Here it is, test fitted to the boat.. The Seldn GX consists of a line driver and a halyard swivel connected by an anti-torsion line. P. paulmw Cadet. Joined Nov 19, 2003 Messages 11. I will be happy to help you out with what ever information you might need.
It seems like a simple project. Given the weather helm and the short stick of the p35, it looks like a win/win situation if you cared to spend the money to do it. Anyone out with experience of adding a bowsprit?? If the bowsprit is less than 4 long, then Id put the stay well aft of the windlass, probably at the aft end of the bow deck lockers. The jiboom is also lashed to the bowsprit using .028 black rig-ging line as shown on the plans. Bowsprit tends to move aft under headsail forces. An alternative is to t an external tack block at the outboard end. The goal would be to reduce weather helm, and perhaps maintain more sail area and windward ability when double-reefed. before adding the dolphin striker and jack staff. NOSE JOB: Adding a Bow Sprit. Lime Adds Electric Mopeds to Share Fleet Thule Shield Pannier 13-Liter Pair Review Kona Remote Electric Mountain Bike Review Bianchi E-Omnia Ebike Collection First Look Charge XC Ebike Review Super73-RX Electric Custom Goes to the Dark Side Crow Bicycles Launching Electric Gravel Bikes on Indiegogo First Look: LeMond Bicycles Debuts First Production Ebike Super73 S2 Review PWR Dually A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. For Asymm and Code 0 sails and Monohulls, catamarans, trimarans. I would be very interested in hearing peoples comments on this addition, especially if you have one installed. The longer the sprit, the less of an effect your main will have on your chute's performance. RIGHT BOWSPRIT FOR YOUR BOAT To choose the right bowsprit for a powerboat is a little easier than for a sailing yacht. Lester Helmus (s/v #010, Insouciance) b. We are extremely pleased with our new Trogear bowsprit. Nov 21, 2003 Once I test fit the bowsprit, I finished adding epoxy coats to both sides (3 coats on each) and I added three coats of System Three LPU Clear Gloss with the cross linked hardener. Thanks Yvonne and Henry for all the personal care! I'm considering adding a Selden retractable bowsprit to my boat for better downwind sailing with my Northsails assymetrical and for better trimming of the sail. GMT can engineer a streamlined bow sprit to compliment the shape and color of a yacht's overall aesthetics. You can also see in the photos that follow how the bowsprit and jib-boom were painted. In fact buyers not only cosider purchase price, but also For yachts 18-50. To overcome this problem I highly recommend adding a bowsprit to carry a permanently mounted roller-furling screecher. Custom carbon fabrication is what we do, and adding a fixed or removable bow sprit is no different. Add the bowsprit to your ship it should be a little less than half the length of your hull. His was most admirable; mine is a bit selfish. I mentioned the concept of a "slutter," a sloop that is converted to a cutter by adding a removable inner forestay, in my last post on this subject and thought I should expound a bit on the process of the conversion. Shop with confidence - get free shipping to home or The Seldn GX is a furling system for asymmetric spinnakers and cruising chutes. I was looking at possibly adding a bowsprit to 0 Shares. Getting the fit just right requires detail and precision, exactly the kind of work GMT specializes in. 0. It worked. Just fit the two stainless steel pad eyes to the deck in line with the bow bracket. Is OK when used with a furler, dangerous with hanked-on headsails. I then mounted the bowsprit in the stainless surround and taped off the parameter so I could add two additional coats of the LPU clear mixed with nonskid grit. You have to add a bobstay and its anchoring point to the bow of the boat just above the waterline. Photo of Sailing Trogear bowsprit, uploaded by Stratussailor Of if you need a bowsprit for looks or ramming speed, add one but don't move the forestay of the boat, leave it where it is. The gennaker tackline runs through the bowsprit, entering and leaving via well rounded holes, and then aft to the cockpit. I have been thinking of adding a bowsprit to my J24. The cap and portions of the jibboom (including its heel) and bowsprit were painted black. Adding A bowsprit. I would fly a genaker. If you're interested in speed, a bowsprit will also allow you to carry a larger sail. Shop with confidence - get free shipping to home or stores + price match guarantee! 4. I had a new forestay made and moved it out to the end. 3. 5. When turning the drum the anti-torsion line makes the top of the sail furl first, while the tack is independent on a swivel. 