Good morning,
This is my first post, although I have been using/lurking this forum for awhile and have found it to be a great help answering questions while refitting our recently acquired a 1984 Morgan 384. I believe her to be one of last 384's built before Catalina took over operations.
We have only had a chance to sail her twice this season before the snow started to fly, Yes we are in the great lakes. The limited time we have sailed her I have noticed a fair bit of weather helm no matter how much I trim sails I could not get her to balance without playing around with reefing, the sails are original but good enough shape, the conditions were 10-12 steady and did not warrant any reefing. After unstepping the mast this fall to replace rigging, wiring, .... and replace the furler I noticed a couple of issues.
Any help with a sampling of Morgan 383/4 headstay lengths would be very helpful. I need to make some choice soon as I am trying to get the measurements to the sail loft for my new genoa.
Thanks
Shane
This is my first post, although I have been using/lurking this forum for awhile and have found it to be a great help answering questions while refitting our recently acquired a 1984 Morgan 384. I believe her to be one of last 384's built before Catalina took over operations.
We have only had a chance to sail her twice this season before the snow started to fly, Yes we are in the great lakes. The limited time we have sailed her I have noticed a fair bit of weather helm no matter how much I trim sails I could not get her to balance without playing around with reefing, the sails are original but good enough shape, the conditions were 10-12 steady and did not warrant any reefing. After unstepping the mast this fall to replace rigging, wiring, .... and replace the furler I noticed a couple of issues.
- The adjustable keel step was slide 100% forward causing the mast to rake aft
- With the Headstay completely slack I was unable to get any slack in the backstay
Any help with a sampling of Morgan 383/4 headstay lengths would be very helpful. I need to make some choice soon as I am trying to get the measurements to the sail loft for my new genoa.
Thanks
Shane