Alan, I find that my 35 Mk2 is sensitive to crew forward of the mast,
thus the only time I like to have crew forward of the mast is for sail
set ups and sail changes. Thus in spinnaker take down I have one person
in cabin and two hauling the chute down. Normal racing crew is 6 or 7.
Also race on a J30 and find on her that crew forward is good and only
have two aft of the cabin companionway (helm & mainsheet/tactician),
Normal crew on her is the same, 6 or 7.
Would also like to know what others think about fore-aft trim on the
older C&Cs.
Don Kern
Fireball C&C 35 MK2
Bristol, RI
On 12/7/2018 7:00 PM, ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List wrote:
My arrangement is similar to yours, Don. The spinnaker guy has a
shackle with a large bale The sheet is attached to the guy and the guy
is attached to the spinnaker clew. I have a two or three inch diameter
disk on the guy just aft of the shackle which prevents the shackle
from getting caught in the jaws of the pole. My guy goes to a pad-eye
just aft of the shrouds, and the sheet to a block on the rail all the
way aft. When dropping the chute, we drop it under the jib, and down
the forward hatch. That keeps the companionway clear, and the
spinnaker doesn't tangle with the cockpit crew.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose City YC
Portland, OR
Don Kern via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com
<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
1:08 PM (2 hours ago)
Reply
to cnc-list, Don
I race quite a bit (more than I cruise) and I have not used the
reaching strut in years, though it carried below on the shelf above
the v-berth. We use both a sheet and a guy attached to each clue. The
sheet is lead to a turning blocks at the aft most opening on the toe
rail, the guy is lead to a snatch block on the toe rail about a foot
aft of the lower-aft shroud, then inboard aft to the cockpit. In
light air we will drop the guy and just go with the sheet. The
shackle of the guy is normally hooked into the ring of the sheet's
shackle. For spinnaker take downs we grab the lazy guy, easy since
there is no tension on it, lead it over the life line down the
companionway into cabin. Then let the pole go forward and blow the
sheet's shackle (guy is hooked into the sheet) and haul the chute down
behind the main. Two other advantages with this arrangement is that
with the guy led into the toe rail amidships it also acts as a pole
downhaul and when running dead before the wind, in very heavy blow we
choke the spinnaker with the lazy guy to inhibit death roles.
Don Kern
Fireball C&C35 MK2
Bristol, RI
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