Sigma 41
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In behind the main switch panel at the nav station you should find a small plastic box with about 8 fuses in it. these fuses are for the lighting system. The wires on "hideaway" are red and yellow. Lorcan
The rig is fractional with running backstays. I would make the inner forestay as long as possible, in the hope that the exsting running backstays will provide enough support for the new attachment point. The inner forestay will be a couple of feet lower than the existing hounds, where the runners attach. Does anyone know how close the attachment point for the running backstays needs to be to the inner forestay attachment point to provide adequate support for the loads on the inner forestay? Has anyone anchored an inner forestay on the bulkhead between the chain locker and forward cabin, and if so, how did you do it? Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
I installed one of these on Big Doris, (now Dorothea and in Trini). Brilliant sucess. I had a pair of stainless plates made up onre of which went the full width of the bulkhead at the aft end of the chain locker. The other became a backing plate in the forepeak This made for a very robust fitting for the inner forestay and I sailed her as a cutter for 3 years. Adrian and Anna Biggs continue to do so. This put the inner star tack 1/3 aft of the stem. All worked out v well. Doris is mast head so the rig is v. different to yours so a serious chat to seldon may be best to determin the top fitting.
Thinking of doing the same myself, apparently the thing is to stow the stay at the mast and set it up on a highfield lever when reqd. according to the advice I have recevd. you must support a fractional rig (as we have), at the point of the stays connection to the mast. The deck arrangement suggested seems perfectly reasonable to me. Jim
Any chance one of you has the measures for a furling genua II? I have a mast head (~18 meters) rig. Many thanks. Hidde
Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
I got a complete stanchion and base in a local chandlers on the west coast of Scotland so they must still be readily available. Sorry,but I do not know manufacturer. Removing the old and fitting new can be a right B******. Jim Adverts Currently On Preloved - Place an ad here for free
Thanks. So far so good. Do you remember the name or address of the store even the name of the town where you bought the base? Are there any special tricks for getting the old one off? Thanks. Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
If you go on to http://www.spencerrigging.co.uk and email them they would be able to tell you - I got one from them about 4 years ago - also stanchions - I think the make was oroginally SSS or something similar. Roger Candida
Ted Keech
Glad to see you got the part. No special tricks. There is a concealed bolt thru the toerail (vertically) as well as the two usually corroded horizontal ones.The stanchion generally will not part from the base as the split pin is also corroded. Some of the toerail bolts are reachable on the starboard side but the port side are mostly behind galley,bunks,heads etc. maybe you will be like us where some one had already sheared the vertical bolt. Best of luck. Jim
Agree with Jim, we had to replace 5 last winter, nightmare, fortunately drilling out and a hole punch helped in places. lots of sikaflex required when refitting. Any more comments on the fridge, intrigued. Cheers. Shawn.
We are working on the fridge at the present,it would appear that the compressor is shot and is a £500.00 replacement.Does anyone else have a suggestion? Jim
Ted Keech FAYAWAY San Francisco
Hideaway a Sigma 41 f/rig is still for sale top spec. and ready to go anywhere let me know if you may know some that migmt be interested Call Francis at 00353862508901.and good sailing in 2007.
We dropped the running amperage by 50% with a new compressor. Thinking of moving the batterries to above the keel and turning the seat under the helm to a freezer, anyone done this? Cheers. Shawn.
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