Congratulations on your escape module. Sad to read the state of Earth’s inhabitants. Your ending afforded us a modicum of hope if we squint and apply substantial optimism.
Entertaining story! Hope your new build continues to pay dividends. Did you think of just building an Oz Goose, as it seems to meet your requirements and it weighs less (about 120 lbs.)?
Many years ago, I built a full diagonal sprit for a sail I made. It has a circular cross section, 1" diameter, 15' long. It was laminated out of two pieces of sitka spruce and planed to shape. The thin cross section makes it very flexible, eliminating the need to make any odd shapes to keep the spar off the sail. The flex also manifests as springiness, giving a safety factor in puffs and a small, extra kick as the puff eases. I call it my spaghetti spar.
There is a bee hole at the top, which carries an outhaul. As I do not want lumber in the boat when I reef, there is a ring on the outhaul, riding on the spar, which is attached to the peak and a pair of small cleats, one for the snotter and one for the outhaul, at the foot of the spar. This arrangement allows the sail to be reefed easily. It has been quite satisfactory for more than 20 years
Lol you and me both. But the mix of technical talk and story telling was well done. I figure over time and exposure I will maybe truly understand all of the tech rather than just a very hazy understanding
Well done. (The writing and the building)
Congratulations on your escape module. Sad to read the state of Earth’s inhabitants. Your ending afforded us a modicum of hope if we squint and apply substantial optimism.
Entertaining story! Hope your new build continues to pay dividends. Did you think of just building an Oz Goose, as it seems to meet your requirements and it weighs less (about 120 lbs.)?
Many years ago, I built a full diagonal sprit for a sail I made. It has a circular cross section, 1" diameter, 15' long. It was laminated out of two pieces of sitka spruce and planed to shape. The thin cross section makes it very flexible, eliminating the need to make any odd shapes to keep the spar off the sail. The flex also manifests as springiness, giving a safety factor in puffs and a small, extra kick as the puff eases. I call it my spaghetti spar.
There is a bee hole at the top, which carries an outhaul. As I do not want lumber in the boat when I reef, there is a ring on the outhaul, riding on the spar, which is attached to the peak and a pair of small cleats, one for the snotter and one for the outhaul, at the foot of the spar. This arrangement allows the sail to be reefed easily. It has been quite satisfactory for more than 20 years
Thanks for sharing your sailboat story and excellent pictures. Nice story
Agreed!
Damn. Have no idea what you're talking about half the time but this is very nice writing.
Lol you and me both. But the mix of technical talk and story telling was well done. I figure over time and exposure I will maybe truly understand all of the tech rather than just a very hazy understanding