S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

Something else you can do to reduce the swinging is to make a small triangle of sail cloth to hank on, or lash to the topping lift and boom at the aft end of the boom. 10 - 15 square feet will be sufficient. The reason the boat swings so much on the anchor/mooring is because of its flat bottom. This...

I don't know if they race sailboats on it, but Safer Lake, Monticello (an hour and a half or so North of Indy) is big enough for it. Also, south, just a bit from Bloomington, there is Monroe Resevoir and it too may have racing. I grew up just south of Indy and know that there is a lot of boating on ...

Basic answer to basic question is - more manueverable with the outboard because the outboard and rudder can be used in concert to turn more sharply.

Ours is on a mooring from 01 March to 31 December every year. It is in a semi-sheltered basin with a number of other boats similarly moored. We used two moorings, one forward and one aft, with a pick-up line run between the two. It is affected by both tide and wind, but this system has worked well f...

This may be over-simplification, but get a 50" tape measure, secure it the main halyard, hoist it and . . . You get the idea. Good luck with it, but it isn't that hard. I had to do that with my 1909 cutter. There were no plans or drawings as it was a one-off to begin with, it was originally a g...

I am not sure how much "weight" the extra 4' of sheet will ad (okay X 2), but I do know we use ours and as I am a trainer, it is good to have my students know about this. Larger boats, with larger sails usually have them and so it is easier to my thinking to know about them and then choose...

9.3 according to the GPS and measured bouy to bouy on the chart. We were in sheltered water (bunch of small islands with few trees, close reaching in an estimated 18 knots of wind with the main and the 155. It was a hoot! We only had 3 miles to go before we doused and so didn't bother to shorten sai...

When I bought my boat 10 years ago the previous owner had two six gallon tanks in the lazerettes, plumbed together to give twelve total gallons for cruising, but, my surveyor nearly wet his pants when he poked his head in there, cigar clenched between his teeth. The short answer; the lazerettes are...

Here is a guy we have used - a lot of boaters use this guy for custom work.
www.selectplastics.com
Tony D'Andrea is the owner and a friend. Tell him Master Chief Ellis from Brien McMahon High School referred you. His email is tony@selectplastics.com

Good luck with it.

Maybe I am missing something, but it sounds to me like you could use the hydraulic jack to lift the trailer 6" or so, block it there and then place the two yard stands (normally adjustable) under the hull in an area not covered by the bunks. Then you could lover the trailer a few inches and rem...

It seems to me that this should really be standardized.
If I am racing in Lake Michigan, it should be the same rating as what I would get in the Chesepeak Bay or anywhere else.

Is there a move afoot to present this?

It does seem a worthwhile objective of the Association.

What is wrong with Zulu time?

There is also this - http://www.geocities.com/dopierce/79.htm

I'm 210 and I have been up - dockside - to replace a light bulb. I was winched up in a bo'sun's chair. If the standing rigging is tight, it should not be bad.

We broke ours last summer and got an off-the-shelf laminated one from Boats-r US. It has a rise and we like it. We did have to make some teak shims for the sides because it was too narrow. A little 5200, some sanding to shape and some varnish . . . It looks great and is more comfortable (my opinion)...