Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-20 Thread Wally Kowal via CnC-List
Robert, That looked like tons of fun. I'm a lucky man because my wife enjoys putting the rail in the water. I'm usually the one worrying because she has no regard for the forces involved. She broke the undersized mainsheet shackle on our first solo sail because the PO never pushed the boat as h

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Bill Coleman via CnC-List
&C 39 Erie, PA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bailey White via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:21 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bailey White Subject: Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern I went sailing with friends recentl

Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread robert via CnC-List
Bailey, The video doesn't look like conditions were heavy air downwind with a following seahead sail or main sail in those kind of conditions was the topicbut I agree, going upwind in a big breeze with a 100% jib works great on my boat. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 #277 Halifax, N.S. On

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Bailey White via CnC-List
I went sailing with friends recently in heavy air and the winds built to 35 to 40 on my old C&C 36. I had thought I would set a reefed main but found instead that I kept rolling the #3 up instead and never wanted for a main. The helm still felt good. Here is a quick video a friend took that day:

Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread robert via CnC-List
Don, I have a 135% and use it most days alone most days without the main.I am now a lazy sailor. I was specifically talking about downwind with a following sea. Downwind with a following sea in +20 knots, its the main alone for me.  Last Summer, I came in from about 8 miles out in this e

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Don Kern via CnC-List
Rob, When I am out for a cruise I will use my roller furl only - upwind, reaching and downwind. A lot less hassle and i am not worried about someone losing their head to the boom or fingers to the main traveler.  The roller furl is 140% and most importantly the helm is balanced going upwind. 

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
Many of our older boats have smaller, high aspect mains. Unlike newer designs, older C&C's are primarily headsail driven. For a 35-1, sail area of main = 260 sq. ft. (0.5 x P x E) Area of foretriangle = 320 sq. ft. (0.5 x I x J) Headsail areas 100% 320 sq. ft. 135% 430 sq. ft. 155% 500 sq.

Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread robert via CnC-List
Interesting comments for sailing down wind..my preference is to sail with the main aloneleave the jib furled.my boat, a 32, feels better balanced, better control of the sail, the bow is not being pulled downward, better helm. Would I rather unfurl and furl a jib over hoisting and f

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Rick Brass via CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Nelson via CnC-List Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:25 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cenel...@aol.com Subject: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern Agree with philosophy of not using main in heavy winds astern. OTOH, I wonder

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List
Agree. No better way to control sailing downwind than to sail with just the headsail and no main. The helm will tell you when the boat likes the sail setup. You know it's right when you feel how easy she steers. Chuck, Resolute, 1990 C&C 34R > On March 19, 2019 at 9:37 AM "Della Barba

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-19 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
My boat would be on about her 10th mast if this was an issue for old C&Cs. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I ___ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support

Re: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-18 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
: Charlie Nelson via CnC-List Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:26 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cenel...@aol.com Subject: Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern Agree with philosophy of not using main in heavy winds astern. OTOH, I wonder about the unbalanced forces on the stays/boat when a

Stus-List Headsail only in strong winds astern

2019-03-18 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
Agree with philosophy of not using main in heavy winds astern.  OTOH, I wonder about the unbalanced forces on the stays/boat when a stern wind is 30+ knots even with some ofthe 'telephone pole' masts on some C&Cs when only a head sail is flown. Mine mast is rather bendy with check stays and in hi

Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-02 Thread Brian Chambers via CnC-List
Sounds like you have a plan. Brian Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:47 AM, Chuck Saur via CnC-List wrote: Adding to the discussion about headsails...I purchased an old Haarstick used #3 dubbed "bug sail" for early season sailing in northern Lake Huron.  Seems the

Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-02 Thread Chuck Saur via CnC-List
Adding to the discussion about headsails...I purchased an old Haarstick used #3 dubbed "bug sail" for early season sailing in northern Lake Huron. Seems the off-balanced food chain has favored a prolific midge population that hatches and coats nice white sails in a black smudge for about 2-3 weeks

Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-01 Thread robert via CnC-List
Brian; You might want to try here: https://baconsails.com/ Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - #277 Halifax, N.S. On 2019-02-01 12:55 p.m., Brian Chambers via CnC-List wrote: Richard and Robert, Thanks for the input as we apparently are on the same page. I sail on Lake Michigan and the wind there can

Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-01 Thread David via CnC-List
: Bruce Whitmore Subject: Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135? Hello all, We had a C&C 27 MKIII tall rig on Lake Michigan, and found that I always used by 120%, and after I got it, stopped using my 100% and 150%. By comparison, now that I am in the Tampa area, I found my 130% to be too li

Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-01 Thread Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List
Hello all, We had a C&C 27 MKIII tall rig on Lake Michigan, and found that I always used by 120%, and after I got it, stopped using my 100% and 150%.  By comparison, now that I am in the Tampa area, I found my 130% to be too little sail, and so I run my 150% on my roller furling all the time.  S

Re: Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-01 Thread Brian Chambers via CnC-List
Richard and Robert, Thanks for the input as we apparently are on the same page. I sail on Lake Michigan and the wind there can vary anywhere from light (10-15) to you don’t want to leave the marina. I have received a quote on a new sail (135) and was curious if there was an outlet for used sai

Stus-List headsail, maybe 125-135?

2019-02-01 Thread robert via CnC-List
Brian: I have a 32.I single hand sail most days...I use a RF 135% and the majority of the days I don't hoist my mainto lazy to go through the bother and if I am only out for an hour or two, which happens a lot, why bother.  I just unfurl the 135% and goroll it up in seconds and th

Re: Stus-List Headsail sock

2016-03-29 Thread David Platt via CnC-List
I used to have one on another boat. It had a line that tightened it up around the furled foresail from top to bottom. No flogging whatsoever. If I was ordering a new headsail I would order another cover with it. Cheers david C&C 32 Wanderer Burlington ON On 2016-03-29 07:18 PM, Kevin Dris

Re: Stus-List Headsail sock

2016-03-29 Thread Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List
There is one on my pier on a J105. I have never seen or heard it flog even when howling. Some other boats roller furlers and in mast furlers at the club...well many of those flogged (but that was operator error) On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:09 PM Chuck S via CnC-List wrote: > Headsail Socks: > I ow

Re: Stus-List Headsail sock

2016-03-28 Thread Chuck S via CnC-List
Headsail Socks: I own a sock for the headsails. Bought it used for $100 from a local sailmaker. You can raise it and protect any headsail from UVs. If it's windy, you can wrap your spin halyards around it loosely to stop the floppy parts from making flag noises. The ATN brand sock has a pulls

Re: Stus-List Headsail

2016-01-06 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
It could be an old Hood Seafoil. Basically a rod with twin grooves. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2016, at 12:20 PM, James Nichols via CnC-List > wrote: > > I am trying to figure out my head sail arrangement. I don't have self > furling, I do have rod rigging (probably original

Re: Stus-List Headsail

2016-01-06 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List
them, then I have no idea what you have up there. Gary 30-1 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 4:06 PM To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List Headsail You could have wha

Re: Stus-List Headsail

2016-01-06 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
You could have what is called a "tough-luff". Every one I've seen spins. You're fine. Yours probably slides up and down a little too. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jan 6, 2016 1:21 PM, "James Nichols via CnC-List" wrote: > I am trying to figure out my head sail arrange

Re: Stus-List Headsail

2016-01-06 Thread Martin DeYoung via CnC-List
1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of James Nichols via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 10:21 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: James Nichols Subject: Stus-List Headsail I am trying to figure out my head sail arrangement.

Stus-List Headsail

2016-01-06 Thread James Nichols via CnC-List
I am trying to figure out my head sail arrangement.  I don't have self furling, I do have rod rigging (probably original, will be thoroughly inspected before I put it under stress).  I am guessing that the track that I have on the front stay is there because you can't hank directly onto the rod.