Rgvkiwi 15 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Going through the boat properly for the first time, pre our summer sailing and wondred if you guys cab help me identify these? Some sort of spinnaker or genoa pole? and this sail, i've never seen a corner of a sail look like this and have no idea how you woudl attachit either to the booat or the lines... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 144 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Reaching strut, it’s for improving the angle to the spinnaker guy when you are tight reaching with the pole almost on the forestay. You rig it usually somewhere inline with the shrouds/ mast straight out the side of the boat, pushing the guy a bit further outboard and significantly reduceing the load on it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivaldi 55 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 The jib clew is for attaching to the self tracker track (which doesn’t appear to be on the boat anymore). The curve with different holes allows is where it would chuckle to the sheet on the self tracker and dependant on which hole you chose gives you different trim for the jib - same as moving you jib cars forward or aft on a conventional set up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Y88 5241 25 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 36 minutes ago, Ed said: Reaching strut, it’s for improving the angle to the spinnaker guy when you are tight reaching with the pole almost on the forestay. You rig it usually somewhere inline with the shrouds/ mast straight out the side of the boat, pushing the guy a bit further outboard and significantly reduceing the load on it The alloy pole is an actually retractable bowsprit. There should be a round fitting on the front and a pad eye approx 1/3 the length back on the foredeck. Looks like it has a bobstay with a purchase system to tighten See https://www.seldenmast.com/products/gennaker-bowsprits/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rgvkiwi 15 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 I can;t seem to be able to quote (or edit for thatmatter) Y88 5241 Fantastic thank you!! We were told the boat had a bow sprit but I thought we got ripped off Now to figure out how to use. Much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rgvkiwi 15 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 48 minutes ago, Vivaldi said: The jib clew is for attaching to the self tracker track (which doesn’t appear to be on the boat anymore). The curve with different holes allows is where it would chuckle to the sheet on the self tracker and dependant on which hole you chose gives you different trim for the jib - same as moving you jib cars forward or aft on a conventional set up. Found the quote Mint thank you. Aha, Okay, so do you think we can we still use this sail or is it a bit hopeless without the track geometry? Are you guys sailing your lovely boat this Christmas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivaldi 55 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Rgvkiwi said: Found the quote Mint thank you. Aha, Okay, so do you think we can we still use this sail or is it a bit hopeless without the track geometry? Are you guys sailing your lovely boat this Christmas? Yeah you could use it on a conventional set up - just use the middle hole and adjust the jib cars as per normal. You’ll need to be careful with it flapping during tacks though. That chunk of aluminium could hurt stuff. and yes we’ll be up on Boxing Day to head out for a cruise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rgvkiwi 15 Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 19/12/2022 at 12:41 PM, Vivaldi said: Yeah you could use it on a conventional set up - just use the middle hole and adjust the jib cars as per normal. You’ll need to be careful with it flapping during tacks though. That chunk of aluminium could hurt stuff. and yes we’ll be up on Boxing Day to head out for a cruise. Yeah that Aluminium is a big heavy peice to be clunking around. Presumably a sail maker could remove that and make it a standard style? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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