by philipl » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:20 am
Petar,
This is a relatively new boat for me. I purchased it from Morris Boat yard in Maine. They had it as a trade in against one of their new yachts. Morris did a bunch of work on the interior for me. The hull was painted dark blue by the previous owner. The canvas doesn't actually match, although it appears to match in this photo. I have a double sheave on the mast head. The loose line that you see goes to the top of the camberspar. It should be slightly loose when sailing...but not that loose! I also have a fixed topping lift for the boom with a pulley at the end leading to an adjustment on the boom. I sometimes have to slack this off if it gets in the way of the mainsail. The other loose line at the back of the sale is the second reef. The first reef looks shabby because it is difficult to pull the leech tight with the reefing system on the boat. I usually pack the bottom of the reefed main into the Quick Pack sail cover to tidy things up.
This was our yacht club shake down cruise to Boston harbour. It was indeed a delightful sail back.
Philip Leahy
F-38 ex Manchester, MA.