Custom Recycled Sail Covers - Episode 297 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2024
- Stack packs are a type of canvas sail cover for sailboats, offering convenience and efficiency in handling the mainsail. Paired with lazy jacks, these packs consist of a canvas cover that neatly encases the mainsail when lowered and zipped. The key benefits for sailors include quick and easy sail storage, streamlined deployment, and reduced crew effort.
With stack packs, there's less of a need for manual flaking or folding; the sail more or less falls into place, simplifying the process for single-handed sailors or smaller crews. The packs also provide protection for the mainsail, shielding it from the elements and UV exposure, ultimately extending the sail's lifespan. Whether a seasoned sailor or a beginner, stack packs enhance the sailing experience by making sail management easier.
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Acorn to Arabella started as a wooden boat building project in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve began the journey as an amateur wooden boat builder crafting a 38' wooden sailboat in his backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and now sailing the boat-sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that traditional wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project continues beyond the boat shop, as Steve and crew travel and learn to cruise aboard the handmade wooden boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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The video of Arabella under full sail and just moving along is so cool!!! I am left in awe with this build!!! She is just beautiful!!!
So true! And I remember well the video of pouring lead into the keel forms. What an amazing journey.
@@davidhutchins8144 Pouring the keel was the first episode I saw, then I went to episode 1.
The small yellow sail I believe is a storm jib. I highly recommend you retain it and work out how to deploy it in the worst of conditions.
That opening scene was gorgeous! Fun to see the colorful old Victoria sails and their original unbleached brightness. But you can't beat the white of Arabella's sails.
I’ve measured many hundreds of boats for sail covers in my former life as a sailmaker. Maybe I can save you from a couple of “tweaks”. Your sails are furled very tight right now and that will rarely be the case when they drop down into a stack pack. Build the covers larger and you won’t regret it. Allow for seam width and hems. As you are discovering, with a gaff rig and lazy jacks, this is a complicated build. While your concept of reusing old sails is good for the budget, you will be harming the look of the boat while under sail and at anchor as the covers will live on the booms. If you’re going to build it, build it beautiful. 😊 Maybe work out a deal with a sailmaker or canvas shop for a deep discount and some airtime on your channel as an alternative? Good luck to you and thanks for the interesting content.
Always love a Bob Emser quote! 😊
I love the way they haven't had sail covers or a stack pack for a year. Now they are telling us how great they are 🤣. You make great points. But between a saggy SP, the plywood dog house, and the solar panels, I dont think they are going for aesthetics.
@@cliffcrowley3756 It's not my place or in my nature to be vicariously defensive, and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to fill that role. But I will make a couple of informational points: due to the changed health prospects of a loved one, the boat was launched unfinished. The dog house in particular is a temporary stand-in. I would not personally draw conclusions from the length of time taken to tackle what remains to be done. For one thing, presumably, it competes with getting to know the boat better.
I think it's a credit to Steve how few decisions and systems ended up wide of the intended mark, given his non-sailor status. That is very unusual. But it does mean there's all the more reason now to prioritise getting to know how the boat will be used and managed, and how best to make the compromises which are always entailed in adapting the boat fit that use profile, before locking in too many more systems.
Cheers@@AcornToArabella
Akiva watching (I presume Steve) in the tender filming the boat under sail is adorable. Looking like, hey - you know one of our people isn’t on the boat, right?
Ever vigilant!
Akiva pinning the sail down to assist. What a pal 🌝🇻🇨
He’s such a good good boy. 🐾♥️
Another great episode. Love the opening shot Ben. You are a master. Then again nothing but masterfullness from all involved!!!
Aw thanks bill! Was so sweet to see you in the video today. I said out loud, “OH HI BILL! I MISS YOU!” 😁 -Anne
@@AcornToArabella You always have a ride on Highland fling this spring/summer!!
