Re: Rigging the loose footed sail
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:20:17 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>Hamada's boom is slotted like the mast. On my new loose footed main, I
>installed a regular sail slug at the clew and this keeps the clew down where
>it belongs. Back in my racing days, I was sailing a Banshee and it had just
>a round, smooth sectioned boom, so I screwed a short piece of sail track to
>the upper side of the end of it and sewed a matching sail slide on at the
>clew, this eleviated the problem in both cases.
>
>Dik Richardson
>HMS 18 #11 Hamada
>Hidden Harbor Marina, Rio Vista, Ca
The same applies when installing a loose-footed Mk II sail on a P14 gunter
rig. I used the same method as Dik - a sail slug at the clew, riding in the
boom slot. That keeps the clew close to the boom, holds the boom higher,
reduces the load on the outhaul, and improves the outhaul lead.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA