On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:37:36 +0200, Jelle wrote:

Morgan Ohlson wrote:

The problem, at the moment is more about wich sails may be put together
combined with a reasonable home made mast (tube-GRP)

A stiff mast in GPR will weigth to much or be too bendy,

Which radius are you talking about?

Here is a homie GRP-mast for a Roamer
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/3387/index.htm

glass is just too
elastic for that purpose. If you want to build the mast yourself, I'd try a
wood/carbon/epoxy setup.

Sometimes more expencive stuff is better. Probably it is in this case.


Wood for ease of construction (otherwise you need
to make a mandrel/plug first)

No there are plenty of other ways!


and for compression, carbon for stiffnes and
epoxy to glue it all together with some margin for error.

besides, I'd go fo a balanced lug for ease of handling. Just one sail,
relatively easy to make and no long spars or mast needed.

My good, stop that romantic mumbo jumbo!

....and, why the **** should anyone invest in hours of building a
carbon-combination and for a lug?

Yes, yes... buy carbon fibers and build a garden trolly ;o)

Actually, I'm quite convinced that you are trying to pull my leg.


You wont get a
high aspect ratio with it, but you should not strive for that on your boat
anyway.

Huh!

....naturally there was no argument for that last part P


Morgan O.