On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:28:13 -0400, Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:33:45 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:18:46 -0400, DSK wrote:



You cannot bolt on "gofast." You can design & build a rig to be
controllable & highly adjustable, and put on rigging to accomplish same.
It need not be expensive or complex. OTOH many "cruising" oriented boats
(not just dinghies) are unnecessarily difficult to handle because the
rigs are cumbersome in an attempt to be "strong" and they have
sacrificed too much controllability.

Could you explain this, please. I undertand you mean that omthing in some
cruiser rigs is "to much" and contra productive.... How?

What to beware of?

I expect DSK can answer for himself, but an obvious one is a stiff,
heavy mast that doesn't allow convenient flattening of the sail.

NB: The following is not intended to be a flame. Many of your
questions sound as if you are not familiar with small-boat sailing.

The first problem is my "sail english". The second is that I havn'yt sailed
much reasently and the third is that
;o) may aim isn't relly to sail, more to transport.

This makes me probably more than usually foused on solving a line of
dilemmas as fast as possible without the big bucks.

The ultra lite sailer I intend doesn't even exist. The Wayfarer has a weight
of 80% more then my maximum. Still it is the closest manufactured
alternative so far.


If
you get some significant sailing under your belt in existing
production boats, you will have a much better idea of where you wanbt
to go, and how to get there.

As I say, I'm not into sailing for sailing, more like lake hiking.


If you are not racing, it is all the more important that you _like_
the behavior of the boat you are sailing. The only way to find out
what you like is to sail, a lot.

Not an alternative in practice.

But a reasonable suggestion.


Morgan O.