Ideas for sailmaking leftovers

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  • 17 Jun 2024 09:02
    Reply # 13370979 on 13367933

    Another little gadget fron leftovers. I made a bag for the halyard, to cope with one of the (very few) disadvantages of the junk rig: a lot of lines piling up in the cockpit. 

    The bag is made of an old genoa, with the top stiffened by that 50m m webbing. Handles are made from 25 mm webbing. As bottom I used a net, to let water drip out and enable air circulation. 

    As Ilvy has had 7 winches (at 25 ft LOA...) when we bought her, there are a lot winches not in use, now after the JR conversion. In fact they are all useless nowadays, thanks to the junk rig. However, one of those just recently discovered a new meaning of live: holding that line bag.

    It works really well, if you flake the halyard in figure of 8s. At least this part of the cockpit is clear now. I regret a bit to only have made one of those bags in winter, the sheet would deserve one, too!

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  • 16 Jun 2024 15:40
    Reply # 13370805 on 13370775
    Anonymous wrote:

    Hi Mauro,

    That looks quite clever! Nice idea! 

    Did you ever feel the need to close the sides?


    Cheers,

    Paul

    Thank you Paul!

    I find your solution much smarter…

    Anyway the tent can be lowered by sliding the tubes in the holding pipes fixed to the stanchion. This can be made on one side making the tent assimetrical and improving a little bit the shadow when the sun shines from one side..anyway I’m thinking to add side triangles :)

    cheers

    Mauro

  • 16 Jun 2024 13:14
    Reply # 13370775 on 13367933

    Hi Mauro,

    That looks quite clever! Nice idea! 

    Did you ever feel the need to close the sides?


    Cheers,

    Paul

  • 16 Jun 2024 08:12
    Reply # 13370743 on 13367933

    Hi Paul, beautiful ideas!

    I’ve also made a sun tent for my little kingfisher with leftovers of odyssey III…

    Have a nice cruising in the north on your beautifully rigged Maxi, I follow your lovely made blog…

    Buon vento

    Mauro 


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  • 12 Jun 2024 12:24
    Reply # 13369129 on 13367933

    Beautiful moorings Paul! Are you in Norway? 

    Yed, indeed, really gorgeous here! I am cruising the East Coast of sweden this summer. Have a look at my blog!

  • 12 Jun 2024 09:13
    Reply # 13369102 on 13368103
    Anonymous wrote:

    Another small leftover-project: chave-resistant slings for mooring at trees or stones.

    As I had some dozens of meters of 50 mm PES webbing and some thick, chafe-resistang pvc cloth (batten pockets at the mast) leftover, I thought that might be useful. The webbing I cut to 3-4 m length, and sewed 10 cm wide eyes on both sides. All enveloped in the pvc cloth and sewn together. Quickly done, costs next to nothing and has a huge effect on safe mooring.

    Sits perfectly on a tree, while protecting the bark due to its 50 mm with. Sits also perfectly on a stone, with the pvc preventing any chave.

    Perfect for mooring in the wild!

    Beautiful moorings Paul! Are you in Norway?
  • 11 Jun 2024 01:15
    Reply # 13368511 on 13368100
    Anonymous wrote:

    Unfortunately I am only able to upload images to my profile albums, not pdfs... or I am too stupid. I just attached the (very raw) drawing to this post.


    If you turn the PDF's into .png or .jpg you can upload them.
  • 10 Jun 2024 18:40
    Reply # 13368329 on 13367933
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Paul,

    of course  -  both you and your boat are very different from me and my boat.

    First of all, I am four or five notches smaller than you, and actually, I rounded 70 this Easter, so when I raise Ingeborg’s sail (..same size as yours...), that job calls for my full attention.

    Secondly, Ingeborg is an IF, and is very different from the fin-keeled boats I used to have. These could be tamed simply by shoving the tiller fully to leeward (like Ilvy). Ingeborg’s rudder cannot be squared off like that, and besides, her trim lines and big keel area makes her set off each time the sail fills a little. Even the little friction in the sheet is enough to produce some drive. That drogue (..or a mate at the tiller...) is needed to keep her from picking up speed and then tack, if she feels for it.

    I once sailed in a friend’s IF; one with the original rig. When we tried to heave to with a backed working jib and the tiller locked to leeward, she would hunt about quite a bit, and finally pick up enough speed to tack against her backed jib. Only after we took a reef in the main, did she heave to correctly, making next to no speed, and with a constant pointing angle.

    I find that the behaviour of  different but similar-sized boats varies a lot more than the behaviour of our cars.

    Arne


    Last modified: 13 Jun 2024 09:12 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 10 Jun 2024 11:56
    Reply # 13368117 on 13367933

    Arne,

    I saw it before, in your documents. It is tempting, but not necessary on Ilvy: with just one or two panels set, sheeted in heavily, putting the tiller to lee, we are hove to just very fine, with a good angle to the waves (even in ugly choppy baltic sea waves)

    Good project anyway! It looks great!


    Setting sail I do on any course, with the tiller between my knees. No need on Ilvy to point to the wind.


    Cheers,

    Paul

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  • 10 Jun 2024 11:03
    Reply # 13368109 on 13367933
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Paul,

    in case you are itching to produce more useful stuff, maybe this parachute drogue is something for you?

    It was primarily built to prevent my Ingeborg from taking off while I hoisted sail in the limited space outside my harbour.

    Later, I found it to be a good way to heave to without a windvane or autopilot. I just reef to 2-4 panels, then tie the drogue to the lee or weather quarter and finally lock the tiller to leeward.

    I guess a 0.20sqm drogue would be plenty big enough for your boat.

    Cheers,
    Arne

    (.. full size photo in my member's album, Photo section 6...)

    Last modified: 10 Jun 2024 11:11 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
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