CALLING ALL VIVACITY OWNERS

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For the attention of all Vivacity owners and of course previous owners and those who may have anything interesting to add or subtract. The new Vivacity website is operational and now requires input to make it a success. Have a look at vivacity20.verycool.at

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Aw jeesh... so the snob with the 24 Vivacity is back from a fine weekend of sailing on the great wide um Massachusetts Bay, no rocks were hit, no hardware fell overboard, the breeze blew and the sun shone....

I swapped out the wire (1/8-in.) to rope jib halyard with a 5/16 all rope... no problem pulling the new one in through the existing sheaves and no issues with operations using old sheaves. According to the rigging specialist - I might go ten years and still not get around to swapping sheaves... regardless I'll at least go up and see what I have for sheaves and plan the replacement.

I tightened the fore stay 2-1/2 turns - that seemed to keep the fore stay pretty straight in modest breeze

I have forgotten but perhaps this thread presents an opportunity to get an idea of what my winch handle looked like before it slid off the deck into the murky depths of Island End River. I believe it was just a rectangular stainless bar with nibs at the end that fit in the water fill cap, or maybe they were face mounted nubs. I don't recollect. I don't know if the 20s had winch handles. An Alacrity owner at my club doe not, though I loaned him my boom furling handle. Any detail picture or dimensions would be helpful.
 
best I have. Probably won't help as the winches on the 20 have a built in handle under the drum which has a ratchet on it so doubt it's like yours. These were standard as far as I can tell.
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What a novel concept, a dedicated non-removable handle at every winch... I guess to keep the costs down despite extended length the put a permanent one on for the main halyard, and a losable one for the other three (jib halyard and the two jib sheets). Gadzooks... thank you... you have helped spur my cranial activity - I can take (heck, I have taken) these babies apart and cleaned and lubed them, why not see what size bar it needs.... why can't I think of these things on my own? Thanks for the help.
 
lustyd said:
best I have. Probably won't help as the winches on the 20 have a built in handle under the drum which has a ratchet on it so doubt it's like yours. These were standard as far as I can tell.
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I sold my Vivacity 20 in 1989, but the winches that came with it looked like your picture, made of tufnol or similar, but were simple snubbers, i.e. with a paul, but no handle (or socket for a handle) to give mechanical advantage. I replaced them with small "conventional" winches. I still have the originals in one of rather too many boxes, carefully put away somewhere. It is, of course, perfectly possible that these were not "original" originals, but had been installed by a previous owner.
 
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The winches in the pic are known universally as ' bottom action winches ' - frowned on as a sheet wrapped around the handle is bad news, and they're generally less efficient; they do the job though.

The handle sticking out is something to watch out for, and the reason I am posting this here; I currently have 1 broken & 1 cracked rib after an accidental gybe on a chums' boat in a strongish breeze slammed me against a bottom action winch handle...

My own fault for not dodging in time, but naturally I'm not enjoying it even 3 weeks later !
 
Where is she now?

Just interested if anyone knows.

My dad's first boat was a Vivacity 650 called "Little Gem"

Last seen in Littlehampton about 20 years ago.

Anyone know where she is now?
 
Seajet said:
The winches in the pic are known universally as ' bottom action winches ' - frowned on as a sheet wrapped around the handle is bad news, and they're generally less efficient; they do the job though.

The handle sticking out is something to watch out for, and the reason I am posting this here; I currently have 1 broken & 1 cracked rib after an accidental gybe on a chums' boat in a strongish breeze slammed me against a bottom action winch handle...

My own fault for not dodging in time, but naturally I'm not enjoying it even 3 weeks later !
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Oh I didn't say I liked them, they are horrible and will be removed if I own the boat long enough or work out how to remove the handle and not leave a rope sized gap. They are pretty standard though and for sale to anyone who really wants that original CQR and everything look at any cost :D
 
Seajet said:
The winches in the pic are known universally as ' bottom action winches ' - frowned on as a sheet wrapped around the handle is bad news, and they're generally less efficient; they do the job though.

The handle sticking out is something to watch out for, and the reason I am posting this here; I currently have 1 broken & 1 cracked rib after an accidental gybe on a chums' boat in a strongish breeze slammed me against a bottom action winch handle...

My own fault for not dodging in time, but naturally I'm not enjoying it even 3 weeks later !
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How do you know, did they X ray you.

They wouldn't X ray me as they said it was a waste of time because it wouldn't change the treatment!
 
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