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Slippery Genoa
Just a note about sliding the genoa side to side between the head stay and the forestay. Click here to go to a new (temporary) page on my site about how it was handled on the boats we built. Enjoy.
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Comment by bob mitchell on April 16, 2013 at 9:48am
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Good Stuff! I will be glad when I get my boat rigged so I can really appreciate what is going on. Really enjoyed the "click to" article on your web site.
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Comment by Eddie Offermann on April 15, 2013 at 1:41pm
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Looking at that shot, I'm surprised anyone picked out that detail - but yes, I do in fact have the "pelican"! I'd been fascinated by that piece, having never seen it before. Interesting to know it was a Newporter blacksmith fabrication.
From what you're saying on that page, it sounds like when tacking with the genoa, it's best to detach the forestays'l and stow the whole arrangement. I'm trying to remember if there's a padeye to reattach to in the right place - but I suspect there is. I have a couple in odd places that I'm gradually figuring out what they're meant for.
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on April 14, 2013 at 10:09pm
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I just went through all the pictures on this site and found only one that appears to have the pelican hook on the forestay that allows it to be tucked out of the way of the genoa. The title of the picture is "Cap'n Eddie" and it shows the lower end of the forestay with a large stainless hook that is hooked into the "staple" welded to the angle iron center section of the anchor roller mount (standard forestay attach point). Compare what you can see of the hook (look at the full sized picture) with the drawing of it linked in my "Slippery Genoa" post. Note that Eddie's is hooked from outboard to inboard and my drawing shows it to be hooked from inboard to outboard, which is the way I rigged the boats. I found it easier to hook up that way. Peace, Clyde
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