Dwight,
I was going ask the same question as Chuck. My 35 Mk2 is old school, no
roller furler racing genoas, but does have a cruising roller furl #2.
All racing genoas are deck sweepers and are lead inboard of the
lifelines which requires on each tack that the foredeck "skirts" the
sails. I usually point high and try to find the slot where the foresails
telltales are just barely lifting. Seems to work against most boats and
we get to the mark in good shape. But I do note your statement about
keel shape, since Fireball has a keel a little over 6' (1.98m) and a
for-to-aft longer rudder by 2". Also her "E" is 11.65' (3.55m) so the
boat really drives off her genoas and the main is secondary.
Don Kern
/Fireball, /C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 1/24/2021 3:24 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
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
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