It's easy to adjust the kick out pressure so start loose and go from there. I think not responds to a bump better than it does to constant pressure.
The Official "What Did You Do To Your Mac Today" Thread!
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Agreed.
I've had my auto-releasing cleat on its lightest setting since installation, and it's never popped loose under sail.
I've had my auto-releasing cleat on its lightest setting since installation, and it's never popped loose under sail.
In the category of "what did some power boat or jet ski do to a buoy on the local lake”, here is a picture of what I saw yesterday out sailing my dingy.. Someone must have thought the orange circle was a bull’s-eye. Hope no one spilled their drink..
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Not Mac specific, I suppose, but yesterday I sold my tow vehicle. I have a line on a much-cheaper replacement so I hope it works out soon.
No wind today. My wife had this great idea though. Get out boat #4 and fix it so we can use it. It doesn't need wind.
So I got the boat home and power washed, ground out the holes, baked it in the sun to dry and patched the holes. Quick and dirty.
It should be water tight by morning.
I don't know ware the 9 holes came from. They weren't there when I chained it to the shop. Maybe someone tried to take it a few times.
So I got the boat home and power washed, ground out the holes, baked it in the sun to dry and patched the holes. Quick and dirty.
It should be water tight by morning.
I don't know ware the 9 holes came from. They weren't there when I chained it to the shop. Maybe someone tried to take it a few times.
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Yes. What is with the wind this year. It seems every time I get out the wind is nowhere to be found. I've only been out a few times this year. I'm really glad I bought a whisker pole this year. Use it pretty much every time I've been out.
Today the forecast is for 10 knts. Going to try again today.
Finally had a good sailing day although it was cut short by storms. Wind a steady 10 knts with gusts to 15. Yah:
I got out motoring....
I also put my topping lift on the Siren today. I found a leak too.
I don't have the keel locking bolt in because it seems the wire is too short to let the keel down all the way... (I don't know why I didn't just guess that would be a problem...)
Well if I go forward anymore than the entrance to the cabin water gushes in from the open locking bolt holes! Gushes!
I found that out when I was attaching the fore-stay... I heard water... Gushing... Looked in the window and got the fore-stay on a bit quicker than planned.
I did a video of my motoring around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OElxU1GgbDQ
Listen to that 2HP Elgin purr. It is running great!
I also put my topping lift on the Siren today. I found a leak too.
I don't have the keel locking bolt in because it seems the wire is too short to let the keel down all the way... (I don't know why I didn't just guess that would be a problem...)
Well if I go forward anymore than the entrance to the cabin water gushes in from the open locking bolt holes! Gushes!
I found that out when I was attaching the fore-stay... I heard water... Gushing... Looked in the window and got the fore-stay on a bit quicker than planned.
I did a video of my motoring around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OElxU1GgbDQ
Listen to that 2HP Elgin purr. It is running great!
Thank you to all those who recommended the Johnson lever tensioner. I ordered one last night. I would have never known they existed if I hadn't read about them here.
I'll try to post some pictures of the mods I've done to Miss Behavin'.
Saturday the winds at Oxnard were so light we barely moved along. I think our average speed was 1.7 knots. But we still had fun.
Sunday the winds picked up to about 15 knots. Since we only have one head sail we unfurled our 150 genoa to about 100% and kept our main reefed. I thought it was fun but the admiral didn't like the choppy water so we only went out a mile and came back in.
I'll try to post some pictures of the mods I've done to Miss Behavin'.
Saturday the winds at Oxnard were so light we barely moved along. I think our average speed was 1.7 knots. But we still had fun.
Sunday the winds picked up to about 15 knots. Since we only have one head sail we unfurled our 150 genoa to about 100% and kept our main reefed. I thought it was fun but the admiral didn't like the choppy water so we only went out a mile and came back in.
The fiberglass patches on my canoe finally kicked. I 'm using tooling resin so I covered it with wax paper to help it cure and not be sticky.
All 9 patches are good now. I'm not going to sand them smooth until I have some gel-coat in my spray gun for another project. (The transom of Transition is in need of a coat before I let it out.)
Here is a video I did of the patches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5au-ZB0GXic&feature=youtu.be
All 9 patches are good now. I'm not going to sand them smooth until I have some gel-coat in my spray gun for another project. (The transom of Transition is in need of a coat before I let it out.)
Here is a video I did of the patches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5au-ZB0GXic&feature=youtu.be
We had a fun eventful time sailing at Oxnard last weekend. Friday just before we got to Filmore, on the way down, we noticed a squeaking sound coming from the trailer. I pulled off the road to find that my left rear outer hubcap was missing. I bent down to get a closer look and found that the bearings were shot and the hub was so hot that it burned my fingertips. Since the tandem axle on this trailer is overkill (The original trailer was only a single axle.) I simply removed both rear wheels and continued on our way to Oxnard keeping our speed at or below 50 mph. On the way Debbi called ahead and found a place that could replace the hubs the next day. (Yes I could have replaced them myself but I was there to go sailing not work on my trailer.)
