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It needs to go forward of the jib sheets. If you store the spinnaker in a turtle on the seat, you want to be sure the jib sheets are free and aft of the stowed chute.
Here’s the handbook text:
In addition, effective January 1, 2009, the boat shall include a nominal 4.8 cubic feet of buoyancy to facilitate the rescue of a swamped boat. This buoyancy shall be composed of a choice of an air bag, rigid non- communicating air cell foam plastics or air tanks and shall be attached inside the hull at the bow as low and far forward as possible to provide a nominal 300 pounds of buoyancy when submerged in water. It shall be securely fastened so as not to become dislodged when submerged. (November 2007) (See also CMR #29 & 79)
Here’s the kit on Flying Scot Inc Store:
Bow bag kit with cover480130
4.54 lbs
$ 196.801 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Includes the bag, protective cover and all parts required for installation. (As per current new boat installation)
There’s also one at APS on this page:
http://www.apsltd.com/c-3014-flying-scot-hardware-and-accessories.aspxI also have the wire bridle. Be careful when lifting not to get the slack bridle under the edge of the coaming as you can take a nasty chip out of the gel coat. (Up front where the bolt is)
Have fun, and as was said, most clubs will help you learn. There is usually a preferred spot and orientation/ direction to place the boat to lift and launch. A club member will know this. Watch what they do.Probably your best bet is to ask Harry at Flying Scot. If anyone is aware of the reputation he is likely to know.
You often see that at the Wife Husband Championships. It’s coming up in August at Sayville, NY. Bring your spouse.
There are several talented women skippers who are crewing for others, but it appears no skippers are women this year.
Can you state your question in more detail? Not sure what you mean. There are several permitted setups for jib sheets. Seems the most popular for racers are the “seat cleats”. This keeps the rail very clear to fine tune your weight and crew fore and aft slightly.
I use a folding mesh laundry bag to hold my spinnaker when in storage. The turtles are good in the boat. You could use laundry bag, on the floor next to the seat. The type I am talking about has the wire hoops in it to hold it open.
But I have heard that there were some with longer blades on really old Scots. If you look at the Scot handbook on this site, you can find the official dimensions.
The easiest is to leave them on all the time… They come in handy for cruising. Jackets, towels, even a spinnaker, can be stashed in them.
Dont mean to be a wise guy.
We will need a Scot veteran to comment. I think that may have been used for the mainsheet back in the day, when the mainsheet came from the boom in a different way.
It may have also been for the jib. Sandy was never one to use a cleat on the jib or main. He thought you should hold it and continuously trim, for max speed.
The toggle doesn’t move, it’s maxed out with the forestay side up, and the halyard side down, on the snug and tight rigs. Only on looserig does it move once the rig is up.
And it’s a great icebreaker to get to know people. My first race where I needed a bridle was at Monmouth and the Nociolos were so nice. When I got home, I realized what the bridle was that I received with my boat. By the way, the Monmouth Boat Club Full Moon Regatta is in June, and I think they still offer first-time skippers a free registration…
Good fun, and a great place to learn a lot.Here is a link to a thread on this. You may find the search function does a great job on somequestions that have been asked before.
http://www.fssa.com/node/5600
