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    planing 17' B&B boat?

    Hi Brad,

    I have sailed the B&B 17 footer Bay River skiff. We have always had 3 or 4 people on board when I sailed in her, and the boat is not a lightweight.So the only time we planed was on a beam...
  2. fastening lines.

    Thanks MIK,
    You never forget those incidents, old sailor, or tough teacher. Another rope error is to use a clove hitch around a bollard when docking. Should be a round turn and two half hitches, as...
  3. Then cleat like this. - do two full rounds around...

    Then cleat like this. - do two full rounds around the base then a couple of figure eights. Don't use fancy half hitches or anything like a knot - they are correct for flags but nowhere else on the...
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    Avalon Sailing Club 1957

    Mik, this photo takes me back to my youth, when in about 1956 I had clapped out VJ for a year or so and after revarnishing the hull kept it at Avalon Sailing Club for a year or so. It could not...
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    Dyneema

    Hi all,

    Brian Pearson wrote elsewhere about using ordiary Dyneema on his 12 foot Keyhaven scow:
    I have raced for over 5 years with 3mm dyneema shrouds and forestay on my little 12' Keyhaven Scow...
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    trimming ketch

    Hi Engblom,

    I have an Apple 16, a cat ketch dinghy with balance lugsail main and spritboom mizzen. I trim by the mainsail first all the time and adjust the mizzen sheet when the boat is on course....
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    Hi Max, Think about the B&B Bay River skiff...

    Hi Max,

    Think about the B&B Bay River skiff instead of the Core Sound. It is easier to build as it has no side decks and the bow construction is easier. A Polish friend of mine built one a few...
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    Typhoon in Phillipines

    Hi Mik,

    As you are sending messages I guess you have not been washed away by the typhoon. I saw some really terrible scenes on TV. Much worse than Hurricane Sandy in the US but only a fraction of...
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    flat pack for GIS12?

    MIK, I'm glad that you're healthy again and keen on developing new things from your new situation. As well as sails, how about developing a flat pack kit for the evolving GIS12 to sell so that...
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    Byte CII rig

    Hi Woodeneye. Good that you mention the Byte CII rig as it might be a good model for an efficient stayless rig on a small boat like the GIS12. The sail is self-depowering in gusts, as the flexible...
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    Dave's halyard cam cleat

    Hi Dave, she looks great, and I can't see the hole at all. The first sail of your creation is such a thrill. I only just read of your small disaster. Why did the camcleat for the halyard let go? You...
  12. Thread: GIS sail tweaking

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    "If managing the presure during gusts is...

    "If managing the presure during gusts is important the surely the main area's for that are mast flex (reduced luff tension) and sheeting out are the primary controls??
    sorry haveing a hard time...
  13. Thread: GIS sail tweaking

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    I have a balance lug on my 16' boat. It is...

    I have a balance lug on my 16' boat. It is loose-footed. Draft in the lower half of the sail and thus power are controlled by the outhaul. If the sail had been laced to the boom or even on a track,...
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    Position of sprit boom

    Geometry! Thanks for the tip. I'll find the best place on the mast for the snotter tackle by having a line holding it at a certain height and adjusting the tension separately and test different...
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    My method could be simpler. Using the 4 mouldings...

    My method could be simpler. Using the 4 mouldings you could omit the carbon and make the mast a bit bigger diameter. The track can be glued onto the back, or use a sleeve. Seems a lot simpler than...
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    spar dimensions and bend

    Good idea Mik, you never know when the track might begin to pull off. I can put the screws through the flange outside the slot, which provides a large gluing surface. I got the idea of this track...
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    I got about the same teardrop shape of my lugsail...

    I got about the same teardrop shape of my lugsail yard with a track with much less work by joining 4 ceiling moldings together:...
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    That's good news Robert. We're relieved. Peter

    That's good news Robert. We're relieved. Peter
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    1. The center board can apparently be made both...

    1. The center board can apparently be made both from solid wood and from plywood. It is said that the performance will be less with plywood. Is this only because of the length or is also the...
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    Clamcleats

    I have used just this Ronstan swivel cleat too for gaff halyardsm mounted on the mast. They work great. Cheaper is Clamcleats CL236 - Roller Fairlead Mk1 Racing Junior with roller, keeper and cage....
  21. I haven't had any cracks in my hollow spars which...

    I haven't had any cracks in my hollow spars which are sealed for flotation. But they are covered with fiberglass and carbon sleeves in epoxy. Peter
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    plywood

    I have used both 4 and 6 mm gaboon and 4 mm birch and I would think you could use 4mm birch on the sides, daggerboard case and decks etc of a GIS instead of 6 mm gaboon. Probably 6 mm for bulkheads...
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    birch plywood

    Hi. I compared Finnish birch with gaboon a while ago.

    Available in 3-ply thicknesses as thin as 0.4 mm, density around 575/650 kg/m³.
    WISA-Birch plywood 6.5mm
    WISA-Birch Premium plywood 6.5mm...
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    RIP Frank Bethwaite, at 92

    Sail-World.com : Frank Bethwaite, the father of High Performance Sailing, dies at 92

    RIP Frank Bethwaite - Sailing Anarchy Forums
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    Missed this. Thanks Mik. Great boat, nice sail...

