http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/ Skedaddle Yacht Club - for Merit 25's Fri, 24 May 2013 20:55:33 GMT jrhmail@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5358 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5358 It's a holt allen 1224. Can't find it anywhere any more. It's a simple brass fixed prefeeder that I screwed into the mast alongside the track at about boom Fri, 24 May 2013 13:29:54 GMT Harney, Trevor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5357 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5357 +1 I used to have a prefeeder and got rid of it when I got a new main with slugs. Then when I bought another main, I went with slugs again. Less friction to Fri, 24 May 2013 13:05:49 GMT Steve Roake http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5356 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5356 I had a pre-feeder for the merit that had a slug to slide in the main track and screws to tighten it in position. We quit using it because in order for it to Fri, 24 May 2013 02:38:38 GMT Kevin Groth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5355 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5355 I'm in Fort Worth, TX. I sail out of Eagle Mountain Lake. I'm going to go ahead and order the boom kicker. A roller furler is in the plans as well. Kevin Fri, 24 May 2013 00:55:35 GMT Denis Bessette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5354 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5354 Ray Do you know what type of prefeeder you had? My boat came with one that was designed for headsails. It was on a string and swung a lot and was banging Fri, 24 May 2013 00:29:35 GMT Denis Bessette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5353 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5353 First welcome to sailing and to the Merit fleet. You bought a "sports car of a sailing boat" Have fun with it. When I got my boat, a boom kicker was already Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:09 GMT jrhmail@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5352 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5352 Hi Charlie, I have a boltrope on the main luff. And I found a neat prefeeder for it once upon a time and can't find it again (for my other boat). As for Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:25 GMT Newton, Bruce - NRCS, Portland, OR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5351 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5351 Another great way to take a rest is to "heave-to." Tack but don't release the jib sheet. The headsail will be "backed." Leave the main close hauled. Lash Thu, 23 May 2013 17:59:08 GMT fatjohnzkz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5350 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5350 Yea, what Charlie said. When you single hand, you need a way to lock the tiller. This is handy under motor or sail. Once you get the boat moving on a good Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:05 GMT Charlie Mueller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5349 Ron, Do you have slides or bolt rope luff on your main? Do you have a method of self steering without auto pilot and no sail up? Charlie ... [Non-text portions Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:02 GMT jrhmail@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5348 Hi Kevin, I single hand my Merit most of the time, even while racing and have developed a lot of little things to make it easy and enjoyable. For the main, Thu, 23 May 2013 12:53:12 GMT Harney, Trevor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5347 If you have the dough, go with the boom kicker. It's not that pricey and if installed right, it really helps when hoisting or dousing the main by yourself. A Thu, 23 May 2013 00:09:13 GMT Jim Fisher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5346 Roger to your note, Trevor.  I was on race committee for the recent NOOD in Annapolis, and the J24 competition was intense.  (Even more so in J22!)  Marx Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:05 GMT Newton, Bruce - NRCS, Portland, OR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5345 Welcome to sailing. You picked a great boat. I've got a 3/16" line attached at the top of the mast running down to a small block on the end of the boom and Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:32 GMT Kevin Groth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skedaddleyachtclub/message/5344 Hi everyone- I'm new to sailing. Bought my boat just a few months ago and I'm loving it! I'm been out with friends and family a good handful of times and 3