Chrysler Sailors Forum

My forestay had a spare hole so I put a shackle there and run a small line from the cockpit, through a fairlead to the shackle, then through the jib stays to the head of the sail. I can loosen the halyard and bring the jib down quickly. What I like about this set up is the capability to collapse the...

Greetings Lynda
Mine uses the 1/4 X 1 1/2 clevis pin. My guess is the extra length with a hole that close to the deck makes it easier to put on the ring keeper.

Good luck getting the boat on the water, and then you will hear a chorus of "picutres please" from this crowd.

Paul

Greetings iChris! EE is a great person to help you out when it comes to posting pics. Let us know what you need and odds are really good that someone here knows a source or has a spare.

Paul

Spent the (hot) afternoon finishing the first two of four rudder heads for a 22. Figured since I had to make one, I might as well make several. Getting the process down pretty well now.

Next step is to re-glass the rudder... and then sail!

Paul

I use ratchet straps like N41 but added a 24" line through the bridles with a small boline on each end. This allows some slip through the eye of the bridle and keeps the straps tensioned correctly. The task is not as daunting as it seems. I use a four fall set of pulleys with 50' of 3/16 line. ...

OK, my brother, you made me covet. Great pic. Nice job of getting all the boat owners to line their boats up the same direction too! (While at the Naval War College one of our students asked how we got all the boats lined up. We told him it was done by scuba).

Paul

I'm on a trailer as well so haven't used the sail cover. I've now attached some lines to it and will be using it as the bottom of the lazy jacks I'm making. Once the sail is lowered it will sit in the sail cover then I can close and wrap the sail & jacks up with the boom inside. The experiments ...

So according to a previous post we're running around 3500 lb plus change with the boat & trailer.

I want to replace my 2" tongue on my trailer because it's rusty. It's class II, and that is what would fit with no mods - rated for 3500 lb. Do I use it or go for an upgrade?

Paul

I doubt there will be a change in performance. Raising the jib slightly puts the least effective part (the top) marginally higher where the winds should be slightly accellerated. There would also be a slight loss at the lower end where the effect of the deck as a wing end plate is lost and air can e...

Great write up. look forward to the video! Congrats!!

Paul

Cracked the head. Making new ones out of 2" X 2" aluminum bar stock. Here are pictures of the process so far. <div style="width:480px;text-align:right;"><embed width="480" height="360" src="http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/rss_slideshow.swf" flashvars=&...

The base for my spreaders has never been right. Ordered new from Dwyer but my old ones had a cap that captured the shroud. Thses have a notch & holes. The West Marine rep described the wiring procedure but before I put the covers on... is this even close??? <a href="http://s814.photobucket....

Thanks, it was a great day. Hosted a car show with 60 cars showing up. Fun times!

Paul

Welcome to the group & good luck with your project! I haven't seen a dagger before and would love a picture of the boat. Oak should hold up as far as a mast step goes. It's been used on many other boats with proper protective maintenance. It may only last you 15 or so years. :wink: Far from an e...

West Marine has one supposedly sized for our boats that is a 4:1 and runs around $100. May not be a bad deal in that I tried to build one and the Harken fiddle block with two sheeves ran over $100. In the mean time it is possible, since I'm merely trying to get this boat to float and then head off i...

First / last trip out for the 22 and I became aware that my boom vang does not have a means of stopping the line. A single sheeve with a becket and a double sheeve using 5/16" line. I went through the on line manual just now and - there is no boom vang called out. Apparently this was not a stoc...

Think I'll re-work it so I can put my 22 onto my Yukon - No need for a trailer!

Paul

My boom came with your same fitting. I changed it to the DH 418 from Dwyer

https://www.dwyermast.com/items.asp?cat ... Goosenecks

Paul

Thanks Bill! Great info and the new spreaders & bases are now on order!

Paul

Upward?? Thanks, Bill. I would have missed that!

Paul

My boat came with a set of standing rigging all coiled up and zip tied. A couple airfoil spreaders were included, but no bounting brackets. I canabalized some Dwyer brackets but am not thrilled with the result. It looks like what I want are the medium size Dwyer spreaders due to the lenngth I need, ...

Got enough 2" square aluminum to make 4 rudder heads for $27. Began drilling pilot holes for the 1 1/2" post holes this evening. Asked the guy at the aluminum shop what they used to lubricate their saws when they cut aluminum - deisel fuel! Turns out I can bore the hole with a simple hole ...

An online search shows a 2 X 2 X 4" piece of aluminum would only run around $20. Not bad. I can fabricate everything from there except I have nothing to bore the 1 1/2" hole for the rudder shaft. For the novelty of it I've thought of making one out of rock maple with a through bolt rather ...

Memorial day sail with a sailing club I will join. Middle of the lake the rudder became unresponsive. Dropped sails and motored back - tiller head cracked. Looks like I overtightened the pinch nut making a fulcrum point at the 90 degree location. Now, where to find a block of 2 X 2 X 4" aluminu...

OK, I've been using the great idea of racheting straps in place of the rope to connect the gin pole & mast for stepping and unstepping. Love it but I've always had to stop a couple times because when stepping the mast the straps going to the mast get tighter and the straps going to the gin pole ...

I agree with N42EF. See the mast stepping instructions in the document section but replace the ropes from the bridles to the boom and mast with ratcheting straps.

Paul

Queenie... check your local wrecking yard for rollers. The one near me takes abandoned and derelect boats & trailers as well as cars, trucks & campers.

Paul

At 9,000 pounds & change, your at 4.5 tons.

Paul

I also noted the name change: Fore Sail. Perhaps the boat misunderstood your intent - for sale - and has hurt feelings. I'd talk to it nicely before proceeding.

Just sayin'
Paul

The 3" long dimension surprises me! The length is not critical because it goes into the boom were there are no obstructions for about 8 feet. I was concerned I would misplace mine so it is 9 inches long - all three of them: One in my mast raising bag, one in the back of the Yukon, and another k...