kkolkebeck
Airflow Doctor
I bought a 92 Capri 14.2 Mod 2 back in May and have been getting the kinks worked out and sailing it since June. I purchased the boat from someone who knew little about sailing and so the rigging on the boat was a mess. Side stays were stretched to be several inches too long and uneven, no hiking straps, loose tangs for stays and jibstay, blocks with no bearings, clam cleats with broken bearings, ultra fat sheets, etc.
At the time there was only a down stopper for the boom gooseneck and it was set very low. This made no sense to me as on most boats the gooseneck is fixed at one height. I was unable to find what the proper setting is. Even the class manual does not have this information. I added a stop to limit the upward motion as well and have played around with the height such that it now carries the sail rope taught with the halyard at the top of the mast. The sail is relatively old with a lot of stretch so when I set the Cunningham it often drops the Cunningham ring in the sail by two inches or so. Set this way the boom is relatively high which I like because we aren't ducking too much when tacking but is it too high?
So my question is, is there a correct height and if so what is it? With my current settings the height from the mast step to the bolt on the gooseneck is 30.5".
At the time there was only a down stopper for the boom gooseneck and it was set very low. This made no sense to me as on most boats the gooseneck is fixed at one height. I was unable to find what the proper setting is. Even the class manual does not have this information. I added a stop to limit the upward motion as well and have played around with the height such that it now carries the sail rope taught with the halyard at the top of the mast. The sail is relatively old with a lot of stretch so when I set the Cunningham it often drops the Cunningham ring in the sail by two inches or so. Set this way the boom is relatively high which I like because we aren't ducking too much when tacking but is it too high?
So my question is, is there a correct height and if so what is it? With my current settings the height from the mast step to the bolt on the gooseneck is 30.5".