The question I have is, will the camber be lost at the leading edge? Will the sail be flattened by the mast or bulge out? Take Slieve's sail shape and balance...
Iself. I just got an idea: Instead of all the work of moving the whole sail forward on the mast, one can do a much simpler test: Just bring on board a thick...
(.. this posting I sent hours before the one at 11:43pm, but it seems it didn't get through... I try again...) Stavanger, Thursday Iself About Slieve sail...
Frank, I actually tried to pull that posting before you saw it, because when I read further into your conversations I saw that you really meant tabernacle and...
Stavanger, Sun Frank. I've uploaded a file called... .. 20100404 A junkrig for a Sandpiper 565. You find it under... Files/Arne K...'s Files/ Letters etc/... I...
You are correct. The camber is reduced. Using my example in earlier post with a 20 inch camber (i.e. right angle to the panel) and 6 inch diameter mast. I...
Hi Arne, Pushing in the belly of the sail with a stick sounds like a good idea. I don't think the effect will be subtle. The sail area in front of the stick...
Stavanger Sunday eve Iself. Now, thinking twice, I'm not sure if that stick-test I suggested is so smart after all. At least I'll have to fit a second Hong...
Thank you Arne! I need some time to examine all that and digest it but it looks like you did my homework for me. Where were you when I was in school? I...
Arne: Is it possible that the Roach on my sail might be where I will find that missing 20 sq ft? Do they calculate the roach size in determining sail...
Stavanger, Mon Frank About calculating sail area: I think the usual way of calculating a Bm mainsail is to just calculate the triangle between the corners. The...
Hi Arne You wrote-"I think the usual way of calculating a Bm mainsail is to just calculate the triangle between the corners. The roach is not counted with, but...
Hi Frank, When I plan a convertion, and use the original sails draving as a guide, I always take into account thr roach unless it is very slight. Victor...
... If we move the mast aft to, say 30% from luff, then we first get a flat section caused by the HK parrels and then a new flat section caused by the mast....
Stavanger, Wed. Robert, I've had a rethink on this and I guess I've been to categorical, dismissing the van Loan sail too much . The high balance sail would...
... You could take a look here: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/howto/junkrig/index.htm The sail is well balanced and could easily be transformed into the...
Well, there you go. A VanLoan shape with camber. Thanks BJ. I can barely see the camber in the pic of the sail but that's probably because it is only 5%. rself...
Arne, Robert: This what I have been looking at and studying before i joined this group. I am not sure if this guy is here or not but his cambering what...
Hello all, Like many, I have been a mostly silent member of this group, reading and gathering as much information as possible. Unfortunately, I have not found...
Hi Bernard, Thanks for the link. The 'darts' are a very interesting way of sewing camber into the sail. Great for a small-boat sail that is made from a single...
Hi Serge, I understand your problem, when rigging Ti Gitu we could not find much information on aluminium battens. Somewhere, but I can not remember where, we...
Stavanger, Sat Serge. I have written a little article called The Mast which in the end has a description of Johanna's battens and yard. You find the article...
Tank you for your reply, I must admit I am a little puzzled by the small diameter of your batten, but then the pictures of Ti Gitu speak for themselves : High...
Hello, I have read everything you wrote in your files, Arne, except the Mast article because the mast is the only thing I got with the boat! Nice reading. Even...
... Hello Serge, A long time ago, in about 1994 I think, I made cambered panel sails for "Ivory Gull" in acrylic canvas using thhe "run and fell"seam that Arne...
Stavanger, Tuesday just... Hi Serge, I know that the tailor style batten seam looks too weak. When I made the sail for Malena this way in 1994 (See photo...
