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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-08-2010, 15:35
Replies: 22
Views: 10,509
Posted By Dockhead
Ha, ha. Well, it's not main only (I wish!). ...

Ha, ha. Well, it's not main only (I wish!). That would create intolerable weather helm in our boat in 20 knots of wind. We had the yankee reefed to the first mark and the staysail furled, having...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-08-2010, 15:21
Replies: 22
Views: 10,509
Posted By Dockhead
Oh, we had great weather other than one or two...

Oh, we had great weather other than one or two days of downpour when we were snugly moored up in Cherbourg. No complaints at all, and we had plenty of wind both ways contrary to all of the...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-08-2010, 14:14
Replies: 22
Views: 10,509
Posted By Dockhead
A great big thank you to Bash. If you find...

A great big thank you to Bash. If you find yourself in these parts, Bash, I will take you to dinner at the George in Yarmouth.

I understood after those comments that I had misunderstood the pull...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 01-08-2010, 15:36
Replies: 22
Views: 10,509
Posted By Dockhead
I have just drawn a diagram and I see to my...

I have just drawn a diagram and I see to my horror that you are right. Luff tension, luff tension, luff tension!!! Crap! All those hours wasted and negative result achieved. Crap, crap, crap!
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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 01-08-2010, 13:47
Replies: 22
Views: 10,509
Posted By Dockhead
Inmast-Furling Disaster

One day before our planned English Channel our mainsail jammed into an unbelievable wad inside our Selden furling mast. To such an extent that I could not budget the sail either in or out.

It...
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