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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:11 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: F39 original gooseneck manufacturer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 134
Re: F39 original gooseneck manufacturer
Hi Josh, Thanks for that info. The mast end with vertical pin looks identical. The boom extrusion end would appear to be different in that the vertical dimension of the boom may be greater. I will see if I can get more info. Certainly looks like the right brand. Perhaps the boom came with the TP mas...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: F39 original gooseneck manufacturer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 134
F39 original gooseneck manufacturer
Hi all, it’s been a while. Finally got Fyne Spirit back to NZ in a direct single handed passage from Singapore, via Indian and Southern Oceans, about 6200 miles in all. In the process the gooseneck fitting on the fore sail boom was damaged. Where the flange fits into the boom, the casting broke away...
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:39 am
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: F39 PHS DISCUSSION
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16329
Re: F39 PHS DISCUSSION
On the question of how fast an F39 schooner is, we sailed 1000 miles from New Zealand to New Caledonia at an average speed of 5.98 knots. We spent a lot of time reaching between 8 and 9 knots. The F39 will surf controllably, though because she is quite heavy, she needs a lot of power. We once made 3...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:36 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18765
Re: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
Gosh, I wish I had seen these last posts sooner. Three or four years ago I had a problem with the foremast moving around the top hat base. This was the first time I had attempted to remove one of these masts. We undid the collar, attached the crane and lifted. Up came the mast with the boat still at...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:59 am
- Forum: Engines and Mechanical Systems
- Topic: F35 Routing Engine Room Blower Exhaust Overboard?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4412
Re: F35 Routing Engine Room Blower Exhaust Overboard?
Having been involved in engine installation over the years, having a blower that actually sucks from the engine space can be a problem. The blower is competing for air which the engine needs to run efficiently. If we were commssioning and engine we check the airpressure in the engine bay. If there i...
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:07 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18765
Re: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
Hi Dale, Sorry to be so long replying. We are in Pangkor Marina, Lumut, near Pangkor Island. Fyne Spirit is in the covered hard stand. My Malaysian number is 0137407073. It would be great to meet you. We have been making good progress with repairs until the west system resin ran out:(. We have cut a...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 8:54 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18765
Re: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
Hi Dale,
yes from the masthead. There is no provision to run it from a lower point, just an external halyard from a block at the masthead. I doubt if running it 7/8 would have made much difference, though it would probably require a smaller sail to do that, and the two things together may have helped.
yes from the masthead. There is no provision to run it from a lower point, just an external halyard from a block at the masthead. I doubt if running it 7/8 would have made much difference, though it would probably require a smaller sail to do that, and the two things together may have helped.
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:28 am
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Where do people sleep at sea in a Freedom 39PH?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5283
Re: Where do people sleep at sea in a Freedom 39PH?
This is a somewhat belated reply but.... on Fyne Spirit, where we sleep depends on the weather and point of sail. Close hauled, forward is unusable. Broad reach and flat off the wind, almost anywhere is ok. For heavier conditions and reaching or close reaching the aft cabin is good for one (there ar...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:14 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18765
Re: MAST REPAIR PROCESS F39PHS?
As we use the main boom to pole out the spinnaker, leaving the main up wouldn't give quite the support needed. The main sheet is fully extended with the sail at about 90 deg to the direction of force. Running backstays would seem to be the answer, and will certainly be employed in the future.
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:58 pm
- Forum: Cruising
- Topic: SW Pacific and SE Asia Cruise F39PHS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5234
Re: SW Pacific and SE Asia Cruise F39PHS
Hi All, Just a wee update. The sailing plans all came together and we are now based in Malaysia for the foreseable future. We did have the pleasure of meeting a sister ship Starsend II in Noumea, a lovely boat very well looked after. We particularly liked the hard dodger enclosing the cockpit. It se...