YUSSSSS
I'm curious about something - I have been for quite some time, but the "what's a Cunningham?" question brought it to mind. You (Steve) set the early goal of having Arabella be the first boat you sailed. Now that you have achieved that, are you planning to accept offers to sail on other boats? I have personally always found the sailing community as a whole to be very welcoming. I'm certain you will get many invitations. I suggest that you accept a lot of them, and my reason is that while you can, and clearly do, ask good questions about the things that you have on your boat, going out for a sail with other people from time to time lets you say things like "Hey, your boat has that thing, over there, and I don't have one - what's it for?"
On a side note, the Cunningham, or "Cunningham Downhaul" was developed by, and named for Briggs "Swift" Cunningham III - a New England yuppie name if ever there was one. Swift Cunningham was a crew member on the Dorade when she won the Fastnet. (He did not invent the Dorade vents, but that is the boat for which they are named), and later skippered the Columbia to victory in the 1958 Americas Cup. He also raced cars, and placed 1st in his class, 4th overall at LeMans - twice. So - a competitive fellow.
The Cunningham, as described in the video, tensions the luff, improving your control over sail shape. Specifically, luff tension tends to pull the deepest part of the draft (curve of the sail) forward. Bend in your mast, which can be induced by the vang, the mainsheet, or backstay tension, will tend to move the draft back, so you want to have a means of balancing that out. Loosely speaking, you want the draft a little forward of the middle of the sail. If it's at the center, or (worse) behind the center, more of force generated becomes part of the heeling moment, rather then pulling you forward. Where, exactly, you want it varies a bit from boat to boat, sail to sail, and with wind strength. I'm more familiar with marconi rigged sloops than gaff rigged sail plans, but I doubt that the aerodynamics differ much. Your best resource here is your sail maker - invite him out for an afternoon sail, and let him explain what he considers the ideal sail shape for your sails.
I've heard, but cannot confirm, that the original reason for the Cunningham was not draft control. In the 1950s, sails were still made of cotton, and stretched over time, so the Cunningham was intended to simply pull the sails taut as they stretched. Whether that was true then or not, they are still added to boats and are a very useful sail control.
It's not obvious to newcomers that the cunningham is generally provided for, when a sail is made, by including an extra eyelet at the front bottom corner, just above its corner (primary) eyelet. The idea is that the primary eyelet is semi-permanently held to a hook or shackle built in at a fixed height above the boom (usually attached to the mast), so that when the cunningham line is eased fully, (or as suggested here, repurposed as a reefing line) the front strip of sail is still held down at that corner.
The Cunningham eye (or hole) is quite distinct from the adjustable downhaul. The adjustable downhaul is very old and was standard on boats with loose-footed gaff sails. It allowed the luff to be tensioned properly with limited purchase on the halyard, making the process of raising the sail much easier. It fell out of favour when sails were laced tight to the boom because with an attached foot the tack should be fixed in height, and a bermuda rig, wire halyards and winches removed much of the problem of getting adequate luff tension from the halyard.. The Cunningham eye is an additional eyelet above the tack that was introduced for a number of reasons. In racing dinghies with a flexible mast it allowed a masthead halyard lock to be used (so that the tension in the fall did not affect the mast bend) while still allowing for easy adjustment to the luff tension. This allowed the sail to be easily adjusted for wind strength or between running and working. Even in dinghies without a bendy rig it was useful as a quick and easy luff tension adjuster.. It was also used in those racing boats where sail area was measured by marks on the mast rather than by the actual sail size (because sails stretch and shrink). It meant that the sail could be cut for maximum size when rigged loose, for light conditions, but the luff could be fully tightened, without exceeding the size markings on the mast, to flatten the sail for heavier conditions. The crease that it puts along the foot is regarded as inconsequential.
I have been watching this channel from the beginning. I have always been impressed with Steve's ability to do anything that comes his way. Steve you have a great outlook on life, and so level headed when it comes to getting things done. I look forward to your videos because i feel so relaxed and calm while watching them. You and Robin make a great team. May God bless you and keep you safe on your many journeys to come.
