Free wingsail yard, noses and hinge boxes

  • 14 Mar 2015 20:28
    Message # 3252418

    Following on from my decision to quit further wingsail development, I have to dispose of the batten components.

    I have the yard, strong and sound, six noses, three or four of which have been repaired, and six hinge boxes, usable, all made from CFRP. I would suggest that the noses could be bonded to the hinges, with sufficient overlap (and therefore shorter than when I was using them), and shorter after battens made  (of wood or alloy tube). These could be fitted to a sail of about 30 sq m, not much more than half the size of mine, with much less stress on them.

    They are at Saturna Island BC Canada, and you could see them there and would need to collect them from there, or arrange shipping.

    An opportunity for someone who is interested in wingsails, but not in the amount of work needed to make the spars?

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