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SailCO26
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Initially Posted - 06/08/2006 :  15:30:25  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
Anyone else have issues with their genoa being intimate with the top of the fwd stancions when close hauled?

Last night my trimmer (from the J/80 side of the world, no less) had the genny trimmed in close, but not skirted (decksweeper). Not a biggie on the CP26, as a tug on the furling gen would pop over the line and inside.

Now have a small tear just above the foot. Doesn't look like the first time, either. Fortunately this happened pre-start, and we were able to get it taped before the gun.

Wondering what others do about this situation? I'm thinking about a short-term fix of putting spreader boots over the stancion, but gawd that's gonna be butt-ugly. Also thinking about having a reinforcing patch put in the foot of the genny, but not sure how much down-time that would entail.

Also, does anyone use skirting lines on CP25's? If I do the patch on the gen I'm thinking about also adding a grommet for one of these.

Thanks,
Jim #183 - Team Short Bus
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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 06/10/2006 :  15:22:56  Show Profile  Visit Ericson33's Homepage
There are several things that you can do, First when the genoa is close to the stantion and it needs to be skirted get the fordecd to grab the lower foot of the sail and lift it over the stantion, another trick is to pull on the life line in the cockpit, some how this gets the sail over the lifeline and stantion, there are lifeline rollers that you can buy so that the sail rolls over the lifeline and misses the stantion, or a patch can be added to the sail. The best bet is to get your fordeck and trimmer into sink, so that when the sail comes around the mast he can skirt the sail, or have the trimmer and grinder in sink, so that the grinder stays on the lazy sheet keeping the sail on the deck and not out side of the lifeline. This will also help when tacking keeping the genoa full by back winding the sail head to wind, then sheet.
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Response Posted - 06/10/2006 :  18:58:34  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">or have the trimmer and grinder in sink, <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Wow, I thought we had all the toys, don't even have a blender!
.. didn't think you guys had much of a galley on the Capri!

Paul
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 06/10/2006 :  19:55:19  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
We had that problem on the 25. You can put spreader patches on the sail to minimize wear, or your solution of spreader boots will work too. Since those are a little more visible, you might want to consider the edson leather spreader boot that is stiched on.

duane
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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 06/11/2006 :  19:53:48  Show Profile  Visit Ericson33's Homepage
sync
Sorry late night
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SailCO26
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Response Posted - 06/12/2006 :  12:01:04  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
Thanks for the info! So far the foredeck is non-existant crew. We ran that race with 4 crew, 1 was cherry (rail meat) and 1 was green. I think if we backwind the gen just a might, that will help keep it inside, we'll give that a shot Wed night. If we still have issues, I'll probably add something to the line/stancion later.

Thanks again, great help!
Jim
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