Really love seeing the boat moving like that through the water. I bet you guys are itching for the weather to get warm!
Good morning crew. Always a new slant to keep Her shipshape. We can hope spring is right around the corner. Bye bye winter.
Happy Friday!
we stand behind you with every good hope.
👍👌👏 2) Victoria is still giving! It was definitely an extremely smart decision to buy and scrap Victoria. A lot of her is used in and on Arabella. The yellow cockpit covers look quite reusable. Hope that they will fit the finished cockpit in the future.
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved people and Akiva.
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Happy Friday, 'bella fam! 11°F this morning on the midcoast, keep warm! ☕
Hoooooo! Stay warm up there, happy Friday! ☕️🎉
Great use of Victoria again! Making a new set in a couple of years off of some changes that will come from these temps is a great idea. Opening sail shows what a beauty Arabella really is. And Ben is so talented.
Ben is an amazing human in many ways!
Happy Friday and A2A day everybody from Plymouth UK
Happy Friday, Phil!
The inner layers of the old sail looked unaffected by UV, which bodes well. Top tip: 3/4 inch Schedule 40 UPVC pipe makes great (cheap!) strengthening batons for the stack pack.
Neat, thanks for the tip.
I don't know, Ed. I think they'd be better off using a three-quarters ficklin halberd. That way you could use a running greave to tension the fo'spackle without putting extra strain on the McDougal pauldron.
🏆comment of the week.
Using Victoria's sails for 2 yr temporary Arabella sail covers' templates. For sure valuable lessons to be learned along the way.
Saya sangat senang sekali menonton videonya,, perahu layar yang begitu bagus👍👍👍,, ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
Under sail! Looking good!
I enjoyed the opening scene. Sail covers seem like a great idea.
My Friday Morning Calm
That’s the best thing to hear, thank you.
What clever uses of even more of Victoria's hardware!
Are sails not ‘software’? 🤣😂
Great recycling, much love from England
I heard Akiva complaining that the video wasn't all about him, poor handsome man :(
I do think people would watch an all-Akiva channel! Hahha
As an auto mechanic I now understand the look people give me when I explain something. 😅
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Always fascinating.
@ 14:09 I think that was husky for, "Be sure to double check your measurements!" Just kidding. Thanks for the video.
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Happy Friday...snow and firewood detail made me late today....cheers...rr Normandy
An honorable reason to be late, Richard! Happy Friday!
~Good idea, the strops for inboard end of reef points.
You definitely 'don't' want your inboard reef ring to be pulling aft.
You want that reef ring to be tensioned towards the mast as close as your regular tack ring, as stated by Paul.
I do not like 'continuous line' reefing. I like outboard reef lines only. Continuous is wrought with friction and if it blows, you loose control of both in and outboard end of your reefing control.
I like reef hooks at inboard end. However the have to match the geometry of mast, sail and ring size well. Also they love to snag slack lines at the worse time.
I got a new main and my old hooks had to come off. I now use and love the simplicity of just using a piece of line under the goose neck and up, through the reef ring. Just as long as the 'strop' can be positioned and loaded without going over a hard edge or some such that will chafe and eat it up.
I suggest making some significant diameter strops that are simply very long 'soft shackles' :)
The comment about using one strop for each reef and just 'jumping them' up as you reef down is a BAD IDEA !
Use one strop per reef point, other wise if anything happens to the strop or outboard end reef line it can only blow open down to the next reef point, instead of one failure leading to your whole sail subject to playing 'Mary Poppins' at the worse possible time.
A suggestion for your outboard reef rings and rigging:
Use an elongated 'D' shackle to connect a small, single block to the reef ring. You can run the line through the reef ring and save that piece of gear but it is a lot more friction, especially in the last 20% of it's travel down towards the boom. The small bullet block gives you a proper 2:1 The only issue it creates is that you will want to hand sew some leather chafe guard over the leech below the ring where the D shackle rubs while not in use.
