Thanks for this, I've just acquired a little Cornish Cove dinghy and this has confirmed that what I worked out from the spars and ropes that came with the dinghy is in fact correct :)
What a great design and very simple to use. I have had a few small sailing cats with large masts and sail areas that can take an hour or more to setup and are at times a handful for one person. Although small cats will go faster, these hulls are not about speed and you have renewed my interest in mono sailing hulls. As in some of your other videos it would appear the hull does not heel over much with a shorter mast. I would love one of these........... thanks again for your efforts.
Do you need to capture the fore end of the boom to the mast with a loop or cordage or similar for use when the rig is leeward of the mast or does the downhaul keep it sufficiently taut so that the boom stays against the mast? Also, do you capture the yard somehow against the mast if the rolling hitch is not raised all the way to the sheave? Best, david ...sweet vessel and rig.......myself, an avid canoe sailor thinking of stepping up to PIII
Hi! Not the owner of the video, but I also have a balanced lug. I have mine rigged Storer-fashion, with the halyard keeping the yard against the boom, as per . Another way would be parrel beads on a string (duckworksbbs.com/hardware/misc/beads/index.htm), but I prefer the above attachment method- the halyard is attached close to the midpoint of the yard, which tames the yard some while raising sail. For the boom, a simple square lashing around mast and boom does the trick. (Or a Bleeter and Vanghaul, if you want to go with the Storer crowd.)
DESQ59 I've got an RSS OZ Racer sail (www.duckworksbbs.com/sails/rss/index.htm), and I can't detect any changes, but perhaps a better sailor could. Another sail (www.toledocommunityboathouse.com/plans/michalaklug/index.htm) , when reefed, changes it's CoE just over two inches, so I would imagine other balanced lugs are relatively similar. One of the reasons I went with an oversized balanced lug is that the winds in my area are usually soft but changeable, so speed of reefing using this method was a big plus!
what holds the boom close to the mast at the bottom of the sail ? does the down haul do that as well as tightening the sail or is there a fitting doing that ?
I don't know about this particular boat, but on my own balanced lug the downhaul does the job perfectly well. It pulls the boom down towards a point just a couple of inches from the mast step. When a balanced lug is fully raised, the halyard will keep the yard snug to the mast too. However, for raising and lowering, and for sailing reefed, it is wise to have a parrel or traveller of some kind to keep the yard near to the mast.
Thanks for this, I've just acquired a little Cornish Cove dinghy and this has confirmed that what I worked out from the spars and ropes that came with the dinghy is in fact correct :)
What a great design and very simple to use. I have had a few small sailing cats with large masts and sail areas that can take an hour or more to setup and are at times a handful for one person. Although small cats will go faster, these hulls are not about speed and you have renewed my interest in mono sailing hulls. As in some of your other videos it would appear the hull does not heel over much with a shorter mast. I would love one of these........... thanks again for your efforts.
Im guessing the second downhaul attachment on the boom is for sailing with a jib and the main becomes more like a standing lug?
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On this rig, should the down haul tension be lessened when tacking, so the sail can form a better wing shape against the mast?
Do you need to capture the fore end of the boom to the mast with a loop or cordage or similar for use when the rig is leeward of the mast or does the downhaul keep it sufficiently taut so that the boom stays against the mast? Also, do you capture the yard somehow against the mast if the rolling hitch is not raised all the way to the sheave? Best, david ...sweet vessel and rig.......myself, an avid canoe sailor thinking of stepping up to PIII
Hi!
Not the owner of the video, but I also have a balanced lug. I have mine rigged Storer-fashion, with the halyard keeping the yard against the boom, as per .
Another way would be parrel beads on a string (duckworksbbs.com/hardware/misc/beads/index.htm), but I prefer the above attachment method- the halyard is attached close to the midpoint of the yard, which tames the yard some while raising sail.
For the boom, a simple square lashing around mast and boom does the trick. (Or a Bleeter and Vanghaul, if you want to go with the Storer crowd.)
wh4t4vr Many thanks....that Storer method is slick and elegant. Appreciated. Is the slab reefing easy enough w/o big change in center of effort?
DESQ59 I've got an RSS OZ Racer sail (www.duckworksbbs.com/sails/rss/index.htm), and I can't detect any changes, but perhaps a better sailor could.
Another sail (www.toledocommunityboathouse.com/plans/michalaklug/index.htm) , when reefed, changes it's CoE just over two inches, so I would imagine other balanced lugs are relatively similar.
One of the reasons I went with an oversized balanced lug is that the winds in my area are usually soft but changeable, so speed of reefing using this method was a big plus!
what holds the boom close to the mast at the bottom of the sail ? does the down haul do that as well as tightening the sail or is there a fitting doing that ?
I don't know about this particular boat, but on my own balanced lug the downhaul does the job perfectly well. It pulls the boom down towards a point just a couple of inches from the mast step. When a balanced lug is fully raised, the halyard will keep the yard snug to the mast too. However, for raising and lowering, and for sailing reefed, it is wise to have a parrel or traveller of some kind to keep the yard near to the mast.
Looks so much like a Bonwitco With 475 that boat.