Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not really, if your snotter isn't right, your sail won't be right, and no one will take pictures of your boat! (Unless you have the right girl aboard!!) On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > You're talking rubbish, mate! > > :-) > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) USA