S/V Constance, Alberg 30 #262 -- Preparation for Racing

  • Hull
    • Replaced three blade prop with two blade 2019-03-28.
    • Removed dodger frame 2019-04-30.
    • Fabricated and installed forward winch pedestals 2019-06-06 through 2019-07-10.
    • Removed protruding depth sounder and fairing block 2022-03-14.
    • Applied a "racing bottom" by sanding the hull back to glass, fairing, applying a barrier coat, longboarding, applying a hard paint and burnishing that paint over the winter of 2021-2022.
  • Running Rigging
    • Installed spinnaker turning blocks 2019-04-10 onto the pads on the aftdeck.
    • Replaced spinnaker halyard 2019-04-10 (worn, not strictly a "prep for racing" issue).
    • Built a class legal spinnaker pole begun on 2019-04-11.
    • Replaced and relocated genoa halyard block 2019-04-12 (misplaced, prevented hoisting full luff genoa, not strictly a "prep for racing" issue).
    • Installed foreguy.
    • Replaced genoa blocks with Garhauer 40-40 US track car single block stand-up blocks.
    • Removed blocks from inner tracks.
    • Labelled all line clutches on coach roof either side of the companionway.
    • Rebuilt vang to be a 4:1 on a 2:1 cascade. Routed the line back to the cockpit 2019-05-01.
    • Rebuild traveler cam cleats 2019-05-27 (worn, not strictly a "prep for racing" issue).
    • Relocated traveler cam cleats forward onto the coaming machine bolts behind the forward winch pedestals 2019-07-17.
    • Relocated traveler cam cleats to forward most coaming machine bolts. Need a 39' line for the traveler, now 2020-01-22.
    • Replaced traveler control line with 32' of 5/16" Samson XLS 2019-05-27.
    • Replace fixed bail snap shackles on spinnaker lines with swivel bail snap shackles.
    • Replaced mixed Harken and Seaway mainsheet blocks with Garhauer 40-08 UAB fiddle block with cam cleat, snap shackle, and becket for the bottom and Garhauer 40-02 UAB fiddle block with shackle and becket puchased at Anchor and Oars in Graysonville MD for $105.00, 2019-09-05.
  • Sails
    • Added numbers to Interrupt mainsail and spinnaker begun on 2019-04-12.
    • Purchased AIRX 600N racing spinnaker from Elliott/Pattison Sailmakers 2019-12-09
    • Purchased 169LP Elliott/Pattison Sailmakers 2020-12-30
    • Received a nearly new Doyle loose footed mainsail from Pat Seidel. Took the sail to Ullman Sails Annapolis to get a foot bolt rope added 2021-03-11/16.
  • Standing Rigging
    • Removed lazy jacks 2019-04-15.
    • Reduced mast rake from 10-12" to 4-5" 2020-05-17.
    • Installed Ronstan RF718 Backstay Adjuster. 2021-03-23
  • General
    • Removed excess items from the boat 2019-04-18.
    • Nearly emptied the main cabin of all items 2021-02-23
© Jonathan M. Bresler