    Missed this. Thanks Mik. Great boat, nice sail set and trim.
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    hollow wood spar

    This lugsail yard was made from 4 x 1/4-round ceiling corner moldings from a big store. Glued pairs together, then a layer of glass tape inside as I had it, then glued the halves together and the two...
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    comfortable seat

    Robert,
    Here are some photos of Meade Gougeon's (of West epoxy fame) 50-50 sailing-paddling canoe Woodwind. He is one of the best small boat sailors in the world. Note the comfortable seat with...
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    Howdy ... square top doesn't work when you want...

    Howdy ... square top doesn't work when you want to drop sail. It means that top triangular panel is rigid.

    ...
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    sprit-like batten on 18 footer

    This batten makes the top back (clew?) higher than the masthead (throat?). It's not perspective. Next newest thing on Aussie 18 fotters, if they don't have a curved Dutch gaff-like top.
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    sitting out

    Hi Robert,

    Why not sit out as Howard Rice does on his canoe Sylph? He sails on the open ocean and has quite a large sail area (5 sM?) that reefs down a lot.
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    sprit sail

    Did you make this choice aimed at additional drive where often the choice (and size) of the mizzen indicates that it is more rigged to improve handling?
    Joost
    The area is between the designer's...
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    square top sprit boomed sail

    Square top sprit boomed sail works. Here is the squaretop spritboomed mizzen sail on my Apple 16. Has one jiffy reef. Leech cut slightly hollow to avoid more battens. Has a plastic track glued onto...
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    Colvin Gazelle?

    Hi MAM,

    That beautiful boat sure looks like one of Tom Colvin's designs, Gazelle? I used it as inspiration for my junk-rigged Wharram cat in the early 70s.

    Peter
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    Are the Flag poles 6061 T3 Aluminum??? ...

    Are the Flag poles 6061 T3 Aluminum???
    Mark[/QUOTE]
    The alu tubing available in Sweden is now 6063-T6. I just bought some.
    See Wikipedia for the difference. Probably not much for us.
    6061...
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    Try the mast you have and see how it goes, maybe...

    Try the mast you have and see how it goes, maybe it is OK. The place where it is likely to break is at the partners, where the mast is supported by the deck. This could be reinforced by short piece...
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    Hi Mark, The mast of a balance lug rig should...

    Hi Mark,
    The mast of a balance lug rig should not have any bend at all. The yard should bend when you tighten the downhaul to flatten the sail. The round at the top of the sail should be cut to...
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    Pontus, I got my wood ("furu", not plywood) from...

    Pontus, I got my wood ("furu", not plywood) from the local building supply store, Beijer. Bauhaus has similar wood but in shorter lengths. Beijer has it up to 5M long and with very few and small...
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    Hej Pontus, Welcome to the world of small boat...

    Hej Pontus, Welcome to the world of small boat builders and sailers. I built and sail an Ap*le 16, because the GIS wasn't available when I started. I live just outside Uppsala, near Vik Slott. The...
  39. In one of the dozens of film clips I've seen the...

    In one of the dozens of film clips I've seen the last few days, I thought I saw a Eureka canoe in the bottom left corner for a second or two. Never having seen a live one, only photos, I wasn't sure...
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    Or move your downhaul attachment further forward...

    Or move your downhaul attachment further forward on the boom. If you attach it at the front of the boom, use a boom vang (kicker) if necessary to control sail twist and control the angle of the sail...
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    Norseboat (The Saga...

    Norseboat (The Saga) (designed by Chuck Paine) is a tradename like Dodge Cougar, and it seems to have little to do with the real norse boats whose descendents are Oughtred's boats. The curved gaff on...
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    nothing new under the sun

    here's the picture
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    nothing new under the sun

    Thank you all for your helpful comments regarding creases and bendy yards. When I was building my boat 4 years ago, I came across this book:


    W. P. Stephens, Canoe and Boat Building...
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    nothing new under the sun

    Thank you all for your helpful comments regarding creases and bendy yards. When I was building my boat 4 years ago, I came across this book:
    W. P. Stephens, Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs 10th...
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    "It is would be theoretically possible to do a...

    "It is would be theoretically possible to do a completely straight sided sail and put all the draft in by broadseaming. In which point the broadseaming would come back from the luff to the deepest...
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    Sorry, Crossed threads, I meant Mark Harvey's...

    Sorry, Crossed threads, I meant Mark Harvey's boat in the GIS thread. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/goat-island-skiff-22796/index24.html. It looks rather flat, and has the dreaded crease from...
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    In the photo it looks rather flat, and has a...

    In the photo it looks rather flat, and has a small crease from the throat which the Roxanne line removes by pulling back the end of the yard. Can it be removed by more downhaul tension? On my sail,...
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    more adjustments to balanced lug

    Hi all,
    On my balanced lug mainsail 8.4 sq m., I have been fiddling with the correct yard bend to match the draft of the sail at the upper part affected by the yard bend and downhaul tension. The...
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    Gunter rig

    To see the ultimate use of an efficient gunter rig, way back from the 1920's, take a look at the German J-boat and its relatives including the 12 sq.m. sharpie. The largest Rennjolle has 22 sq. m...
  50. Thread: Lunne

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    Now I'm getting interested! If the boat were to...

    Now I'm getting interested! If the boat were to be within the existing D and E rule (they overlap so if you take out the ballast a D can become an E if it is exactly 1.50 m and hull weighs 150 kg ) D...
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