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I thought this might be of interest to the group. I think I am going to make my own, just a bit different, but the idea seems made-to-order for cats.

I don't know the ICW where you are, but it is probably too tight for the chute.

Go outside!

Yes, it is a lot of rope, more like 130' for my PDQ 32. It can be thinner - 3/8" is pleanty. I like flying a chute in a breeze, perhaps up to 20kn, or at least being prepared if the wind comes up. I like having all of the lines rigged and ready. By the way, Anytom, I'm quite sure that the chute...

Nice picture! Summer is coming. 1. The dificulty is that you cannot jibe. On long runs, that is ok. Actually, it apears that the actual tack location is near the centerline, because the tack is so high. Another rope to the lee bow and you could jibe, if you attached a lazy sheet. 2. We jibe outside;...

No, I did not. However, I have built a chute before, it came out fine, and it was quite a project. You need a seriously large room, a sewing maching with enough throat clearance, and someone who machine sews like the wind... and that was a chute for a Prindle 18! This is a bigger chute by far, with ...

Higher than a beam reach? Yes, we did point higher at times, but it is not much faster than the 150% at that point and is a lot more strain. You really do need 2 winches on starboard (main + chute), though one would do on port. I have a cam cleat to hold the load on both sides, when things are getti...

I beleive the PO mounted a pad eye on each beam about 4" from the hull; that is what the bridle and turning blocks are anchored to (zoom-in and you can see them peeking from behind the gusset). Mount the pad-eyes right at the beam ends or simply sling the beam ends. I would not use the bow clea...

The pictures I promised Anytom are located at http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/. I couldn't seem to get them to up-load to this site, so I added them there. The explanations are there as well. I had the chute up in a 10-15 knot wind and was getting 7-9 knots on a broad reach. A cold day, but nice. ...

Very nice.

But darn it, now I've got more work to do....

I was sailing in 10-15 knots, having a good old time. Got my 32 up to 9 knots with the chute; that was rather a story in itself. The PO had only 1 sheet for the sail (and too short to ease it all of the way at that, perhaps 20 feet - and no bowsprit or other special attachment point for the tack. Th...

I run the chute on the same track. Yes, the sheet runs under the life-lines. One limitation, however, is that the diamond wires are so wide on the Altair, even if you tried to place the sail inside the shrouds, that you can't get a tight enough sheet angle to point high. A very close reach is possib...

Sold for aid climbing as 4 and 5 step models, they can be clipped with a biner to either your top accender or a sling girth hitched (like a prussic hitch) to the mast. Never unhook from a separate belay line. You never know. It is always handy to take a selection of slings and biners up with you, in...

* The only thing that really ages the polycarbonate windows is UV. * There is no need for light in the forward compartments - they are sealed. If the lid gets latched while you are in there, you need to chose crew more carefully:) * They are well positioned to slip on. I don't want a fabric cover - ...

http://www.soderbloom.com/proprepair.html

It took 2 weeks, round trip, and now I have 2 good spares.

so that they can clear air through the carb. Pump them downwards and they will not get firm - the air is trapped and creates a cushion.