Hi Matt, What I mean is my boat has a spinnaker pole, mast ring on track, topping lift, pole downhaul deck hardware, etc. What do you mean pole gizmos? :)
Interesting that you use your spin pole at the tack of your asym if I understood correctly. Can you keep it low enough with the pole downhaul? My spin pole doesn’t extend forward of the stem - I can dip gybe with it. Cheers, Randy > On May 15, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Matt Wolford via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Randy: > > What do you mean when you say "rigged"? I have an asym, but I just use > my spin pole set all the way forward and as low as possible. Do you have one > of those pole gizmos? > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Randy Stafford > via CnC-List > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 12:36 PM > To: cnc-list <[email protected]> > Cc: Randy Stafford <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Tacking Down an Asym on a 30 MK I > > Hi Mike, > > Yes Grenadine is rigged for symmetrical spinnaker and I fly it in some races. > I’m still at a disadvantage in speed of setting sails without furlers. > > I would be surprised if TSL would need to be greater than 13.5’! > > Cheers, > Randy > >> On May 15, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Randy >> >> You may take a rating hit for having a sprit on the boat for this. The >> measurement will be Total Sprit Length (TSL) and if that exceeds J there is >> usually an adjustment. >> >> Have you considered a symmetrical spinnaker? The 30 was designed for one >> and the downwind angles would clobber a Ranger 28 flying an asym tacked at >> bow. >> >> Regards >> >> Mike Hoyt >> Persistence >> Halifax, NS >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: CnC-List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Randy Stafford >> via CnC-List >> Sent: May 15, 2020 1:23 PM >> To: cnc-list <[email protected]> >> Cc: Randy Stafford <[email protected]> >> Subject: Stus-List Tacking Down an Asym on a 30 MK I >> >> Listers- >> >> A guy in my yacht club has started an arms race by adding an asym with a >> top-down furler to his Ranger 28. Wednesday night in light air I beat him >> to the windward mark by a minute or two, then he hoisted his asym and >> dropped me like a bad habit. He beat me by five minutes corrected time in a >> one-hour race despite spotting me 12 sec/mile with his new adjusted rating >> (demonstrating yet again that ratings don’t necessarily account for >> performance differences). It was an eye-opening demonstration. >> >> So now I’m thinking I need an asym to compete. I know a guy who flew one on >> a 30 MK I. He welded a bracket forward of the stem, to fasten a tack line >> block, and had a sock instead of a furler. If I want to compete with this >> Ranger 28, I’ll have to add two furlers (one on the forestay and one for the >> asym) to be able to set sails as fast as him. So I can’t just shackle an >> asym tack line block to the spare headsail shackle on the stem, and >> hoist/douse the asym using a sock. I need a tack point forward of the stem >> to accommodate a furler. >> >> Thus my question to you listers: any experience with adding a bowsprit or >> bracket etc. to your C&C for tacking down an asymmetrical spinnaker? I did >> some reading last night on after-market bowsprits (e.g. Selden), but of >> course wanted to check with the collective wisdom on Stu’s list. Any advice >> or recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> Randy Stafford >> S/V Grenadine >> C&C 30 MK I #79 >> Ken Caryl, CO >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
