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DonGreenwood
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Initially Posted - 02/26/2008 :  14:31:26  Show Profile
Hi,

I would like to communicate with anyone who has experience installing and using a Hoyt Jib Boom, or similar spar, on a Catalina 25. I am considering installing one on my boat, Mary Afton, kept at Lake Travis, in Austin,Texas,to facilitate easy single handling.
Don Greenwood
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Mary Afton -- Catalina 25
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/26/2008 :  16:42:42  Show Profile
I've crewed on a boat with a jib boom and it does make single handing very nice when it comes to tacking. But I see little other benefit. Two items, in particular, are going to complicate the process on a C-25, the anchor locker and the forward lower shrouds. The anchor locker will affect placement of the pivot or attachment post, and the forward lower shrouds will affect the length of the jib boom and, consequently, limit the foot length of the sail. The subject has been discussed on this forum. Try doing a search for jib boom and see what you get.
I have hank-on headsails, but I would first consider going to roller furling before a jib boom.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/26/2008 :  17:11:55  Show Profile
Welcome, Don! While I probably would lean away from a self-tacker on a C-25 (because it's primarily a headsail-driven rig), unless you want to give up the anchor locker, you'd probably find an ordinary club-foot boom easier to set up. It would attach to the stem fitting and use a track, probably on the foredeck right at the cabin trunk. Somebody on these forums, in California I believe, did one for short-tacking in a river. A Hoyt boom would require removing the anchor locker and making a strong platform in its place, and would be a permanent change that could detract from your resale value.

Let the discussion begin!
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 02/26/2008 :  17:13:39  Show Profile
Take a look at this thread about a self tacking jib. Might be an interesting low cost alternative for a jib boom.

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15673& SearchTerms=self,tacking,jib
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/26/2008 :  19:57:08  Show Profile
Most of the self tackers I've seen on a C25 don't use a boom... they use a track and ball-bearing car mounted forward of the mast to serve as a lead for the jib sheet.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/27/2008 :  08:25:51  Show Profile
But if you really want to sail that way (as opposed to just short-tacking out of a channel), you can't tension the foot or the leach without the boom. The sail will be like bag. A feature of the rig John pointed out as I understand it is that, with a roller furler, you can self-tack (partially rolled up) or relax the self-tacking rig completely, pull out the full sail, and sail "normally". But self-tacking, it's a bag too.
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DonGreenwood
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Response Posted - 02/27/2008 :  11:14:16  Show Profile
Thanks to all for the quick replies to the jib boom question. Much appreciated!
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