cb downhaul concept needs tweaking--ideas?

[JeffM]

You may recall I was looking to modify Graham's system...

[Tom Lathrop]

That looks like it will work just fine. The boat will be slow though and where will you sit :?:

[Charlie Jones]

Changed to a wing sail didja?

[JeffM]

No no no, its UPSIDE DOWN! To get the right idea, try looking at the picture while standing on your head. I'll turn her the right way--after I figure out how to get the board back into the trunk. Hmm...

[John Turpin]

This is much easier with a laptop.

[Tom Lathrop]

:?:

[Frank Hagan]

No no no' date=' its UPSIDE DOWN! To get the right idea, try looking at the picture while standing on your head. I'll turn her the right way--after I figure out how to get the board back into the trunk. Hmm...[/quote']

If you didn't glass it in place, it would be easier to get it back in there ...

I can't be of much more help than the very funny guys here, because I don't know what Graham's original design for the centerboard is ... but running a line back to the stern is one I have never seen before.

I can never get my rudder back down after it "kicks up" on my Potter, so I think I understand the problem. Not enough of an angle on the line to get it to go down. But where I sail, that line back to the stern would acquire magical powers ... the power to attract kelp in huge quantities!

[Gordy Hill]

Frank,

It looks to me the line is going to the pointy end..........

[Frank Hagan]

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I did it again ... no wonder everyone stares at me in the harbor!

[JeffM]

Thanks, Frank. Memo to self: next time, glass the bottom BEFORE you install the cb! (Yes, I really did it like it looks-- but knowing I'd make a mess, I waxed the cb first.)

With a bit of luck, I should be ready to launch the Beatrice Ann in a week or so!

[Frank Hagan]

Well, I just hope all the help you got in this thread will be acknowledged on your launch day ... otherwise, you may have tried to launch the boat upside down and point the square end rather than the pointy end where you wanted to go!

To parapharse Churchill, "Never have so many used so many words to say so few things."

[brian watkins]

I once dated a woman who had built a Six-hour Canoe. It took her two years. She was not amused when I was sitting there looking at it and at the plans, and suddenly noticed that she had put the sides on backwards! It was the strangest sheerline, but it had no effect on performance. It was probably just as well that she hadn't gone for the Weekend Skiff plans by the same designers.

BTW, I can't be smug: she's still one boat ahead of me...

[Tom Lathrop]

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To parapharse Churchill' date=' "Never have so many used so many words to say so few things."[/quote']

Oh, I dunno Frank. I've seen a number of threads on internet forums less informative than this one. :wink:

I'm still a bit groggy since getting up at 4AM to watch the non landing of the shuttle.

[Frank Hagan]

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To parapharse Churchill' date=' "Never have so many used so many words to say so few things."[/quote']

Oh, I dunno Frank. I've seen a number of threads on internet forums less informative than this one. :wink:

I'm still a bit groggy since getting up at 4AM to watch the non landing of the shuttle.

I almost stayed up for the non landing, and now I'm glad I didn't.

I wonder if the night approaches can be seen from the west coast; I know some of the astronomers saw the last one when it fell apart ... one of the ways they determined when it broke up was from the eyewitness accounts (the astronomers here on the west coast said they saw the craft whole.)

[JeffM]

I'm impressed with you two: I consider myself interested in human space flight, but I can't remember the last time I watched a launch or landing live!