E27 Bowsprit Upgrade!

[716Ericson27]

My 1976 E27, in it's 45 years of existence, never had the privilege of any sort of spinnaker setup. Which left a nice blank canvas for deciding whether to go with a traditional symmetrical spinnaker setup or asymmetrical. After much thought and consideration I decided to go with the asymmetrical and put the effort into finding and installing a proper bowsprit rather then pole, track, topping lift, guys, etc. required for the symmetrical. Well here you have it. An E27 with a retractable bowsprit! Still have not had the opportunity to fly the spinnaker, but was too excited to not share ahead of its working load test. Hopefully the pictures will explain themselves, but if anyone has any questions or thoughts I can provide more detail. Bowsprit is made by Sparcraft / Facnor

 

[Mark F]

Nice! What have you decided on for sail handling? I added a retractable sprit on my E27 and use a furler for the asymmetrical. I highly recommend it especially if you single-hand much. With the furler it is just another headsail.

 

[716Ericson27]

I acquired a sock for it for now. In the future I may consider a furler system as I would like to make it easier to single hand.

 

[mjsouleman]

My 1976 E27, in it's 45 years of existence, never had the privilege of any sort of spinnaker setup. Which left a nice blank canvas for deciding whether to go with a traditional symmetrical spinnaker setup or asymmetrical. After much thought and consideration I decided to go with the asymmetrical and put the effort into finding and installing a proper bowsprit rather then pole, track, topping lift, guys, etc. required for the symmetrical. Well here you have it. An E27 with a retractable bowsprit! Still have not had the opportunity to fly the spinnaker, but was too excited to not share ahead of its working load test. Hopefully the pictures will explain themselves, but if anyone has any questions or thoughts I can provide more detail. Bowsprit is made by Sparcraft / Facnor

Bowsprit is made by Sparcraft / Facnor
I would like to look into adding a bowsprit to my E-30, please post additional information.

 

[peaman]

I hope we will see an update before long, with pictures of it in use, and notes about other details!

 

[Loren Beach]

There's More than one way to add a "sprit" for flying that A-sail.

Trogear Sprit Installed (finally!)

With 1 month until Splash '16, it was well past time to finish installing the sprit & bobstay assembly. Done. There's a few tweaks needed yet, but it could be tested today...if she was on the lake. Unfortunately, she's tucked inside a building, with dozens of boats to be moved before she sees...

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Bowsprit Anyone??

I took some pictures of my sprit

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[G Kiba]

Just to put it out there. How about no bowsprit! I didn't want to change the look of my boat or incur the expense. So I attach the A-sail tack to a big soft shackle on the bow with a 4:1 led aft. I ease the tack to jibe and drop. Works pretty well! The A-sail is my go to when single handing.