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- Sun Oct 09, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Better sail shape on a reefed mainsail - F21
- Replies: 5
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Re: Better sail shape on a reefed mainsail - F21
Sorry I was not too clear on the point about reefing. I didn’t mean to imply to tie the line off so far aft that you lose a lot of the tension component pulling the crinkle down to the boom. Just a few inches aft of the cringle is enough.
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:53 pm
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: Better sail shape on a reefed mainsail - F21
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1393
Re: Better sail shape on a reefed mainsail - F21
I have been using my 2nd reef as the cunningham for many years. When I was racing on a bigger boat, and trimming main, I found that cunningham could tension the luff while letting the leach stay open. Halyard tension tended to close the leach. I also re-rigged the outhaul to bring it back to the coc...
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Offshore Downwind with Gunmount Spinnaker
- Replies: 9
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Re: Offshore Downwind with Gunmount Spinnaker
I have often sailed my F25 under chute and full main in the upper teens; boat speed of 8+ knots is pretty readily obtainable. As my original post sort of suggests, it's a lot of fun unless the waves get big enough to start us rolling, especially when they come on the aft quarter. I have found that b...
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Sailing
- Topic: Offshore Downwind with Gunmount Spinnaker
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7150
Re: Offshore Downwind with Gunmount Spinnaker
That would be a shame. On my F25 I had a sunbrella bag made to so I could leave it rigged all the time. Everyone who comes out marvels at how easy it is to fly the chute. Even if you have to rig it ever time, it's still way easier than a traditional spinnaker.
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:19 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: f25 boom pin size and mast wedge
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:14 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: f25 boom pin size and mast wedge
- Replies: 3
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Re: f25 boom pin size and mast wedge
The F25Manual.pdf, which you can get here https://www.freedomyachts.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10100, if you don't have it, shows a 3/16" mast wedge on pp.12-13. I definitely have one in my boat, which might be the original from 1984. If yours has gone missing, there is a product from SparTite ("Spart...
- Sat May 14, 2022 2:02 pm
- Forum: Manuals and Documentation
- Topic: F25 Running Rigging Rope Sizes
- Replies: 3
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Re: F25 Running Rigging Rope Sizes
Just replaced the image with larger size and higher resolution. LMK if still illegible; it looks fine on my browser. Sorry for the delay in fixing this!
- Thu May 05, 2022 6:27 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: F25 Wingmast spinnaker setup
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1018
Re: F25 Wingmast spinnaker setup
Here is a photo showing how the reins are routed to a cam cleat on the port side of the front end of the coaming:
Starboard side is same. The stanchion holding the block is behind the dock piling on the right in the foreground.
Starboard side is same. The stanchion holding the block is behind the dock piling on the right in the foreground.
- Thu May 05, 2022 6:21 am
- Forum: Rigging and Sails
- Topic: F25 Wingmast spinnaker setup
- Replies: 3
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Re: F25 Wingmast spinnaker setup
I just posted something on this to the manuals/doc area: https://www.freedomyachts.org/viewtopic.php?p=54495#p54495 These are measurements made by the PO of my boat. I am still using much of this as-is, although I did shorten the (single-line) reins by a few feet. Basically, I shortened that line so...
- Thu May 05, 2022 6:17 am
- Forum: Manuals and Documentation
- Topic: F25 Running Rigging Rope Sizes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4569
F25 Running Rigging Rope Sizes
These were measured by the PO of my boat when he replaced the running rigging in 2005.
It's interesting to compare prices, then vs now.
It's interesting to compare prices, then vs now.