{"id":276,"date":"2017-06-04T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T22:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.h2ak.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:28:12","slug":"last-minute-shakeups-but-i-set-sail-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Last minute shakeups, but I set sail today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whew! Well plan is I set sail in the next two hours.<\/p>\n

I decided , at the last minute, to make drastic changes. i have never been 100% happy with my mainsail; it’s so heavy a material that it really only develops shape and works well in 15-20+ winds. After sailing in the Sloop Tavern friday night race, i decided to do something about it.<\/p>\n

I had a Lug rig on the shelf in my basement,one i had sewn up for a Ozracer, the 8 foot box boat the minnow is derived from. I had made it slightly smaller than the Ozracer plans called for due to a mistake in measurement, but it was only slightly larger than the sail I had on the Minnow.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it had too long a foot to fit on the Minnow’s Boom. and it has no reefpoint ties installed. Here’s a shot of them side by side:<\/p>\n

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This is from a weird angle, the new sail isn’t really that much larger; about 10 inches on the foot, about 2-3 inches on the throat, and between that for the yard and luff measurements. it’s a lighter material, and therefore it stretches in the middle to develop belly while the reinforced edges help it keep it’s shape. this sail was only used about a dozen times so it should be good and fresh.<\/p>\n

First thing i did was transfer all the reefing lines and lazyjack \/ topping lift setup, along with adding this really nifty outhaul sliding car arrangement.<\/p>\n

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then, i cut the reinforcement patches for the reef ties.<\/p>\n

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And then, we sewed them in. Ellen helped!<\/p>\n

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I took a turn!<\/p>\n

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An Ellen in action shot:<\/p>\n

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Side note: You can clearly see where I burned the top of her sewing machine with a halogen light a few years back, while making her a banana costume for Halloween. This girl puts up with a lot, and I love her for it.<\/p>\n

Here’s a close-up of the ‘good enough’ level of precision that typifies this sail. \u00a0Consider all the hanging threads ‘extra telltales’.<\/p>\n

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This morning, I ran out and got the grommet kit from the hardware store, installed the grommets, and made up the reef ties, using a torch sitting at our kitchen table. Each reef tie was cut to three feet, giving just under a foot and a half on each side of the sail.<\/p>\n

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Did I mention that my wife puts up with alot? Yeah. she’s great.<\/p>\n

So here’s the sail, with all the rigging and reefing work done. I even added a set of ‘reef ties’ on the yard at the very top of the sail to work as built-in sail ties that i can’t loose.<\/p>\n

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There is only one thing that worries me. the boom is a bit more….. bendy than the old one. it’s to the spec of the plans for the boat, but the old boom was very overbuilt.<\/p>\n

So here’s my plan. I sail in a few hours towards Port Townsend. if it breaks, or scares me, I motor into Port Townsend, scare up a stick of lumber, and make a replacement boom. Hopefully i won’t need to, but at least I have a backup plan.<\/p>\n

All my provisions are packed, and there’s a sock monkey staring at me, looking impatiently at where his watch would be if he had one. I guess we better get going!<\/p>\n

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