Don, When the sail is reefed the battens fall behind the mast (There are no batten parrels) and the yard would also but for the extension. When sail is made,...
... Wally: Thanks for this. I suspect that there are enough variations to the Sunbird 90's sailplan so that some rigs experience yard fall-off and others do...
Kent, My masts are tapered steel and are the same wall thickness top and bottom. They are lighting columns and I bought them from Fabrikat, Nottingham, UK. ...
... we ... Liberty 'Golden ... me too ... 1/3 the ... jacked ... 90 rig ... sling ... HI Don, Yes, GILLA appears to have a very similar extension, not long,...
Here is some more heresy to consider for the Gazelle. Tom Colvin mentions in his book Coastwise and Offshore Cruising Wrinkles, that the jib on the Gazelle "is...
... maximum ... Hi Jer -- When you decide to reef depends on how much sail area you've got. I've got Badger study plans and as designed they have about 630...
Thanks for the great info. I had found Victor's formulas for converting diameters from wood to steel in the flles section, and in one of his old posts he...
I sure hope this thread dies a natural death before too long. John wrote: "TC says that to reef the sail beyond 2 panels you raise the aft lazyjacks and snug...
... wrote: <snip> ... 1/4" ... much ... to ... Hi Gerald a *telescoping* mast ? When I first read your post I thought you were planning to fabricate a one...
Hi Jer I have just fitted two new steel masts. main 35 foot, foremast 25 foot. These are tapered 3mm wall, the lower 4 feet is parallel and 5.6mm wall. (sorry...
This sounds encouraging. I looked at the web site in Texas (Whitco Poles) and they sell lots of different steel and aluminum poles -- all tapered. It looks...
"Telescoping" was a poor choice of words. See my latest post under the "Weight aloft" thread. The idea was for a fixed, mast with sections of deceasing size,...
Glenn ... For the avoidance of any doubt let me say that this is an error on my part and that TC is alive and well - unless, that is, we are now getting emails...
... was ... sections ... sections. ... Hi Gerald - I don't really follow this - if the tapered sections are made of steel, then the simplest method is to trim...
OyVeigh, The individual segments are not tapered. The "taper" results from using several non-tapered segments each with a smaller diameter. Therefore, if you...
This might be of interest to Gazelle owners. Our Gazelle ROSA will be featured on CNN Mainsail, sometime in December I am told. I hesitated a bit in posting ...
... Who ? ... Ok - now I understand ... ... Well you could ... but if you'd still prefer steel, you might like to consider tapering just the top section by...
My hollow wooden main mast is 25'/7,6 m above deck 28.4'/8,65 m total. it's weight is 79 kg/174 lbs. this mast shall carry 256 sq ft/24 m2 of sail. diameter...
... Hello Leo, Might have been me. What I tried to say is that it's dangerous to make it impossible for moisture to penetrate through the surface to evaporate...
Yes they are well known plans.. Ataç _____ From: junkrig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:junkrig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of maurogonzaga1940 Sent: Tuesday,...
Thanks Leo. Did you scarf to make up the length? Did you have the wood cut special or were you able to find 4/4 limber that size? I had toyed with an idea...
Have you considered starting with a tree of approx the correct size? Might be easier overall for a mast of this size, in both cost and work/time? Alan. -- In...
... Yes. 1:12 ... found a tree cut into 2" boards/planks at my local dealer. took the time to find the planks best suited. after delivery I had lots of head ...
It's probable that those spiral ropes are running luff parells. You'd need more detail to be absolutely sure but, like I said, it's probable. All the examples...
Perhaps others in the Group have experience of the following situation and can offer advice. I am trying to design a two masted junkrig for a hull that I am...
