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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2012, 15:21
Replies: 35
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Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

so everything works very well and she sails great, the leeboard set up is more than satisfactory but needs slight tweaking, i initially installed a doubled up bungie from the center line to the...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2012, 09:52
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

nahhh... gaff main and staysail :thumb:
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2011, 15:30
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

not a whole lot of wind but more then enough
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2011, 05:53
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

cant promise a video as that is beyond my current level of technological ownership/mastery... youll have to settle for pictures for now... if she sails well enough im thinking about taking a stab at...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2011, 05:24
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

splash time t minus 4 hours... to do list this morning
- tie on tiller extension
- make/install hiking strap
- lines to retain leeboard...

rig is folded up and in the bag. everything save the...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-12-2011, 05:11
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

should splash her tommorrow... finishing touches today are to install padeyes/ pie plates for hiking strap, change jib sheet leads... assemble the rudder...

sails are taped, stiched and bent on,...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-12-2011, 17:07
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: Too Much Rig?! ;)

coming alloonnnggg.... :thumb::D:thumb:
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-12-2011, 20:31
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: too much rig?! ;)

:devil:now if it didnt have to worry about getting this thing on the deck of my seawind, id love to cast a long external lead keel for this thing... but opti blades should work just fine...

no...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-12-2011, 08:37
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: too much rig?! ;)

will figure that out, tweek as i go... to beauty of this boat is that endless modification is cheap and easy, the boom stick over the transom by 6" as it is...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-12-2011, 07:49
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: too much rig?! ;)

no idea, been trying to figure that out...

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f117/id-this-hard-rowing-dink-56459.html

but this thread didnt go anywhere, seabird you say?
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-12-2011, 07:12
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Re: too much rig?! ;)

haha yess of course, i am going to start with a leeboard tied to a rope fixed on the centerline that you flop from side to side when tacking (ala ben zartman...) rudder depends on if i find an opti...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-12-2011, 06:27
Replies: 35
Views: 3,988
Posted By pressuredrop
Too Much Rig?! ;)

built a rig for my rowing dink out of some free garbage pile carbon fiber windsurfer masts (used for mast and bow sprit... boom is a sunfish spar, thrubolted teak strops and spliced 3 strand standing...
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