~ I call bullshit on the Cunningham, use explanation.
What is a Cunningham ? It was devised by a one design sailor with the last name Cunningham.
On a one design or any other 'race boat' there are very defined sail dimensions and class or level rating rules are determined by the dimensions between 'black bands'
The purpose of the Cunningham is to be able to build a sail that has max hoist with very little luff tension. The problem arises when in heavier air you want to wail on your luff tension with more halyard and/or down haul tension. However at max luff dimension that would stretch the sail past the 'black bands' at the head and/or the tack.
So how do you build a sail that will have max hoist under no load yet be able to 'legally' load the luff without exceeding the black bands measurement ?
Use a Cunningham. I am surprised Doyle would put a Cunningham on a gaff cruising sail. It is superfluous ! A Cunningham is a race sail feature.
If at full hoist of the sail you still have plenty of room at the head to gain max luff tension then the Cunningham is just 'eye candy' and can be ignored.
~ To late as you are in motion. you make covers from sails but you can make sails from covers.
~ I wont go into why... just trust me, you DO NOT want to use the topping lift to support the outboard end of the stack pack ! Use the 'wands' in the pack and the lazy jacks to support the pack independent of the topping lift.
13:26 when the other guy was explaining what needed to get done at the beginning of the video I was completely lost, it was like he was speaking some foreign language.
These drawings cleared up 100% of my confusion 🤌🏻
Great! That’s why we come at it a couple of different ways. 👍
Hello all from Siesta Key Florida
There he is! Holdin down the fort every week in Siesta Key. Happy Friday to you.
So, as a practical matter, you're making a pattern for when you construct your proper sail covers out of Sunbrella fabric once Victoria's old Dacron rots from UV. Use your pattern before it disintegrates!
Basically, I mean, many of us have used sail covers that are disappointing in one way or another. Better to make a first set that lasts couple of years, then make the 10-year set after that. -Anne
Having a Cunningham in main and mizzen is a good idea. I found it ideal to use as a first reef. Especially upwind to take edge off.
Good morning to Akiva and Crew 👋👋😸😺
Happy Friday!
Love this yacht , well done in the explanation really great and calming..
Thank you very much.
Wow so many terms I have never heard before. Sounds like it's is a really complicated process. Making covers and redo of the sail connection to the mast....
It can be! And it’s very complicated to make sail covers that are easy to use and that work well. I know people with sail covers that have a couple of annoying attributes that make them think twice about going sailing. No kiddin. -Anne
Dear Anne, Robin, Steve and all others who worked on Arabella,
Saill covers are a must when you want to store on the booms of a sailing boat so WIlleke and I were all the wondering why with Arabella these were missing. It’s a good idea to make these covers out of old sails as long as these will be waterproof. We also still are wondering why the canopy above the entrance of Arabella’s cabin will get glassed.
We look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
I think this a temporary one- the plan earlier was to remake a permanent one with lessons learned from this one… and fiberglass/seal that one.
Hello and happy Friday, Dick and Willeke! The “dodger”, as we call those structures over the companionway, is being built by the same metal worker (Evan) who built out water tanks and a few other pieces on the boat. Then it will be hard-topped with fiberglass, I believe. Evan loves to go skiing and so I think between being very busy and enjoying winter, it’s been a little delayed. Soon, we hope! Sending ❤️ from New England! -Anne
@@AcornToArabella Thanks Anne for letting us know we’re talking about a dodger and we understand it will be made out of stainless steel right? Love from us to you as well ❤️
@@dickdegraaff5452 Its actually called a doghouse, maybe a hard dodger.
Blessings😍
First! Thanks for the latest video 😊
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I watched THE BUILD FROM THE KEAL UP GREAT JOB
Thanks for being on this journey with us!
