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Wilbur Hubbard Wilbur Hubbard is offline
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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Frogwatch,

Before you cut off those Lateen Booms, thinks a bit. The Lateen Rig
uses
a very simple mast; No sail track, No Boom jaws, No Gaff Jaws, No
complicated rigging on the gaff to shape the sail.

The Lateen is a very simple sail and by bringing the Booms together
with the sail coming to a point it can be kept simple.
AND

Watch Neal, using Wilbur's name, come Stalking with some kind of
STUPID
comment(G)



Ole Thom, you are a brilliant man. You used to sail the most desirable
sailboat of anybody here. You are slim, fit and handsome.

You know something? You were 100% correct about the STUPID comments BG

Wilbur Hubbard