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Messages - Gary Brockman

#46
Main Message Board / Re: Vetus dorade cowl vent
December 03, 2015, 06:03:38 PM
I replace mine two months ago. Best price I found was Defender.
#47
Main Message Board / Re: Genaker bowsprit
November 30, 2015, 11:56:31 PM
Take a look at this product. http://www.csprit.com/

A friend had one on his boat and he loves it.
#48
Main Message Board / Re: Is My Genoa a 135 or a 150?
November 18, 2015, 02:00:50 PM
The LP for a standard rig and a tall rig is the same as they both share the same J of 13.5 feet. The foot of a sail is partly determined by how high the clew is off the deck, not just the overlap.  The higher the clew, the longer the foot, so, a 150 reacher will have a longer foot than a 150 deck sweeper.

A 130 will have a LP of 17.55 feet (13.5 x 1.3)

A 150 will have a LP of 20.25 feet (13.5 x 1.5)


#49
Main Message Board / Re: Is My Genoa a 135 or a 150?
November 16, 2015, 10:26:55 PM
The best way to get an accurate measurement would be to tail the sail down and measure it on the ground.
#50
Main Message Board / Re: loose foot or not?
November 01, 2015, 06:36:15 PM
Ken is absolutely right, a loose footed main gives you better sail shape and is easier to adjust the shape of the sail.
#51
Main Message Board / Re: Swim Ladder Extension
September 03, 2015, 05:20:46 PM
I bought a swim ladder extension two years ago that attaches to the bottom of our swim ladder that adds two steps below our swim ladder making it very easy to get out of the water. Here is the website. Notice that the example used is a Catalina.

http://www.clrmarine.com/Extend_Your_Step.html

Gary
#52
Main Message Board / Re: Solar vents
June 16, 2015, 05:14:08 PM
My Day & Nights lasted about 5 years plus before the stopped spinning. I replaced the batteries and they still didn't work so I called Nico and they said that the motors probably wore out and that they sold a replacement motor kit. I ordered two kits, replace the motors and they are back to working great 24 hours a day. Much cheaper than replacing the whole unit.
#53
Main Message Board / Re: Mainsail Cover Pricing
June 10, 2015, 11:09:01 PM
I bought a new mainsail cover from Catalina Direct last year with the up graded thread and cut outs for my lazy jacks that I have been very happy with. If you like how your old cover fits, take the measurements off of it instead of measuring the sail on the boom to guarantee a good fit. They do excellent work for a very good price.

Gary
#54
Main Message Board / Re: FOOT MARKS ON HEAD SAIL
May 26, 2015, 05:43:06 PM
I have never seen these marks on the clew side, only the tack side. If the sail is made to reef to these points, you can usually see where the sail is reinforced to carry the load at these points. I would ask the sailmaker to add marks where you want them.

Gary
#55
Main Message Board / Re: CNG
May 22, 2015, 03:00:29 PM
In Southern California, most of the fuel docks have CNG tanks where you trade your empty tank for a full one.
#56
When I bought my boat in 2008 I found two leaks under the the aft berth: the first being a void if the filler around the strut; and the second from water leaking into the skeg from a small crack at the aft joint from where the skeg meets the hull right before the rudder post. When the yard drilled into the skeg close to a gallon of water came out. The boat had to be hauled out to repair both leaks and the rudder had to be dropped to fix the skeg leak.

Gary
#57
Call Signet in Redondo Beach. They have parts for everything they made and can tell you if your unit is a Signet if you send them a picture.
#58
Going up the mast is the only way I know.
#59
Main Message Board / Re: Size for Spinnaker Sock/Sleeve
January 27, 2015, 01:59:44 PM
My tack line is set up with a two to one purchase so it is easier to adjust while sailing. When I used a direct line the load would sometimes get too heavy for someone to adjust. The end of my tack line has a loop that I attach onto the stainless pin over the starboard anchor roller. I then have a block on the line with a snap shackle attached to it that snaps onto the spinnaker, then the tack line goes thru another block that is attached to the stainless pin over the port anchor roller, then leading back to the cockpit to a cam cleat. We are able to adjust the tack line under a heavy load with this set up.

For just daysailing you could get by with a shorter static line thru a block to the anchor cleat. When we douse our spinnakers, we usually release the shackle on the tack and pull in on the sheet. We did it the same way when we used the Tacker.

Gary
#60
Main Message Board / Re: Size for Spinnaker Sock/Sleeve
January 27, 2015, 12:11:38 PM
My boat, which is also a tall rig, came with several symmetrical chutes and a cruising asymmetrical spinnaker with a sleeve. I believe that the sleeve was around 44 to 45 feet long as it did not go all the way down the leech of the sail which was 46 feet long. I tried using this sail with an ATN Tacker and also with a tack line to the bow and found that the tack line worker far better than the Tacker.

I gave up using the sock after an incident where my son in law and I were using it to fly the chute on a day sail and when we tried to pull the sock down, we found that the sock had wrapped around the headstay so tightly that we could not get it down. As we were rapidly approaching a lee shore, we tried to gather the chute behind the main, turn on the engine and go into the marine about 1.5 miles away. It didn't take long for my son in law to loose control of the chute and we entered the marina with a 46 foot long banner flying from the mast head. Once in a slip, my son in law hauled me to the top of the mast where I unhooked the chute and it quickly unwrapped and fell to the deck. Some of my friends still like to joke about this incident from time to time. From talking to my sailmaker and friends, my no name sock may have been the problem as everyone speaks highly of the ATN sock.

Using a symmetrical chute with a Tacker will limit the angles you can use the chute to tight reaching angles of 90 to 110 degrees true and maybe out to 120 degrees at the most as the main will shadow and collapse the chute in running angles as the shoulders of the chute are not cut to float out around the front of the boat like an asymmetrical.

I would take the time and the expense to rig using your pole as you will be able to get a lot more use from your chute. We use the pole for both symmetrical and asymmetrical chute for running.

Gary