Today has been very busy. Besides working on the patio I had
a very pleasant hour-and-a-half with Paul Mullings who paid me a visit. He gave
me a hand setting up ‘Pike’s’ rig. We tried the sail with and without the boom.
My preference is without the boom, because I can brail up the sail without
having to remove the boom. As far as I can see, the only advantage of the boom
is when running, because it can keep the sail flat, thereby exposing it to more
wind.
2 comments:
It was great to catch up Bill, good luck with Pike....and the Patio ;)
Dabblers Sails blog has an article about sprit booms and one about braiding sprit sails. Might be useful http://www.dabblersails.com/blog/blog.pl
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