Main sheet from traveller fold spray hood?

[Neil]

Fouls spray hood!

I did a trial fitting of my new traveller this afternoon. I have fashioned a mahogany beam to span between the cockpit seats, and later Sadler 25s had this placed about 10-15cm from the lip of the companionway. I moved the attachment point on the boom stern wards to accommodate the grab bar, but with the boom pushed out, the mainsheet will foul the side of the spray hood. What is the usual recourse? Any Sadler 25 owners with CJ Marine spray hoods?

 

[ghostlymoron]

Take the sprayhood down?

 

[oldbilbo]

Some have the lower/aft corners of the sprayhood secured by loops of substantial bungee, onto hook fastenings screwed onto the coaming sides. When the boom is let out and the mainsheet runs foul, firstly the bungee absorbs any initial load, then the loop can be lifted off /freed so there is no chafe.

Might work for your setup.

 

[Neil]

Take the sprayhood down?

Yes, the obvious answer, though somewhat inconvenient. However, needs must when the devil drives.........

Some have the lower/aft corners of the sprayhood secured by loops of substantial bungee, onto hook fastenings screwed onto the coaming sides. When the boom is let out and the mainsheet runs foul, firstly the bungee absorbs any initial load, then the loop can be lifted off /freed so there is no chafe.

Might work for your setup.

Not quite sure what you're getting at here. I can understand a length of bungie cord parallel to the spray hood sides as a protector against chafe, but then the spray hood would still have to come down.

I'm guessing that this is a common problem with main sheet travellers amidships?

 

[johnalison]

We have exactly the same problem in our HR 34. We scarcely ever fold the sprayhood down because in bad weather we want it up and in fine weather ŵe need the shade. The sprayhood has a zip each side, so I give the zip-monitor orders to unzip for a couple of feet whenever we have to free off the main, and swap sides each time we tack or gybe.

 

[alahol2]

Normally, when the boom is out far enough to foul the sprayhood, the wind is far enough aft to make the sprayhood less than useful. We just loosen the buckle on the side the boom is on if we want to keep the sprayhood up, otherwise lower it completely.

 

[jaybee63]

Some have the lower/aft corners of the sprayhood secured by loops of substantial bungee, onto hook fastenings screwed onto the coaming sides. When the boom is let out and the mainsheet runs foul, firstly the bungee absorbs any initial load, then the loop can be lifted off /freed so there is no chafe.

Might work for your setup.

Hers a link to a Mystery 35 sprayhood on our website, it is secured with a webbing strap set forward and the aft corner held with quick to release shock cord, the wing has a strap so the aft part can be rolled and held forward. Often we may fit 2 buckle and straps, one set forward and a roll up strap. This incurrs s small extra charge, just ideas and maybe explains what's being suggested in the quoted text.
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http://www.tecsew.com/sprayhoods/mystery-35-sprayhood

One other suggestion that may help extend the point at which the sheets foul, if the main sheets to not secure to the aft end of the boom, it's usually easy to move the attachment point aft, we often suggest this and the client usually agrees.

John Bland
www.tecsew.cim

 

[vyv_cox]

We just loosen the buckle on the hood. The hood stays up perfectly well with only one buckle, although it may not look its best.

 

[xeitosaphil]

As Oldbilbo stated, my sprayhood has the buckle fitted at the aft position with two bungi fixings between buckle and permanent turnbuckles fitted forward.

I can undo the buckle and choose to free either one or two bungi's. This allows me to fold sprayhood end inside the rest of the fixed hood leaving the hood up with plenty of access for the mainsheet.

However you have to be aware that only one side is fixed when using the handle rail !!

Philip

 

[charles_reed]

Yes, the obvious answer, though somewhat inconvenient. However, needs must when the devil drives.........




Not quite sure what you're getting at here. I can understand a length of bungie cord parallel to the spray hood sides as a protector against chafe, but then the spray hood would still have to come down.

I'm guessing that this is a common problem with main sheet travellers amidships?

On my slightly larger (and with an entirely different designer) boat with an 8:1 mainsheet, the traveller sits just forward of the sprayhood and the mainsheet is led back to the cockpit via the mast base.
I don't know if this is possible with the Sadler. It's certainly a more convenient lead than any in the cockpit.
Most Bavarias, from the very earliest, seem to have this arrangement.
It does, of course, put much more load on the boom, but allows far wider sheeting angles.
In terms of boom attachment it's very close to where the boom would be fixed with a traveller on the bridge-deck.

PS My boat is not a Bavaria, having been designed and built in England.