[Alberg30] RE: Cringles, Cunninghams, Outhauls

[Gord Laco]

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  Hi Bob,

I'll post the dimensions of the sail when I settle them.

If you get a message from me that starts "Sounds complicated..."  please
dump it, I missunderdstood your message about flattening reefs!

Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Lincoln <lincoln at cc.UManitoba.CA>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: [Alberg30] RE: Cringles, Cunninghams, Outhauls


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online:
>
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lympics]
>
> Gord, George, Chester, Jan,
>
> Thanks for the corrections.  I found several aspects of
> the main/boom/mast  hardware difficult to use when
> reefing.  Looping the cunningham cringle on the reefing
> hook on the boom was an impromptu solution.  It also
> solved the problem of the luff line, since tying it to
> the mast raised problems when tacking.  I tied the luff
> line to the reefing hook on the boom.    At the outhaul
> end there is a block, and below it is a cam cleat.  The
> best I could think of was to run a line from the tack
> to the block and then cleat it in order to tighten the
> foot of the mainsail.  The boom vang only flattens the
> sail a bit because the boom is so rigid, and the angle
> from the mast step is not efficient.  I would probably
> benefit from a diagram or description of the usual
> practice for attaching the mainsail tack to the end of
> the boom here.  The block on Indigo is not used for the
> topping lift, so I assumed it was for the tack.
> It would be interesting to know the dimensions of the
> sail Gord is building.
>
> Bob Lincoln
> Indigo #590
>
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