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JimC
Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6649 |
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Topic: Scorpion set-up help Posted: 28 Oct 16 at 11:17am |
I think you just have to consider the cover as a running cost. If you don't have a good cover then you have ropes full of slime, fittings full of grot, bird crap under the spreaders and the whole sailing experience deteriorates rapidly. And then start thinking about the extra time and hassle if you have to take the rig off and put it back every time...
You're not buying the cover as an investment in the boat, you're buying it to make your days out sailing better. Edited by JimC - 28 Oct 16 at 11:18am |
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Ardea
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 16 at 12:15pm |
plus, if it's a wooden boat the cover will save you time and/or money on varnishing, painting and general repairs.
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zippyRN
Far too distracted from work Joined: 14 Sep 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 437 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 16 at 12:25pm |
the forestay of a boat which has a wire luff jib is irrelevant once the boat is rigged, it's there to keep the mast up when there is no jib on the boat ... once rigged the loads are take by the jib luff and halyard.
unfortunately the desire of some sailing schools to simply rig controls means that the atttitude towards rig tension and secondary sail controls being unimportant is given far too much weight ... amazing how boats which struggle upwind are transformed by correct rig tension and secondary sail control use ... |
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patj
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Jul 04 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 640 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 16 at 6:41am |
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simon1013
Newbie Joined: 18 Oct 16 Location: Derby Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 16 at 9:51am |
OK, thanks chaps. Glad to hear that the effort I put into getting the rake sorted wasn't wasted as well!!
It's a GRP boat so shouldn't suffer in the short term, but I will save my pennies and try and get hold of (reluctantly) a proper cover I guess.
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sawman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 16 at 6:31pm |
I think if you have a look at the classifieds on the scorp website, a few weeks ago there was someone selling a surplus, used cover for about 25 quid
edit: bah - just checked, the item is sold - might be worth posting a wanted ad though, someone might have one lying around somewhere! Edited by sawman - 31 Oct 16 at 6:38pm |
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