3 . Shop, read reviews, or ask questions about SELDEN Asymmetric Bowsprit Kits, Aluminum Gennaker Pole at the official West Marine online store. Re: Adding a bowsprit to a sailboat From a financial perspective, it makes no sense at all to add the bowsprit to this boat. What is the advisable way of adding a staysail stay to the bow bowdeckview.jpg of my Edition Speciale Corbin? Make Your Own Retracting Bowsprit. Since 1968, West Marine has grown to over 250 local stores, with knowledgeable Associates happy to assist. Charles Doane. My boat is located on Lake Lanier in Georgia. The masts should be placed in the rough positions shown. The bracket is a stainless ring with a low friction polyamide inner lining through which the bowsprit slides into its active position. As Martin Luther King once put it: I have a dream. At first I lashed the pipe to the bow and fore-deck cleat to test the design. By adding a fixed bowsprit in your case you would also increase the LOA of your boat, potentially increasing berthing cost and reducing your chances to sell your boat in future because of that. Yes, I did add a bowsprit. 2. Then you have to put on the bowsprit Pretty much ever since I acquired Lunacy, Ive had visions of a bowsprit of some sort dangling off her bow. As Lester suggests, the bowsprit tends to go aft, making it difficult to hold headstay tension when the headsail forces increase. Modifications > Bowsprit See how I made the bowsprit; Reasons for adding a bowsprit in the first place; If you read the projects area for the new bowsprit construct you will learn why I built a new bowsprit for this refit. Just wondering what the helm is like in light air and if there is any signficant performance advantage. If you are flying an a-sail, a bowsprit will significantly enhance the performance of the sail by reducing the blanket effect of the main. However sometimes its easier to throw up the asym gennaker when cruising but I dont have a good bow sprit setup. Would the tack of the standard 150 genoa chaff on the pole attached to the deck? Only difference I wanted to ease the single handed process of jibing the sail so built a bowsprit out of a piece of 1.5 inch aluminum pipe I acquired from our local metal yard. Here's one of those boats that started life as a 23-footer, and a year or two later, without changing the hull, the marketers deemed that the boat had become a 24-footer, belatedly deciding to add the bowsprit as part of the length (which, of course, is not usual industry practice). Has anyone had experience adding a bowsprit and jib to an existing catboat rig? MP40 MP55 MPA55BUT26MPMP75 BUT48MP MPA75MP90 MP100 I have a 23'x 10' cat, with mast only 1' back from stempost. Recommended part number for Catalina Boats: C22 C310: bow sprit 072-72-70 & bow bracket 508-783-01. It's about 20" wide and goes out about 3' 4" from the point of the boat. Some advantages Adjust the sail luff tension from the cockpit using the adjustable bobstay. Hunter 33 Bowsprit Project Hi Gary, I'm David Underwood, owner of Freebird (1982 Hunter 33) with the bowsprit project. I have a Grand Soliel 40 2007 that has a great spinnaker setup with a really nice carbon spinnaker pole. Increases LOA, increases marina fees. The Trogear Bowsprit is an aftermarket sprit that makes flying and handling reaching & off-wind sails safer and easier. West Marine is committed to outfitting your life on the water. Adding A Bowsprit and other sailing discussion in the Seabreeze general forums, page 1 For example, my hull is about 35 blocks long, so my bowsprit will be around 15 blocks long. So I had a metal shop modify my bow plate, adding a stainless tube to the plate. Adding a staysail. This Top-down-furling makes cruising fun and enjoyable for everyone aboard. Advantages are:-Place to put the anchors on rollers.-Getting the forestay out gets rid of some of the weather helm. GENNAKER BOWSPRIT Extendable gennaker bowsprit sold as a kit for deck mounting. If you don't fully understand those terms and the interrelationship among them, don't change your CE by adding a bowsprit. Except from knowing the size on the boat you also need to take into account if you have an anchor in the bow. Make Your Own Retracting Bowsprit. They have also worked closely with Mack Sails to make sure the rigging is right on. Peter O. Pa'akai O'o, P35 #108. This easily handled sail will boost your multi-hulls sailing performance dramatically and there-fore greatly add to your safety if you need to reach or run away from bad weather. The Trogear people made a custom bracket for our crossbeam on our Leopard 44 (Catamaran), so that it folds up and down in seconds. It is a popular upgrade, particularly on bluewater boats, and of course being able to hoist a staysail can also be handy on a coastal boat. If you are anywhere in Make Your Own Make It Yourself How To Make Fishing Not to use for racing, just for the light air cruising days. Could a retrofit kit damage the bow with unsupported upward forces? With over 250 store locations, 100,000 products in stock, and knowledgeable Associates, trust West Marine for your boating, sailing, fishing, or paddling needs. The Lunacy Report. Article by Simon Holmes.
