{"id":113,"date":"2009-09-21T00:30:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2011-10-30T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T14:54:10","slug":"articles-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/info\/articles-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=322\" target=\"_self\">Running and Standing Rigging Information<\/a> &#8211; This is a table originally put together by a rigger in Annapolis for one of the J\/30 owners. Most of the values should be close to what was on the boats when they were originally shipped. <a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=322\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wiring diagrams from hull #406 are available online. You can download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.j30.org\/html\/technical\/articles\/elec_schem_j30.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a 4 page scanned pdf file<\/a>. For those with earlier hull numbers it provides a reference about the major elements of the electrical system, even if all the details aren&#8217;t the same.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/j30.org\/html\/technical\/J30-2009-Dwgs-Specs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Keel, rudder, mast and prop specifications<\/a> in PDF format with an Excel spreadsheet along with instructions on making templates. (from the J\/30 Class Rules)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=325\" target=\"_self\">Spreader Bracket Repair<\/a> &#8211; in the past few years, there have been several dismastings reported of J\/30\u2019s. By review of the causes, a possible weakness in the design of the spreader bracket has been identified, and fairly simple methods of reinforcement developed.  <a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=325\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=328\" target=\"_self\">Tuning Guides<\/a> &#8211; Various rig tuning and sailing guides from UK-Halsey, North Sails, Shore Sails, and Banks Sails<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=332\" target=\"_self\">One method of organizing crew assignments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=335\" target=\"_self\">Cruising in a J\/30<\/a> &#8211; Bill and I have been cruising our J\/30 Stark Terror since 1984, when our son Billy was just two. After six years of intense racing on our J\/24, we wanted a larger boat that we could continue to race&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=335\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=338\" target=\"_self\">Trailering a J\/30<\/a> &#8211; When we purchased our J\/30 about four years ago, I was convinced that it was just a big J\/24. My wife and I had sailed the J\/24 for four years in upstate New York, and hauled it to Florida for winter sailing every fall. So we did the same thing with the J\/30&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=338\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=341\" target=\"_self\">Building a &#8220;Parking Sail&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Anyone who has ever cruised a J\/30 and anchored in their favorite secluded harbor knows that they will be subject to a constantly changing view. A fin keel boat, as opposed to a full keel boat, will not sit in any kind of breeze when anchored&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=341\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=344\" target=\"_self\">Information about Barient Winches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=350\" target=\"_self\">Replacing the Shaft Log Tube<\/a> &#8211; During last year\u2019s commissioning activities I discovered an item which I had ignored for many ( 13 ) years: the flexible rubber hose which joins the shaft log in the hull and the shaft packing assembly&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=350\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=352\" target=\"_self\">Installing a Windward-Sheeting Traveler<\/a> &#8211; Last summer, after many seasons fighting with a traditional traveler setup, I installed a windward sheeting traveler&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=352\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=354\" target=\"_self\">Bonnie&#8217;s Adventures in Buying <em>Bearaway<\/em><\/a> &#8211; In 1986 I decided to buy a boat. I figured something in the 30 foot range was what I wanted. I saw a used J\/30 advertised for sale and went to take a look at it&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=354\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=356\" target=\"_self\">Maintaining Your Yanmar Diesel Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=366\" target=\"_self\">Painting Your J\/30<\/a> &#8211; My boat is now 10 years old, hull #144 and it\u2019s hull looks better than it did the day it was delivered from the factory. You ask,\u201dwhat did you do to get a fresh high gloss finish?\u201d It\u2019s call LP (linear polyurethane)&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/j30.us\/blog\/?page_id=366\">Continue reading \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- #EndEditable --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Running and Standing Rigging Information &#8211; This is a table originally put together by a rigger in Annapolis for one of the J\/30 owners. Most of the values should be close to what was on the boats when they were originally shipped. Continue reading \u2026 Wiring diagrams from hull #406 are available online. 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