As for the thin tubing to connect lazy jacks to. Consider something sturdy that runs the length of the stack pack. Plastic pipe bend and compresses. Mine uses a 1/4” solid fiberglass rod on each side. Just my thoughys
The overlaid graphics were a nice touch!
Ben’s a wizard!
@@AcornToArabella indeed! Love that you're using the old sails to make sail covers too. They're even a cool weathered color. Winning all around 👍
thanks for sharing
Happy Friday to you! Thanks for being here every week!
Thank you@@AcornToArabella
As the fellow is explaining what a Cunningham is it becomes very apparent that Steve has a lot to learn.
Lots of mislead and poor (not fair) leads on that boat.
Rigs always go through iterations on new boats as they sail more and get better leads on everything. Given that a lot of our audience doesn’t know these things, it’s nice to ask the questions on camera for words we remember that, as beginners, people might start to have their eyes glaze over as they listen. Wouldn’t want that! -Anne
@@AcornToArabella Indeed. Listeners often make that same mistaken inference when skilled interviewers ask questions for the benefit of their audience, regardless of the fact that they generally already know the answers.
Good Morning from Sandwich, MA
Happy Friday, Bud!
Very nice bottom under full sail.
Sailrite Machine...Nuff said!
Clues in the name! Many people - great success... Not like Arabellla doesn't have a decent inverter!
Well, I've always tied the sails to the boom inside the sail cover then tied the sail cover around the boom and sail too.
Oh, it's STACK pack. I always thought it was SNACK pack! I gotta say, snack pack sounds more fun.
Hahahah it does, to be honest.
Avalon’s cover is bulgy because it’s too long. I’m fixing that this winter. It is a straight cut.
Sometimes they get stretched out, too!
I'll bet if you laser etched a design into the scrap fabric from Victoria that you don't need, those would be nice mementoes, maybe like coasters or fridge magnets?
Nice one steve the reuse of the sails is not bad idea especially on cost so i commend and i would do the same so good luck to you it's yours and Robin boat you do the necessities for your benefit good luck see you next time 😊😊
Thank you!
Howdy neighbor from Barnstable MA!
Hiiii! 👋👋👋
if an artist wanted to play around with old used sails, as a sailing canvas
what would be the 'paint' to use?
Arabella is one beautiful boat.
Aw shucks, thank you!
You definitely should NOT be tying your buntlines around the boom-this will tear your sail in a hurry. Their purpose is only to gather up the excess sail when you reef to keep it from flogging around. Those grommets are not nearly strong enough to handle being tied to the boom when the sail is reefed.
Indeed. This is particularly so when one of the main corner reefing lines comes loose or breaks when under sail.
I sailed on a round-the-world race maxi where every time a reef was taken on the mainsail, a crewmember with a length of heavy line in his teeth would run along the boom (stormforce winds notwithstanding) to tie in a safety strop through the clew around the boom, as backup for the permanently rigged reefing lines. The amount of chafe in those lines meant they were replaced every leg.
Wow, that’s an excellent idea
Happy Friday everyone,
Happy Friday, Aynsley! ☕️🎉
In a video I would like to see how the boat performs as living quarters! The minutiae as such if you would please...for many, it makes for interesting content! Thks and continued success 🎉
Thanks for the request!
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Is the small jib a storm sail? If so it is worth keeping if it is still strong and serviceable.
Looks like an old staysail.
@@AcornToArabellaI wondered as it is a different colour to the rest of the sails.
Good point!
You could rig the camera on Akiva collar and a favorite doggy treat on yours and you've got a new camera operator.
Erratic but adorable and handsome!
Yay 🎉
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A Cunningham is a smart 😊. (I'm full today)
Hello Steve
Have you thought of putting your boat in dry dock for the winter?
No, we’re hoping to do a little sailing.
