Furling - Sailmaker

[Timbre 19]

Hello ,
I am building a Cape Cutter 19 (ply+epoxi) and
will be grateful with help during my build. Gaff-rig
is new for me, here some rig-related questions:

Which fabricate and size of Furling is used on CC19?

Is there any Sailmaker ”specialized” in sails to CC19?

[Dennis]

Hello Jörgen

Honnor Marine use two sailmakers for their newbuild CC19s.

Tan coloured sails from Jeckells and cream coloured sails from Hyde Sails.


My boat came with Hyde sails and I cannot fault the quality.

[Timbre 19]

Thanks Dennis.

Regards Jörgen

[Dennis]

I thought I would mention that I had sacrificial UV strips fitted to both my genoa and yankee when I bought the boat.

After six seasons of use, the strip on the yankee needs replacing. When I removed the sail I noticed that the UV strip had gone brittle and was cracking at the leech. It was fine in June when I last fitted the sail, so the degradation has been quite sudden.

The sail would have been ruined if it had not had the UV strip fitted.

The genoa is fine, but it has had much less use than the yankee.

Incidently, six seaons use has meant constant exposure to the elements on a swinging mooring for 7 to 8 months per year.

Coincidently, I received an email from Donald recently, he asked: "Dennis, could you explain why you use a Yankee? I have the standard genoa and wonder if I am missing something."

My reply was:

• Easier tacking, important to me being a lake sailor, I spend a lot of time tacking.
• Can sail as a true cutter on all points of sailing.
• Aesthetics.

How do others feel with regard to the yankee vs genoa argument?

[Black Sheep]

I fully agree Dennis for exactly the same reasons!
Kind regards,
Michel CC104

[Timbre 19]

Thanks Dennis for information.

A good idea when ordering sails can be to
choose Yankee instead of Genoa. As a start.

More questions:
What sort of Furler is mainly used on CC19?
Some CC19 have tripleblock on starboard deck.
For what?

Regards Jörgen
#Building TIMBRE

[Richard Rickard]

Jorgen,
My boat is one of the last South African built ones, and has tan sails from Hyde. After 10 years they are still going strong. I had a sacrificial UV strip fitted to the genoa and yankee, which has definitely been worthwhile, but not to the jib as I stow it away in the forepeak.

I found the genoa to be too big, often catching on the inner forestay when going about (especially when I did not hoist the jib) so I was having to run up to the foredeck to walk the sail round the forestay - not a happy idea when singlehanded. I bought a yankee from Bob, and problem solved. I expected to lose boatspeed with a smaller headsail, but this has not proved to be the case. I think the yankee provides a better balance. With a new boat I would not have a genoa, but go for the yankee. If anybody wants to buy a lightly used genoa, let me know!

The reason for the tripleblock on starboard side is that some owners have modified the topping lift so that, instead of running from the masthead pulley back to the other side of the boom they take the line down the mast, through a triple pulley block at the base, and back to a block - like the halyards. This makes it easier to set/free the topping lift. If you do this you also need to incorporate the topping lift stackpack modification that you will find elsewhere on the website, and change your mainsail cover.

Good luck with your build.
Best wishes,
Richard

[Dennis]

Hello all

I have started a new thread "Deck hardware", and have copied the relevant (edited) posts from this thread.

Just trying to be tidy.