gunman
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Hi all, I haven't been on here for a while but thoughts have now come around to getting my sonata ready for the season. Bit of history on it, I bought it at the end of last season to replace my L17. Also now we have had our 3rd child who is now 6 months old. Having 3 young kids means the sonata has to be handier to sail single handed.
The yacht came with a brand new roller reefing kit, on inspection it is a Plastimo T series with the twin grooves in the foil. this presents my first problem as the sail slides with it are 7mm and don't fit. I have searched and cannot find anyone selling 5mm slides\slugs. Even on off the shelf genoa comes with a 7mm luff rope and my finances this year will not stetch to a new custom genoa (due to the new son and my wife having to be on unpaid leave now). Has anyone any ideas?
Also, the sheet winches are on the coach roof ( standard racing setup I beleive) making it near impossible to sail single handed with main and headsail as I physically cannot reach the winches while keeping a hand on the tiller. Has anyone moved the winches to the sides of the cockpit or can anyone see any issue with this?
I wont be taking part in any racing this year, just family cruising (inland water).
Thanks for any advice.
The yacht came with a brand new roller reefing kit, on inspection it is a Plastimo T series with the twin grooves in the foil. this presents my first problem as the sail slides with it are 7mm and don't fit. I have searched and cannot find anyone selling 5mm slides\slugs. Even on off the shelf genoa comes with a 7mm luff rope and my finances this year will not stetch to a new custom genoa (due to the new son and my wife having to be on unpaid leave now). Has anyone any ideas?
Also, the sheet winches are on the coach roof ( standard racing setup I beleive) making it near impossible to sail single handed with main and headsail as I physically cannot reach the winches while keeping a hand on the tiller. Has anyone moved the winches to the sides of the cockpit or can anyone see any issue with this?
I wont be taking part in any racing this year, just family cruising (inland water).
Thanks for any advice.