Saga is in her slip and all of her work was done...for a short time anyway. I decided, with all my modifications done and working correctly, to go for a quick overnight trip. I knew that I had ideal weather for going but knew that it would be heavy weather coming home.
Yesterday was a beautiful sail. I had a nice reach out of Colonial Beach all the way to Nomini Bay. I anchored there for the night.
Today I really had sail! I was in 10-15 sometimes, then 20 knots steady for a while with gusts over 25.
I was impressed with the way Saga held to it. The waves were smaller because I was on the windward side of the river. Still, I started with full main and my 150 fully furled out in the morning in the slower wind speeds. Pretty soon I shook a reef in the main and then furled the jib. I furled the jib down to about 90 percent for a while. It was a tight reach but I was doing okay. I still had to dump the main some in the really big gusts, these had to be over 25 knots.
As I was getting to the harbor I was pretty proud because I did the three hour sail back at good speed and kept the boat in control in heavy weather. I decided, since this was a rare day that I could actually sail into the harbor, to sail into the harbor. BIG MISTAKE!
As I was nearing the dock I started the furl my jib. The jib sheet got pinned in the fair lead block and I couldn't get it free. I circled for about 20 minutes until I was able to free it. I had to do it with a marlin spike and push it out of there.
Needless to say the fair lead block is shot! It is a Ronstan RF 1277 for 1" T Track. Of course they don't make that particular block anymore. I called Ronstan and the replacement that they mentioned was $240!!!! WTH?!?!?!?! I am currently debating the best and most economic way to replace this Genoa Sheet lead car. I checked ebay and other sources as well.
Schaefer makes a block that looks similar and I can get it from Worst Marine (I do have a gift card so that lessons the damage). It is still over 1 boat unit though.
Will any Genoa Sheet Lead car block work if it is for 1" T track?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Yesterday was a beautiful sail. I had a nice reach out of Colonial Beach all the way to Nomini Bay. I anchored there for the night.
Today I really had sail! I was in 10-15 sometimes, then 20 knots steady for a while with gusts over 25.
I was impressed with the way Saga held to it. The waves were smaller because I was on the windward side of the river. Still, I started with full main and my 150 fully furled out in the morning in the slower wind speeds. Pretty soon I shook a reef in the main and then furled the jib. I furled the jib down to about 90 percent for a while. It was a tight reach but I was doing okay. I still had to dump the main some in the really big gusts, these had to be over 25 knots.
As I was getting to the harbor I was pretty proud because I did the three hour sail back at good speed and kept the boat in control in heavy weather. I decided, since this was a rare day that I could actually sail into the harbor, to sail into the harbor. BIG MISTAKE!
As I was nearing the dock I started the furl my jib. The jib sheet got pinned in the fair lead block and I couldn't get it free. I circled for about 20 minutes until I was able to free it. I had to do it with a marlin spike and push it out of there.
Needless to say the fair lead block is shot! It is a Ronstan RF 1277 for 1" T Track. Of course they don't make that particular block anymore. I called Ronstan and the replacement that they mentioned was $240!!!! WTH?!?!?!?! I am currently debating the best and most economic way to replace this Genoa Sheet lead car. I checked ebay and other sources as well.
Schaefer makes a block that looks similar and I can get it from Worst Marine (I do have a gift card so that lessons the damage). It is still over 1 boat unit though.
Will any Genoa Sheet Lead car block work if it is for 1" T track?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
