MC-Scow Board Height Adjuster One go-fast technique for many types of boats is to raise the centerboard or lee boards a few inches to counteract weather helm as the breeze builds. This moves the boat’s center of lateral resistance aft…
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The older style MC-Scows lack a board pull-down line. If your board doesn’t go down all the way in a tack, you are stuck with two bad options: live with it, or go to the low side and push it…
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In small boats, such as the MC-Scow, you sometimes have to hike to leeward to keep the proper angle of heel. The hiking straps are adjusted for hiking to windward with the typical 15 degree angle of heel, and thus…
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Have you ever looked down at the ratchet block to grab your mainsheet and gotten confused about which part of the sheet to pick up? Many mainsheet ratchet blocks are symmetrical in appearance, making it hard to identify which direction…
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Watch as Dan Guidinger and Dan Quiram, the top two finishers in the 2017 MCSA Masters Championship, discuss how they maintained consistency despite extremely shifty conditions on Cedar Lake, WI. Keys to Consistency Only three sailors finished the three-race regatta…
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MC-Scow Spreader Bracket Modification Reduces Failures The MC-Scow spreader bracket transfers load from the spreaders to the mast. The standard bracket can sometimes fail, due to either momentary high loads, such as during heavy air jibes, or due to repeated…
