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CATBOAT GUIDE and SAILING MANUAL Collected from Web Sites, Articles, Manuals, and Forum Postings CATBOAT GUIDE and SAILING MANUAL Collected from Web sites, articles, manuals, and forum postings Compiled and edited by: Edward Steinfeld [email protected] What I dream about. What fits my need best. ii Picnic cat by Com-Pac What I can trailer. Fisher Cat by Howard Boats iii Contents CATBOAT THESIS ...................................................................................................................1 MOORING AND DOCKING ...................................................................................................3 Docking ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Docking and Mooring ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Docking Lessons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 MENGER CAT 19 OWNER'S MANUAL ...............................................................................8 Stepping and Lowering the Tabernacle Mast ............................................................................................................... 8 Trailer Procedure ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Sailing Tips .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 First Reef ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Second Reef ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 TRIMMING THE SAIL .......................................................................................................... 13 How to get rid of Weather Helm?.................................................................................................................................... 13 Quick study guide.................................................................................................................................................................. 13 What I do to trim the sail is... .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Sail Trim .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Catboat Sail Trim ................................................................................................................................................................... 15 How ‘deep throat’ can give better performance in a single-sail, gaff-rigged boat ................................................ 15 Angle of attack ................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Draft ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Twist ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Trimming to conditions ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Points of sail ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 HEAVING-TO IN A CATBOAT ........................................................................................... 18 Family Cat ................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Marshall Sanderling .............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Horizon Cat .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Sun Cat ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 RIGGING AND LAZY JACKS .............................................................................................. 20 Rigging Length of Line Chart - Sanderling .................................................................................................................. 20 Single Line Reefing ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Description of Lazyjacks on Cat Nap.............................................................................................................................. 23 Another Sun Cat Lazy Jacks Installation ...................................................................................................................... 25 Still Another ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 And Another Sun Cat Lazy Jack Installation ............................................................................................................... 27 Homemade Lazy Jacks ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 MAST AND SAIL RAISING TIPS ...................................................................................... 29 Raising the Sail (Com-Pac) ................................................................................................................................................ 29 iv Holding Course while Raising the Sail ........................................................................................................................... 30 Trimming the motor .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Menger Tips ............................................................................................................................................................................. 31 To lower the sail: ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 As to reefing: ...................................................................................................................................................................... 31 REEFING – HOW AND WHY .............................................................................................. 32 TRAILERING ADVICE .......................................................................................................... 34 QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAILERING (PICNIC CAT) ..................................................... 35 Here are my thoughts. ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 AUTOPILOT/TILLERPILOT ............................................................................................... 37 ST1000 installed .................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Raymarine ST1000 & ST2000 Tillerpilots .................................................................................................................... 38 SUN CAT MAIN SHEET/TRAVELER RELOCATION ..................................................... 40 SWIM LADDER STEPS ........................................................................................................ 42 SCUPPERS .............................................................................................................................. 44 Water Coming In Through the Scuppers ...................................................................................................................... 44 Drain Tubes and Scuppers ................................................................................................................................................. 44 ANCHORS ................................................................................................................................ 45 SUN CAT STABILITY ........................................................................................................... 46 OUTBOARD VS. INBOARD ................................................................................................
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