Another write up by Arne Kverneland

  • 06 Jul 2014 21:57
    Reply # 3038765 on 869421
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    I suggest we jump to the "Ingeborg..." topic ...

     

    Arne 

  • 03 Jul 2014 10:47
    Reply # 3037080 on 869421

    Told you so :-D! 

    Now what we need is for you and Peter to get together, once you have fitted your junk rig, and sail against one another.  That would be interesting.

    Good for you, Arne.  Nice to know you can't resist temptation.

  • 26 Jun 2014 22:05
    Reply # 3032436 on 3032432
    Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Peter Scandling wrote:

    Arne

    Beautiful new boat.  Lucky you.  Can't wait to see her with a junk rig.

    have fun

    Peter 


    Thanks Peter  -  our boats are cousins!

    Good luck with your first sail!

    Arne

     

  • 26 Jun 2014 22:02
    Reply # 3032432 on 869421

    Arne

    Beautiful new boat.  Lucky you.  Can't wait to see her with a junk rig.

    have fun

    Peter 

  • 26 Jun 2014 21:06
    Reply # 3032379 on 1556692
    Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Annie Hill wrote:
    Arne Kverneland wrote:I am unsure if Miss  Sørensen will be my last boat, or not. It depends if I can upgrade her a bit for cruising. The alternative is to find a keel boat in the 1.5ton range, maybe a H-boat. That boat has the looks, the seaworthiness and the speed. I must decide this summer as I can't hold (and pay for) a second berth for longer.
    Arne: there isn't a cat in hell's chance that this young lady will be your last boat.  You are far too curious and inventive for such fidelity!  Can you not sublet your berth until something else takes your fancy?

    Er...
    actually, two days ago a new boat arrived in berth D23. It is a 26’ Marieholm IF. I simply thought that she deserved me
      -  and in due course, a new rig  -  surprise, surprise...

    Arne

    PS: I will soon open a new topic on her, named “Ingeborg, Arne’s Marieholm IF”


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  • 12 Jun 2014 08:38
    Reply # 3005216 on 869421
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Annie

    The force I need to adjust the THP is quite light, about the same, or a bit lighter than the pull in the (3-part) halyard  -  which certainly isn’t heavy either. This is not only due to the size of the sail, but also to the fact that the halyard is attached a bit aft of the middle of the yard. This way the yard is peaked up more by the halyard and this will unload the THP and the yard hauling parrel.

    The big difference between the H-M sail and a fanned sail is that the H-M sail is just a big parallelogram below batten 2 or 3 (counted from top), so once the position of the top section is set, the lower part will follow on.  Therefore, there will be less need for HK-parrels or other means to hold the position.

    If one takes a look at photos of the ultra-fanned  sails from Hong Kong, one will see that the HK-parrels are working  very hard and that all those stout battens are bending upwards.

    Passing the THP half around Frøken Sørensen's  slippery aluminium mast didn’t add any noticeable friction.

    Cheers, Arne...

    ..must go and assist with slipping Johanna...

     

    Last modified: 12 Jun 2014 08:42 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 11 Jun 2014 23:53
    Reply # 3005066 on 869421

    OK, Arne, I'll believe you, but I'm not sure I'm taking on Ash's challenge!

    Your new sail is looking great and I can see the THP working.  Are there heavy loads on it, do you find.  Although, I suppose with such a little boat there can't really be.

    I had set up a luff-hauling parrel (twice round the mast) for Fantail.  It needed all my strength to haul the creases out and I finally bent the batten (first sheeted one) to which it was attached.  I have a deeply-, if mistakenly-held conviction that there should be no heavy loads on JR, and when I bent this batten I immediately scrapped the arrangement.  Now I go from batten 2 to batten 4 which seems to do the trick without undue tension.  I tried your system, but it didn't seem to work properly for my fanned sail.  Next boat will have an Arne sail, however :-)

  • 11 Jun 2014 21:02
    Reply # 3004980 on 869421
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Taming the Throat Hauling Parrel, THP

    Tonight I was out in Frøken Sørensen and made a little modification to the THP.

    In a hurry, made a little photo write-up. You find it under Letters and it is called “Taming the THP”

    Or try this short direct link, below:

     

    http://goo.gl/J2MVYZ

     

    I hope it makes sense.

    Arne

     

  • 11 Jun 2014 09:36
    Reply # 3004575 on 869421
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Annie, how could you think that!

    I just wanted to check the tool I found here on the Google site:

    http://goo.gl/

    I find that it is a super-quick way to produce shortened links, and they seem to work as well. Before that, I never could make links directly to PDF-files on “my”  JRA page.

    When I do sketches like this one, it is only to check the usefullness of Chapter 3 and 4 of “TCPJR”; nothing serious, of course...

    I have been out sailing in Frøken Sørensen for seven of the last eleven days. I am still thrilled by her super-easy handling: I wouldn’t think twice about dropping and hoisting her sail five times during an afternoon  -  it’s so easy.

    Cheers, must go, the wind is picking up...

    Arne

     

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  • 11 Jun 2014 00:17
    Reply # 3004278 on 869421
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    Three weeks, lets open a book; wager:  1 pint in the yacht Club Bar

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