start_time="12:19"
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Upon shutting down the engine halfway between the Academy and Horn Point, saw Actaea, a 1971 Hinckley Bermuda 40-3 sail number "USA 3815", reaching in towards the Academy. Beautiful boat. After a few minutes decided to give chase. No chance to catch him, but a good way to work the brand new 135LP genoa. After Actaea past out of the Severn into the Bay, she set both the spinnaker as she headed north to the Bay Bridge, and a mizzen staysail (appeared to be a ballon sail of nylon) later much closer to the bridge.
Among the differences between last year's sailing and this sail are:
- Centered the two blade prop behind the deadwood, keyway up or down, and locked in place by putting the transmission in gear.
- Moved the genoa cars quite a bit farther forward, only two holes visible aft the midships stantion, to properly tension the foot and the leech of the genoa.
- The leech of the genoa just overlaps the ends of the spreaders when sheeted in hard.
- The telltales are two far aft on the sail for me to see them when driving, need to move them forward, closer to the foam pads. Hard to see the lowest telltales. Very hard to get a glimpse of the second set. Nearly impossible to see the uppermost set.
- Need to add a set of telltales closer to the foot of the sail.
- Need to add a small (3"? 6"?) loop between the tack of the sail and the tack shackle of the roller furler so that the foot clears the bow pulpit. It appears that there is at least 6" of hoist available. Note: 135LP spec'ed at 32'-9" luff. Original genoa measured as 32'-6". Interrupt genoa measured as 34'-0".
- Expect that the luff will stretch a bit over time as the creases fall out and flatten.
- Tightened the leech line to stop a bit of flutter that was occurring.
- Slackened the line around the roller furler foil near the tack to eliminate a crease that I had created by setting the line to tight.
- The new jibsheet is a good bit longer than needed. Should measure the excess when the sail is furled and shorten the line accordingly.
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- Sailing in 13 to 17 knots apparent at 40 to 90 degrees apparent, Constance would heel over but no need to reef. Got the rail wet a couple times, but moved very well. See the numbers on the leg back into the Severn from Tolly Point and on in.
- Very happy with the ability to carry both sails without a need to reef.
Actaea won the St Davids Lighthouse Division in the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race, two decades after finishing dead last. Her details at YachtScoring. Written about in the April 2018 edition of SpinSheet. Calling her a Bermuda 40-3 based upon the length of her main boom and how close to the mizzen mast it comes. Marked difference from the Bermuda 40-3. Her details at MarineTraffic.com.
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formatted Track distance: 10.83nm, average speed: 5.05kts, duration: 2:08
