[C38] Headstay Length?

[Steve Smolinske]

David,
 
the max luff measurement on my boat was 48'10"  measured with a tape attached to the halyard and pulled to the sheave and then pulled tight to the  top of my furler, then another 12" from the furler to the forestay attachment pin for a total lenght of 49'10".  
 
Steve
#312 Peregrine
Seattle

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From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org on behalf of les
Sent: Tue 3/1/2011 2:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [C38] Headstay Length?



Hi, David,
        The technical stuff is available after you log in.  In the meantime,
you can get the I and J from the brochures.
        Go to the website:
        http://www.catalina38.org/?page_id=75/

        About halfway down, the I and J are given as 49.8 and 15.5.

        You can also check out the photos of the brochures to double check.

        49.8^2+15.5^2=2720.29
       
        Taking the square root of that gives 52.15 or 52' 1 7/8" as the head
stay length.

        I measured mine at 52' 3" when we replaced the gear a few years ago, so
I expect that most of the boats will vary by something similar +/- an
inch or so.

        Just remember that nothing is square on a boat and no two boats are
really identical.  That is why knowing how to use a tick board will help
you build interior stuff.

Regards,
Les H

On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 13:31 -0800, david at dlrfilms.com wrote:
> In no particular order:
>
> This website says the "I" measurement is deck to masthead:
>
> http://www.secondwindsails.com/measurement.php
>
> I did I squared + J squared and got 2570.89, which should put the max
> hoist for headsail at about 50'. Even if I went up the mast I wouldn't be
> able to measure that because I don't have a tape that long!
>
> What's this about paying online? I'll pay, if I know who, where and how much.
>
> Also, in addition to not being able to find the (approximate) headstay
> length, I can't find any of those other nifty technical sheets that I used
> to be able to find on Catalina38.org. Are they still there? Am I going
> blind?
>
> And speaking of hard to navigate websites, we have a new iteration of
> sailingmontauk.com up. Comments, critique and links welcome!
>
> http://www.sailingmontauk.com <http://www.sailingmontauk.com/> 
>
>
>
>
> > Tonight Ill pull my measurement forms from when we ordered new sails and
> > pass them along,
> >
> >
> >



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