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PCP777
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Response Posted - 07/08/2009 :  10:46:48  Show Profile
BTW, after tuning my rigging, I saw an improvement. I'm now pointing as well as my buddy's C-27.
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Response Posted - 07/09/2009 :  06:30:14  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
I tuned mine a few weeks ago and hope to get out Sunday to see if my pointing has improved.
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 07/09/2009 :  15:31:49  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DaveR</i>
<br />I tuned mine a few weeks ago and hope to get out Sunday to see if my pointing has improved.
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It should.Let us know how it goes.
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  05:33:57  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Yeah Peter,
I sail in Daytona Beach where you've got the Intercoastal Waterway that takes you to Ponce Inlet that leads to the Atlantic. Sandbars and oyster bars are everywhere so you have to stay in the channel which in some areas is only 80 feet wide. What makes it frustrating and difficult is that the ICW is pointed north and south. If the wind isn't directly out of the east or west the river channels it and it becomes northeast or southeast,northwest or southwest. Pointing is an issue and with a WK and an improperly tuned rig, again, very frustrating at times. So I'm hoping for the best but of course will continue to play with the rig until it's right.
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  08:13:05  Show Profile
Overall I have been very happy with the way my FK TR points even with roller furling. Maybe I am just lucky or don't know better ;o) ha! What I find much more frustrating is shifty wind. Seems like we get it all the time. It can shift as much as 45-50 degrees and back throughout the day. Makes staying on course and pointing very tricky.
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Response Posted - 07/10/2009 :  09:10:12  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Blue Nose</i>
<br />Overall I have been very happy with the way my FK TR points even with roller furling. Maybe I am just lucky or don't know better ;o) ha! What I find much more frustrating is shifty wind. Seems like we get it all the time. It can shift as much as 45-50 degrees and back throughout the day. Makes staying on course and pointing very tricky.
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We are pretty lucky, on lake ray Hubbard just east of Dallas we get pretty steady winds from the south. Very nice for sailing but it makes sailing back to my slip pretty much impossible. Hardly wait to get off work to go sailing!
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Response Posted - 07/13/2009 :  07:41:10  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Well, I got out Yesterday and was able to point a bit better. I realized though that I have another problem. My Bimini is about 3 inches to tall and my topping lift is to short, so the boom isn't all the way down and the main can't be flattened. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO4mu-NjsIY"]I took some video[/url] that shows how bad it is (and what a great day to sail that it was!)

edit; looks like I could've cranked on that main halyard a little more too
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DaveR</i>
<br />Well, I got out Yesterday and was able to point a bit better. I realized though that I have another problem. My Bimini is about 3 inches to tall and my topping lift is to short, so the boom isn't all the way down and the main can't be flattened. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO4mu-NjsIY"]I took some video[/url] that shows how bad it is (and what a great day to sail that it was!)

edit; looks like I could've cranked on that main halyard a little more too
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Looks good, I really need a Bimini top! You guys were cooking along! I'd be paranoid about going under that brdige....

Yes it looks like you could raise both the main and the jib up a bit, you shouldn't end up with all those wrinkles. Do you have a cunningham? Even when I raise mine all the way it seems like about 3 inches from the top of the mast. Your topping lift should be loose but I'm not sure how you'll do that with the bimini.
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Response Posted - 07/13/2009 :  11:21:11  Show Profile
Cut the legs down on the Bimini. not hard to do.
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Response Posted - 07/14/2009 :  12:59:54  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Yeah Ray, there's just a screw at the bottom of each pole to hold the bimini poles in, easy to take them out and then cut all 4 by the same length.
And Peter, I guess it doesn't look like it but that bridge is 65 feet so no problem there, and there's a good 50 feet of space at the fenders under the bridge. I do have a Cunningham but took the line off recently when I had a batten pocket repaired. But once I shorten the bimini and lengthen the topping lift I'll be good to go!
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