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Collection of advise, tips and tricks to have more fun with your Seawind
1000. Some of those were input from
Joe Siudzinski during a recent social gathering.
- Dinghy storage.
- Jib sheet routing
I am tending more and more to implement a tackless jib sheet system. How to
implement I am still investigating.
- Outhaul
- Downhaul routing - Main sheets
I am currently playing with the idea of completely getting away with the
traveler and using two sets of sheets attached to the lifting eyes on the rear
boom. Still looking for input from folks about that idea before putting it
into fruition.
- Sheet storage
- Docking
- Fueling - Since my home port has no fueling station nearby and the fact
that my tanks hold about 26 gallons of fuel in the main tanks requires spare
tanks to be carried along. Now I have been thru some refilling during bad
weather and it ain't fun. I am contemplating to leave the four 6 gallon carry
on tanks in the forward storage lockers and add some hoses which are connected
to the main fuel tanks. I have then the option to start refueling the
main tanks from the spares by activating the manual pumps and let gravity take
over without having to haul tanks along the deck. This is especially useful
when sailing handicapped or you don't want to wake the crew :)
- Halyards
- Anchoring
One word: Bridle. Joe highly recommends to use a bridle attached
to anchor chain and to each of the hulls to improve stability during
anchoring. I still have to figure out how to attach it to the chain without
loosening and without jamming whence the time comes to raise the anchor.
- Boom
Did you know you can use your boom as a crane? It swings nicely out to
lift items not only up but also into the boat. Imagine the dinghy motor
being hoisted. I think one can even construct a nice gadget to lift out
the Yamaha from the engine wells by utilizing the boom and blocks.
- External cleats
recently I came across some rather cheap suction cups with a lever which can
be easily attached to the outside of the hull and tied up a dinghy or just use
as a hold when cleaning the hull from the dingy. I used them hold on to
the bottom of the bridge when cleaning waxing the bottom. Recently I even saw
a product in a well known magazine with 2 suction cups and a real cleat
attached to it, clever.
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