What is this?

[Rgvkiwi 15]

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...

 

 

[Ed 146]

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

[Vivaldi 55]

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. 

[Y88 5241 25]

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/

 

[Rgvkiwi 15]

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.

[Rgvkiwi 15]

 

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?

 

 

[Vivaldi 55]

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. 

[Rgvkiwi 15]

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?