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Post by hoppy on Dec 28, 2013 23:10:42 GMT
On another forum a SF40 owner mentioned that the SF has larger winches than the equivalent SO. I'm just curious to know if this is the reality, a misunderstanding by the poster or perhaps larger winches were an option at the factory that the original owner had selected... I did post a question on the forum to the poster but I have yet had a reply. My SO40 has 40's on the cabin top (I have upgraded to 3 and have a 4th waiting to be installed) and 44's in the cockpit. Please kill my curiosity  |
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Post by so40gtb on Dec 29, 2013 3:57:14 GMT
Hoppy,
I can't answer your question regarding the SF40.
However, I added a pair of smaller single-speed Harkens (32s, I recall) to the cabintop of our SO40 at the beginning of the 2013 season and we've been very happy with them. Their primary purpose is to be used as capstans when releasing lines, but they've also proven useful for secondary controls such as reefing lines and, in fresh winds, the traveler lines. They've also facilitated winch management when transitioning from the genny to the asymmetrical, as we re-route the genny to the cabintop to leave the cockpit coaming winch available for the asymmetrical. Having both port and starboard second cabintop winches available has been very helpful.
May your New Year be prosperous and your Grecian winds fair!
--Karl
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Post by On y va on Jan 15, 2014 15:59:20 GMT
Yes, the SF40 has larger winches. 4x 44ST on the cabin top and 2x 48ST on the cockpit sides.
The sheeting arrangments are different too. As the genua sheet is guided to a cabin top winch and the mainsail sheet to the bigger main winches on the side of the cockpit, as it has a german sheeting system.
Marco
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Post by hoppy on Jan 15, 2014 18:17:24 GMT
Thanks Marco... You got me digging up the SF40 manual to see how they actually rigged up the sheet arrangements. I'm a bit surprised that they have the German mainsheet and the main track in the cockpit.   Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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Post by On y va on Jan 15, 2014 20:19:22 GMT
Well, as they are ment as regatta boats, it is a logical way of doing things, as most of the crew that deal with all the trim lines, sheets and halyards are towards the middle of the boat and away from the helmsman.
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