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Rob's friends sail cut
On Aug 21, 12:35 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "katy" wrote in message ... Joe wrote: For Pete's sake, if it bothers you so much you can always drop the lifelines down to the base of the bow pulpit..many people do that...we have chafe guards on our lines..little round whellie things that the sail rides over to keep it from chafing...our sail is a deck sweeper...having it cut up over the top of the lifelines would mean an incredible loss of sail area...so it's a tad unsightly, so what? Beats losing speed...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Drop the life lines forward? They're still there.. they just run at a slant from the first set of stanchions to the bottom of the bow pulpit...they are still functional... Do they toss the lifejackets and liferaft over too? You got the wrong picture in your mind... Why not go with a bigger % forward sail to make up for the loss. We have a 140....don't have any use for anything larger than that...we have a light displacement boat and do not sail on head sail alone..that's not the way our boat is balanced... Tad unsightly, so what? What is that the crunched up sail is not going to have a good flow at the foot as Doug claims. It's not crunched up...it's just a bit crooked.... It should never be crunched up or crooked. The foot should run fair. Have a look at how a real sailor does it.http://captneal.homestead.com/Thumbsup.html Pay particular attention to the "close-hauled" picture. Note how the sail sweeps the foredeck and how the lifelines angle down to the base of the pulpit so there is no interaction with the sail. I hope this helps. Wilbur Hubbard Nice Solar panels! Well done. |
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