday's run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw09umeusQ
Are both the 340s on youtube yours? One looks over winched and the other over wenched! One has an extra winches on the cabin top (nice to have a winch for main and jib). I noticed you used tweaker blocks on the sheets too. Nice addition. Thanks for posting the pictures..post more if you can.
It's the same boat in both "youtubes". My son likes to take his friends out on the boat and doesn't quite have the skill and confidence to captain yet. So, sometimes I have to go sailing with college girls in bikinis, darn. I've been meaning to post photos in an album on my profile showing modifications and additions we've made to the boat. Here's another photo showing the location of the winches and the clam cleats I use for the twing lines.
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