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leebitts
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Initially Posted - 06/29/2010 :  20:25:18  Show Profile  Visit leebitts's Homepage
I launched my boat last week and rigged it today. Today was our first race. I could not find the parts for connecting the tack of the main. I ended up with a concoction of parts that were it not for a good cunningham would not have worked. What are folks using for connecting the tack of the main?

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LeeBitts
1981 Capri 25 Hull # 142
Sailing in NH and Maine
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SailCO26
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Response Posted - 06/30/2010 :  06:25:27  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
I thought I had replied to this last night, but I had so many things going on at once that I must not have completed the post.

Your gooseneck should look something similar to this:
http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& product_ID=1109& ParentCat=399

The shackle is disengaged by removing the split ring and clevis pin, put the shackle thru the tack in the main, and re-attach.

Jim
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leebitts
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Response Posted - 06/30/2010 :  09:41:42  Show Profile  Visit leebitts's Homepage
perfect!

Thanks
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Scott121
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Response Posted - 07/07/2010 :  06:02:11  Show Profile
Do you guys have fixed or sliding gooseneck. The Catalina Direct link talks about the CP25 having fixed gooseneck, but I'm pretty sure mine slides.

Just wondering...

Scott
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leebitts
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Response Posted - 07/07/2010 :  07:44:14  Show Profile  Visit leebitts's Homepage
Mine is fixed
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SailCO26
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Response Posted - 07/07/2010 :  07:50:34  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
Fixed here, too.
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Response Posted - 07/08/2010 :  05:10:26  Show Profile
Hum, mine slides up and down with the cunningham tension. It looks just like the drawing in the archives (drawing no 245-33004-9). I wonder if this is a rig change between early boats and later boats? I use a sail track stop to keep it from falling on the deck when I lower the main.
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Response Posted - 07/08/2010 :  06:36:19  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
Interesting. That gooseneck assy on the far L of the drawing is the same as what I have - however it's screwed to the mast (fixed). How is yours attached?
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leesorenson
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Response Posted - 07/08/2010 :  21:33:40  Show Profile
Mine slides...!

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Response Posted - 07/09/2010 :  05:57:03  Show Profile
Mine slides up and down in the sail track. I keep it up when the sail is down with a sail track stopper, not a perfect solution, sometimes it slips, but mostly workable. Otherwise the boom just hangs on the sail at whatever height I set the sail at. My main has a larger than normal leach and interferes with the back stay. Sometimes in light wind I drop the sail down a little to help the sail clear the backstay. I don't like the set up but that is how the boat came to me and I've not purchased a new main yet (next on my list).
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