[C38] Asym

[Joseph Launie]

Steve,
    I may have been the post with measurements. If not, I can take them 
off my PHRF certificate. On Macavity we have flown just the Asym chute 
for several years and learned a lot. You need to have your sail-maker 
get you something called a tacker. It fits around the furled sail (or 
the headstay if you are using racing sails as we do and dropping them). 
The tack line attaches to the tacker and then you attach it to the tack 
of the chute. It protects the furled sail and keeps the tack of the 
chute from falling off to leeward.
    We no longer use a snuffer as we found it created more problems than 
it solved. With sufficient crew, the halyard person should drop the sail 
slowly enough for the sewer person to pull it down the forward hatch. 
The sewer person is below decks of course. We found that if you gybe the 
sail outside, the lazy sheet wants to catch under the boat. If you tack 
it inside, you need to pull it through briskly or it will get into 
mischief. Rather than a snuffer we pull the sail through a plastic horn 
and put rubber bands every few feet.
    We are installing a retracting sprit. We had to modify one leg of 
the bow pulpit to let the sprit get down to deck level.Good riggers are 
very busy in Santa Barbara so the installation has not yet been 
completed but we hope to have it soon. When I do, I will post pictures. 
            I have to get back to the helm of my Volvo Ocean Race Game 
boat (I have 2). We have just left Singapore and are headed to China. It 
is not too late to get in - you are getting too much sleep as it is. Joe 
Launie/Macavity

Steve Smolinske wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> We had our first race today, a very casual series and had not intended 
> to fly the chute until we had had properly rigged her for easy chute 
> work, well after rounding the mark and watching the other chutes go 
> up, well the competitveness came out and we put it up anyway.   
> Imagine my surprise when the bag marked cruising spinnaker actually 
> had a chute cut for a much smaller boat,  yep we had so much 
> visibility under that sail it was truley amazing, not to mention a 
> little embarrasing.  (we did finish 1 second off of first).  I 
> reviewed earlier posts for asym measurements and only found one 
> response with measurements.  Does anyone have any current data on 
> dimensions.   We also rigged it for gybing around the front of the 
> forestay, with the genoa on a roller furler I didnt like the chafing 
> of the sheet on the new sail, Phil you mentioned gybing it inside like 
> a head sail, any other suggestions, I know Alden uses the sock for 
> each gybe. 
>  
> Steve
> Peregrine #312
> Seatte 
>
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> *From:* Charles
> *Sent:* Sat 1/17/2009 2:55 PM
> *To:* Rod and Patti Headlee; Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] haul out
>
> Rod and Patti Headlee wrote:
> > Hi all, We have hauled our boat out in Pago Pago, American Samoa. I was wondering if you block the keel level or the boat level when you put it on the stands, or does it matter?  Right now they have the keel blocked level and the bow dips about 8 inches. We will be storing Joint Adventure on the hard for about a year. Thanks.
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> > Rod and Patti Headlee
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> > S/V Joint Adventure
> >  C-38 hull #12
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> You want to block your boat so it drains.  Otherwise you will get a pool 
> in the cockpit and depending where you are, moldy water accumulation on 
> deck.  This could be especially problematic if it pools around chain 
> plates...     If it is likely to freeze (obviously not a problem for 
> you!), this is even more important as an ice block in the cockpit can 
> really do some damage when it expands!   I block my keel further forward 
> as experience over the years has shown the infamous "smile" Rich West 
> remarks about seems to be less of a problem.
> One issue you might want to watch for is stand stability.  I am guessing 
> you are probably on some type of crushed coral, but hard rains can erode 
> around your boat stands.  I always get back to the boat within a few 
> days of if first going on the hard to tighten up the jack stands and 
> ensure the chains make sense.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Charles Finn
> Mighty Quinn #114
> Great Lakes
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