Re: Sail plan measurements

Jim Tietjen (jtietjen@bellsouth.net)
Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:50:30 -0600


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Yes. Sorry. My IM main measures 19'3" luff and 7'11" foot. I have the =
110% lapper and it's luff is 17 feet exactly.

Had a glorious sail today. The drive from the house to my favorite =
marina on Lake Guntersville, which is just a wide spot of the Tennessee =
River, is 35 miles. I left the house at 7AM and was on the water by =
8:30. It was raining, but I had on my WWG...knew (hoped) the rain would =
quit (it did). But the clouds hung around and as the Sun warmed up the =
air, the winds came up. By 10:30 I decided I needed a break from all =
the excercise I was getting tacking across the lake. I dislike cleating =
down the sheets and the wind is really squirrely coming down off the =
mountains. There is a promontary that must be navigated around and I =
have been tacked by Mother Nature there before. Didn't even throw the =
bow off course...all of a sudden I was sitting on the lea side when I =
had been sitting on the wind side only moments before. Anyway, I keep =
both the main and the jib sheets in my forward hand with my aft hand on =
the tiller. Gives an excellent upper body workout. =20

So I dropped the hook (a 15 lb mushroom mud anchor) and brewed a pot of =
coffee. Aroma must have been carried afar because two other cruisers =
shortly came up along side and after exchanging greetings, I offered =
them coffee. After coffee and pleasant conversation, we decided the =
wind and the temp (80) were too rare for this late in the season to =
waste, so we all decided to head upriver (downwind). I ran wing and =
wing because I left my asymetrical at home and got a reading of 7.2 GPS =
going against the current (which is usually 3-4 knots). After a 1.5 =
hour run I decided I needed to feel the wind in my face instead of the =
back of my head, so I tacked off and decided to head back to the marina. =
Took about another 1.5 hours and had to steer clear of barge traffic =
that has the right of way on the river over ANYBODY. Sailed all the way =
back to the marina and even sailed through the marina and dropped sails =
about 50 feet downwind of the boatramp pier. Coasted up to the dock and =
didnt even have to turn on the motor. What a DAY!!!

Jim Tietjen
P19 #1015
Huntsville, AL

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Yes.  Sorry.  = My IM main=20 measures 19'3" luff and 7'11" foot.  I have the 110% = lapper and=20 it's luff is 17 feet exactly.
 
Had a glorious sail = today.  The=20 drive from the house to my favorite marina on Lake Guntersville, which = is just a=20 wide spot of the Tennessee River, is 35 miles.  I left the house at = 7AM and=20 was on the water by 8:30.  It was raining, but I had on my = WWG...knew=20 (hoped) the rain would quit (it did).  But the clouds hung around = and as=20 the Sun warmed up the air, the winds came up.  By 10:30 I decided I = needed=20 a break from all the excercise I was getting tacking across the = lake.  I=20 dislike cleating down the sheets and the wind is really squirrely coming = down=20 off the mountains.  There is a promontary that must be navigated = around and=20 I have been tacked by Mother Nature there before.  Didn't even = throw the=20 bow off course...all of a sudden I was sitting on the lea side when I = had been=20 sitting on the wind side only moments before.  Anyway, I keep both = the main=20 and the jib sheets in my forward hand with my aft hand on the = tiller. =20 Gives an excellent upper body workout. 
 
So I dropped the hook (a = 15 lb=20 mushroom mud anchor) and brewed a pot of coffee.  Aroma must have = been=20 carried afar because two other cruisers shortly came up along side and = after=20 exchanging greetings, I offered them coffee.  After coffee and = pleasant=20 conversation, we decided the wind and the temp (80) were too rare for = this late=20 in the season to waste, so we all decided to head upriver = (downwind).  I=20 ran wing and wing because I left my asymetrical at home and got a = reading of 7.2=20 GPS going against the current (which is usually 3-4 knots).  After = a 1.5=20 hour run I decided I needed to feel the wind in my face instead of the = back of=20 my head, so I tacked off and decided to head back to the marina.  = Took=20 about another 1.5 hours and had to steer clear of barge traffic that has = the=20 right of way on the river over ANYBODY.  Sailed all the way back to = the=20 marina and even sailed through the marina and dropped sails about 50 = feet=20 downwind of the boatramp pier.  Coasted up to the dock and didnt = even have=20 to turn on the motor.  What a DAY!!!
 
Jim Tietjen
P19 #1015
Huntsville, = AL
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