[C38] Headstay Length?

[Chuck Finn]

You got me on this one Les!  What is a tick board?
When I googled it, I found all about woodticks...

Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn,  #114
Great Lakes

On 3/1/2011 5:20 PM, les wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Tonight Ill pull my measurement forms from when we ordered new sails and
>>> pass them along,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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