Mandarin331
Well-Known Member
We have just bought a Hummingbird 30 and want to fit a spray hood. There are a couple of problems we are trying to sort and are looking for someone in the Mersea /Tollesbury area who has a bit of imagination when making up a hood for us.
She's never had a hood, and that's possible due to a couple of things:-
1) The halliards are all led aft, but the jammers are fairly far forward
2) However the mainsheet is secured on two points on the coachroof, either side of the hatch garage, aft of the jammers.
I'm happy to have the Jammers forwards of the pramhood as the halliard winches are self tailing and its not too much of a hassle to hold the weight on the winch whilst reaching round the hood to operate the jammers - or even have a velcro'd flap we can open to operate them. But so far we've only had shaken heads from sailmakers telling us its going to be difficult, what we need is a sailmaker who likes a challenge!
As a sweetener we also want dodgers fitted - but that should be a doodle by comparison
Thanks
She's never had a hood, and that's possible due to a couple of things:-
1) The halliards are all led aft, but the jammers are fairly far forward
2) However the mainsheet is secured on two points on the coachroof, either side of the hatch garage, aft of the jammers.
I'm happy to have the Jammers forwards of the pramhood as the halliard winches are self tailing and its not too much of a hassle to hold the weight on the winch whilst reaching round the hood to operate the jammers - or even have a velcro'd flap we can open to operate them. But so far we've only had shaken heads from sailmakers telling us its going to be difficult, what we need is a sailmaker who likes a challenge!
As a sweetener we also want dodgers fitted - but that should be a doodle by comparison
Thanks