God to see how you set the spinnaker, I have copied your set up and tried it in the back yard but yet to use it on water very effective in light conditions and looks good too.
Hey! That's a sail I haven't seen yet?? Uses same pole? Instruction to make? Just dropped of my 2nd main at my sail guy to do gaff mod ala Mirror Cruising 3. Thanks for posting details! Question. Should he sacrifice some of the top sail for reenforcement strips for reef point and the leech head of the gaff sail? Also, do you know an easy way to remove the insignia from the sail so as not to have it cut in two by the gaff modification cut? And how to reapply it later?
Hi David. My sailmaker had red material available for patches so did not cut any off. I suppose you could have a topsail of a different colour if necessary, as this is often done. My sail numbers were already in a good position so I don't know how to get them off. My spinnaker is tacked down at the mast foot, as done on old gaffers. It uses the standard spinnaker but located off to the side, like another mainsail. It seems a very safe way of doing it as it collapses if back winded.
Just looking at your mainsheet, is there an advantage to moving the mounting to the tiller stock rather than the centre and did you have to strengthen the mountings of the tiller to cope with added streese from the sails? Obviously moved to cope with engine mounting just interested in choices... Thanks for your videos.
The tiller and rudder stock are, in any case, special ones designed to be more sturdy. I wanted to pull the sheet from a single point instead of using the normal Vee arrangement, to make the action lighter, and on top of the tiller also allows the sheet to miss the outboard. The stresses are not particularly great.
@@SCCFORUM A tale of two parts but OK I think. Reasonably comfortable I can get the boat to do what I want now. Have passed the RYA Pt 2 but then went and stabbed some glass through my foot - put me out for last season. This year, well we all know about whats happened so far. So not much sailing been done but still confident and itching to go.
Hi David, back in your modifications videos I saw your pivoting centreboard modification and a question to you with a reply, where you say to email you to ask for drawings/plans. How can I email you? I would like to put a pivoting centreboard on my mirror dinghy and could use a bit more info, thanks heaps, Hans.
@@msf60khz Hi, thanks for the reply, I also commented the same thing on another video, please send it through to mailhansp at gmail.com ( at = @), thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
Catting the anchor is securing it over the bow as on the old ships and gaffers. When I weigh anchor I first pull it up and leave it hanging until I can get the opportunity to stow it properly.
thanks for the explanation david
God to see how you set the spinnaker, I have copied your set up and tried it in the back yard but yet to use it on water
very effective in light conditions and looks good too.
Christchurch harbor I my favorite when you slept is just up from the Knowl, nice and peaceful
I was in Itchenor today looking at a mirror a bit over priced I thought
Hey! That's a sail I haven't seen yet?? Uses same pole? Instruction to make? Just dropped of my 2nd main at my sail guy to do gaff mod ala Mirror Cruising 3. Thanks for posting details! Question. Should he sacrifice some of the top sail for reenforcement strips for reef point and the leech head of the gaff sail? Also, do you know an easy way to remove the insignia from the sail so as not to have it cut in two by the gaff modification cut? And how to reapply it later?
Hi David. My sailmaker had red material available for patches so did not cut any off. I suppose you could have a topsail of a different colour if necessary, as this is often done.
My sail numbers were already in a good position so I don't know how to get them off.
My spinnaker is tacked down at the mast foot, as done on old gaffers. It uses the standard spinnaker but located off to the side, like another mainsail. It seems a very safe way of doing it as it collapses if back winded.
Just looking at your mainsheet, is there an advantage to moving the mounting to the tiller stock rather than the centre and did you have to strengthen the mountings of the tiller to cope with added streese from the sails? Obviously moved to cope with engine mounting just interested in choices... Thanks for your videos.
The tiller and rudder stock are, in any case, special ones designed to be more sturdy. I wanted to pull the sheet from a single point instead of using the normal Vee arrangement, to make the action lighter, and on top of the tiller also allows the sheet to miss the outboard. The stresses are not particularly great.
@@msf60khz Thank you for that. I am coming to sailing quite late at 56 and have a lot to learn...
I started sailing at 50 so you will be Ok. Build up slowly and enjoy.
@@P943044S Hi, I am also starting to sail at 56. How are you getting on?
Regards,
Paul.
@@SCCFORUM A tale of two parts but OK I think. Reasonably comfortable I can get the boat to do what I want now. Have passed the RYA Pt 2 but then went and stabbed some glass through my foot - put me out for last season. This year, well we all know about whats happened so far. So not much sailing been done but still confident and itching to go.
It is not my favourite when there is no wind everything is a struggle.
Hi David, back in your modifications videos I saw your pivoting centreboard modification and a question to you with a reply, where you say to email you to ask for drawings/plans. How can I email you? I would like to put a pivoting centreboard on my mirror dinghy and could use a bit more info, thanks heaps, Hans.
Can you give me an email address where I can send it?
@@msf60khz Hi, thanks for the reply, I also commented the same thing on another video, please send it through to mailhansp at gmail.com ( at = @), thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
Hi David you said
catting the anchor but did not show us what that meant
You are quite correct, the camera position was wrong. I wanted to explain the empty boat, as I was on the foredeck.
Catting the anchor is securing it over the bow as on the old ships and gaffers. When I weigh anchor I first pull it up and leave it hanging until I can get the opportunity to stow it properly.
There is video of Thames Barge "Edme" carrying a spinnaker in this fashion at the following URL: czcams.com/video/06Vm2Yn_VUA/video.html