It seems like a simple project. Given the weather helm and the short stick of the p35, it looks like a win/win situation if you cared to spend the money to do it. Anyone out with experience of adding a bowsprit?? If the bowsprit is less than 4 long, then Id put the stay well aft of the windlass, probably at the aft end of the bow deck lockers. The jiboom is also lashed to the bowsprit using .028 black rig-ging line as shown on the plans. Bowsprit tends to move aft under headsail forces. An alternative is to t an external tack block at the outboard end. The goal would be to reduce weather helm, and perhaps maintain more sail area and windward ability when double-reefed. before adding the dolphin striker and jack staff. NOSE JOB: Adding a Bow Sprit. Lime Adds Electric Mopeds to Share Fleet Thule Shield Pannier 13-Liter Pair Review Kona Remote Electric Mountain Bike Review Bianchi E-Omnia Ebike Collection First Look Charge XC Ebike Review Super73-RX Electric Custom Goes to the Dark Side Crow Bicycles Launching Electric Gravel Bikes on Indiegogo First Look: LeMond Bicycles Debuts First Production Ebike Super73 S2 Review PWR Dually A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. For Asymm and Code 0 sails and Monohulls, catamarans, trimarans. I would be very interested in hearing peoples comments on this addition, especially if you have one installed. The longer the sprit, the less of an effect your main will have on your chute's performance. RIGHT BOWSPRIT FOR YOUR BOAT To choose the right bowsprit for a powerboat is a little easier than for a sailing yacht. Lester Helmus (s/v #010, Insouciance) b. We are extremely pleased with our new Trogear bowsprit. Nov 21, 2003 Once I test fit the bowsprit, I finished adding epoxy coats to both sides (3 coats on each) and I added three coats of System Three LPU Clear Gloss with the cross linked hardener. Thanks Yvonne and Henry for all the personal care! I'm considering adding a Selden retractable bowsprit to my boat for better downwind sailing with my Northsails assymetrical and for better trimming of the sail. GMT can engineer a streamlined bow sprit to compliment the shape and color of a yacht's overall aesthetics. You can also see in the photos that follow how the bowsprit and jib-boom were painted. In fact buyers not only cosider purchase price, but also For yachts 18-50. To overcome this problem I highly recommend adding a bowsprit to carry a permanently mounted roller-furling screecher. Custom carbon fabrication is what we do, and adding a fixed or removable bow sprit is no different. Add the bowsprit to your ship it should be a little less than half the length of your hull. His was most admirable; mine is a bit selfish. I mentioned the concept of a "slutter," a sloop that is converted to a cutter by adding a removable inner forestay, in my last post on this subject and thought I should expound a bit on the process of the conversion. Shop with confidence - get free shipping to home or The Seldn GX is a furling system for asymmetric spinnakers and cruising chutes. I was looking at possibly adding a bowsprit to 0 Shares. Getting the fit just right requires detail and precision, exactly the kind of work GMT specializes in. 0. It worked. Just fit the two stainless steel pad eyes to the deck in line with the bow bracket. Is OK when used with a furler, dangerous with hanked-on headsails. I then mounted the bowsprit in the stainless surround and taped off the parameter so I could add two additional coats of the LPU clear mixed with nonskid grit. You have to add a bobstay and its anchoring point to the bow of the boat just above the waterline. Photo of Sailing Trogear bowsprit, uploaded by Stratussailor Of if you need a bowsprit for looks or ramming speed, add one but don't move the forestay of the boat, leave it where it is. The gennaker tackline runs through the bowsprit, entering and leaving via well rounded holes, and then aft to the cockpit. I have been thinking of adding a bowsprit to my J24. The cap and portions of the jibboom (including its heel) and bowsprit were painted black. Adding A bowsprit. I would fly a genaker. If you're interested in speed, a bowsprit will also allow you to carry a larger sail. Shop with confidence - get free shipping to home or stores + price match guarantee! 4. I had a new forestay made and moved it out to the end. 3. 5. When turning the drum the anti-torsion line makes the top of the sail furl first, while the tack is independent on a swivel. 