7 year at the helm
Kiddo manning the helm after a sail.
Main sail rigging
This post is a quick reference for rigging the main sail of a Cape Dory Typhoon. Each boat over time has different modifications made to it based on the skippers preferences so your boat may not be exactly like this one. However this is how I put mine together. I first start with tuning the mast in. I like to have a bit of rake in the mast and to be sure that it is in column. Next I slide the booms goose neck into the mast. I slide the boom down to the sail stop and make sure it is tight with a screw driver. Then I clip the back side of the boom to the back stay catch. After that I get to work on untwisting the main sheet. My current main sheet set up goes something like this. It is a bit of a variation from the original set up. You can see I still use one of the original Schafer stand up blocks to guide the sheet line to the cam cleat but the Harken fiddle block does most of the heavy lifting here. Later this season I'm hopping t...
That is hilarious. Is he in a sailing class yet? Christian Williams' videos of family sailing have about the same level of spontaneity about the harbor! Christian wrote the book "Alone Together," his voyage from Los Angeles to Kaui and return. Well worth viewing on YouTube first and then reading the book, both stand alone in their unique contributions. Plus, he's got a keen wit to sustain the reader.
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