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Topic: The Prettiest Boat At The Ball
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SuperPiper
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posted February 02, 2005 04:38 AM
  
Patrick:These photos are almost pornographic. You got quite a bag of toys with Barefoot. As the others said, everything looks like standard-issue. Eric has a 4:1 mainsheet, but my boat has the same hardware as you and it is only 2:1. My vang was 3:1. There have been threads about the load-carrying capacity of our trailers being a little shy. Your trailer is the first that we know with dual axle. You may have aced on that one. My God, 'pipers are pretty. [This message has been edited by SuperPiper (edited February 02, 2005).] IP: 67.71.22.64 |
Patrick Crooks
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posted February 02, 2005 05:18 PM
Superpiper,How do yo find the 2:1 mainsheet? Is it with 5/16 or 3/8 line? I have the original manual and another that I picked up when I was at CL sailboats over the summer, and both manuals state the Mainsheet and vang to be 2:1. Yet when I talked with CL today they sell the blocks for the Mainsheet to be at a 3:1 purchase. It seems that if I would like a 3:1 mainsheet I have to go to 5/16 line because no one makes the block w/cam for 3/8. I'm use to the mainsheet being attached to the center of the boom when I had my flying jr and DS16. Each of those boats had a 3:1 & 4:1 purchase. I've never tried the mainsheet attached to the end. IP: 205.200.66.40 |
Eric
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posted February 03, 2005 01:04 AM
OK, a little pictorial Patrick 
My [old] boom vang, with the strop, as shown in my manual. The strop elevates the V jam cleat off the deck better. IIRC my line is 1/4.
 My new one is RWO. The 7224 has a becket to gove me 4:1, when used with the 5218 fiddle. My fiddle is gray.
 http://www.rwo-marine.com/
They aren't Harken, but I think they're sufficient for my Sandpiper. Easy on the pocket book to  Here's the best I have of my mainsheet. It's at least 3/8. Can't wait to reproduce this moment again. Hot sun, shorts, shades, and ice cold beverages .
 All these blocks are RWO of varying vintages. The mainsheet fiddle is a Ronstan. These are what I got with her. I would like to replace the mainsheet sometime. I doesn't run as free as I'd like. [This message has been edited by Eric (edited February 03, 2005).] IP: 130.63.85.93 |
CoolBreeze
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posted February 03, 2005 08:20 AM
Nic Pic Eric, What size winches are they?. Did you do that conversion yourself? I am thinking of doing the same but you are the first I have come across that has them. Thanks IP: 24.215.107.164 |
Hyprstitch
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posted February 03, 2005 09:04 AM
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Originally posted by CoolBreeze:
Nic Pic Eric, What size winches are they?. Did you do that conversion yourself? I am thinking of doing the same but you are the first I have come across that has them. Thanks
The winches are on the boat next to the Sandpiper. IP: 198.81.26.106 |
whited
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posted February 03, 2005 09:17 AM
Imagine that size winch on a 'Piper....
I'd be happy with a baby one on the 'cabin roof' to help me raise the mast singlehanded.IP: 142.177.33.151 |
CoolBreeze
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posted February 03, 2005 10:36 AM
OPPS!!!!!! Good call, I thought they were kinda big for a Piper. I am putting a couple small ones on mine, just not sure which ones yet. IP: 24.215.107.164 |
Eric
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posted February 03, 2005 07:16 PM
The picture with the winch was taken by my Sandpiper's previous owner. This was last June, on Lake Simcoe. There was no wind, so we rafted up, took a bunch of pics of each other's boats, and consumed cold beer . It was a weekday, and we had the lake to ourselves.
His boat is a Kelt 7.6.
IMHO the only place where a winch would be handy, [for me anyway] is to have one for the main halyard. It would be especially handy when the halyard has stretched or slipped a bit on the cleat. Grinding on a winch would tighten it up. To compensate, I have rigged a cunningham to tighten the luff.
By the way, I'm showing my bud my jib downhaul line. He hadn't seen this set up, since he used the furler. I simply used the furling line for the downhaul
Eric[This message has been edited by Eric (edited February 03, 2005).] IP: 130.63.85.93 | |
