gybing

I'm picking up my (new to me) E25 next weekend and plan to evaluate it and do needed updates this winter. The boat is in very nice overall condition and has been well cared for. Several things I plan to do (by necessity or by choice) include fabricating and installing a mast hinge so I can...

We've been doublehanding our boat in the spinnaker category all summer and I'm looking for a way to handle the main during a gybe. I've searched through the archives and read all the gybing and boom brake threads I can find, but I didn't get a feel for a consensus on using a boom brake for an...

Hello folks, This was posted on the Quantum site (may still be there) several years ago. I did this back when we were first fooling around with A-sails on non-sprit boats. The other method is to rig the sail as before, but the gybe is a dip pole gybe. The bowman has the lazy guy in his...

I've got a cruising chute that I fly with no pole. On my previous boat (a 25 footer) we gybed by letting the sail fly out in front of the boat as we gybed. Our other opton was to use the snuffer, snuff the sail, gybe and relaunch. We are always sailing short handed. Any suggestios on how to...

Re: Rudder re-design An excellent top priority! The 37 was designed by my dad for the 1 ton cup and we owned hull #1 for a while and campaigned her heavily. She would not be my first choice for a round the world cruise but that's just my opinion. The 37, 39, and 46 all have similar...