Mike
My 35 MKII has the a very similar setup to what you describe for your new Frers 33.I have been single handed sailing from the beginning, no problem on Alianna and in fact I like that bridgedeck / traveller layout. I have a 7:1 advantage to ratchet block and cam cleat on my main sheet and I can trim that as needed from behind the wheel or from either side aft of the wheel. When single handed I may sacrifice a bit of performance because I lock the traveller car at center line and only make adjsutments if the wind is really fresh when I will lock the traveller controls so that the traveller car falls off a few inches to leeward with every tack upwind.my clew outhaul is also led to the cockpit so I set that for the wind of the day.Alianna holds an upwind course very well once she is in the grove (about 32-33 apparent over a wide wind strength range) without auto pilot (Bob Abbott will confirm that) so I can trust to leave the wheel and go forward to tweak if needed but when sailing single handed I seldom do that. Maybe you would enjoy a sail on a well rigged 35 MKII in some fresh St. Margaret's Bay air to see how I have arranged the control lines. I read somewhere that the raised bridge deck design is better for keeping water out of the cabin but I expect that would only matter in big storms on the ocean, the likes of which I have never been in so what if anything that I don't like about the design is that I feel it is more difficult to climb over for access below decks Dwight Veinot C&C 35MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: August 26, 2014 9:26 AM To: Josh Muckley; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List CNC 115 Shorthanded Sailers Josh What is the cockpit layout of the 37+ in terms of winch placement, traveler, main controls, etc? I am curious because having just gone from a Tiller boat with mid cockpit traveler (toward aft of cockpit) and traveler and backstay and sheet all at traveler with jib sheets/primaries at forward end of cockpit I am finding the cruising boat layouts very awkward. With the tiller near the traveler the driver could also do main trim when sailing short handed and at very least has the main trimmer immediately beside for communication. Even on the C&C 99 and 115 the traveler is just forward of wheel which gives driver some access to main and very good communication with main trimmer. On our new cruising boat the traveler is on a bridge deck at companion way which places the main trimmer forward of the jib trimmer and makes short handed sailing and controlling the main much more awkward. I still cannot fathom why anyone would intentionally have a traveler forward .. So when sailing single handed with a wheel and a forward traveler how on earth can you tack a boat single handed? With two people I could see it, sort of. With one it seems that it would take 5 minutes to get the boat tacked and trimmed. Mike Frers 33 Persistence From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:17 AM To: drobert...@comcast.net; C&C List Subject: Re: Stus-List CNC 115 Shorthanded Sailers I do not have particular expierience with "light air" boats but would have generally said that the 37+ was one. A rule of thumb I use is that boat speed should be about half of apparent wind speed while closehulled, up to 14 knots. Above that we should start working to flatten the boat but can wait till 18-20. My wife and I regularly sail with just the two of us. I could single hand the boat by using the auto pilot. In that case the hardest part is getting the main up because you have to stay into the wind for so long. I do regularly use auto to help tack by myself while she is relaxing or cooking. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 4007/8076 - Release Date: 08/21/14
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