![]() The owner enjoyed racing this boat because she is "Fast" Approximately 1 year ago, the owner purchased a second hand Perkins 4-108, (believed around 200 hours) had his mechanic thoroughly check it out and install including having the Heat exchanger rebuilt, new alternator and batteries. Ref- This link will take you to some old pictures from 1999/2000. The first 32 years of her life she raced in Ohio (predominately a fresh water boat)and there are plaques on the boat from Sandusky Island race and she was boat of the year on the cover of the yacht club in Sandusky in 88. Jack Jensen sold his company to Bangor Punta Corporation in 1968 and if we include all the later takeovers, Cals continued to be built until 1989. The Jensen-Lapworth collaboration resulted in some amazingly competitive racer/cruiser sailboats, the most famous of which is the Cal 40. Nearly 18,000 boats were built under the Cal brand name. Although the brand has been out of production for some time, the existing fleet is still substantially active in racing and cruising as was this Cal 39. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders. William Lapworth from the 1960s to the 1980s. Oven: Yes, fridge: Yes, cabins: 1, berths: 6, shower: Yes, bath: X2, cd player: Yes MaintenanceĬal Yachts (aka Jensen Marine) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats designed by C. I don't like any knot that's not regularly unmade.īut, different boats, different longsplices.Navigation lights: Yes, compass: X2, depth instrument: Yes, gps: Yes, vhf: Yes Electricity/ Motor CAL 39 SLīattery: Perko, 1x50 cv Perkins(Diesel), cruising speed 5, max speed 8 Deck equipmentīilge pump: Yes, fire extinguisher: Yes, Anchor: Yes, Bimini: Yes, fenders: Yes Comfort / Interior I don't trust the qu ick connection and I don't like leaving the butterfly knot tied in all the time. My dislike of the butterfly knot approach is mostly from the size of boat I've mostly sailed. It is far easier to make and unmake bowlines when changing headsails than it is to re-reeve the whole sheet. I have never found a reason to lock a bowline on a sheet. That will put the bulky part of a loaded sheet pointing out, away from any hang-ups. To ensure the clew's easy passage past the shrouds, tie each side by passing the bitter end through the clew towards that sheet's gunnel. For some boats, just passing a centered bight through and passing the free ends through that works.īut in general it's hard to beat two seperate sheets attached at the clew by bowlines. There are lots of ways to connect and for some small boats the butterfly and dangle is just fine even though it puts some space between the sheet and the clew. I don't get any hits on "alpine butterfly" anymore.ĭoes this ring a bell for anyone that may happen to know the thread I am talking about ?Ĭhris Kottaridis completely oppose shackles or snap shackles at the jib clew unless you've two-part sheets and a couple of blocks up there anyway. I can't seem to find it now that I need it. I didn't worry about copying it down locally because I believe I was always able to find it by doing a search on "alpine butterfly". I wouldn't have that problem with the method I saw last summer. I always worry about it beaning me when the wind really kicks up and things can get wild. It was something I wanted to try this season as right now I have a heavy brass clip there. ![]() It was a special type of knot that was easy to releasse and I forget the name. ![]() There was a piece of three braided rope that was fit through the jib and connected to the alpine butterfly knot in the sheet. There was a WBF thread I happened upon at the end of last summer that talked about a description of how to use a alpine butterfly knot to connect the jib sheet to the jib.
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