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Illusion finishing 2003 Transpac. 1st in class, 3rd in fleet. Crew: Sally Honey, Stan Honey, Skip Allan, Jon Andron C40 Illusion 2001 SF Lightship Race 1st in class all girl crew C40IllusionFinishing...
View ArticleSRI Radar Reflector Study
This is the report from a study on the effectiveness of marine radar reflectors performed by Dick Honey, Stan Honey, Jim Corenman, and Chuck Hawley in September 1995. It was done with the generous...
View ArticleGrounding and bonding on sailboats
Below is a link to an article that Stan wrote for Practical sailor that was published in the October 15 1996 edition, and has been posted online in the West Marine Advisors ever since. It is also...
View ArticleVestas Wind
INDEPENDENT REPORT INTO THE STRANDING OF VESTAS WIND (Version 1.2) This is an Independent Report that was convened by the Volvo Ocean Race following the stranding of the yacht Vestas Wind on 29...
View ArticleLiveLine
This is a link to an article that Stan Honey and Ken Milnes wrote for IEEE Spectrum describing the LiveLine augmented reality graphics and electronic umpiring system that they developed along with Tim...
View ArticleYellow First Down Line, Sportvision
This is a link to an article in IEEE Spectrum summarizing the history of Sportvision and the Yellow First Down Line. IEEE Spectrum Article on the 1st Down Line
View ArticleFox Trax Glowing Hockey Puck
Here is an article by Rick Cavallaro describing the history of the development of the Fox Trax glowing hockey puck which was introduced at the Fox Sports broadcast of the 1996 NHL All-Star Game....
View ArticleSafety Observations 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race
This is an article that Stan wrote for the CCA with safety observations about the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race. cca volvo article final
View ArticleWeather and Waves for Offshore Sailors and Navigators
This is an article written by Stan Honey and Ken Campbell on weather for offshore sailors. It was written for a US Sailing book on offshore safety. SAS Chapter 4 Weather Waves Beaufort
View ArticleLFP battery
Below there is a link to Stan’s notes on the LiFePO4 (aka LFP) battery that he assembled for use on the Cal 40 Illusion. There are also links to schematics of the battery/bms wiring and Illusion’s...
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staysail stay, running backs, doublehead rig, heavy weather jib, mast pumping
Illusion has a removable staysail stay. The staysail tack fitting is one third of the way aft from the stem to the mast and the staysail stay, when set, runs parallel to the headstay. That is all...
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radar, removable
When cruising or delivering the boat we carry a removable radar. We have a modified car that just slides up the spinnaker pole track, and carries the radar scanner. The wire pulls up the mast on a...
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engine controls
We wanted the porthole in the forward end of the cockpit well to be usable for light and ventilation, so we put the engine controls behind a Beckson porthole in the aft end of the cockpit well. The...
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stiffening the hull, extra storage, propane locker
Illusion’s pilot berths have been replaced with shelves, and the faces that holds the drawers adjacent to the settees have been moved outboard about 8 inches. The settees are fixed and do not slide....
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mainsheet and traveler
Illusion has her traveler on the aft edge of the bridge deck, which is unusual. Interestingly, George Griffith mentioned that this is exactly where he intended for the traveler to go on Cal 40’s, but...
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jib hanks, reefable solent jib.
We use hanks on Illusion. We like the ability to change headsails easily. Shorthanded it is also nice to be able to just run the jib halyard and not worry about anything going wrong. This is a...
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table for cruising
Bob Pearce built this table for us. It is removable for racing. It is terrific for cruising. The normal Cal 40 table tended to be in the way. It folds up out of the way against the main bulkhead....
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varnish longevity on cockpit coamings
The varnish on the top edge of the cockpit coamings on Cal40’s never lasts long because folks sit on it, step on it, drag lines over it, and hit it with winch handles. We borrowed an idea from Lin and...
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hatch leaks, foredeck and lazarette
We cut out the original Cal 40 hatches and glassed in short pedestals that are about 2 inches high at the outboard edges and absolutely flat on the top. We then installed Lewmar hatches on the short...
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head plumbing, backup bilge pump, shower drain pump, holding tank pump
We use a Lavac head, which we’ve found to be trouble free. The Lavac head uses a standard Henderson diaphragm pump. We added some PVC plumbing and valves on the input side of the diaphragm pump so...
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