[Capri25] CApri25 forward track

[Dan McNamara]

Russ,

Rule IV, B, 1 States:  Location and placement of deck hardware may be altered as desired.   The best way to figure out were to put inboard tracks is to put your blade up at the dock and rotate your boat so there is air flowing across it nicely.  With your hand move the clew around until you have a nice shape.  Make a note of how far inboard, fore and aft the lead angle is.  This will get you in the ball park of where you should put your tracks.  

Depending on where your halyards and other rigging are run you may have limited space to install the tracks.  The more inboard the tracks are the higher you will be able to point but the harder it will be to stay in the groove.  The longer the track you install the more adjustment you will have fore and aft.  Most Capri's have at least a one foot long track mounted near the shrouds above the windows (on the same plane) or the flat part of the deck inboard (your halyards may be in the way).  

Once you figure out where you would like them, make a measurement from the bow and mark the other side.  I am a big believer in wide backing plates, fender washers and drilling an oversized hole (like a 1/2 inch) and filling it with epoxy (http://www.westsystem.com/ss/bonding-hardware/) letting it cure and drilling a slightly smaller hole then your screw, so the threads cut into the epoxy.  Even with this tight fit, I gob it up with 3M 5200.  For the backing plate I use a flat aluminum bar from Home Depot.   Stainless nuts, bolts and washers.  This may seam like overkill but the more solidly you bed your hardware the less it will flex and the more time you will have before it starts to leak.  When it does, you have sealed the core preventing bigger problems. 

When using West or Marine Tex epoxy I mark everything with pencil or sharpie.  Then tape the area off with clear packing tape after cleaning with a solvent.  Duck tape works well to keep the epoxy from running out the bottom of the hole.  Once the epoxy has cured, score your tape line before pealing it up.  Sand off any sharp edges.  

Good luck with the project. 

Dan McNamara
Technical committee chair


On Oct 11, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Odell Tuttle wrote:

> Russ,
> 
> I'm including Dan McNamara on this thread.  He's probably the best guy to answer.
> 
> Thanks,
> OT
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Russ Foster <rvfoster at att.net> wrote:
> Odell:
> 
>   Glad the pics got through ok. I have also posted it on the Catalina forum.  Favor - could someone tell me the dimensions some of your sailors have installed the forward jib track on the cabin roof?  I saw that on several of your boats and think it is a great idea.
> 
>   Is it legal/ May be in your national race next year and would like to know.
> 
>   Assume one uses the small cabin top winches to use with this set up?
> 
>   Dimensions from top of forward window, lenght of track, how far forward or aft from a point would aid me in installing mine.
> 
>   Thanks again. Invite for you to sail with us in TX is always open.  If there is a big demand I could submit other parts for plastic.
> 
> Russ Foster
> 214 349 1023
> #354 
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