I race quite a bit (more than I cruise) and I have not used the reaching
strut in years, though it carried below on the shelf above the v-berth.
We use both a sheet and a guy attached to each clue. The sheet is lead
to a turning blocks at the aft most opening on the toe rail, the guy is
lead to a snatch block on the toe rail about a foot aft of the lower-aft
shroud, then inboard aft to the cockpit. In light air we will drop the
guy and just go with the sheet. The shackle of the guy is normally
hooked into the ring of the sheet's shackle. For spinnaker take downs we
grab the lazy guy, easy since there is no tension on it, lead it over
the life line down the companionway into cabin. Then let the pole go
forward and blow the sheet's shackle (guy is hooked into the sheet) and
haul the chute down behind the main. Two other advantages with this
arrangement is that with the guy led into the toe rail amidships it also
acts as a pole downhaul and when running dead before the wind, in very
heavy blow we choke the spinnaker with the lazy guy to inhibit death roles.
Don Kern
Fireball C&C35 MK2
Bristol, RI
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 11:04 AM Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Listers:
Different topic for the collective wisdom of the group. The
reaching strut that came with my boat did not match up with the deck
mounts, both in terms of the end fittings and pole length. I bought
replacement deck mount fittings and was going to mount them closer
together, but decided to study the issue to try to figure out why a
prior owner shortened the strut (and whether a longer strut is
necessary). We concluded this past summer that: a) the extra foot
or so of length will definitely help protect the aft stanchions much
better; and b) the prior owner probably broke the original strut and
decided to rebuild it using the undamaged portion (or obtained a
replacement strut from someone else).
The tubing is 3 1/2”. I am only aware of Forespar selling this
type/size tubing. I need about 6 1/2’ of tubing, but the shortest
length Forespar sells is 12 feet, which is expensive. Shipping is
also expensive, even if the pole is cut to the desired length. I
really don’t want to spend $500 or so to extend the reaching strut
to its original length. Suggestions?
Matt Wolford
C&C 42 Custom
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