We are entering the dark season here in Norway and days get as short as six(!) hours where I live. Watching sunny sailing videos from the other side of the world makes things brighter. That and working on the Paradox out in the shed. Keep the videos coming, they are great inspiration!
Hello. Love your beautiful boat and great sun-filled movies. I’m increasingly thinking about the “paradox” as the next boat. In connection with this, there is a question regarding sailing rigging: on none of the “paradox”, including yours, have I noticed such a detail as a “bugel” - in English, probably “traweller?” , which holds the yard close to the mast, especially with a reefed mainsail. In my opinion, this is an important part of the lug rig, greatly affecting the sharpness of the move. Thank you and sorry for my English.
If you go to 4:11 and perhaps at 11:02 and zoom in on the yard/mast area you can see the “parel” - the name of any line holding a spar to the mast. You can see it relatively clearly. In my case it runs from the top of the mast to a block on the yard hanging off the attachment point of the halyard, then round the mast and back to another block on the yard attached at the same location and then down through the deck into the cabin to a cleat. Accordingly it can be tensioned and then “self adjusts” as the sail goes up and down the mast when hoisting or reefing. So when the sail is all the way up I tension it and it holds the yard on the mast. When I reef I loosen it a little, reef the sail and then retention it. When I drop the sail I loosen it entirely and it allows the yard to move backwards and furl neatly next the boom. You can see the line around the mast, resting on the top of rope bumper around the mast, in this position at 13:31, including the line going up the mast next to the 2 part halyard. At 19:29 you can see the setup pulling the yard onto the mast when significantly reefed if the parel wasn’t there the yard would be significantly further aft. In all the shot when sailing you can see the halyard is close to the mast. The whole setup is perhaps clearest at 19:51.
At least one of us made it all the way. Some fool forgot to check if his outboard was still down in the water, a hell of a lot of drag, now I know why Paul was always bringing up the rear. Give your work mate a really crappy job for keeping us awake that night.
We are entering the dark season here in Norway and days get as short as six(!) hours where I live. Watching sunny sailing videos from the other side of the world makes things brighter. That and working on the Paradox out in the shed. Keep the videos coming, they are great inspiration!
Thanks for the lovely comment. I try to get out about every four weeks.
My Paradox plans arrived yesterday. I'm going to blame you if my wife asks. 🤣😅🤣👍 Thanks for uploading these lovely videos.
Thank you. I try to do them every 4 weeks or so if work doesn’t get in the way.
@@Cruising_Pamela_B Really appreciate all your time and effort in producing these videos. Thank you.
Hello. Love your beautiful boat and great sun-filled movies. I’m increasingly thinking about the “paradox” as the next boat. In connection with this, there is a question regarding sailing rigging: on none of the “paradox”, including yours, have I noticed such a detail as a “bugel” - in English, probably “traweller?” , which holds the yard close to the mast, especially with a reefed mainsail. In my opinion, this is an important part of the lug rig, greatly affecting the sharpness of the move. Thank you and sorry for my English.
If you go to 4:11 and perhaps at 11:02 and zoom in on the yard/mast area you can see the “parel” - the name of any line holding a spar to the mast. You can see it relatively clearly. In my case it runs from the top of the mast to a block on the yard hanging off the attachment point of the halyard, then round the mast and back to another block on the yard attached at the same location and then down through the deck into the cabin to a cleat. Accordingly it can be tensioned and then “self adjusts” as the sail goes up and down the mast when hoisting or reefing. So when the sail is all the way up I tension it and it holds the yard on the mast. When I reef I loosen it a little, reef the sail and then retention it. When I drop the sail I loosen it entirely and it allows the yard to move backwards and furl neatly next the boom. You can see the line around the mast, resting on the top of rope bumper around the mast, in this position at 13:31, including the line going up the mast next to the 2 part halyard. At 19:29 you can see the setup pulling the yard onto the mast when significantly reefed if the parel wasn’t there the yard would be significantly further aft. In all the shot when sailing you can see the halyard is close to the mast. The whole setup is perhaps clearest at 19:51.
@@Cruising_Pamela_B,Thanks for the answer! Indeed, I was inattentive - especially since I know this method, although I use a different one.
At least one of us made it all the way. Some fool forgot to check if his outboard was still down in the water, a hell of a lot of drag, now I know why Paul was always bringing up the rear. Give your work mate a really crappy job for keeping us awake that night.