There was some English in those discussions, but not a whole lot. 🙂
Hahahh jargon is still English! 😁
Seems odd that you didn't seem to allow any excess for hems and seams. Do you intend to add a folded hem cover on the edges? There also didn't appear to be any fabric for the inner cover flap with the zipper.
Sail cutting ASMR 😅
Why not have a loose footed main/mizzen?
I suppose it’s an option, but that would put a lot of strain on the tack and clew for a boat that wants to do high latitude cruising, I think. -Anne
Often there is not so much load in between the tack and clew anyway. Ask Doyle if it’s possible and you might save a lot of labour. I’ve had a stack pack for 12yrs now with the same mainsail loose footed and it still holds
When I had my first loose footed main, it was pointed out to me that when reefed (when the forces on the sail are greater) there are only two functioning attachments of the sail to the boom, in essence the same as a loose footed main.
Whoooo early gang 😊
Goooood morning and happy Friday! ☕️🏆
@@AcornToArabella good morning Arabella Crew! 😀 Have a wonderful day
Stack packs, Convenient, Long zip that will snag or fail, stored on boom. can have little pockets for accessories, look daggy.
(Daggy is Australian for not up to scratch, Coming from dag, the shitty wool around a sheep's bum.)
See Sam Holmes Sailing, ruclips.net/video/iBBloOs-Luw/видео.html
Sail covers. Need to be stowed away, take longer to set up, simple and cheap to make, no zipper to fail.
Boat looks better sailing with covers off. At least I think so.
36 hours to sew up by hand !!!!
See How to Sail Oceans. ruclips.net/video/1whqiYNk1i4/видео.html
Consider vangs
10 years from now when you look back on these first months, will you curse your lack of "Sailorly Skills" or will you celebrate them? I suspect the latter. I admire your ability to try new things and fail with grace before trying again with newfound and hard earned wisdom. If it's ugly but it works, it isn't wrong - but it is still ugly and it still works.
That's the baby rig, then once you've gained confidence and tire of bobbing around in light airs, rig a flying jib and tops'ls.
Have you thought off the off cuts from Victoria sails cutting them up and selling them on ya website seems a shame if the end up in the bin. Great work with the videos sit down every Friday and eat my dinner wating..
I did! Hahah. I hope he kept them in the end. 😊 Also, I think there’s a lot more to be had. -Anne
Nice one Anne 👍👍👍
I’m known for keeping lil bits of damn near everything from the boat as though it’s treasure. 😁
It's always good to recycle, but if you are using old sails wouldn't they already have fairly severe UV damage themselves and therefore they won't offer complete UV protection to your sails and also wear out much faster? Also if they are old canvas type sails, would they offer any UV protection at all?
Yes, sacrificial material over another is UV resistant. When you think about it, that’s what most luffs on jibs are. It doesn’t need to be new material necessarily. Arabella’s jib, for example, has a sail cover in that the outer layers of the leech and foot are replaceable and end up being the outermost wrapped portion of the sail all along it. Some owners opt for a different color. Ours works the same… it’s just of the same material as the rest: Dacron. -Anne
The purpose of Cunningham is too often mistaken. Cunningham is for controlling the draft position, it has little to no effect on flatness.
Aktiva has lost some weight
What language does this Ed speak as he's talking about setting up the stack pack 😅😅😅😅😅
maybe a fundraiser for new sail covers would be nice? Anyone have a cover maker that would be interested in this project?
As Steve says, we will be using these for a couple of years and then probably need to replace them. As a person who has used more than a few disappointing sail covers, I think that making a first set of them to work out the things that need to be tweaked is a good idea. -Anne
Thanks Anne! Much love!
@@AcornToArabella
Sending love right back atcha!
Snow bird are funny. If It were mine. and did not want the sun shining on ot wh not in use, I use canvas. The aging what the purpose of that, It's a damn sail boat.Sould have been in the plans from day one
It always has been in the plans to have sail covers, and as you might know, you can’t fit/pattern them until the rig is up, and this is a brand new rig that needed a few changes as we sailed it the first couple months. Of course, maybe you know that and just felt like blowing off a little steam. That’s ok.
