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Code Zero ?

Alex Lomakin
 

Dear Amelians,

I keep learning about my “new” SM2000 and as a part of this process I have recently dug out for the first time a sail, which has never been used by the previous owner.

I am currently moored next to a sailmaker’s workshop, where they make a new bimini for me, so I brought the sail over to them for inspection and their guess was that the sail in question was code zero, but, to my certain surprise, they did not know:
- what the plastic part attached to the head of the sail was
and
- whether the rope sewn into the sail was a bolt-rope to use the sail instead of the genoa, which, if this is the case, needed to be taken down, or it was some sort of a torsion rope designed to provide a better shape when the sail was in use.

Please take a look at the attached picture and advise.


Thank you very much and have a great w/e.

Alex
SM2000 #416

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Courtney Gorman
 

Alex that is your balooner you raise it with your genoa there are 2 extra tracks so that you can fly 2 headsails sailing down wind.  Cheers
Courtney
Trippin
54#101
Grenada


-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Lomakin via groups.io <alexander.a.lomakin@...>
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Sent: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 5:18 am
Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Code Zero ?

Dear Amelians,

I keep learning about my “new” SM2000 and as a part of this process I have recently dug out for the first time a sail, which has never been used by the previous owner.

I am currently moored next to a sailmaker’s workshop, where they make a new bimini for me, so I brought the sail over to them for inspection and their guess was that the sail in question was code zero, but, to my certain surprise, they did not know:
- what the plastic part attached to the head of the sail was
and
- whether the rope sewn into the sail was a bolt-rope to use the sail instead of the genoa, which, if this is the case, needed to be taken down, or it was some sort of a torsion rope designed to provide a better shape when the sail was in use.

Please take a look at the attached picture and advise.


Thank you very much and have a great w/e.

Alex
SM2000 #416
CW Bill Rouse
 

Go to this Link and download the Oct 3, 2022 file request: Setting the Downwind Poles, Ballooner, hook, and the dehooker 
https://preparetocastoff.blogspot.com/p/files-requested-by-amel-yacht-owners_3.html

This is a snippet from my Amel Book:
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CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School
720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 
   

On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 5:52 AM Courtney Gorman via groups.io <Itsfun1=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
Alex that is your balooner you raise it with your genoa there are 2 extra tracks so that you can fly 2 headsails sailing down wind.  Cheers
Courtney
Trippin
54#101
Grenada


-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Lomakin via groups.io <alexander.a.lomakin=btinternet.com@groups.io>
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Sent: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 5:18 am
Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Code Zero ?

Dear Amelians,

I keep learning about my “new” SM2000 and as a part of this process I have recently dug out for the first time a sail, which has never been used by the previous owner.

I am currently moored next to a sailmaker’s workshop, where they make a new bimini for me, so I brought the sail over to them for inspection and their guess was that the sail in question was code zero, but, to my certain surprise, they did not know:
- what the plastic part attached to the head of the sail was
and
- whether the rope sewn into the sail was a bolt-rope to use the sail instead of the genoa, which, if this is the case, needed to be taken down, or it was some sort of a torsion rope designed to provide a better shape when the sail was in use.

Please take a look at the attached picture and advise.


Thank you very much and have a great w/e.

Alex
SM2000 #416
Alex Lomakin
 

Dear all,

I do really appreciate your quick and efficient response.

I have one more question on my “newly discovered” ballooner or, to be more specific, on the white plastic slider attached to the head of the sail: is it there simply to ease fitting of the sail into its track or it needs to be rigged to the halyard?

Thank you very much,

Alex
Alan Leslie
 

Hi Alex,

You need to read the hoisting and dousing instructrions carefully.
Your head foil should ahve 3 slots in it. Your genoa should be in the rightmost slot.
The ballooner is pulled up the leftmost slot by the loop in the halyard skipped over the white slider.
When the slider reaches the top it will "click" at the top swivel and lock in place .
The halyard can then be lowered (it's like and endless loop).
You should have another slider that looks like the one on the sail.
Toi douse the ballooner, you hoist this slider with the halyard tied on, in the middle slot, which unclips the slider at the top of the ballooner and it comes down.
Pull down the halyard attached top the cenbtre slider and you're done .

Cheers
Alan
Elyse Sm437
Bill Kinney
 

Alex,

There is a lot on your boat that are "special" details that make an Amel better than an average sailboat.  The downwind rig with the "ballooner sail" is one of them.

The details on rigging are included in the manual you should have received with the boat.  If you do not have a printed manual for your SM2000, there is a copy in the files section of this board.  It is a vital reference book, you should study it carefully.

Until then, here is a short write-up on the hows and whys of the downwind rig that makes no pretense on a complete instruction sheet, but rather just a overview.
https://fetchinketch.net/2016/06/26/amel-downwind-sailing-rig/

Bill Kinney
SM160, Harmonie
Le Marin, Martinique
http://www.cruisingconsulting.com
Alex Lomakin
 

Dear all,

Thank you very much indeed for your help.

Have a great w/e, wherever you are!


Alex

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