Camper & Nicholson Nicholson 38 Owner's Handbook Manual page 5

Nicholson 38
H A N D L I N G
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H A N D L I N G U N D E R S A I L
This yacht should be handted as a sailing yacht and has no ab-
normal characteristics. Eeing a ketch. balance between head-
s a i l a n d m i z z e n i s i m p o r t a n t a n d c a r e f u l s h e e t i n g i s w e l l w o r t h
w h i l e .
To Windwrrd
Use genoa, main and mizzen in apparent wind speeds up tc
about 20 knots then change genoa for working jib for wind
s p e e d s u g l o 2 7 k n o t s a n d t h e n u s e w o r k i n g j i b a n d m i z z e n o n l y
u p r o 3 5 k n o t s . t h e n s r o r m j i b a n d m i z z e n .
N o r m a l l y k e e p m a i n a n d m i z z e n l u f f a n d f o o t t e n s i o n s r e a l l y
hard and iib luff tension as hard as the crew can manage. All
tensions should be eased in very light winds.
Reaching
B o t h t h e s p i n n a k e r a n d t h e m i z z e n s t a y s a i l m a y b e c a r r i e d w i t h
t h e a p p a r e n t w i n d a b o u t l 0 o a h e a d o f t h e b e a m . T h e m i z z e n
naysail is tacked with a lanyard to the weather cap shroud chain
plate and sheeted through a snatch block on the outboard end
o f t h e m i z z e n b o o m , t h e h a l l i a r d s h o u l d b e s e t u p u n t i l t h e
l u f f i s j u s t c l e a r o f t h e m a i n b a c k s t a y . H o l d t h e m a i n b o o m
down hard as for running.
R c e f i n g
Stand on the weather side of the mast. Belease main tack
t a c k l e a n d l a c i n g t h r o u g h 3 b o t t o m s l i d e s a n d w i t h s o m e w i n d
in the sail roll boom up, when gooseneck is at the top of track
release 2ft. - 3ft. of halliard, make fast again and repeat rolling.
Be sure to rlide kicking.strap eye to aft end of boom and try
to pull sail aft on boom while rolling.
Heaving To
With the genoa backed and the main eased a little the yacht
will lay about 9 points off the wind or with the working iib
backed about 5 points off, and in both cases will make about
I knot forward and 1 knot to leeward. lt is normally possible
to gybe the yacht out of the hove to position so thai no sheets
need be touched.
General
l. Use'the mizzen as a riding sail or for reducing rolling when
m o t o r i n q o r a t a n c h o r .
ln good conditions the yacht can tack through 80o but rllow
90o at sea with probably 50 teeway into normal ser conditions"
lf motor sailing, streers should be in as hard as possiblc.
R u n n i n g
Let go lee mizzen backstay to let mizzen boom forwerd but
remember to make up again before gybing. Ensr.rre thlt thc
boom is held down firmly by a handybilly rackle or a foregruy,
this will help the steering and increase speed. A genoa or
spinnaker may be boomed out in hard weather. Takinc off
t h e m i z z e n w i l l i m p r o v e s t e e r i n g .
2 . T h e w o r k i n g j i b a n d s t o r m j i b t a c k t o t h e s t r o p o n t h e
stemhead fittings.
3. The genoa tacks to the snapshackle direct on the stemhead
f i t t i n g .
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4. The working jib and storm jib sheet inside the cap shroudr
when close triJtea or outside when reaching.
5. The genoa sheets outside all the strrouds all the timc.
6. lt is normal practice to fly the national flag from thc mirren
masthead both underway and at anchor.
T h e M i z z e n S t a y r a i l
The mizzen staysail is made of nylon and should be.treatcd
generally in the same way as the spinnaker. lt can only Qe rffcc'
tively used wirh the wind vrlay on the beam to nearly dced
aft. The tack pennant of l" reiytene and about 6 ft. long
strould be permanently attache? to thc tack of tho rail rnd thr
street slrould be snapshackled to the sail clew.
1. Ensure main boom is held down firmly by boom vang
2. Attach snaich block ro aft end of mizzen boom for mirrcn
staysail sheet.
3. Attach tack pennant to weather mainmast capshroud
chain plate, leaving the rack of the sail about 3ft. above
deck.