Thread: GIS beginners build in Concord, NH

Originally Posted by callsign222

I really just need to man up and figure out a stiffer yard. And boom.

I think BobWes has done the figuring for you. His hollow yard is light AND stiff. But I don't think he'll man up for you. You're gonna hafta tackle that challenge on your own.

I too was going to suggest more downhaul. (Abusive downhaul?) But you did make clear it was only on the "bad" tack. You might end up flattening and depowering more than you intended. So stop sailing on a port tack?

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this"
"Stop doing that and the pain should go away"




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Yo homeys I just got back from the 2011 Small Reach Regatta at Lamoine State Park in Down East Maine, near Acadia Nat'l Park.

Click here for some awesome.

We did good. We did good.

Beyond awesome. I was going to ask what the fetching cat-ketch with two gaffs in the distance was ("Fog Rolling In...") until it popped up later as the Coquina. Is that not one gorgeous craft? So, he was taking it easy with you guys for awhile, then decided to really move, worked his traveller, and took off. Wow.

As always, great photos. It's good to see you and your wife enjoying IAZP in a relaxed leisurely way without peril.

Cheers!

I like peril! Need more peril sometimes.

The Coquina was damn fast. Traditional rig, sails etc, and for a while, I thought, "Hey look at me keeping up with the Coquina upwind!" and then he "remembered" he had a traveler and decided to use it... and he just took off. Gone. It was incredible. He burned everyone. That is a fast boat.

IAZP performed quite well with a bumbling skipper, temporary boom and yard, and an average sail. For the most part I was able to hold my own with the boats that perform well upwind-- the Ness and Caledonia yawls, Core Sound, and the Sea Pearls (damn those Sea Pearls!) and did just as well if not a little better downwind. There were not a lot of opportunities for reaching or broad reaches, which is too bad because that's when she (IAZP) comes out of the water and starts to tick away the speed like it's nobody's business.

Just too beautiful seeing all those boats lined up like that. My wife and I will be there next year, guaranteed.

Way cool!! The boats and scenery, in your pics, are just spectacular.

We're getting cracks around the daggerboard trunk brace where it meets the floor. Curious. Nothing too bad yet, a winter item. Too much standing on the board last year?

Christophe, did you see what I did on my Goat? Fillets all around.

Originally Posted by callsign222

Yo homeys I just got back from the 2011 Small Reach Regatta at Lamoine State Park in Down East Maine, near Acadia Nat'l Park.

Click here for some awesome.

We did good. We did good.

Great pics thanks for sharing.

Do you have any detail of the deck on the Coquina kinda looked like it is a laid deck instead of the canvas as drawn, I'm building one and looking at alternatives.

Cheers

Originally Posted by CCBB

Christophe, did you see what I did on my Goat? Fillets all around.

It's got substantial glue around the brace, but it's still cracking. I kind of started on the starboard side, but now I definitely see it on the port side too. Basically the brace and the backing are lifting off the floor, I guess, even with gooped up glue around that area. We'll see how far it goes, it might not go much farther.

Do you have any detail of the deck on the Coquina kinda looked like it is a laid deck instead of the canvas as drawn, I'm building one and looking at alternatives.

I don't know, it looks wood in my pictures, and when I looked close up I didn't see any canvas deck, so that's what I'm going for. Did I mention that boat is creepy fast upwind? Throw in some modern foils and modern sailcloth (blasphemy to some, but not to me) and she will be even faster.

[QUOTE=callsign222;1356305]It's got substantial glue around the brace, but it's still cracking. I kind of started on the starboard side, but now I definitely see it on the port side too. Basically the brace and the backing are lifting off the floor, I guess, even with gooped up glue around that area. We'll see how far it goes, it might not go much farther.


Here is what I did to the front brace of my centerboard case. There was a grand scheme that the rounded piece of wood was going to do something, but I forgot what it was.

It looks pretty, and may add just a little strength to the joint.

It might, it might. Maybe another strip along the front of the brace that mirrors the bracing in the back is in my future. I don't know. I'm not too concerned about it yet... we'll see how it progresses over the season.



...Or maybe I shouldn't be using the board doing swan dives into the lake when she's on her side? There is good bounce....

Originally Posted by john goodman

Here is what I did to the front brace of my centerboard case. There was a grand scheme that the rounded piece of wood was going to do something, but I forgot what it was. It looks pretty, and may add just a little strength to the joint.

Never mind the round piece, your bulkhead 2.5 is probably doing the real work!

Yo, Christophe! Where the heck are you? Waiting to hear how you survived the storm. Send up a signal of some sort. Hope you are okay.