We arrived at Oxnard about 1:30 pm which gave us time to check in to our slip, set-up and launch the boat before dropping the trailer off for repairs. I was able to drop off the trailer early enough that they started working on it that afternoon. Unfortunately when the bearings went out the sheet-metal keeper that the cotter-pin goes through ended up missing and they didn’t have any in stock. I could either wait 2-3 business days for them to order the part or find one myself. I opted to find one myself but by this time it was almost 5:00 so the part would have to wait until morning. It was about noon Saturday when I finally brought the trailer back good as new.
The winds were light Saturday afternoon but we decided to go sailing anyhow. We puttered around outside the harbor averaging somewhere about 2 knots in the smooth rolling waves. It wasn’t fast but it was still fun.
About 2:00 Sunday morning Debbi woke me from a sound sleep to inform me that it was raining. It was actually more of a drizzle but I reluctantly drug my sleepy head out of bed to close the hatch and the pop-top and to make sure everything was protected from the precipitation.
The drizzle stopped by mid-morning but we waited till mid-afternoon to go sailing. This time we had 18-20 knot breeze with 2.5-4 foot chop and a few whitecaps which caught us by surprise since the winds inside the harbor were light and the forecast was for 8 knots and 2 foot waves at 14 seconds. As we passed the breakwater the wind and sea picked up and I immediately reefed the main. I tried to use the roller furler to reef our 150 genoa (unfortunately the only foresail our budget can handle at the moment) down to about 90 or 100%. Although the foot of the sail rolled up nicely, the head of the sail barely rolled up at all, presumably from the forestay twisting.
This left me with such a poorly shaped foresail that I decided to furl it completely and proceed on mainsail alone. Unfortunately the foot of the sail was rolled up so tightly that even after the reefing line was all the way in I still had about two feet of sail exposed to the wind. Once we got back inside the harbor I was able to unfurl the genoa and furl it completely to include a couple of wraps of the sheet. I’m going to look into this problem to see if there is something I can do to make the furler work better in the stronger winds. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Keep your mast up, your keel down, and your bilge dry.
We arrived at Oxnard about 1:30 pm which gave us time to check in to our slip, set-up and launch the boat before dropping the trailer off for repairs. I was able to drop off the trailer early enough that they started working on it that afternoon. Unfortunately when the bearings went out the sheet-metal keeper that the cotter-pin goes through ended up missing and they didn’t have any in stock. I could either wait 2-3 business days for them to order the part or find one myself. I opted to find one myself but by this time it was almost 5:00 so the part would have to wait until morning. It was about noon Saturday when I finally brought the trailer back good as new.
The winds were light Saturday afternoon but we decided to go sailing anyhow. We puttered around outside the harbor averaging somewhere about 2 knots in the smooth rolling waves. It wasn’t fast but it was still fun.
About 2:00 Sunday morning Debbi woke me from a sound sleep to inform me that it was raining. It was actually more of a drizzle but I reluctantly drug my sleepy head out of bed to close the hatch and the pop-top and to make sure everything was protected from the precipitation.
The drizzle stopped by mid-morning but we waited till mid-afternoon to go sailing. This time we had 18-20 knot breeze with 2.5-4 foot chop and a few whitecaps which caught us by surprise since the winds inside the harbor were light and the forecast was for 8 knots and 2 foot waves at 14 seconds. As we passed the breakwater the wind and sea picked up and I immediately reefed the main. I tried to use the roller furler to reef our 150 genoa (unfortunately the only foresail our budget can handle at the moment) down to about 90 or 100%. Although the foot of the sail rolled up nicely, the head of the sail barely rolled up at all, presumably from the forestay twisting.
This left me with such a poorly shaped foresail that I decided to furl it completely and proceed on mainsail alone. Unfortunately the foot of the sail was rolled up so tightly that even after the reefing line was all the way in I still had about two feet of sail exposed to the wind. Once we got back inside the harbor I was able to unfurl the genoa and furl it completely to include a couple of wraps of the sheet. I’m going to look into this problem to see if there is something I can do to make the furler work better in the stronger winds. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Keep your mast up, your keel down, and your bilge dry.
Good question. No. I don't know the brand it is but this furler came with the boat. The sail simply hanks onto the wire forestay with a swivel at the top and a drum at the bottom.
I believe the wire is untwisting from the bottom as I furl the sail around it. I'd like to wrap the sail around the other direction so that it would wind up the wire rather than unwinding it but the sunbrella shield would end up on the inside.
I think I have the same thing you have. Make sure you have the linkage taped up at the top and bottom of that furler. I've come close to having a serious problem with lines snagging and pulling a pin. The bearings in the swevall that is used to hoist the sail needs to be well lubed before every use. Doing those to things have kept the jamming up to a minimum.
Thank you. I do appreciate the input. Halyard wrap would be a good guess but the halyard block is attached to the base of the top swivel rather than to the mast like some more modern systems. The halyard then gets cleated off on a plate which is part of the forestay just above the furler spool so the entire halyard, block, and cleat get wrapped up in the foresail as one unit. The only thing attached to the mast is the portion of the forestay that is above the swivel.
Definitely find out the brand. Maybe take a couple decent photos of the drum also, but your description might bring someone out of the woodwork who knows this unit.