What did you do to your sailing boat today ?

Silent wind under motor @ 5knots , money well worth spending!

Nope I had 14 amps of solar coming in today so silent wind spent some time Off. I manly will use it at nights and when sailing if need be.

At some point yesterday I had 17 to 19 amps of charge going through the hybrid controller I had to brake the windgen as I need to adjust the charging parameters on the hybrid....was a little scared I may cook my battery's.

Finally used my new Genoa track and cars in a nice 20knot southerly race to Currumbin and back yesterday

Well, guess what I did on my boat today..... Nothing, just had a great sail.... which makes all the effort maintaining the boat worth while!!

Dam now you need to cut them nice bolts and dome nut them!
Or perhaps just keep sailing !
i wish my bolts where that long sometimes!
and I try to use nylocks below decks.

Hey Andy, I hope you used a good sealant under the genoa track. Some S&S 34s I have known have leaked under the genoa track which can make the berths below quite uninhabitable. Sorry John. Had to say it.

The bolts you have used are quite long and at some stage you will want to cut the non useful lengths off. I suggest you do it quite soon before you or someone else gouges their flesh on them.

I note that you have used "mud" washers which is way to go but that you also have used "nyloc" nuts. Nyloc and dome nuts are 3 to 4 times the price of spring washers and standard nuts.

I also note that you have not applied any grease to the threads to prevent thread spawling. If you ever have to undo any of those nuts there is a fair chance that will happen. That will be a pain.

Further, when you cut off the excess thread with a 100 mm grinder cut off wheel (you are not going to do it with a hacksaw are you??), the heat from the cutting will melt the nylon in the nuts thereby rendering it ineffective for locking the nuts.

Nyloc nuts have their place on yachts but in that application I believe are misplaced. Do you believe there will be that much vibration on you genoa track that would cause a nut to vibrate loose?????

From your last photo I note the yacht builder has not used nyloc nuts on the hull and deck join and I suggest that was not a choice of economy. I also note that the builder did not use "mud" washers or spring washers. That may have been an economic measure they took that you could correct, bolt by bolt.

Do not try to do them all at once as one S&S 34 owner did resulting in the hull and deck joint springing away from each other.

In this application I would be using spring washers with two standard nuts locked tight with of course grease on the threads and then cutting off the excess thread flush with the locking nut. If one then wanted to be fancy, the locking nut could be taken off and a dome nut applied.

If you agree with my logic I am sorry to be telling you after the fact.

Maybe the next Seabreezer doing the same job will benefit.

Yes I think that is what happens with the nyloc nuts. If you get those very thin (1mm) cut off wheels for stainless, they cut like a laser and don't generate too much heat.

A very neat job you have done anyway.

The Peterson 42 (IOR 2 tonner) I had was the same. Really powered to windward. Many of the old IOR yachts are still very relevant. I think many of the newer yachts are designed for downwind sliding.

Yep there's a ton of stress and pressure when you crank that 150% Genoa on Jolene
i want to get a nice flat 90 % with a higher clew for going to winward in above 16 knots
if you wanted to cruise around with a 90% in all winds you probably wouldn't lose that much

Collected most of the day about 20 amp hours from Wind and Sun and the battery's are currently at 99% with 199 hours before a recharge!
changed the inch salt water seacock inlet as like the outlet the cock had Broken in the open position (I'm now a master of changing seacocks while afloat)!
thinking now of a cruising Shute and one more solar panel in Ho2 position on the cabin top and then casting the lines to go north / south flip a coin!
i also got the Christmas tree up !

By the way Andy the nylocs and head sail bolts look like a firm job and will last you lifetime.

My last yacht I re-bolted every single nut and bolt with nylocs and never thought twice after. With my headsail car track after I nylocks them I cut them with the grinder just below the nylocks and fitted dome nuts. The fore and aft you could put those great hook loops and then hang baskets or neting for fresh fruit and veg....etc

I think they looked like deep cycle Cat batteries 100 ampers Sands