Hope your boat is faring well this winter wherever it is. -Anne
„Ich messe… eins sechsundzwanzich“
I still want the stove!
No I’m not salingg my house.
I've been looking for sails for my dismasted Ingrid 38 for years, and it hurts so much to watch you hack these up...
From what I’ve heard, sailors exchange in Florida has an good amount of used sails for sail. The prices are good in the sizes really vary, so you could find some thing big enough to cut down, maybe something Marconi that could go to gaff.
My Ingrid was cutter rigged, which made that especially difficult to watch... I'll give them a try though, thanks! @@AcornToArabella
Boats not moving from their spot is a very common disease - hopefully one that doesn't afflict Arabella !
Too itchy for adventure to sit still. 😊
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I just tried to copy and expand an image of Arabella under sail. It was to grainy to tell. Do you actually have a 'Cunningham' or rather a 'so to speak split tack ring position ? (the tack trimmed off at a 45 degree angle and a ring for the luff and one for the foot) You don't need a purchase on the tack ring, so long as you still have 'throw' on your luff hoist dimension. Why have a racing feature (downhaul purchase) if you can get all the luff tension you need with halyard tension ? Unless you find it easier to hoist with moderate luff/halyard tension and then use a tack purchase to do the final 'wailing' on of tension in heavier air. If so then it either becomes mute, has to be bounced or duplicated for each reef, all three of which are extra gear and work if you can get sufficient luff tension with the throat halyard.
You make better drawings than me and im an engineer
That is something that happens in the UK and, no doubt, all over the world. Boats that NEVER move. It’s strange, maybe it’s some sort of tax dodge thing? As if the tax people say, you need to have less money or we’ll take mot in tax, so people spend it on something they don’t really want?
I think it’s mostly misplaced hope. It’s hard to have a land life and give a big boat what it needs. I get a little sad when I see them. -Anne
@@AcornToArabella as do I. Ship Happens channel have shown the boats where they are moored and so many boats are just rotted and rotting away 😭.
Sewing? I can sew, it's not the best looking but it works. Shame I'm in a different country or I'd help. 🥴
Sun rots unprotected Dacron, that's why we use sail covers. So you're going to cover your sails with old Dacron?
Steve mentioned he’d like to get a season or two out of these, so I think there’s something to be said for perfecting the design before the investment in new material. As a person who has dealt with a lot of sail covers that needed tweaking in a few key ways, I think this might be a good move. -Anne
WHat language is sail guy speaking? 🙂
Using the old sails for the sail covers is a false economy. Sunbrella is pricey, but will last much, much longer than old Dacron.
It also sucks to spend a lot on sunbrella when you’re doing a prototype one-off set up only to find it doesn’t quite work the way you wanted. If this works perfect and he gets a few years out of it, great. Then they have nice patterns to make sunbrella ones from.
He literally says in the video that he expects them to last 1 or 2 seasons. They are basically a low cost functional prototype. I'd imagine that once they work out the kinks they'll use new material for the final covers.
Steve mentioned he’d like to get a season or two out of these, so I think there’s something to be said for perfecting the design before the investment. As a person who has dealt with a lot of sail covers that needed tweaking in a few key ways, I think this might be a good move. -Anne
I stoped watching your channel not long after I started to recive 20 plus minuete adds for your channel. please sort it out and stop it as it will not encouridge me to watch again.
We don’t have control of the advertisements, those come from RUclips, and they think it’s what you want based on your internet activity. We opt for “skippable” ads, which make us less money, so I’m not sure why that’s happening and unfortunately we don’t have control over it. -Anne
@@AcornToArabella Ah I did not realise that. One of the most regular times it pops up is vertuly every time I call up a Tally Ho Sampson Boat Co video So that would make sense as you say based on what I watch. Thanks for the reply.