John B

You can just run the jackline straight through two eyelets ( hank in between). That way the hank is in the same alignment as the all the others. After a while the piston part of the hank did cause some wear on my staysail ,so I just changed the jackline hanks to a clip type... 'softer 'edges. :wink:

Theres the Nicholson Nyria at 112 ft. She was one of the first big class boats converted to bermudan then subsequently a ketch so its entirely possible she could have been re rigged schooner. You could google her to check some similarities . If you have or can get your hands on Uffa Fox , Sailing and Seamanship, there are lines and a couple of rig drawings.

Par did a much better job of describing what to do than me. 8) We won a regatta Tim, and the prize is a wet sand prep and antifoul care of Altex.The conditions that come with the prize though :roll: .. has to be booked out at a particular( expensive, my cost) yard, time frame etc etc.....So I'm thinking to hook it out for a week and forget the rest.A bit worn out this year it seems. Yes still racing every second weekend on a 70's foam core plastic boat . That boat is bulletproof. A bit frustrating watching the light moderns bursting past us but we have fun.

Watch the woollies Tim. Keep em flowing. They'll no doubt set the trim with the car position to known settings but watch out for a closed leech.. don't let that happen. Back on the cars for more twist and more open, forward on the cars if its too open. Oh and enough leech cord but just enough to stop flutter if it has one. don't let it hook.

Hey Frank, how come some sites will allow linking into other image sites. eg.... I can use all my imagestation photos on the woodenboat forum site but I can't here or on the 2 NZ sites I use. Is it to do with the HTML? ( whatever that is)

Jake, That seperate hard drive idea is the go. I have one and periodically back up the old work win98 pc onto it, take it home , add to the xp machine there and dump the xp files back onto it as well. 120 gig IIRC. THEN, I drop it over to my Mothers house in case of breakin / fire/ whatever. To have one is a good investment IMO... backup.

Hi Richard, really nice to meet you.I just discovered this post while lurking . I put a post up on Woodenboat if you want to see more pics. http://www.woodenboat-ubb.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=005122 Regards John B , Waione.

wakes! don't get me started....:roll: I dropped my wife in the tide one day. We sailed onto the mooring in a wind against tide situation. She picked up the mooring Ok. I dumped off the mainsheet Ok and dropped the sail mostly down Ok and went back to the cockpit to sheet it in. As we were walking back, the boat swung to the tide , the wind pushed out the boom and what was left of the sail out the same side Kirsty was walking down. She backed up until she walked overboard. Remember Flipper?. she was Flipper. I reckon she didn't get wet above her belly button. I would have helped but couldn't because I was rolling around in the cockpit at the time.

very cool thanks Tim. what a neat area. not so sure about the "9 "part though Newfie eh. they're everywhere y'know. One just left this house about 10 minutes ago. ( Neighbour).

Yeah Shane, build it. I double dog dare ya. and don't give us this 'build a shed " rubbish. I've seen pictures of a man in shorts, walk socks and roman sandals standing in a shed the size of your average aircraft carrier. And that man, my son, was you.

Tim, Its a seperate topper . just a light line because I don't run spinnaker. The pole was made in a hurry because of a classic regatta we entered in 2000.I inherited a big jib which I intended to use just for reaching / running and I made the pole quick. It's a bit of a laugh really because its western red cedar( not what you're supposed to use),glued up with gorilla glue and I cored out some its middle as well to save some weight. The first time one of the crew picked it up he got himself psyched up for a big lift and nearly threw it into the mainsail . it was a bit lighter than he expected .

I need a topping lift because its quite a long pole. you could just have a line which toggles around the mast just to safe it up.... to attach the jaw end so it can't flick off.

gidday Tim. I just have jaws on the inboard end of the pole. jam it in against the mast between the hoops. Topping lift on the pole and the general sheet tension keeps it on there.

Ye gods. I hope the guy enjoyed his swim. good to see him pop back up there.

