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  • 09 May 2013 23:03
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    Reply # 1289628 on 644008
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    I was reading Peter Manning's thread and he mentioned being photographed while sailing. We've found we attract a lot of attention while sailing on the river. It is of course the totally out of the norm junk rig that catches the eye but looking ashore and seeing a camera pointed at us is very common.
  • 05 May 2013 05:46
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    Reply # 1285764 on 644008
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    More light wind running with a bit of broad reaching thrown in. Of course the wind picked up after we had tied up but I am impressed with her light air abilities.
  • 02 May 2013 21:58
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    Reply # 1284099 on 644008
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    Okay no swivel. I figured it was the twist in the rope which is 10mm braid but I couldn't think how to stop it twisting.
    Hope to get a sail in this weekend.
  • 02 May 2013 09:23
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    Reply # 1283574 on 644008
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    Annie is SO right-----  no swivels on sheeting sytem. Run a messenger line and remove the sheets or halyards and take them walkies ashore taking out the twist---  we do it every year when we end for end . It will improve! TONY
  • 02 May 2013 06:34
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    Reply # 1283514 on 1282634
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    Gary Pick wrote:My main problem is the twist I get in part of the sheet and one of the sheet spans, I'm hoping a swivel shackle will fix it...just need to buy one.
    No, no, no!! Take it from me putting any swivel in the sheeting system will simply make everything worse.  I suspect your problem is the innate twists left in the rope from unspooling it when you were rigging the sail.  This will  improve with time, but some rope is worse than others.  Try and do a lot of running :-) so that the sheet can run right out and get rid of some of its twist.  And don't make the bitter end fast.

    I use those floppy plastic buckets for my sheet and halliard (Kurt mehitabel's idea), which work quite satisfactorily.      (Drill some holes in the bottom of them!)  One day I'll do something better ... 
  • 01 May 2013 04:21
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    Reply # 1282634 on 644008
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    My winch is a standard Barlow 15. I find with the 4:1 halyard that I can raise the sail by hand and the friction is not too bad. I do find I have a lot of halyard in the cockpit once it's up though. My main problem is the twist I get in part of the sheet and one of the sheet spans, I'm hoping a swivel shackle will fix it...just need to buy one.
  • 01 May 2013 00:37
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    Reply # 1282505 on 1281764
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    Gary King wrote:
    How is raising the sail going? Tried it without using the winch? I think yours is the same area as our main (30sqm).

    If I stand by the mast, I can easily haul my sail up on its 3;1 purchase.  From the cockpit is a different story and the last two panels are a struggle.  But I know exactly why that is: friction from the sheets.  When I'm sailing off my anchor, I usually raise either the first three (unsheeted) panels or the first four.  The sail remains pretty docile, even in a tideway, but gives me enough power to get moving even in very light winds.  By this time things are getting a bit busy and a foot is required on the helm, so I tend to winch up the rest of the sail.  The Oracle - may be be forever blessed - gave me a Barlow 19, self-tailing winch and I find no problem at all raising the rest of the sail with this.  It's quick as:  not much slower than hauling by hand, I reckon.  My sail is much of a size with yours.
  • 30 Apr 2013 14:53
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    Reply # 1281996 on 1281764
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    Gary King wrote:
    Gary Pick wrote:
    Gary King wrote:Thanks (from other thread), your comment on the HK parrels are noted.
    How is raising the sail going? Tried it without using the winch? I think yours is the same area as our main (30sqm).

    I don't use the winch at all except as a cleat for the halyard. I do have a rope jammer on the halyard but it tends to slip so I do 3 turns around the winch drum then run a loop under the standing part and back onto the winch. The loading is very little but it stops it from slipping. It takes me about 2-3 minutes to raise and set the sail...maybe 4 minutes.:)
    My sail is slightly smaller at something like 30.23 sqm . The boom and batten length is about 4.6 metres.
    Your halyard is 3:1?
    4:1
  • 30 Apr 2013 08:10
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    Reply # 1281764 on 1281691
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    Gary Pick wrote:
    Gary King wrote:Thanks (from other thread), your comment on the HK parrels are noted.
    How is raising the sail going? Tried it without using the winch? I think yours is the same area as our main (30sqm).

    I don't use the winch at all except as a cleat for the halyard. I do have a rope jammer on the halyard but it tends to slip so I do 3 turns around the winch drum then run a loop under the standing part and back onto the winch. The loading is very little but it stops it from slipping. It takes me about 2-3 minutes to raise and set the sail...maybe 4 minutes.:)
    My sail is slightly smaller at something like 30.23 sqm . The boom and batten length is about 4.6 metres.
    Your halyard is 3:1?
  • 30 Apr 2013 06:06
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    Reply # 1281691 on 1281673
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    Gary King wrote:Thanks (from other thread), your comment on the HK parrels are noted.
    How is raising the sail going? Tried it without using the winch? I think yours is the same area as our main (30sqm).

    I don't use the winch at all except as a cleat for the halyard. I do have a rope jammer on the halyard but it tends to slip so I do 3 turns around the winch drum then run a loop under the standing part and back onto the winch. The loading is very little but it stops it from slipping. It takes me about 2-3 minutes to raise and set the sail...maybe 4 minutes.:)
    My sail is slightly smaller at something like 30.23 sqm . The boom and batten length is about 4.6 metres.
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