526 2005-11-30 15:54:51
Re: How is the setup for reefing the main (5 replies, posted in Sails & Rigging)
527 2005-11-30 15:47:34
Re: Main Sheet load and placement (11 replies, posted in Sails & Rigging)
I thought I saw something about one of the UK boats having a traveller on the pushpit. It's an idea, it would certainly clear the cockpit, but it'd also eliminate the top of the aft rail for any other use.
My only issue with the traveller as implemented on several of the boats I've seen is that there's no way to lift the tiller to clear the cockpit when in port.
528 2005-11-30 12:58:52
Re: Standing water on decks (10 replies, posted in Repairs/Modifications/Upgrades)
530 2005-10-03 09:49:22
Re: Main and Jib halyards outside the mast (4 replies, posted in Sails & Rigging)
536 2005-06-28 11:53:51
Re: Boom Furling Main? (1 replies, posted in Sails & Rigging)
I've seen pictures of UK Contessa 26s with boom roller furling. Does anyone know anything about it?
537 2005-06-27 11:51:51
Re: Pintles (28 replies, posted in Repairs/Modifications/Upgrades)
I have the original three that came on #322, but on close inspection this spring, discovered that the pintles themselves are nothing more than threaded bolts with pinned nuts holding them.
Consequently there is far more play than I like. I'm going to have some sized pins machined this winter to replace them. Threaded rod for a load bearing pin? Did they come that way from the factory?
540 2005-04-19 08:40:12
Re: Main Sheet load and placement (11 replies, posted in Sails & Rigging)
As all of us know, the placement of the mainsheet at the aft of the cockpit on our Contessa 26's is less than perfect.
Has anyone got a solution other than a traveller? My father suggested replacing the aft lifeline u-bolts at the back of the cabintop with stronger units and backing plates, and attaching the mainsheet there, but I worry about ripping the top of the house off under heavy conditions. I estimate the load on the mainsheet, were it attached at that point to be around 3500 lbs in a good blow!
I'm hoping to start some dialogue about this in hopes of finding a better solution than the factory one.
542 2005-04-18 14:14:10
Re: Alternators (10 replies, posted in Repairs/Modifications/Upgrades)
I have a 1984 CO26 (#322) still in possession of it's original Buhk "big red monster." The engine runs flawlessly, but conspicious in its absense is an alternator.
Anyone know where I can get an alternator mounting bracket to facilitation intalltion of an aftermarket alternator?
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