Re: Wylie outhaul

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

Frank,

visit www.wyliecat.com.
There are some good close-up photos where you get a good view on the
wishbone suspension and outhaul. On a Wylie, the clew reefing lines
run inside the wishbones; do you have something like that? I want
to design a single line reefing system, with the clew reefing line
running forward along the foot of the sail, through a block on the
mast, up through the tack reef eye and then down through a block on
the mast again. The position of these mast blocks is crucial; the
reefline has to run smoothly through the blocks and the tack reef
eye.

Regards,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, Frank Minelli <myslo@…>
wrote:

Michel,

glad to know there is somebody else aorund that sails withthe
wishbone and the single ply sail on track !

When I discarded my wrap arounds, I epoxied a glass
strip, 5 ply, 12 oz weave, to the spar (sanding the paint off
first) and then screwed the track to that with sheet metal screws.
I inserted epoxy into the screw holes, then drove the screws
home. Same with the pad eyes on the stick for suspending the boom.
This has worked now since 2001, for about 5000 miles of open
ocean cruising.

I would be interested to learn more about the variation of
outhaul used on the Wylie cat. Do you have the details?

“michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:
Hi all,

I know thsi question has been answered in the past, but in those
days I didn’t pay attention to them because I had aluminum masts
on
my catketch. The new boat has CF masts. I have the rare
combination - at least for Freedoms - of wishbones and single ply
sail on a track. The previous owners used the wishbones as
conventional booms; almost horizontal. I want to go back to the
original setup with the wishbones sloping downwards and rigging
them
like a Wyliecat. For that I need to install several strong
padeyes
on the spars; e.g. for the wishbone hangers, the throat ajusters
and
the tack reef points. I know 3 ways to attach padeyes, could you
help me decide the best way:

  1. use stainless, monel or aluminum rivets;
  2. thread the holes and use stainless machine screws;
  3. just screw in selftapping screws in the holes.

Does it help to epoxy the screws?
How tight can the holes be without risk of splintering the CF?
Do I have to ask the sparmaker to epoxy on carbon pads under the
padeyes to get more meat to drill and screw in?

Thanks!
Michel

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