Hello everyone. It has been a LONG time since I was last on here. Yuginots family has had a tough few years (loss of my job and career, almost lost the boat last year due to "poorness"). Finally, we can spend a little to help out our H37C. I just ordered 11 ports for her. To replace all of those old, leaky ports (now covered with plastic sheet). It was tough to come up with the difference, in cost, between replacing the ports with just covering the holes with a window of polycarbonate (costing possibly a few hundred), or installing Nufoundmetal's, glass windowed, Tri-Matrix ports (costing around $3k). Since Yuginots is all we have, and can afford to live in, we might as well have her nice. Outside canvas is next. We have been under white plastic tarps for a few years. On all of our previous boats we have carried a hard dinghy on the coach roof. The 37, being a true cutter, has her mast further aft, than a sloop, so the length of the dinghy is restricted. Even as short as 7', the dinghy interferes with the dodger. So we are going the way of the inflatable. We will have to have bimini bows made. I would like a four bow system, with the two support bows as the middle ones, so the outer two can collapse to shrink the bimini for stronger conditions and to interfere less while sailing. We did this setup on our last boat yet equipped with blue tarps. Yuginots future is uncertain due to as we may not sail her any distance. I still want to equip her for offshore. I'm much more comfortable sailing a capable boat no matter what distance she travels. Peace...Guy
Update from Maine, S/A Yuginots
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I think you will be happy with the TriMatrix ports - I have heard good things about them. I have not been entirely satisfied with the Beckson Rain Drain ports I installed 10 years ago and will probably go with the TriMatrix or NFM's all-metal ports next time. I was through Portland a couple of weeks ago but I had forgotten you were there. Too bad. We could have met for an ale. Glad you are back posting on the forum. Fair winds!
Thanks guys for being here. That would have been fun to me up too! Also, I thought about the stainless ports also, yet with 11 ports to replace, we just cannot afford the additional cost. By winter, we stay in the watch all year, we also want at least a dodger and bimini in place. Enclosed would be even better. The hold up is the cost and building of the bimini bows. I want a slightly different setup than most. I want a four bow system incorporating the long bows as the middle bows with the outer bows capable of collapsing to the middle bows for rougher conditions and/or easier access. I would though, like to see how others have set their 37's up. With the traveler in the cockpit, that needed slot introduces additional concerns. I still have to install our two speed manual windlass, in the anchor well, then pvc tubing under and aft, to feed the chain under the V berth. Bought a used 45# Bruce from a friend. Now we need the chain. Also, it is odd that a cutter only has two winches on the mast. Not three. Could a line brake followed by a cleat, be sufficient for the foresail halyard? It's furled, so should not need as much tension as non-furled. So many things to do.......