Recent content by Seth

Hmmm. Quite a project you have there. My sympathies. And yep-I was that pothead, but it was very much in keeping with the fashion of the times. Were you asking for advice on the babystay and running backs? Personally I would probably just remove everything related to the babystay. You should be...

Congrats. I have no knowledge of the history except for the first year or so after it was launched, no nothing new to add. How well it suits your needs depends on the kind of sailing you want to do. If you plan to race locally, it could be very competitive in the PHRF fleet, as long as you...

This is 100% normal. All displacement boats settle in the water as they go faster. Physics at work. What you are seeing is not an issue and as noted by others, the exhaust is ok if under water at times. There is a check valve to prevent water going into the engine, but in any case with the...

As someone who grew up sailing with all of the traditional terminology, I have seen and support a change towards more simple and accessible phrasing. You don't hear things like "hard a-lee", "lee-ho" "gybe ho", etc. so much anymore. At least in more performance oriented sailing... I have found...

Right, me too as noted except for the spinnaker sheet because it is either collapsing or overtrimmed to the point where it gets eased just to the curl. But sure...;-)

For tacking and gybing I usually say "going to tack/gybe", then I usually ask "ready cockpit" to be sure everyone is ready, then count "3,2,1 tacking/ gybing" For sail trim, I will just say "ease/trim jib 2" (or however much)", or "trav up/down 6"", or "mainsheet ease/trim 6" (or whatever)...

For offshore work, or for people less physically inclined, having the leechline run to the head and down the luff is absolutely the right call! If the main is eased at all it can be quite dangerous to try to adjust the leechline at the back end of the sail, and even if trimmed in tight it can...

I think the answer depends on exactly where you are and how much snow you actually get. Somewhere like Rochester means just getting to the boat to check on it could be a risky enterprise, so if you have a long snowy winter I would haul. If you stay in, I strongly support the suggestion of...

JPS27, while it is true you won’t get much mast bend by tightening the backstay, you will get enough to flatten the mainsail some. More importantly is you can drastically change the shape of the headsail. Looser headstay (loose backstay) will make the jib fuller at the luff allowing better speed...

Perfectly fine. The only difference is in performance, especially upwind. You will definitely not make as good progress as a deep keel would upwind, and the windier it is the bigger the difference. But for safety, fine

Important to understand that a wheel brake is not even close to an autopilot. Just because the wheel doesn't turn has no bearing on whether the boat turns. If the sails are perfectly in balance and the wind doesn't change, in theory the boat would hold a course for a while. But when you leave...

Great share and great adventure. You are 100% right that the later TAFG boats are more robust and need less modification for serious offshore sailing. That being said I am happy to see you doing this kind of sailing with your 35-2 and have been able to adapt her for it. And in fairness, almost...

Happy New Year Loren!

HI Peter, I have spoken about this on this thread, and I did work at the factory from right after the 30+ went into production until 1982. The truth is there were VERY few factory modifications. Almost anything interesting you see will be something a previous owner or the original dealer had...

Just for food for thought: You can always use the main halyard to raise the boom above the cockpit or, lift something heavy, etc. In fact, you should do this for heavy items as the main halyard is much stronger than the typical boom topping lift. If you have a solid vang there is really no...