Its her 8th Birthday tomorrow. I think I'll show her this thread then thanks Oyster.

Absolutely Oyster. Thats why I jumped in. Anyone contemplating it ,just do it.Get some cardboard or mdf and sew a pattern up until it looks right. The first one I built was a crank horrible looking thing but was used for 2 years. The top photo is Scoot 2.. a flattie which was a good little unit for about 3 or 4 years and Zip, one of the current boats. and the others Zip in make and "testing". The last boat is Scram built nov 2003( in the album ) and that wee boat has lived the life of 10 years in 2 seasons after being thrashed by every kid who's seen it. LOL. Its the one with the fabric print covered bottom. I suppose what I'm saying is that despite the trouble of carrying the things around, its well worth it when you see the independence and the skills develop in the kids. So I'm with you Kenny. and its worth it. thanks for putting the pics up Oyster.

Hey Kenny, I had a good laugh when I read this thread because I've done exactly the same. Building kids boats on the dining table. Here's an album of photos if you're interested. There's some test fit ones just like yours. ( I haven't been able to post pictures here for some reason) http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4292096801 does this work? nope. I removed it.. just the dreaded red x.

Hi Phil. I was up in the bay only 2 weeks ago and had a good look at the R TUCKER THOMPSON at the wharf. She'd be wonderful to have a sail on . I did however, get a sail on the IRIS while up there.. an 1864 Bristol channel pilot cutter. 56 ft on deck and about 50 ton from memory. that was fun.

Craig, the general aim is to head north from Auckland to the Bay of Islands about 120 miles away. If we get there ok we'll go another 40 miles or so to the next good harbour as well. Last year we only just made to the B.O.I because the weather was so good we could just bay hop on an exposed coast.A couple of 20 or 40 mile trips each day and then just laze up 10 or 5 miles a day from then. Bliss it was. 8) Gorgeous coast up that way.

I'm in fibreglass dinghy hell. Refurbishing a sailing dinghy for our summer cruise. 2 weekends and each night after work...,..

As a general rule, you can have the shrouds further forward but at some point you lose the aft staying of the mast .Then you have to compensate by having running backstays. Which you probably don't want . Because I'm a big wuss, I rigged aft lowers, another shroud coming even further back than the lowers( swifters), running backstays to the masthead and checkstays to the spreaders. This is all on a gaff keel boat 41 ft long. What I find is that by the time the boom is close to the shrouds, the gaff is pretty much square off anyway .For 2 reasons you don't want it to go further. 1 . any part of the main sail forward of the mast will tend to induce rolling in the boat.2. the gaff shouldn't hit the spreaders( if you have them) because that can wring the mast. But you're right... in the light I'd like that big sail to blade right on out there. compromise I suppose.

Well, best regards to you and Cheryl, Phil. Hi Oyster, yes its been a bit torrid over there. I dropped out for a couple of weeks myself!. Hey, those truck racks are just too dang organised. I came home the other day with 1 dinghy, 4 planks, 2 big old wooden trestles, 2 ladders and a few boxes of paint and tools in the back of the old Ford V8 ( jailbar)and I swear we looked like the Clampetts. Actually I think I may have even started humming the tune......."out one day....."

How are you Phil. Well I trust. Gidday Oyster, Chad is looking for your advice on a boat over on the WBF people/places if you have minute some time.

You get a lot of confidence in your boat doing stuff like that. Good fun eh. She looks well sorted out Tim.

We have twin topping lifts just like that. Then there are some thinner lines spliced in at intervals ( about 3 or 4 in my case)dropping vertically and tied under the boom. When I slack off the toppers the jacks go slack as well and there is no issue with upsetting sail shape. They're tied under the boom so I could adjust the length and get it right. If you make the point where the topping lifts come to the boom forward of the end of the gaff when its down,then they captivate the gaff when its coming down and don't foul it when its going up. Actually, I suspect that if you had the toppers set up that way that you'd probably only need one extra line to catch the sail.