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.
It was great to catch up Bill, good luck with Pike....and the Patio ;)
ReplyDeleteDabblers 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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