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Sail Trim
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:57:34 -0500, CaveLamb
wrote: Bruce wrote: True the jib effects the main but the main should set properly with no jib up. But I'm a bit confused. Were you getting horizontal wrinkles? In which case it is probably the luff tension; or vertical wrinkles in which case you can try more outhaul or maybe more sheet tension. Clew ring on the jib too big? A cruising sailor attaches the sheets to the clew with knots :-) As for the old sail if it was too long in the foot it is pretty easy to cut and re sew the leech. In fact changing the curve of any of the edges is a pretty painless job. In the movie I can't see any luff telltails but except for the foot looking a bit loose the sail looks good to me. But you said that you had the outhaul slacked off. Is that your wife? And here I thought you told me that you were some kind of old retired guy. By the way, if you want to learn about boating find a copy of "How to build a Tin Canoe", by Robb White, mostly about sailing off the Georgia, N. Florida coast but a really good read. The author is dead now but you can get the flavor of the book by reading articles on his web site http://www.robbwhite.com/ Cheers, Bruce Aris (the fellow who owns Mariner Sails) said it was easy to change one side or the other, but not both at the same time. So he just cut a new sail. That is true in one sense. As the sail isn't flat measuring the curve of the leech and luff is a bit iffy. Usually you stretch the side you are changing so as to lay as flat as possible and then mark and cut it. So I agree with the sail maker (lucky that :-). I was actually thinking of the sewing rather then the measuring, marking and cutting. Thanks, Bruce. We'll keep working at it and get it figured out. That foot looking loose has me puzzled. Because it does. But when I tensioned it it looked worse! We had no tension on outhaul or vang in that run. It looks like the foot of the sail is trying to slide aft a bit. There is no slug at the clew, and the tack fitting doesn't pull it forward in line with the rest of the luff. It's only an inch or so. But it might need to be retained there better. Just add a slug at the bottom? And I'm going to have to come up with a gate setup at the slot where the slugs go into the mast. There is a sail stop there now, but it holds the stack up about 5 inches. I don't know if there are more slugs on this sail or what, but it sure stacks a lot taller when furled! Dorthy smiled and said to tell you that I'm not all THAT old. 61 now (She is considerably younger) But I don't recognize the old man in the mirror any more... Well, she would, wouldn't she :-? Cheers, Bruce |
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