[C320-list] Head smell discoveries

[Irving Grunes]

Jeff, the wind came up in a gust to over 20 knots and stayed thereabouts..
We eased both man and jib to get rail out of water.
We had a run of over a half hour with the SOG continuous over 7.5 and going
up to as high as 8.5 knots a number of times.
It was a thrilling ride until the wind dropped.
This was all on the upper Chesapeake off Pooles island above Middle River
Irv Grunes
2001 #851
Sue Creek off Middle River.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> I think this is not an issue you don't also have.  Your existing valve will
> scoop water in those conditions also I'd bet and I'm sure my old valve
> would.
>
> Irv man!  What are you doing sailing with your rail in the water on this
> boat?   Reef, trim and reduce your head sail and you'll go faster and won't
> destroy your steering system fighting the roundup.  ;)
>
> But seriously though, this was a mild concern.  And just keeping a rubber
> plug on board would solve this for those exceptional conditions.  Heck, with
> the rail under water there's no chance any crew member is getting OFF the
> pot once they sit down anyway. ;)
>
> Cheers!
> -Jeff
>
> Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Jeff,
> >On our last outing in 20Plus knot winds, we put the rail in the water.
> >Is there a check valve of some sort to prevent water ingress thru the
> >vent
> >you installed?
> >Irv
> >
> >On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I uploaded a few pictures of the vent hose upgrade project to my
> >photo
> >> gallery.
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/headupgrades
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >> #809
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>