Hi Tom, You sound like you really appreciate your boat and have a very good knowledge about your options. If you decide to buy a new mainsail, I suggest you interview several local people and choose the sailmaker who knows your system and offers the best support, one who can examine your rig and measure your rig and explain things to your understanding. I'm no expert but know that a mainsail can be custom cut to take advantage of prebend, mast rake, backstay adjustment, etc. And the sail needs to fit that furling boom, so you need a sailmaker who understands that system, I think. Your sailmaker should offer to install his product and show you how to get the most out of it by joining you for a sail to check it fts properly, and matches your rig and responds properly to backstay and halyard tension and rolls into that boom. Good time of year to research that. My 2 cents.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Buscaglia" <t...@sv-alera.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:17:44 PM Subject: Stus-List Tuning a Boom Furled Main Chuck We are for sure blessed...but every silver lining has its cloud... The boom was installed when Alera was at Niagara-on-the-Lake and the sails were bought locally there, so getting any help out here in the PNW from the installer or sailmaker is not an option, though I agree it would be a good idea, if possible. Actually, I think the sail is a problem. The PO may have spent $$ on the boom, but went with the smaller sized Schaefer boom (Beta), rather than larger Alpha boom. The Beta has a max luff of 44'. This puts the 37+ with a P of 45.6', a little above the max luff for that size boom. I think they raised the boom on the mast a little to cover it, though even then the sail barely fits the Boom. I also had to downsize the furler line because the standard size will filling the reel completely and binding on the inside of the furler drum. The result is that the sail had to be thin so the PO went with a Mylar, but went all cheapo there too. It's kinda weird...I think he like the engineering, but didn't really sail much (She only has 480 hrs on the engine when I got her in late 2011) . Go figure. I think of him as her caretaker who kept her nice and bought cool stuff for her (like the boom and elec winch) while she was waiting for me to accumulate enough $ to get her! Anyway, the main material is pretty cool layered mylar, but was made by (or at least sold by...I suspect it's from the Rolly Tasker loft in SE Asia) some local sailmaker I have never heard of in the NE. It was not cut very well and the leach seems to be cut too long so that it has significant drag across the backstay when tacking and tends to bag. I had to take it off and take it into North to have the battens and batten pockets redone and the corners reinforced as the clew merely had grommet through the sail, and none of the corners had appropriate reinforcement...ugh. I have called Schaefer a few times to talk and they said that the sail cut is really critical...so a new main is definitely on my "list." That will for sure come with an on-board visit both before and after I get it. That said, I am wondering what, if any, tuning I can get using the baby stay and whether a backstay adjustment might be worth getting. Tom B At 04:45 PM 12/5/2013, you wrote: Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 00:25:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Tuning a Boom Furled Main Message-ID: <973992104.551135.1386289525405.javamail.r...@sz0179a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Tom, I wish I had your problem. You have a very high performance oriented cruiser that seems tweaked even further by a very knowledgable and generous previous owner. Seriously, I can't give qualified advice but suggest you actual contact the sailmaker who made your mainsail and hire him for half a day to come sail with you. You want to ask him about the proper way to hoist, furl, reef, tune, etc. It would be money well spent to know how to properly take care of that furler and the sail and get the most out of it, and properly maintain it for a long long time. Money well spent. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ Tom Buscaglia SV Alera C&C 37+/40 Vashon Island WA (206) 463-9200 www.sv-alera.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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