... book ... a ... Van ... peaked ... is ... not ... designer ... Hiya Paul, I've ordered the Van Loan book. Meanwhile, trying to follow the thread of these...
... Yo Craig! Is this from Craig? I just ordered the Van Loan book. I'm presently compilling a post about Shakespeare poles. It'll be on the junkrig egroup in...
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Alan Maddog! MacBride
themadmac@...
Oct 1, 2000 2:56 pm
... fiberglass ... Probably ... Hiya Craig, I spent a few minutes (yeah right!) tracking down Shakespeare. They make fishing stuff too apparently. Shakespeare...
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Paul Stewart-Day
stewartday@...
Oct 2, 2000 9:21 am
Dear Alan, I'll try to respond to your queries about the differences between Van Loan and Hasler designs and running parrels in particular. Please note though...
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James Creighton
jwc@...
Oct 3, 2000 12:56 pm
Last year I visited the JRA I got to sail in a couple of boats with sails designed by Sunbird Marine Services. Sunbird has abandoned batten pockets in favour...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Oct 3, 2000 3:38 pm
... I'll have to get back to the missing bits of my junk rig tutorial. Basically Van Loan advocates a tall rectangular sail, and does not believe in...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Oct 3, 2000 3:38 pm
... Ther's not a lot of descriptive material on running parrels. From what I've read (a lot) but of course never seen in person, I suspet the running parrels...
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James Creighton
jwc@...
Oct 3, 2000 6:56 pm
... You are probably right. I used to have "short batten parrels" and switched to a running luff parrel when Hasler's book came out. (Hasler designed my...
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Paul Stewart-Day
stewartday@...
Oct 3, 2000 9:18 pm
Dear Craig, You quite correclty state that Van Loan does not believe in multi- sheetlets. However, I am not sure what to call the loop of rope with a block...
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Alan Maddog! MacBride
themadmac@...
Oct 3, 2000 9:33 pm
... with ... battens ... but ... Hiya Paul, PJR, page 12, calls the loop and block between battens "sheet spans". What are sheetlets? MD!...
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James Creighton
jwc@...
Oct 3, 2000 10:00 pm
... They are the same as "sheet spans." JimC...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Oct 4, 2000 1:33 pm
... Probably. I don't know what the Chinese terms for the things are, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen a diagram with the Chinese names. There are two...
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Oct 4, 2000 2:03 pm
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Oct 4, 2000 2:04 pm
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Oct 4, 2000 2:06 pm
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dadadata@...
Oct 4, 2000 2:12 pm
I've added some files in a folder called Sheeting. a file showing Van Loan's suggested sheeting; a file showing a Euphroe, from someone's junk web page on AOL...
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dadadata@...
Oct 4, 2000 2:52 pm
I found a few diagrams which explain Tom Colvin's approach. I don't recall unfortunately which book of his these come from....
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Oct 4, 2000 2:55 pm
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Alan Maddog! MacBride
themadmac@...
Oct 4, 2000 10:31 pm
... would seem ... without ... switched to a running luff parrel when Hasler's book came out. (Hasler designed my original rig.) The only difference I noticed...
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Alan Maddog! MacBride
themadmac@...
Oct 4, 2000 11:11 pm
Hiya Junkies, There was a vague mention of Shakespeare as a source of masts. This should have a question mark next to it, such as, "masts?" So I went to ...
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Arthur Plottier
arthurplottier@...
Oct 5, 2000 3:39 am
A complete new design by David Payne for a 50 footer junk rigged steel schooner is being lofted now by Plottier Steel Yacht Constructions. The 12 meter...
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Paul Stewart-Day
stewartday@...
Oct 5, 2000 3:59 am
I have reviewed the data and opinion on this site, and its links, and it appears to me that there may be one avenue of experimentation left to improve my...
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Arthur Plottier
arthurplottier@...
Oct 5, 2000 7:39 am
Dear Paul, I am lost!! Before our times people sailed in square rigged boats and discovered the new world. Then comes the gaff rig because the square was ...
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James Creighton
jwc@...
Oct 5, 2000 8:35 am
Junkies, In the search for the right mast, I think folks overlook the simplicity and economy of the solid wood mast whether it be a grown tree or laminated...
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Paul Stewart-Day
stewartday@...
Oct 5, 2000 12:16 pm
Dear Arthur, I agree that simplicity is good and that chasing speed and performance is not of itself worthwhile. Even though my boat's windward performance...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Oct 5, 2000 1:48 pm
... I'm probably nine months or a year from needing a mast, ... I read about Shakespeare a few years back in a little article about a guy who restored a...
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De Clarke
de@...
Oct 5, 2000 6:19 pm
I'm chiming in from my vast ignorance here, but I've always cherished reservations about GRP poles. The thing that worries me is the way GRP cloth gets...
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De Clarke
de@...
Oct 5, 2000 6:29 pm
... how much is "a lot" -- and are there hull designs which would tend to compensate (i.e. which are better on the wind from the git-go irrespective of sail...
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Paul Stewart-Day
stewartday@...
Oct 5, 2000 8:06 pm
Dear De Clarke, To answer your 2 queries- 1. When I say that my boat's windward performance dropped off a lot, I simply mean that it does not point as high as...
