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Cape Dory 30C - Self Tacking Boom
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Cape Dory Owner Association. Fantastic group, friendly and non judgmental of your choices.
I rig ours with loose footed, working outhaul, no battens, leave it on the boom with a sail cover. Keep some sort of slick'm on the track, it is not the best after 40 years don't trim to tight, great for tacking out of a narrow creek with the Yankee rolled up.
Hi Fulla Bulla
have a Cape Dory 30.not sure what do you mean for self tacking boom?
thanks
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The staysail on a CD30 Cutter has or may have had a boom. It is trimmed with one line like the main sheet. The boom is attached to a traveler that will switch sides of the boat by it self. (most times)
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LIke this.
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describing as a boom I was thinking on the main,my mistake
will see if anybody responds,I have used the self taking on my jib when was rigged as what you want on other boats,my senior moments preclude how I did it sending a set of pics to perhaps use as ideas,essentially you need 2 set of controls returning to the cockpit,one for the traveler and a second line to control the jib as a normal jib,always used on roller furling so could reduce sail as needed on your case you will need to go to the bow in order to reduce sail by any means you normally use on a hank on sail
here some ideasright
describing as a boom I was thinking on the main,my mistake
will see if anybody responds,I have used the self taking on my jib when was rigged as what you want on other boats,my senior moments preclude how I did it sending a set of pics to perhaps use as ideas,essentially you need 2 set of controls returning to the cockpit,one for the traveler and a second line to control the jib as a normal jib,always used on roller furling so could reduce sail as needed on your case you will need to go to the bow in order to reduce sail by any means you normally use on a hank on sail
again two controls
the jib clue is rigged thru the boom and returns to a winch on the cockpit as a normal jib.
second set: blocks to control the traveler guided to the cockpit, these are two lines starboard and port side.
here some ideasright
describing as a boom I was thinking on the main,my mistake
will see if anybody responds,I have used the self taking on my jib when was rigged as what you want on other boats,my senior moments preclude how I did it sending a set of pics to perhaps use as ideas,essentially you need 2 set of controls returning to the cockpit,one for the traveler and a second line to control the jib as a normal jib,always used on roller furling so could reduce sail as needed on your case you will need to go to the bow in order to reduce sail by any means you normally use on a hank on sail
again two controls
the jib clue is rigged thru the boom and returns to a winch on the cockpit as a normal jib.
second set: blocks to control the traveler guided to the cockpit, these are two lines starboard and port side.
Self tacking Staysail — Rigging Doctor
Staysails are the smaller jib on a cutter. They are mounted to the inner forestay, which is the stay inboard of the headstay and attaches only partway up the mast. When tacking a cutter, you have the jib and staysail to sheet on each tack. This can become quite a chore when short tacking through nar
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It's a pretty simple rig on the Dory, only one line back to the cockpit to provide sheeting pressure. you can set stops to limit the travel. I kicked around the idea of removing the boom as it can become dangerous in the right conditions but with the narrow beam and my unwillingness to drill a bunch of holes for genoa type track I decided to leave be and let it continue to be self tacking. Dennis
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Great!
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