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Thanks for posting! I have a thread up about trying to decide whether to overhaul my seacock backing plates. Helpful to see that it is indeed possible that they are as sound as they appear to be after all these years.

My TySr has two Spartan Seacocks for the cockpit drains. They have been immobile since I bought the boat one year ago. I went through the first season not really giving it too much thought but figured it's time to do something . I have read through a number of seacock-related threads on this forum, ...

After tapping every inch of the interior liner on my CD22, I've concluded that there is usually an air gap between the liner and the underside of the deck. As a result, I would not rely on being able to get a firm seating for backing plates installed on the cabin side of the liner. I think that tha...

So the sailmaker did recommend that I install a track on the deck. We haven't gotten into too much detail because I only had a quick conversation when I dropped off the old sail, but I will try to get more input on how exactly to configure the track and will report back. In preparation, I pulled the...

Thanks for the comments! I haven't gotten this far yet, but I was thinking about rigging up a sort of temporary "track" out of some low-stretch Spectra strung between the bow pulpit and one of the after stanchion bases, with a bullseye attached to the Spectra so I could move the lead aroun...

Our TySr came with a working jib and genoa. After a bit of experimentation we ended up mostly keeping the working jib on the furler this summer. (When the wind was perfect for the genoa it was great fun but it felt like too often I'd have to roll it up and suffer from poor shape). Anyway, using the ...

I try to use butyl tape whenever possible, but I don't think it would work very well for relatively thin strips of teak with relatively large spans between fasteners. You will likely compress the butyl around each fastener but end up with high spots in between. I could see butyl working for the coam...

About your Typhoon ... I'd just replace that wood with G10 or similar which you could epoxy in place (no screws needed) and that really would beef up the sole around the post ... you'd make sure any gap between this new collar and the rudder tube was filled with epoxy/resin or epoxy/micro fibers , ...

I've learned to just ignore most people and go with what professional riggers say and my own experience. [/quote] Yes it can get overwhelming. But this thread has been very helpful, so thanks again all! I'm gonna try to get my hands on a gauge. I know it's possible to estimate stress by measuring t...

The challenge of rig tuning is that every adjustment affects everything else, so the initial seasonal tuning requires patience because it is an iterative process. I still haven't taped my turnbuckles :D When I went on a test sail with the PO I could see the mast rocking back and forth as we motored...

Anyway since we were going to install Sea Deck on the seats and underfoot, we decided just to rebuild with filleted epoxy around the exit of the rudder tube thru the cockpit sole, this time properly, and omit the collar. From the factory, and hidden by the teak collar, was just a rather crude mess ...

Thanks for the responses, all! My thoughts exactly, NarragansettSailor - I figure the intent was that one could get satisfactory performance without add-ons. Since my last post, I did tighten the backstay some and that seemed to help (I could see the forestay straighten out a bit when I tugged on it...

I have the same Rocna with ~20' of chain and nylon rode after that. We have never dragged it (at least far enough for me to notice) but typically only anchor in 10'-30' of water where we know there is mud or sand. Maybe two or three overnights with 15-20 kts of wind. I have always been able to pull ...

Second the boom tent! My partner and I would do 1 - 4 night trips on our Typhoon and the boom tent helped with privacy, keeping the cockpit dry and being able to open the companionway in a drizzle. Also was really nice to have some shade while waiting for the wind to pick up. I just used a lightweig...

The spreaders are indeed swept aft. And my understanding is that tension in uppers will bend the mast forward, as well as tensioning the backstay. Tension in the lowers can limit mast bend. I have reviewed a couple different resources. The trouble is I have seen target values for mast bend as high a...