Recent content by Carlos

Mike; I may of misunderstood you, when you wrote that distance was an issue and that you might have to splice the cable. I thought you meant you would have to lengthen the cable by splicing in additional length. Splicing usually means cutting and adding cable or bifurcating with additional...

Raydome on mast I recently installed a radar on the mast of my 30+. If I were to do it again I would probably not. It was a pain getting a hole large enough in the mast boot to pass the cable through. I caution you not to splice the cable. The cable has a coax tucked inside that is...

Yes, I agree, reefing comes after trimming of the sails to provide the best sail shape and pushing the CE on the main forward towards the mast to reduce weatherhelm. You guys are sharp. My main is old and getting tired. Even after trimming the luff with the cunningham, outhaul, genoa to main...

stuck zippers I used WD-40 to loosen my zippers. It worked for me.

reefing a 30+ (fractional) My fractional rig 30+ has a 130% genoa with RF. In a 20 knot breeze, the weather helm becomes unmanageable. I've played around with reefing the main and rolling in the genoa at different amounts. I've noticed that reefing the genoa, before the main, did not help...

got my flag I got my flag yesterday and I can't wait to head doen to my boat and hoist it.

I took the sail over to Mike at T/A Sails. He took a look and agreed that indeed the foot should be recut to get the bag out. The funny thing is the sail was made with this huge bag at the foot, like a race sail but with slugs. He will also take out the stitching and stretch out the luff an...

No idea Jeff. Something might of been said in the last few minutes of the meeting. I left a few minutes early.

Port of LA Tariff hearing Feb 12, 2008 The hearing started on time and the commitee wasted no time getting things going. Not near as many boaters showed this time though. John Holmes, Deputy Executive Director fielded the majority of questions. As far as tariff 4 goes, everything from...

Today I took the boat out for a little spin to check the main out. To me it looks like a good sail, no tears patches or worn areas, just a bit dirty and the viking emblem is peeling off. It does looks a bit baggy at the foot. It never stretches out and flattens at the foot, no matter what I...

Port of Los Angeles proposed tariffs The Port of Los Angeles is having a second public hearing on the proposed "Rules and Regulations for Vessels Berthed in Marinas" tariff this coming Tuesday, February 12th from 6:00 - 7:30 PM in the Liberty Hill Plaza Multi-Purpose Room (100 W. 5th Street...

Excellent advice. It looks like the first thing I'll do is check the sail and see if it has "blown-out" and also check the rake of the mast. I'll probably end up buying a new main sail as the one I have looks like the original. What do you think of battenless sails?

My question concerns extreme weather helm. I bought my 1984 Ericson 30+ a little over a year ago. A couple of times, when sailing, the wind was blowing some 15 to 20 knots. With full sails up (110% jib), I experienced what I believed to be extreme weather helm. Whenever I would bear off from...

Awesome looking flag. Let me know how much one is and where to send the money.

Viking flag Me too. Please put me down for one.