Hi Dwight, Do you ever trim the genoa so that it is entirely inside the lifelines?
Chuck S > On 01/24/2021 7:38 AM dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > The beam of the Mk I is the same as the beam of my Mk II at 10.5 feet. A > high cut clew will help but the sheets will still chafe hard on the life > lines under some points of sail. My boat has inboard genoa tracks but there > is a limit on how close you can sail to apparent wind angle (point) and still > be fast from point A to B upwind. You will be able to sail higher in light > air, say below 10kts apparent but as wind speed increases footing off will > pay off. The design mainly because of keel and hull shape I believe does not > point as well as some newer designs. Besides the lifeline issue you need to > consider the shrouds. The Mk I has for and aft lowers with not much distance > between the uppers and the toe rail. > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 11:16 PM Bob Mann via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > My '71 C&C 35 mk I does not have any deck tracks. In my > area we used to race with 167% genoa, which I used snatch blocks on the toe > rail for. When I went down to a 155%, I still used the toe rail. However, > the clew comes down just aft of a stantion and gets caught on the lifeline; I > already severely bent the port lifeline last year. > > > > Our OD fleet in Detroit is going to 155% max genoa size in '21 so > > I'll be using that sail more often. All-around, time to add tracks to the > > deck. I've been given these locations for adding track: > > Inline tracks > > Front 20.0 aft of tack > > Back 26.6 aft of tack > > Front off center line 3.5 > > Back off center line 4.1 > > > > Transverse tracks - run from rail to cabin house > > 130 % Transverse > > 19.5 Aft of jib tack > > > > 155% Transverse > > 23.1 aft of tack > > > > I've been successful in Wednesday night races running the 167% to > > the toe rail and can continue to do so. However, for OD races on Saturday > > it will be 155% and 130% (which I don't yet own). > > > > What do you think of the track locations? Should the track be > > straight, if possible? What size track, 1.25 T-track? I'll be going with > > Garhauer adjustable sheet leads. Other thoughts or suggestions? I have > > two months to plan and install as I won't launch until late April. > > > > Bob Mann > > Mystic > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
