Sigma 41
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Hi Ted. Did you ever fit the electric self-tailing halyard winch to your boat ? I was thinking maybe of doing the same. "Hideaway" Francis Ennis Dublin Ireland.
No, not yet. We have been busy getting ready for our big race of the year, and in that race on Saturday we blew up the .75 oz. spinnaker, so it may be a while. But I have concluded that a Lewmar 44CEST or 48CEST will fit right where the current halyard winch is, taking some unneeded space from the forward inboard corner of the aft head. In that position we could use it for the main halyard and main sheet. This weekend we rafted up next to a Swan 40, and I saw a double-ended mainsheet arrangement where one end is trimmed at the car on the traveller in the cockpit and the other end leads to a cabin-top winch. Looks good to me. Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
We are a fractional rig but there is a masthead sigma also on the marina I will have a look at it in the few days and let you know if it has a baby stay or not. The works from our fridge were taken out some time ago and we have been left with just a cool box, but we do intend to put in a isotherm over the winter or is there something better on the market? Francis "Hideaway"
Yes the masthead version has a babystay. It also has a "rod" in the fore cabin just under the babystay in order to take up the forces from the babystay. I always was curious of the production figures. The usual comment was "under 100". Is the total of 70 yachts a confirmed number? Regards Mike
About the rigs, I have hull number 71 and was told it was "one of the last" when I bought it. It has the tall MH rig. North Sails reported 3 different rigs for the boat: standard mast head, fractional with a taller mast, and tall MH also referred to as USA rig. It has a baby stay rod support exactly as reported above at the entrance to the forward cabin, screwed into the bulkhead via a side strut on the forward side of the bulkhead and fiberglassed at the bottom to a hull stringer. This boat also has what was reported as optional aft lower stays, and a removable inner forestay from the upper spreaders to a deck fitting attached underneath to a substantial plate bolted to the forward bulkhead of the forward cabin at the foot of the bed closing the chain locker. This removable inner stay could be left permanently as a cutter rig, but I would never remove it entirely as it is the perfect set up for a storm staysail used with a furled jib. To sail efficiently upwind with this storm staysail, it must be sheeted to an inner track on the cabin top as the deck track even if extended forward of or at the level of the shrouds does not provide a close enough sheeting angle. I could not make any progress tacking upwind in 35 to 40 Knts apparent crossing the Gulf Stream from the Bahamas and added the cabin top track later after seeing this set up on a British flagged S41 in Nassau. Interestingly, I have been thinking of doing just the opposite of what was suggested above and rigging the storm staysail permanently on a roller because it is such a pain to go forward in heavy weather to rig it up. However I held off to keep better performance and not to impair tacking which is already not the smoothest with a baby stay. I envy the tacking ease of swept back spreaders without baby stays of modern rigs yet love the reduced chafe of my 90 degree spreaders on a run. It's all about compromises and different strokes for different folks. Cheers, Francois.
There is a fourth type of rig, perhaps not a factory standard. Our boat has an extra-tall fractional rig, with a mainsail luff of 55' and a jib luff of 49'. Instead of swept back spreaders as on CANDIDA & BLACK ADDER, ours are athwarship. Our boat, built in 1983 or '84, was originally sold to a buyer in San Diego, a notorious no-wind area. The buyer wanted the extra horsepower, I suppose, and now it gives us a thrill in windy San Francisco Bay. Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
Candida has always had a strongish port propwalk - and if left alone she will certainly go round in ever decreasing circles! I suspect that if the prop has been changed to a more effective one then the sheer is more pronounced? PS Saw the boat in Yarmouth a couple of weeks back - give a shout if you see we are on board - or try the Club - quite often there! Roger Adverts Currently On Preloved - Place an ad here for free
Good to see you in Yarmouth - come again soon Roger
David.
I wonder is it something to do with our Irish weather, while fitting our new keel I noticed rust running down the rudder and on in spection it seems to be the same metal framwork. I was wondering can the fitting be replaced when the boat is in the water and how hard was it to remove. Francis "Hideaway"
We dropped out the rudder. Thereafter it was not a great problem to remove the fitting. Just needs careful copying to get it fit back using same bolt holes. David.
Yes ask for Roger Granger or email me at [Log in to view email] Have noticed you in Hamble - close to Tommy Big Eyes which is Robin (Walcon) Walters' boat Roger
A friend of mine showed me a picture of a S41 by the name Shogun, lying in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden. I´m very qurious about this for two reasons. Is this a swedish registered yacht, then it´s most likely the only Sigma 41 in Sweden. Secondly I read an article saying that the first S41 ever built had the name Shogun, so this could be the first one. I´ve been to Saltsjöbaden several times but I never saw the yacht there, does anyone have more information about the Shogun? Regards Mike, Sweden
Ours had already been dismantled when we bought the boat, and Whitlock does not seem to have any drawings showing how it worked in 1983. Can anyone describe or picture what the mechanism looks like inside the brake housing? It looks to me as though it should be a band of some sort that is tightened when the handwheel is tightened. If I am right that it is a band, what is it made of? Do you have the dimensions? How is it attached to the threaded shaft that the handwheel is mounted on? Has anyone had to buy or fabricate a replacement? If you have a later version of the Cobra, where the brake mechanism is mounted at the aft end of the pinion, aft of the steering wheel itself, these questions aren't for you. Thanks. Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
The exploded picture of the Cobra 4 from the maintenance guide available on the internet does not really show how the friction brake works. When I dismanteled mine to replace the bearings and adjust the play, I found just a pad at the end of the handle shaft that put pressure on a hub on the steering wheel shaft just forward of the wheel. My pad was so worn that I could not even tell what material it was made of. My regional Lewmar/Whitlock supplier told me parts were unavailable. My machinist made a small nylon pad adapted to the end of the bolt controlled by the handle and that put enough pressure on the pinion shaft(steering wheel shaft) to hold the wheel in place. This nylon pad is round and slides in a small housing where the screw in handle pushes it against the pinion shaft. I too thought there would be some sort of a constricting band to thighten with the handle but that proved not to be the case. Hope this helps, Francois.
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