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Sailing question: On a Catalina 27, if you had a choice between a loose-footed main and a boltrope main (where it is attached for the full length of the boom), which would you prefer? in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@linuxguy My co-op bought an "identical" boat to the one we previously had, so we have parts for both types. The new boat has boltrope sails, but the old boat was loose-footed & the old boat's sails are slightly better condition. Trying to decide which set to sell vs which to keep.

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Sailing question: On a Catalina 27, if you had a choice between a loose-footed main and a boltrope main (where it is attached for the full length of the boom), which would you prefer? (phpc.social)
 

@sailing Sailing question: On a Catalina 27, if you had a choice between a loose-footed main and a boltrope main (where it is attached for the full length of the boom), which would you prefer?

And how much work would it be to convert a boltrope boom to a loose-footed boom? (my assumption is virtually no work required, but I could be wrong)

#sailing

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Hey boaters of mastodon/fediverse: What do you recommend as a removable mounting solution for a large raymarine navionics screen? (infosec.pub)
 

Hey boaters of mastodon/fediverse: What do you recommend as a removable mounting solution for a large raymarine navionics screen?

Previously we've been using a terrible, no-good, endlessly frustrating mounting ball "solution". But we have an opportunity to find something better.

#boats #boating #boatstodon #sailing @sailing

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago

@Amgine @sailing uh oh. That would be "cut the strap and screw a proper bail or weld an attachment point in its place" territory, IMHO.

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

@Amgine @sailing It seems they do, yes. In hindsight I should have tried to see if they were easy to unclip. (That would be my expectation, and would simplify repairs if so.)

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

@Amgine @sailing the thing is, I think the strap is supposed to be a contained loop. I don't think there's supposed to be a dangling piece; as far as I can tell from looking at it, it was sewn into place in the current form, and then the strap snapped off at a later point in time. Maybe I'm wrong? But the dangling bit doesn't feel right.

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Okay, I've got some more photos of the boom vang attachment. Looks like the foot of the sail is fitted into a track on the boom, and the vang strap goes through special slotted clips on each side of the sail track in order to connect. Weird! What is this setup called? Can someone in #yyj #victoriaBC safely replace the strap for me until we can attach a proper vang mount point? #sailing @sailing

A metal clip fitted between the boom and the sail, with a blue mesh strap fed through two slots. The frayed end of the strap can be seen near the bottom. The same style of clip on the opposite side of the boom. A view from below, looking up, showing how the blue strap feeds underneath the boom between the two clips. A second view of the "healthy" side, showing that this is the only side sufficiently attached to the vang. Not safe; other side should also be attached.

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

@ghost_towels Thanks, good tip. I've got a sailmaker contact that can probably help.

Any idea what I can call it? My searches haven't turned up anything ready-made online. The webbing/straps go up to a metal plate (bridle? saddle? shoe? cuff?) on the top side of the boom, through strap slots, in order to apply evenly-distributed downward force. It looks like it should be some kind of kit, but no dice with DuckDuckGo and google.

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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by kboyd@phpc.social to c/sailing@lemmy.world
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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle.

Or, more specifically, a boom vang that seems to have a harness that goes around the boom, instead of a bracket that attaches to the boom.

Can't seem to find the right words to describe it ... but the existing one is fraying & could fail.

#sailing @sailing

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If you're sailing in fog and want other ships to be able to steer clear of you, what would be the best song to blast at full volume? (phpc.social)
 

If you're sailing in fog and want other ships to be able to steer clear of you, what would be the best song to blast at full volume?

@sailing #sailing #boatAdvice

Does anybody know what boat this is? in c/sailing@lemmy.world
[–] kboyd@phpc.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

@FriedSoftShellCrab It might be a Gulfstar of some kind. The stern cabin portlights seem to match (though the cant of the stern doesn't). https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1980-gulfstar-44-center-cockpit-9522141/

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Sailing the Salish Sea with the Sooke Sailing Co-Op (video) (phpc.social)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by kboyd@phpc.social to c/sailing@lemmy.world
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Sailing the Salish Sea with the Sooke Sailing Co-Op (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31f2lPMVZc

(testing posting to a Lemmy group from a Mastodon acct)

@sailing