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Ben - FL
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Initially Posted - 07/14/2004 : 22:44:20

Today was a short day for work so I went to the marina to install my new dinette.

The old one was white Formica and I have been replacing some parts on board with natural finish to abate some of the Clorox Bottle effect.

I also made a removable shelf for the V-berth

Todays weather was an anomoly as there was plenty of wind but no thunderstorms. We are nine inches above normal rainfall here in north Florida. And it being Wednesday I could not resist the urge to sail out to marker G-13 for the beer can race. This time I made it on time.

Had to reef main and jib going out. The jib was just repaired for $68.

Old Glory

Look Ma, no hands! This is what a Tiller Tamer will do for you. It works better on the wind rather than off. I've sailed for miles like this when the sails are balanced.

Marker G-13 and a couple of other contenders converge for the start

This is the only commercial traffic on this part of the St. Johns R.

Running home

And back before sunset

Safe voyages,
Ben
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C250wk#364

Edited by - Ben - FL on 07/14/2004 22:51:34

atgep
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Response Posted - 07/14/2004 : 23:05:08

Ben, I am green with envy. My POS outboard is still at the shop waiting for a POS part for the POS carb that OMC should have never sold! I am a little mad about it all. I am in school every night for the next 3 weeks anyways. Keep up the good work and we will see you on the river, Tom.

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 07/15/2004 : 00:27:38

Nice pics (except for that strange fish?-looking thingy in your vee-berth). Love that Tiller Tamer idea....it's going on "The List."

Steve

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Response Posted - 07/15/2004 : 07:54:56

Beautiful pictures!
It seems bizarre that your sheets impinge on your life lines. I really wonder sometimes if Butler ever sailed a 250. Their rigging just doesn't seem to work. How would you trim on a close reach when the life line is changing the angle of the sheet/clew interface? It looks like you would always be dumping the top of the sail. If I owned one I think I would remove the life lines or at least remove them at the pullpit and bungie them to the base of the stanchions when I was racing.

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PZell
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Response Posted - 07/15/2004 : 10:01:12

Looks to me like the sheet is run inboard of the lifeline when it should be run outboard.

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Response Posted - 07/15/2004 : 10:17:38

From a quick glance at a few of the pictures. Your sails look pretty 'full' for needing to be in a reefed state... If you flatten them a bit you can get more speed with less 'power' (heeling).

Note: This comment is worth about two grains of salt... as it's based on looking at a picture and not 'being there'.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 07/15/2004 : 16:40:33

It was a good thing that the race was only casual. When I made it to the marker I shook the reefs out. There was only one other boat already there. And since I was always last I decided to go ahead and start at 1800 hours. So the others finally did a count down about twenty after. I made it to marker G-15 and did a three-sixty around it that was beautiful. Then headed further south to marker G-17, which is where we went last time. But I was rock and rollin' on the stereo and missed the part about rounding 15 and heading back north to 11.

My turn around 17 was not good. I went way to far past it and lost maybe ten minutes. But I was scared about raking my sail across it when coming about. On the run home I did tighten the leech line on the main and loosened the out-haul. In three years I have never messed with them. I even bought a reef hook for the Cunningham, but it needs some improvisation to mount it. So there is still hope that I may some day be a racer.

I will look into rerouting the jib sheets.

Edited by - Ben - FL on 07/15/2004 16:44:32

frog0911
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Response Posted - 07/16/2004 : 00:26:26

Ben, great pictures, one of these days I will get out there and have some afternoon fun. Don't be to quick about putting your jib sheets outside the lifelines. If you do, you will loose a lot of flating ability necessary in big winds. Frank is correct about lifeline position at the forward pulpit when racing to maintain sail shape. On my C25 I had Pelican hooks were the lifeline connect to the pulpit which allowed for quick removal prior to racing and easy reconneting afterwards. I have not made that mod on PennyII yet, but intend to do so after fininshing other projects.

Edited by - frog0911 on 07/16/2004 00:28:38

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