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HerdOfTurtles
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Response Posted - 05/09/2019 :  09:19:58  Show Profile  Visit HerdOfTurtles's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Just measured. We tacked through 111 degrees.
1978 Standard Rig
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/09/2019 :  10:21:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Despite all my strength and pulling out from the mast on the jib halyard for leverage I could not get the Genoa tight enough and there were 2" deep scallops between the hanks. I'm not 100% sure what the problem is but it may be the Genoa luff is slightly too long. I also loosen the backstay prior to tightening the jib halyard, then crank down on the backstay after to try and get it a bit tighter.

When I first bought my Cal 25 I had the same problem. It might be that the luff is too long as you suggested, but I got lucky and found a simpler solution. The previous owner installed a snap shackle at the head of the sail and at the clew. Snap shackles are much longer than ordinary D shackles, so I replaced the snap shackles with small D shackles, and that enabled me to get the jib's luff as taut as I needed to. Look at your shackles and see if you can do the same.

If not, a sailmaker should be able to shorten your luff a couple inches.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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sethp001
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Then I move my beer from the low side to the high side


As I read through these twenty posts, I felt like everybody was forgetting a step.


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/
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Then I move my beer from the low side to the high side


As I read through these twenty posts, I felt like everybody was forgetting a step.


My preference is to deploy a port and starboard beverage. Then I don't have to think about it.
Tim Keating
1985 C-25 TR/FK #4940
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