Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My P'dincle is sprit rigged, and the mast on the 17 foot boat is but 8 feet tall. So, we usually row out past harbor traffic, step the mast, raise the main, stick one end of the sprit into the peak, and the other into the snotter, raise the jib, and trim by the main sheet, jib sheet, then tighten down the snooter to get a clean line on the main. If a blow comes up, all you have to do is loosen the snotter, pull out the sprit, and you've effectively shortened sail by half! As others have pointed out, no boom headachers. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > ... with senorita. That's pronounced spritz-zel, BTW. This simple rig > goes way, way back to Roman times, was a common feature on Thames barges, > and was commonly used for small dinghies on Cape Cod in the early-part of > the 20th Century. It's an easy boat to rig or stow since at the end of the > day the sail is "brailed" (rolled) up against the sprit and mast, > everything > tied together and the mast unstepped and dropped into the boat. > > This one looks like a recent replica of an much older sailing dory design. > Check out the low, curving tiller. If that doesn't rise, (it looks like > it does but I've run across a few boats where it doesn't) this boat would > be > hellish to hold down in any kind of a blow. In the 5-10 knot breeze we had > this day the boat balanced perfectly with the senorita, er, crew sitting in > the boat. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/?g2_page=5 > or > http://tinyurl.com/nbswky > > D300, etc. > > C&C always welcome. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) If you are wondering, the following abolishes Gmail ads. ;-) I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath. USA