With the large main on our 40/40 jibes are always adventures. If the wind kicks up I will sometimes go around the other way to keep the boom in control (what I call a tack-jibe). Wondering what other people do/use- Preventers, boom brake etc.
I have a F45. We use a Dutchman preventer and, although somewhat new to it, I’ve been happy with it so far. It was expensive but seems to do the job very well. I was interested in the Wichard Gybe Easy which is less expensive (though probably not as much as it ought to be) but our sail is too big for it.
Could you post a couple of pictures of how you set it up or email them to me please.
Thanks,
Craig
Yes, but I won’t be back on the boat until early Sept. It’s pretty easy to set up. I attached the line to the port toe rail about even with the mast, attached the preventer to the boom just forward of the boom vang (would like to move it aft of the vang) and threaded the line through, then to a block on the starboard toe rail, then aft to another block on the starboard toe rail, then up to a winch behind the cockpit. I went that way because we weren’t using that winch for anything. There are many other ways to do it, the instructions are pretty clear, and if you need help, Dutchman is very accessible.
Thanks,
I was wondering about using the toe rail.
My boat was made with genoa winches and track. She always just used the camberspar, so the winches are rarely used (only for the cruising chute), so I could go snap shackles to the toe rail and then back to the winches with no trouble.
Does that seem right to you?
Outside of the location of the winch, that’s exactly what I did. This does make getting to the foredeck a tad more difficult so when I’m sure that everything is to my liking, I might put beefy pad eyes on the cabin roof for attachment points–but they wouldn’t be very far outboard so there’d be disadvantages to that too.