tack

I recently purchased a 1972 Ericson 27. It came in decent condition, with a good set of sails etc, but the seller had never actually sailed it substantially/successfully, so he wasn't really in a good position to explain the rigging. I've never sailed a boat of this size before, so I don't...

One thing that struck me as strange about Serendipity's mainsail was that there were no reef tacks. When the rigger came out to plan the standing and running rigging replacements he made the same observation. He also called the boom "substantial but crude" which we decided to take as a...

This is going to yet again illustrate my novice status but today I went for a beautiful sail on Lake Ontario. It was a rare fall day- there was a 10-12 knot wind from the southwest with absolutely no waves- the lake was virtually dead calm except for a terrific wind. On my starboard tack I...

I am taking possession of a nice cruising chute for my 32-2 next week. Does anyone have any insight on how to secure the tack line to the bow area? I was thinking of ecuring it to a block where the carabiner is attatched to the bow roller in the photo below. The only problem is that it is...

Curious how any of you have run your assy spinn tack line. Over the house to a stopper or down the toerail. I have seen it run both ways and looking for opinions. Mine is coming from the anchor roller and down the toerail now.