Persistence had been set up for cruising when we bought her but also to be raced if desired. The sails were carefully chosen by previous owner Rob in this manner. Main is Quantum Fusion M6500. It has carbon/vectran fibres sandwiched between two layers of taffeta. Bulletproof but nice shape and reasonably fast. Blade jib was set up for roller furling and is pentex sandwiched between two layers taffeta. Is reasonably fast when the wind is up but too flat for the in between breezes. Also came with a brand new asymmetric spin in removable ATN sock (along with an existing symmetric spin). I mention these sails because they were bought to last for cruising but to be appealing to anyone who would eventually purchase the boat and want to race (that would be me).
There was also the lazy jacks, bimini, dodger, (both with almost new canvas), roller furling, non roller furling racing sails in bags, lazy jacks, two collapsible water tanks, pressurized hot/cold water, cockpit shower, oversized head compartment, oversized head, oversized 3 burner oven, refrigeration under motor and at shore, oversized motor. This was a boat set up for cruising but not to the extent it would become unappealing to a racer. Our challenge was how to incorporate the best of the cruising with the best of the racing features. We have done ok in this regard and added some new sails, extra ST winches, upgraded electronics (there were also some very nice and new electronics with the boat) and then determined ways to have the lazy jacks attached to mast but not to boom when racing yet available for cruising etc …. Has been interesting The boat was advertised as being able to go from cruise mode to race mode in 10 minutes or less. HA! Last week we were in full on cruise mode. Between Sunday and Monday had to get back to race mode. - Remove bimini - Remove dodger - Unbend roller furling 100% headsail. Remove feeder from foil and drop RF collar and then reinstall feeder - Remove BBQ - Remove OB motor mounted on pushpit - Empty both water tanks - Put genoas and symmetric spin back on board - Unbend old main - Bend on newer main I don’t even remember the rest but suffice it to say it took more than ten minutes. And now we have to reverse all that the day after a regatta to go cruising the next day. Sorry for the rambling email. It runs in the family Instead of this boat we could have purchased a sporty racing boat. One that does not have overlapping genoas. It would be amazingly quick at mark roundings, tacking, accelerating and simply exhilarating to sail. However I surely would miss the bother of getting the boat ready and then embarking on an extended stay on the boat, using the bimini for shade or connecting to the dodger to get out of the rain. Having hot coffee in the morning and being able to wash up the dishes on board with hot water rather than dragging them to a public washroom. I would also not miss having to drag bag after bag of constantly melting ice aboard and yet still manage to have refrigerated food and beverages, etc … Yup – I like most here prefer the good old racer / cruiser. Even if it can be a pain to tack the large genoas and it is a constant PITA to always find enough people to run it properly for a race. Mike Persistence 1987 (that’s 30 years!) Frers 33 Halifax, NS http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of RANDY via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 1:02 AM To: cnc-list Cc: RANDY Subject: Re: Stus-List Original Rig, (was US Watercraft receivership) Grenadine's rig and deck hardware is all-original, old-school. No furler, lazy jacks, self-tailing winches, rope clutches. My crew has to grind and tail and cleat to horn cleats, and flake sails manually. For two years they didn't know any better because they're newbies :) But one of them jumped on a shorthanded competitor's boat the other week and came back jealous of his furler and self-tailing winches. In defense I had to explain how much it would cost to upgrade :) I'd rather spend the money on new sails. While I can appreciate the merits of all those conveniences especially for leisure sailing, for racing I like being able to make a last-minute headsail choice right before leaving the dock, or even changing the headsail on the fly. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO
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