Trip to Europe (and back) begins
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Yes, but what you don't have, and what I need to find, is that double sided plastic sail track you see running between the sail and the luff cloth. It's a #6 sail track on each side, one side runs up the luff cloth, the other side the sail runs up it. 46' 10" long. Actually, that's the length of the luff cloth so that plastic sail track could be less - like 46 feet or a bit more.
dj
The sail track I need has track on both sides.- #6 track. Total length of luff cloth is 46 feet 10 inches. But the sail track does not go the entire length so I'd say about perfect would be about 46 feet 6 inches but I could easily cut the top to make it the exact length unless I could get the track with the aluminum feed that you see at the bottom on both ends. That would be really sweet!
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- Oct 22, 2014
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Luff extrusion - the plastic piece running up the luff cloth and the the sail runs up it.
Porfurl was sold through Hood sails. I believe I have a Profurl system. Peter Grimm looked at photos of it and said it was an old Hood system. Pete Keeping was on my boat and said he thought it was an old Profurl system. There are no markings on it other than a patent number, which I have looked up and can send to you. But I'm working on the clew right now. Here's the patent number: US Pat. 4324192
You can find it easily. Anyway, wish me luck on fixing the clew - let me tell you, it is anything but easy!
dj
p.s. Haven't even begun to look at the broken extrusion...
Drat - torn it apart - rebuilt as best we could - put back together - forgot photos.... I'm not pulling it back apart....
Sorry.
dj
Heading down to Puerto Posito Blanco. Better weather, more room, less tourists...
I had just pulled into the fuel docks in Las Palmas and two people asked if they could join me to to cross. Walked around for a beer, had two other independent people ask me to join. Going back the boat had several more... It was like getting really old....
dj
It is an easy hop. We are only a couple hours out right now.
I have one crew. Very good crew in fact. He runs charters in the med on his own boat, very cool dude... I think it will just be the two of us to cross. Other than sickness or injury, I can't see a reason to add a third person on board. And we are both healthy and careful... Sure, as the say sh!t happens... I'm hoping for the best!
dj
Made it into Posito Blanco around 2 am. Lovely spot. Working on some boat projects. The chain running my autopilot needs cleaning. Gotta see about my luff cloth sail track.
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Finally we are heading out from Pasito Blanco to the Caribbean. We've had a great time in the Canaries. The weather is just amazing! It rained two times since we've been here and those were short lived. Friends back home are sending me photos of snow. I'm in shorts, sandals and tee shirts...
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jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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I got this post from Marine Traffic this AM.
They are off to ride the Trade Winds like sailors of old.
Current 6 day plot for their route. Current forecast has the Trade Winds filling in as they proceed along their route.
They are off to ride the Trade Winds like sailors of old.
Current 6 day plot for their route. Current forecast has the Trade Winds filling in as they proceed along their route.