3 . Shop, read reviews, or ask questions about SELDEN Asymmetric Bowsprit Kits, Aluminum Gennaker Pole at the official West Marine online store. Re: Adding a bowsprit to a sailboat From a financial perspective, it makes no sense at all to add the bowsprit to this boat. What is the advisable way of adding a staysail stay to the bow bowdeckview.jpg of my Edition Speciale Corbin? Make Your Own Retracting Bowsprit. Since 1968, West Marine has grown to over 250 local stores, with knowledgeable Associates happy to assist. Charles Doane. My boat is located on Lake Lanier in Georgia. The masts should be placed in the rough positions shown. The bracket is a stainless ring with a low friction polyamide inner lining through which the bowsprit slides into its active position. As Martin Luther King once put it: I have a dream. At first I lashed the pipe to the bow and fore-deck cleat to test the design. By adding a fixed bowsprit in your case you would also increase the LOA of your boat, potentially increasing berthing cost and reducing your chances to sell your boat in future because of that. Yes, I did add a bowsprit. 2. Then you have to put on the bowsprit Pretty much ever since I acquired Lunacy, Ive had visions of a bowsprit of some sort dangling off her bow. As Lester suggests, the bowsprit tends to go aft, making it difficult to hold headstay tension when the headsail forces increase. Modifications > Bowsprit See how I made the bowsprit; Reasons for adding a bowsprit in the first place; If you read the projects area for the new bowsprit construct you will learn why I built a new bowsprit for this refit. Just wondering what the helm is like in light air and if there is any signficant performance advantage. If you are flying an a-sail, a bowsprit will significantly enhance the performance of the sail by reducing the blanket effect of the main. However sometimes its easier to throw up the asym gennaker when cruising but I dont have a good bow sprit setup. Would the tack of the standard 150 genoa chaff on the pole attached to the deck? Only difference I wanted to ease the single handed process of jibing the sail so built a bowsprit out of a piece of 1.5 inch aluminum pipe I acquired from our local metal yard. Here's one of those boats that started life as a 23-footer, and a year or two later, without changing the hull, the marketers deemed that the boat had become a 24-footer, belatedly deciding to add the bowsprit as part of the length (which, of course, is not usual industry practice). Has anyone had experience adding a bowsprit and jib to an existing catboat rig? MP40 MP55 MPA55BUT26MPMP75 BUT48MP MPA75MP90 MP100 I have a 23'x 10' cat, with mast only 1' back from stempost. Recommended part number for Catalina Boats: C22 C310: bow sprit 072-72-70 & bow bracket 508-783-01. It's about 20" wide and goes out about 3' 4" from the point of the boat. Some advantages Adjust the sail luff tension from the cockpit using the adjustable bobstay. Hunter 33 Bowsprit Project Hi Gary, I'm David Underwood, owner of Freebird (1982 Hunter 33) with the bowsprit project. I have a Grand Soliel 40 2007 that has a great spinnaker setup with a really nice carbon spinnaker pole. Increases LOA, increases marina fees. The Trogear Bowsprit is an aftermarket sprit that makes flying and handling reaching & off-wind sails safer and easier. West Marine is committed to outfitting your life on the water. Adding A Bowsprit and other sailing discussion in the Seabreeze general forums, page 1 For example, my hull is about 35 blocks long, so my bowsprit will be around 15 blocks long. So I had a metal shop modify my bow plate, adding a stainless tube to the plate. Adding a staysail. This Top-down-furling makes cruising fun and enjoyable for everyone aboard. Advantages are:-Place to put the anchors on rollers.-Getting the forestay out gets rid of some of the weather helm. GENNAKER BOWSPRIT Extendable gennaker bowsprit sold as a kit for deck mounting. If you don't fully understand those terms and the interrelationship among them, don't change your CE by adding a bowsprit. Except from knowing the size on the boat you also need to take into account if you have an anchor in the bow. Make Your Own Retracting Bowsprit. They have also worked closely with Mack Sails to make sure the rigging is right on. Peter O. Pa'akai O'o, P35 #108. This easily handled sail will boost your multi-hulls sailing performance dramatically and there-fore greatly add to your safety if you need to reach or run away from bad weather. The Trogear people made a custom bracket for our crossbeam on our Leopard 44 (Catamaran), so that it folds up and down in seconds. It is a popular upgrade, particularly on bluewater boats, and of course being able to hoist a staysail can also be handy on a coastal boat. If you are anywhere in Make Your Own Make It Yourself How To Make Fishing Not to use for racing, just for the light air cruising days. Could a retrofit kit damage the bow with unsupported upward forces? With over 250 store locations, 100,000 products in stock, and knowledgeable Associates, trust West Marine for your boating, sailing, fishing, or paddling needs. The Lunacy Report. Article by Simon Holmes.