[Public-list] #2

[Mike Lehman]

I don't know - it is probably 6.5 but that is a guess



Mike Lehman
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From: "J Bergquist" <jbergqui at gmail.com>
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To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-list] #2
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:51:14 -0400

Mike-

Thanks for the info. I am curious to know what is the cloth weight of your
sail?

The information available at:

http://www.alberg30.org/Assoc/Racing/sails.html

Seems to limit the weight to 6.5 Oz, but some other people on the list have
suggested 7 Oz as a minimum.

Thoughts?

J

On 10/16/06, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
 > The measurements are in the handbook - it is not a full luff. Mine has a
 > short piece of wire that attaches to the tack and gets it odd the deck.
 >
 >
 >
 > Mike Lehman
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 >
 >
 >
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: "J Bergquist" <jbergqui at gmail.com>
 > Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
 > To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
 > <public-list at alberg30.org>,"Alberg 30 Racing" <racing-list at alberg30.org>
 > Subject: [Public-list] #2
 > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:11:33 -0400
 >
 > Past Association Commodore Bob Kirk was kind enough to give me his old 
#2.
 > I
 > measured it last night with a friend in the middle of my street and the
 > dimensions I found are as follows:
 >
 > Luff 31'4" with a 3'4" wire pendant at the top
 > Foot 14' 11.5"
 > Leech 30' 4"
 > LP 14' 2.25" (this makes it a 135% sail)
 > Height of LP 4' 8.75"
 >
 > This sail was very old and I did not have tackle to stretch it really
 > hard,
 > so we were just doing that by hand on my driveway. It says 'Ulmer" which
 > apparently is UK before they were UK.
 >
 > There is a lot of leech hollow.
 >
 > I was surprised at the short luff. This seems strange to me for a #2. I
 > expected the sail to be full hoist (luff dimension of at least 34 ft). I
 > would be interested in hearing people's thoughts on these measurements -
 > whether they are good numbers to shoot for, or whether they are too big 
or
 > too small (particularly LP, foot dimension, and luff length).
 >
 > There was kind of a strange seaming pattern. One seam ran from clew to
 > luff,
 > ending a few feet above LP. Below this seam, panel seams ran vertically
 > (more or less parallel to the luff). Above this seam, panel seams were
 > cross
 > cut (more or less parallel to the foot).
 >
 > I have gotten concrete sail quotes from UK, North, and Sail Rite. The 
Sail
 > Rite guy assures me that if I build one of his sails it will be just as
 > good
 > as a brand name sail. My thought is not only will I save some money, but 
I
 > will also get to learn how to do canvaswork which would enable me to do 
my
 > own sail, cover, and upholstery repairs in the future.
 >
 > All the quotes seem to be built around cloth weight of 6.5 Oz to 7 Oz. 
Any
 > thoughts on that?
 >
 > I appreciate y'alls patience and input on this. Sorry to be so dense. I
 > just
 > want to be an informed customer rather than just asking the sailmaker to
 > figure everythign out for me. Since I am kind of an idiot when it comes 
to
 > sailmaking, I am probably asking things that some of you think are silly.
 > Again, preciate your patience.
 >
 > Kind regards,
 >
 > J Bergquist
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