Finally got the first sail of new to me DS I in last week with my wife, very light air, didn't think it was much of a shake down/out type sail but as we got back found that the main sheet cleat was about to pull out. Fixed that with new bolts, larger washers under the deck side, and that now seems to be working.
2nd sail today in 13-15 mph winds and could not keep the gooseneck and the boom connected, boom would just come off from the gooseneck. Is the only thing that keeps them connected is the tension on the foot of the mail from the outhaul or is there something else?
I did see that there was a connector pin on the top of the boom for the sail and that there are two grommeted holes in the sail for a Cunningham (?) tensioning line but even the lower hole is a couple of inches above from the connector pin and it does not look it would ever connect to the sail. I did manage to get the pin behind a "plastic car" on the edge of the sail but boom continued to separate from the gooseneck. The PO had had a mast failure and then a convert to the mast tabernacle, but the sails all seem to have been cut for the taller mast.
Thinking I am missing some fundamental rigging understanding or part.
Sorry there are no pictures today. It was pretty windy, had to keep coming up into the wind every time the boom got free to put it back in place, had two first time sailors with us, and we finally ended up just dropping the main sail, and sailed back the approximate two miles just using the jib... unfortunately our pull out point was directly up wind and it was pretty challenging sailing to say the least for our second sail.
Anyone have any pictures of what the goose neck attachment looks like or thoughts?
Also I'm not sure that just dropping the main sail was the best "emergency" solution. In retrospect, perhaps some attempt to lash the boom to the mast / pull it forward/ keep it in place. Have been thinking that there are some bails hanging on the bottom of the boom from a previous main sheet set up. Tie a line to the bail, pull forward, a couple of tight wraps around the mast and tie it down back on the bail?
Thanks!