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Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/23/2012, 12:52 am
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :( (Marc Upchurch)

: Bill,

: Did you go to the website? "20 years of designing out
: flaws" might say that the rig works, no matter what your
: theory. There does not appear to be any leeboard, etc. Why would
: you decide the schooner rig would not be in the right place?
: Actual usage is probably better judge than a quick guess. There
: are a lot of things that may not be "perfect" but work
: anyway. SOF boats and asymmetric board less catamaran sailboats
: come to mind.

: Marc

Looking at this forum from work, many websites are blocked, so no I didn't go there.

Schooner rigs have always had problems, specially pointing upwind with the majority of the sail area aft, also tend to blanket the forward sails sailing downwind. They tend to favor boats with the beam carried fairly far aft and with use favoring lots of reaching, wind off to the side. They've had lots more than 20 years of rig development, more like a few hundred.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/5/2012, 7:56 pm
Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
Dave Gentry -- 4/5/2012, 9:10 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/7/2012, 11:17 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/5/2012, 9:48 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/6/2012, 7:58 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/6/2012, 8:33 am
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Roy Martin -- 4/6/2012, 9:11 am
Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :( *PIC*
Patrick Forrester -- 4/6/2012, 8:46 am
Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :( *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/6/2012, 9:47 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/6/2012, 11:07 am
Re: Sail Rig *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/6/2012, 6:52 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/18/2012, 11:42 am
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lewishb -- 4/20/2012, 11:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2012, 1:56 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2012, 7:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2012, 12:52 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2012, 8:04 am
Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2012, 1:03 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/24/2012, 8:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/25/2012, 1:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2012, 12:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2012, 8:08 am
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yellowbelly -- 4/8/2012, 8:28 am