Genoa Track

[Guest]

I am refurbishing a Queen Bee, which is near completion.However, there is one item which I am unsure about...... Originally the genoa track sat atop the toe rail, this according to the two previous owners, and I believe the original owner was never successful. It first lifted the track from the toe rail, when the screws ran out of grip the track was moved forward to find new fixings. Meanwhile the toe rail was causing further problems by retaining rain/sea water on the deck so that the toe rail fixings started to give way. This in turn led to the deck being ripped up. I have now laid a new deck with 12 mm marine ply substrate onto which is a Teak and Utile deck.
What I intend, to alleviate the old problems, is to fit a new toe rail which instead of being one long rail will be in sections. i.e. it will terminate where chain plates protrude or any other obstructions thus giving adequate space for water to dump overboard. This rail will not be able to accommodate the genoa track and I intend to fit it inboard by about 100 mm and direct to the deck (through bolts) My quandry is, will this radically upset the setting of the genoa how do I calculate the position and length of track required, are there any other problems I may encounter?

Are there any Queen Bee owners out there?

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[Peterduck]

For any headsail sheeting point, mark on the headsail a line which bisects the angle in the clew. Set the sail, and then extrapolate along the line which you have just marked down to the deck. This will give you the fore-and-aft position of the middle of the track, the point at which the tension on the leech and the foot of the sail is equal. The transverse position is arrived at by taking a line of small stuff from the point of attachment of the forestay, usually the stemhead in sloops, and drawing it out along the deck at an angle of 12 degrees from the centreline of the boat.
Peter.

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