I would second that recommendation. First thing I did on "Ronin" when I got a new boom and mainsail was to move the boom up 6 inches. I was never going to race her and tired of worrying about my crew's noggins...
Best, Dave 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > George, > > I strongly suggest measuring the dimensions for the sail on the boat. Don’t > trust the published values. They are only good for getting quotes from the > sailmakers. > > I got new sails last fall and it turned out that only the boom length (E) was > correct. My old sail’s P was too short, but the actual P (measured at the > mast was shorter than the published by at least 6”). I suspect that my boom > might have been moved up by one of the POs (though no marks on the mast). > > Marek (in Ottawa) > _________________________________________________ > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:04:28 -0500 > From: "George Cone" <gc...@alpinesy.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List folding prop for C&C 40 > Message-ID: <005001cf1174$98864a90$c992dfb0$@alpinesy.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The HIN- is ZCC40129M81H, so I assume that means #129, the present prop is a > 2 blade fixed, I also have a question for you on main sail dimensions, is > there only one P=46.5 or is it possible to be longer, I am considering a new > main as it looks like the main is an original. I am also led to believe (and > I checked) that the draft is 8.25' instead of 7'-more confusion, (I asked > Bob about it at Block Island and he did not know about that deep an option. > > Thanks, > > George > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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