Andy, Yup.
I just helped a buddy bring his J120 from Annapolis to NEB for the upcoming Newport-Bermuda race and I’m pretty sure that the mast being bolted to the shoe was not done. Not sure anymore if it is even required. In theory it seems like a good idea but in the real world, probably not so much. Cheers, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit (meant to send this to the list but apparently hit Reply as opposed to Reply All..) On Jun 12, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the reason we bolt the mast to the step is that some bright spark in > the CCA decided that it was a good idea for boats doing the Bermuda race and > it caught on. I remember thinking how useless the idea as I prepared a boat > for the 1984 race. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Dave Godwin via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Wal, > > I think ventilation is the purpose also. Moot point now that I have a mast > wrap though. > > The observation about bolting the mast base to the shoe is pretty much in > line with my thinking; the forces at work in a major mast loss are probably > going to overwhelm those bolts pretty quickly. I’ve thought about doing it > with my mast but frankly it is a back-burner item for the time being. > > As a former owner (briefly) of a Bruce King designed Islander 37 I can > imagine the damage done. The mast is encased by cabinetry and probably did a > good bit of damage to that and the head. Those old seventies-era > single-spreader masts were pretty stout… > > As far as the upcoming weather is concerned and as someone who has > experienced sailing north up the Baja coast I would recommend that you > consider heading south for the Canal and the Caribbean. No decent tacos but > some great sailing to be had. The Chesapeake Bay is pretty nifty too. ;-) > > Best, > Dave Godwin > 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin > Reedville - Chesapeake Bay > Ronin’s Overdue Refit > > On Jun 12, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Wally Bryant via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I vote for ventilation. I have 14 1/2" holes in the mast, about six inches >> from the collar. When the bow's pointed into a stiff breeze it is truly >> amazing the amount of air that comes in through all the slots in the mast >> and shoots out through those holes. Often, that's happening when all the >> hatches have to be shut tight, so that air is welcome. I never considered >> the reverse, of moving air up out of the boat, but it makes sense. I'll >> have to do an experiment, and set a fart on fire and see where the smoke >> goes. <VBG> >> >> A dozen or so years back a keel-stepped Islander 37 was a victim of bad line >> handling in the Panama Canal, and was swept under the transom of a container >> ship. <http://www.pmbc.net/htmls/brokenboat.html> The whole mast was spun in >> a big circle, and was devastating to the interior. I can only guess that >> the rig was actually lifted off the mast step during the crash. Frankly, I >> don't know if having the mast bolted to the step would have done much good. >> When I rebuilt my rig with a new mast step, I asked the rigger to drill a >> hole through everything so we could bolt it down, and he looked at me like I >> was an idiot. (At the time, he'd just finished rigging Bruce Schwab's Open >> 60 'Ocean Planet', and he was the best rigger in town.) He told my that my >> mast step had 2" high 1/2" thick walls, and if the mast ever jumped over >> that it would be the least of my problems. >> >> Anyway, Eastern Pacific has had two Cat 4 Hurricanes within the first two >> weeks of the season. I sure hope that isn't a sign of how the summer will >> develop. I've been waiting here for weeks looking for the right weather >> window to sail north. The SSW winds don't kick in until hurricane season. >> Everybody is gone; they've all motored into the northerlies, or waited for >> dead calm to motor north. I don't like motoring for days on end. It's an >> insult to the boat. And it looks like this weekend there will be three days >> of 8-15k from the SW, with a 3-4 foot 13 second SW swell. Cool. Give me 8 >> on a flat sea (with a clean hull,) and I'll make 4-5. Give me 15 and I'm at >> hull speed, with the boat on it's feet. I can set the sails, set the >> Monitor, and fire up the BBQ. The contour lines are a bit squirelly, so >> sailing the rhumb line won't happen, but who cares as long as you're moving >> forward. >> >> I will miss this place, though. The fishing boats pull in every morning, >> and I can walk over and get fish off the boat. I have often bought a kilo >> of fresh yellowfin tuna, cut off the fish while I watch, for 150 pesos. >> Yes, I have eaten the freshest sashimi possible until I can't eat anymore >> and still have leftovers. >> >> Wal >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >> page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260
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