[bolger] Re: Chebacco News #29
Primarily to Jamie:
The shrunken rope is nylon. It shouldn't have shrunk, if anything it
should have stretched. The sailmaker does not know why this happened.
The sail is four years old. and I use a sailcover. To avoid this, use
three-strand dacron. It's more expensive though.
As for the suitability of a chebacco as a dailsailer on the West coast.
I agree that the prevailing summer conditions on the East Coast are
steadier, and more predictable than out there, and except for Fundy,
currents are less. But aside from the wind there is lots of "thin" water
here than there, which really favours a centerboard configuration. There
are many many places that the fixed keels don't or can't go (including a
trailer). My typical weekend excursions almost always involve
overnighting of an uninhabited Island. There are dozens of suitables
within 40 miles of Halifax. I pick a protected slope and run aground to
camp and pillage.
Chebacco is a stable, light, trailerable daysailer, with all the
limitations of a light boat. A day of sailing in 3 to 5 ft waves is
tough on the crew This is a typical sea state after a couple of days of
10-15 kt breezes. Last summer I did some cruising with and in an Abbott
22 (about 3000 lb). Chebacco was much more tiring over the course of a
day.
Fraser Howell
The shrunken rope is nylon. It shouldn't have shrunk, if anything it
should have stretched. The sailmaker does not know why this happened.
The sail is four years old. and I use a sailcover. To avoid this, use
three-strand dacron. It's more expensive though.
As for the suitability of a chebacco as a dailsailer on the West coast.
I agree that the prevailing summer conditions on the East Coast are
steadier, and more predictable than out there, and except for Fundy,
currents are less. But aside from the wind there is lots of "thin" water
here than there, which really favours a centerboard configuration. There
are many many places that the fixed keels don't or can't go (including a
trailer). My typical weekend excursions almost always involve
overnighting of an uninhabited Island. There are dozens of suitables
within 40 miles of Halifax. I pick a protected slope and run aground to
camp and pillage.
Chebacco is a stable, light, trailerable daysailer, with all the
limitations of a light boat. A day of sailing in 3 to 5 ft waves is
tough on the crew This is a typical sea state after a couple of days of
10-15 kt breezes. Last summer I did some cruising with and in an Abbott
22 (about 3000 lb). Chebacco was much more tiring over the course of a
day.
Fraser Howell
Fraser, what kind of rope did he use? This sounds like a good thing to
avoid.
Jamie Orr
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The stripe parallel to the leech is carpet tape. I was attempting to
flatten the mainsail, as I thought it had become too full. I took a
tapered tuck to gather approx 3 in of sail, folded it over, and taped it
both sides. I found that this helped upwind. I had much less weather
helm. Since then I took it back to the guy who made it, who discovered
that the rope sewn into the foot and luff had shrunk. This put too much
body into the main. H spliced 7" into the foot. 3" into the luff.
The name "Itchy & Scratchy" is a complaint about epoxy, a cartoon cat
name (cartoon within a cartoon) from "The Simpsons", and a reflection
that there were two builders, who had different standards of
workmanship.
Cheers;
Fraser Howell
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avoid.
Jamie Orr
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The stripe parallel to the leech is carpet tape. I was attempting to
flatten the mainsail, as I thought it had become too full. I took a
tapered tuck to gather approx 3 in of sail, folded it over, and taped it
both sides. I found that this helped upwind. I had much less weather
helm. Since then I took it back to the guy who made it, who discovered
that the rope sewn into the foot and luff had shrunk. This put too much
body into the main. H spliced 7" into the foot. 3" into the luff.
The name "Itchy & Scratchy" is a complaint about epoxy, a cartoon cat
name (cartoon within a cartoon) from "The Simpsons", and a reflection
that there were two builders, who had different standards of
workmanship.
Cheers;
Fraser Howell
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The stripe parallel to the leech is carpet tape. I was attempting to
flatten the mainsail, as I thought it had become too full. I took a
tapered tuck to gather approx 3 in of sail, folded it over, and taped it
both sides. I found that this helped upwind. I had much less weather
helm. Since then I took it back to the guy who made it, who discovered
that the rope sewn into the foot and luff had shrunk. This put too much
body into the main. H spliced 7 into the foot. 3 into the luff.
The name "Itchy & Scratchy" is a complaint about epoxy, a cartoon cat
name (cartoon within a cartoon) from "The Simpsons", and a reflection
that there were two builders, who had different standards of
workmanship.
Cheers;
Fraser Howell
flatten the mainsail, as I thought it had become too full. I took a
tapered tuck to gather approx 3 in of sail, folded it over, and taped it
both sides. I found that this helped upwind. I had much less weather
helm. Since then I took it back to the guy who made it, who discovered
that the rope sewn into the foot and luff had shrunk. This put too much
body into the main. H spliced 7 into the foot. 3 into the luff.
The name "Itchy & Scratchy" is a complaint about epoxy, a cartoon cat
name (cartoon within a cartoon) from "The Simpsons", and a reflection
that there were two builders, who had different standards of
workmanship.
Cheers;
Fraser Howell
Congratulations to Bill Samson on a great 29th issue.
I have two questions.
1. How did Jamie Orr get such a glistening finish? I bet it requires a
lot of elbow grease.
2. What is the dark stripe running parallel to the leech of 'Itchy And
Scratchy'? It didn't appear in the picture in #28. Great picture, by
the way.
Finally, until this weekend, I thought the name 'Itchy And Scratchy'
was a joke about the pleasures of working with epoxy. There is just too
much damn media to keep up with it all.
Peter.
I have two questions.
1. How did Jamie Orr get such a glistening finish? I bet it requires a
lot of elbow grease.
2. What is the dark stripe running parallel to the leech of 'Itchy And
Scratchy'? It didn't appear in the picture in #28. Great picture, by
the way.
Finally, until this weekend, I thought the name 'Itchy And Scratchy'
was a joke about the pleasures of working with epoxy. There is just too
much damn media to keep up with it all.
Peter.