Help Wanted
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Re: Help Wanted
Nah, just go sailing.
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Friends with SCAMPS wrote:Nah, just go sailing.
I'll drink to that!!!!
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The only thing we need is the present! (shameless plug for an old video!)
Michel Boulet
Ex: "Mari-Bell" Sandpiper 565 (18.5367454 ft)
Now: "Papou" Tanzer 16 dinghy
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Ex: "Mari-Bell" Sandpiper 565 (18.5367454 ft)
Now: "Papou" Tanzer 16 dinghy
Montreal
"Let the world say what it will"
~~_/)~~
- Charlie P. (NY)
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Re: Help Wanted
Mid boon sheeting helps prevent the boom riding up when sailing downwind. But a simple vang run from just above the mast-base at a 45° angle to the boom is better.
Make a bridle that attaches to either corner of the deck near the transon and use a double-block to ride back and forth. Fancier is a pair of cleats so you can pull the mainsheet attachment to windward (them's racin' tactics).
You can also just run it to a block at the rudderhead. But make sure you first have a means of locking down a lift-off rudder.
Make a bridle that attaches to either corner of the deck near the transon and use a double-block to ride back and forth. Fancier is a pair of cleats so you can pull the mainsheet attachment to windward (them's racin' tactics).
You can also just run it to a block at the rudderhead. But make sure you first have a means of locking down a lift-off rudder.
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s/v Mad Hatter
Mud Hen 17 (1986)
s/v Mad Hatter
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I have a boom vang on the Lusty Slogger but I have never used it. On Cherokee Lake when the winds hit 5 kts they put out storm warnings! It they ever hit 6 they would probably call out the Coast Guard!!!
I also have a jiffy reefing system on the Old Girl that has never been used either for the same reason. I was practicing one day and someone asked me what that was for.
No, I need to learn how to use the boom vang.
I also have a jiffy reefing system on the Old Girl that has never been used either for the same reason. I was practicing one day and someone asked me what that was for.
No, I need to learn how to use the boom vang.