[SCOW] masthead float

Hi Sailors,

Interesting sequence of emails yesterday, and I intended to send this out then... 

I sail/race my buccaneer 18 (it's got a planning hull and is quite a bit more responsive (tippy) than a scot.) Capsize/turtle and recovery are regular topics on the bucc chat list.  One of the sailors made a nice and fairly subtle sail-head float.  He races with this installed and regularly beats all the locals, so this clearly isn't slowing him down.  Here is his description and a photo, it's quite similar to the link John just sent...

I made a float that hoists up with my mainsail. Cut 4 pieces of 1/2" exercise mat foam or camp pad foam, (cheap stuff from Wal mart) to the shape of the head of the main. 4 pieces nylon roughly 4 inches bigger than the foam in all directions. Sewed the system together. 

I slip my mainsail head inside the pocket and hoist it up as if it is part of the sail.

Works great, can't tell it is up there.

The trick with recovering a bucc from capsize is to get it up before it turns turtle.  The mast-head float helps with that.  I'm not sure how quickly scots turtle.

The photo is quite small, but the black triangle on top of the sail is the float.  

Kyra Tallon

 

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