[C38] Headstay Length?

[david at dlrfilms.com]

It's a lofting device for measuring odd inside shapes.

I think there are some demo pics in Ruel Parker's 'New Cold Molded Boats'.
Handy thing. I'll see if I can post some picture!

> 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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