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I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in
the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" system. It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? CM |
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I've heard of the twin headsail with a midship mast, but always with a main. Even a
Prout, with the mast just forward of the cockpit carries a main. Of course, on a 20 foot boat, that would allow about 8 foot boom. "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ... I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" system. It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? CM |
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Here Jeff... I found a reference to it.... scroll down to the photos and
newspaper clips. The story seems different to what I have heard. http://www.nordicaboats.com/html/photos.html CM "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... | I've heard of the twin headsail with a midship mast, but always with a main. Even a | Prout, with the mast just forward of the cockpit carries a main. Of course, on a 20 foot | boat, that would allow about 8 foot boom. | | | "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message | ... | I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in | the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. | This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" | system. | It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... | no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any | experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? | | CM | | | | | | |
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"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote:
I've heard of the twin headsail with a midship mast, but always with a main. Even a Prout, with the mast just forward of the cockpit carries a main. Of course, on a 20 foot boat, that would allow about 8 foot boom. "Capt. Mooron" wrote... I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" system. It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? I remember about 20~25 years ago, Garry Hoyt designed what he called a "delta" rig. Mast was father aft than you describe (rear of cockpit)with this rig and there were two roller-furling sails forward, cutter-style. It also featured one of his gun-mount spinnakers. I suspect it was a real speedster off the wind. Don't think it ever went into production. Frank |
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Leave it the French to rely on two inefficient and
trouble-prone sails. Just try to heave-to with such an ignorant rig. Poor choice of boat as well. "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ... I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" system. It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? CM |
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Check it out for yourself..... scroll down you can't miss it.
http://www.nordicaboats.com/html/photos.html CM "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... | Leave it the French to rely on two inefficient and | trouble-prone sails. Just try to heave-to with | such an ignorant rig. Poor choice of boat as well. | | | "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ... | I was at the DYC yesterday and saw a Nordica 20 that had supposedly been in | the South Pacific for 9 years before being sailed to Halifax via Panama. | This is the strangest rig I have ever seen. It was called a "French Rigged" | system. | It has a mast placed just aft of amidships and 2 roller furling headsails... | no boom, no mainsail. Apparently it sails... does anyone have any | experience with this type of set-up? Has anyone else ever heard of it? | | CM | | | | | | |
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"Capt. Mooron" wrote:
Check it out for yourself..... scroll down you can't miss it. http://www.nordicaboats.com/html/photos.html Yep, looks pretty much like Hoyt's "delta" rig (Delta 26), except Hoyt's hull was a modern, efficient underbody with a fin and without a bowsprit. Plus, like I said, Hoyt also had one of his gun-mount spinnakers on his design. Frank |
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