Mainsail Range

[timnphx]

Okay, I got another :n00b: beginner question. When setting up your mainsail rigging, how much travel or range should your main have to swing from side to side :?:

Tim

[Bud_Wilson]

Tim : If you are talking about your boom swing, mine will go 90 deg. from center both ways or 180 from port to stb. which ever comes first :wink: Y'ALL COME Cap'N Bud.

[Stump]

Ya' know, :wink: if it wasn't for those pesky little stays, you could most likely get'er to do a 360 :twisted:

but seriously, the main will swing all the way to the backstays. That is almost 90 like bud said, I just got a visual of a boat going down wind...swinging around its mast. :wink: Boat like thta could use a keel :roll:

ok, i'll go away now. :oops:

[timnphx]

Ok, the Boom swing terminology sounds about right except in my case boomless. My loose-footed sprit I assume can be let out to near 90 deg either side then as I have only a forestay. I was just thinking about how much line for the mainsheet. By the way i found a picture of something probably real close to what I will end up with. This link goes to the Gig Harbor boats and looks att he Defiance model. http://www.ghboats.com/12_defiance.shtm I can see a sort of mainsheet and snap-block type system that was mentioned to me before by Barry (Thanks).

Tim

[JeffM]

Core Sound sailors will attest that an unstayed rig has some significant advantages. Since our sails can literally do a 360, we can stabilize our boats going downwind in stiff winds by letting our sails go foreward of the mast. Even more useful, we can make gentle "touchdowns" on downwind beaches, docks and ramps. I confess I have no idea how far forward you can usefully let a boomless rig go, but I expect far enough to depower it pretty well.