I found your link while researching replacing boom end outhaul on my 1975 International Folkboat. My is internal the outhaul pulley wheel is corroded so making tough to outhaul sail. What did you come up with? BTW very nice blog with pix and videos. Any help or folkboat resources you have would be greatly appreciated.
I ended up with a completely external solution that I hacked together. I've had pretty bad experience with the internal outhaul getting messed up in the middle of races on a Moore 24 that I crew on, so I didn't want to go that route. In a bigger extrusion it's fine, but in a small boom there just isn't much room, and if the blocks get jammed, damaged or rotated inside, there's not much you can do. I think of the outhaul as a bit of a safety issue for depowering the main in a bad blow, so I wanted to make sure I could inspect the situation, and jury-rig a solution, if something went wrong. I'll take a pic of my setup and post it for you. There's basically one turning block at the gooseneck, one at the end of the boom, one on the clew, and the line is tied off to the end of the boom. I used amsteel, so there's very little stretch in the system.
Thanks for the reply! Right now trying to find right outboard bracket for new Yamaha 4 stroke 6hp. The outboard well flooding was over the top last time I sailed, two stroke Nissan engine died and we had to sail into slip at 1:30am. Was just in Santa Barbara for Solstice, BTW. Video of my boat "Gaia." http://youtu.be/_QZBI5gTsN4
Ugh! That sounds like a nightmare! Our well is glassed over and our outboard hangs off the stern. We have one of the stainless steel brackets from Garelick, I think, but it's mounted onto a custom-welded stainless assembly that makes the mounting surface vertical and moves the the whole thing further aft. Let's just say going in reverse is a joke. You can see what ours looks like here, if it helps.
Thanks. I looked at the link you provided and had a deja vu. I have a file of Folkboat images to get ideas from, and I have a picture of your boat with the previous owner. Images were in a sailing magazine. I found an outboard mount made of two vertical blocks of 2" thick teak, cut to fit the 45 degree rake of the stern and bringing it out to 90 degrees for the outboard. Got lucky and found a 11'x12"x 2" teak board for cheap.
I found your link while researching replacing boom end outhaul on my 1975 International Folkboat. My is internal the outhaul pulley wheel is corroded so making tough to outhaul sail. What did you come up with? BTW very nice blog with pix and videos.
ReplyDeleteAny help or folkboat resources you have would be greatly appreciated.
I ended up with a completely external solution that I hacked together. I've had pretty bad experience with the internal outhaul getting messed up in the middle of races on a Moore 24 that I crew on, so I didn't want to go that route. In a bigger extrusion it's fine, but in a small boom there just isn't much room, and if the blocks get jammed, damaged or rotated inside, there's not much you can do. I think of the outhaul as a bit of a safety issue for depowering the main in a bad blow, so I wanted to make sure I could inspect the situation, and jury-rig a solution, if something went wrong. I'll take a pic of my setup and post it for you. There's basically one turning block at the gooseneck, one at the end of the boom, one on the clew, and the line is tied off to the end of the boom. I used amsteel, so there's very little stretch in the system.
DeleteThanks for the reply! Right now trying to find right outboard bracket for new Yamaha 4 stroke 6hp. The outboard well flooding was over the top last time I sailed, two stroke Nissan engine died and we had to sail into slip at 1:30am.
ReplyDeleteWas just in Santa Barbara for Solstice, BTW.
Video of my boat "Gaia."
http://youtu.be/_QZBI5gTsN4
Ugh! That sounds like a nightmare!
DeleteOur well is glassed over and our outboard hangs off the stern. We have one of the stainless steel brackets from Garelick, I think, but it's mounted onto a custom-welded stainless assembly that makes the mounting surface vertical and moves the the whole thing further aft. Let's just say going in reverse is a joke. You can see what ours looks like here, if it helps.
Thanks. I looked at the link you provided and had a deja vu. I have a file of Folkboat images to get ideas from, and I have a picture of your boat with the previous owner. Images were in a sailing magazine. I found an outboard mount made of two vertical blocks of 2" thick teak, cut to fit the 45 degree rake of the stern and bringing it out to 90 degrees for the outboard. Got lucky and found a 11'x12"x 2" teak board for cheap.
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