Re: [Cal_Boats] window glass (Charlie)

Use Lexan. Very tough, same stuff airplane windows are made of also car headlight lenses. I put 0.280 thick on a Hunter 34 across two windows about 5 feet. Followed the curve great.I used a grey tint. That's the stuff most new boats like Cat 320 use. Very nice look. John R Thorn NuDawn Inc 479.263.6448 Cell jt… [at] nudawninc.com

Thanks, John. I used what Marl Plastics was providing as standard at the time. It was tinted. Do not know the material composition. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Thorn Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 5:22 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [External] Re: [Cal_Boats] window glass (Charlie) Use Lexan. Very tough, same stuff airplane windows are made of also car headlight lenses. I put 0.280 thick on a Hunter 34 across two windows about 5 feet. Followed the curve great.I used a grey tint. That's the stuff most new boats like Cat 320 use. Very nice look. John R Thorn NuDawn Inc 479.263.6448 Cell jt… [at] nudawninc.com<mailto:jt… [at] nudawninc.com>

On 11/6/2012 5:22 PM, John Thorn wrote: > > > Use Lexan. Very tough, same stuff airplane windows are made of also > car headlight lenses. > If that's what car headlight lenses are now, then consider that some of them do start to go dull and slightly yellow after a decade or so. But also consider that these are in very tough service--at least where I live, there's a lot of abrasion in the winter from the sand used on snow & ice, plus the lenses are almost constantly exposed to light and the elements. My 2005 Ranger has lived outdoors for 7 years and the headlight lenses look new. Also, there are abrasives formulated to polish these up and sold as kits in auto parts stores. I'd say that automobile service is a testament to the durability of polycarbonate designed for exterior exposure. Chris Campbell

So I went to reef my main for the first time the other day and discovered that my T/2 has a unique (to me) sail track configuration. There is an upper and a lower track. The lower is about a foot long, and the the upper of course goes to the top of the mast. Between the two is about a 1 foot gap. Each have a stop at the bottom held on with a screw. While I'm sure this makes changing mains very easy (take the stop off the upper track, slide the sail down the bottom one, then up the top, reattach the stop), it makes reefing a PITA because you have to remove the stop to get the reef points down to the reef hook. I can tell you this is no fun to discover or attempt during the time of need (lesson learned there). So... Either I'm completely missing something, and this is a brilliant configuration and I'm too dumb to figure it out or- I need to get a piece of track to put in the open space. Where would I get something like that without having to fabricate it? Thanks, Rob

When I got my boat there were longish lines that held the bottom two slides on the sail that you loosen when you want to reef. Then the slide can stay on the upper track but its corresponding part of the sail can still go down to where it needs to be. I didn't have two tracks, just one but it ended fairly high. I added a section of track to eliminate the need when I bought my new sail. On my previous sail, I just cut out the bottom slide as it was a pain to deal with the line. Thus is presented three options... Allen On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Robert Libbert <rl… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > So I went to reef my main for the first time the other day and discovered > that my T/2 has a unique (to me) sail track configuration. There is an > upper and a lower track. The lower is about a foot long, and the the upper > of course goes to the top of the mast. Between the two is about a 1 foot > gap. Each have a stop at the bottom held on with a screw. While I'm sure > this makes changing mains very easy (take the stop off the upper track, > slide the sail down the bottom one, then up the top, reattach the stop), it > makes reefing a PITA because you have to remove the stop to get the reef > points down to the reef hook. I can tell you this is no fun to discover or > attempt during the time of need (lesson learned there). > > So... > Either I'm completely missing something, and this is a brilliant > configuration and I'm too dumb to figure it out or- > > I need to get a piece of track to put in the open space. Where would I > get something like that without having to fabricate it? > > > Thanks, > > Rob > > >

I suspect you are missing a short piece of track. There was a piece of track linking the two, and no stop on the upper section. the boom rode up with the main when hoisted, then was held down with a tensionable line at the gooseneck. Before I set a fixed gooseneck at the black line, I would drop the boom with thew main at full hoist, as sort of a partial reef-just lowers the entire main to reduce effort up high- then tie in the flattening reef. Reggie To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: rl… [at] yahoo.com Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 07:12:21 -0800 Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sail track question. So I went to reef my main for the first time the other day and discovered that my T/2 has a unique (to me) sail track configuration. There is an upper and a lower track. The lower is about a foot long, and the the upper of course goes to the top of the mast. Between the two is about a 1 foot gap. Each have a stop at the bottom held on with a screw. While I'm sure this makes changing mains very easy (take the stop off the upper track, slide the sail down the bottom one, then up the top, reattach the stop), it makes reefing a PITA because you have to remove the stop to get the reef points down to the reef hook. I can tell you this is no fun to discover or attempt during the time of need (lesson learned there). So... Either I'm completely missing something, and this is a brilliant configuration and I'm too dumb to figure it out or- I need to get a piece of track to put in the open space. Where would I get something like that without having to fabricate it? Thanks, Rob

Google sail track. E.g., http://www.rigrite.com/Hardware/Track/Sailtrack.htm Harleigh To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: rl… [at] yahoo.com Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 07:12:21 -0800 Subject: [Cal_Boats] Sail track question. I need to get a piece of track to put in the open space. Where would I get something like that without having to fabricate it? Thanks, Rob