tacking yankee cd 30

[Jack]

When we tack the yankee on cd30 cutter the clew gets caught up on the inner forestay. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? Our jib sheet is one continuous line sheeting both port and starboard sides of boat with the middle of the line passed through the clew then back through itself. I don't like to send a crew member forward at every tack to pass yankee through fortriangle. thank you all!



linduke@aol.com

[Carl Jones]

When we tack the yankee on cd30 cutter the clew gets caught up on the inner forestay. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? Our jib sheet is one continuous line sheeting both port and starboard sides of boat with the middle of the line passed through the clew then back through itself. I don't like to send a crew member forward at every tack to pass yankee through fortriangle. thank you all!

For what its worth: I've never had that problem with the Yankee, but I do have that problem with the 150. When I put up the 150, I disconnect the staysail stay. My Yankee does have two sheets, but they have big bowlines tied in them, so that should make it worse. Don't know what to tell you, except are you sure your headsail is really a Yankee? Good Luck.
Carl Jones
CD30 " Spanish Eyes"



GreatCells@aol.com

[John]

When we tack the yankee on cd30 cutter the clew gets caught up on the inner forestay. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? Our jib sheet is one continuous line sheeting both port and starboard sides of boat with the middle of the line passed through the clew then back through itself. I don't like to send a crew member forward at every tack to pass yankee through fortriangle. thank you all!

I solve the problem when using the 150 genoa by back winding the staysail while tacking. I no longer use the self tending club foot
on the staysail, I prefer the boat without it. By tacking the staysail last it allows the sheeted staysail to guide the genoa right through the slot between the babystay and the headstay. The bulk of the genoa just slides along the untacked (backwinded) staysail. Once the genoa passes between the stays I release the staysail sheet and tack it over. Makes things painless and no one need go forward.

[Neil Dexter]

Assuming that you are not trying to tack the Yankee with no Staysail, I think you might be trying to force (pull) the Yankee through the slot too soon. When tacking the Yankee (or any head sail), wait for a second or two after the bow crosses the eye of the wind before releasing its sheet. This allows the head sail (Yankee) to backwind for just a split second. When you release the sheet, the sail will blow through the slot. The slight wait causes two things to happen: It not only causes the head sail to blow through the slot faster but it gives the bow of the boat a slight kick through the eye of the wind thus helping to complete the tack.

Neil Dexter
Cape Dory 30 Evensong



neild@ancor.com

[Matt Cawthorne]

Carl,
I find with the 36 that it is best to always leave the staysail up while going to windward and keep it down while going downwind. Our yankee is either a 110 or 120. We have a large yankee which is maybee a 130 or 140 which has more trouble, particularly in light air, so it almost never gets used. I tried a new angle this spring which is to SPLICE the sheets to the sail. The splices do not seem to get hung up on the stays as easily and has helped quite a bit in making speedy tacks. This means that you need to keep a separate set of sheets for each headsail. If you buy new sheets get them a little long and you will have some extra if you ever need to cut them off and re-splice.

You should not need to have someone on the foredeck for each tack.

Matt

When we tack the yankee on cd30 cutter the clew gets caught up on the inner forestay. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? Our jib sheet is one continuous line sheeting both port and starboard sides of boat with the middle of the line passed through the clew then back through itself. I don't like to send a crew member forward at every tack to pass yankee through fortriangle. thank you all!

For what its worth: I've never had that problem with the Yankee, but I do have that problem with the 150. When I put up the 150, I disconnect the staysail stay. My Yankee does have two sheets, but they have big bowlines tied in them, so that should make it worse. Don't know what to tell you, except are you sure your headsail is really a Yankee? Good Luck.
Carl Jones
CD30 " Spanish Eyes"

mcawthor@bellatlantic.net

[Neil Gordon]

>>... wait for a second or two after the bow crosses the eye of the wind before releasing its sheet. This allows the head sail (Yankee) to backwind for just a split second. When you release the sheet, the sail will blow through the slot...it gives the bow of the boat a slight kick through the eye of the wind thus helping to complete the tack.<<

Backwinding the jib pushes the head through the eye of the wind but it also slows the boat when all she has is momentum to get going on the new tack. If there's a furler, it might be better to quickly furl the yankee when it luffs and then let it out on the new tack.

Regards, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY
Cape Dory 28 #167



neil@nrgordon.com