Re: Micro Mizzen Sail Setting
Hi M.Roberts,
Regarding your mizzen;hopefully the sailmaker cut this sail"flat"
otherwise you'll always experience excessive bagging.If the sail is
indeed cut flat,it should be evenly secured along the entire length of
the mast.Next,check the angle of your mizzen sprit.You can do this
easily while at the quay,first,ensure you have the wind on your
nose,then proceed with setting up the mizzen except do not attach the
snotter.Instead,simply push the mizzen sprit aft with your hands until
the sail is taut.Raise or lower the mizzen sprit until both the leach
and foot of sail are tight(taut).The point where the foreward end of
the mizzen sprit crosses the mast should then be but a few inches
bellow the small block used for the snotter or,rather,your snotter
block should be then attached a few inches above this intersection of
spars.
As to the sail appearing to be baggy on one tack and crossing over
the sprit on the other,this is to be expected....even with a nice
tight sail.Of course,your sail may not have been cut flat which
will only make things appear worse.Think of your mizzen as nothing
more then the feather on a windvane.In fact,a suitably cut and secured
piece of 1/4" plywood hung off the mizzen would be just as effective.
Now on to the mainsail;you have two options:A)if you reef by
looping the second reef pendant over the aft end of the main sprit
boom then you might want to consider raising the main back up to the
truck of the mast,or B) secure the second reef aways along the main
sprit boom toward the front of the boat ie;about 3 or 4 feet from the
aft end of the main sprit boom.Option A presumes sailtrack for ease of
hoisting and option B requires the addition of some small hardware on
the sprit boom.Both methods will help keep the main sprit boom from
going"boom" on your skull ;-)
Hope this makes sense to you and brings happiness to all who sail
with you!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,from the shores of the mighty St.Lawrence.........
P.S. Your topping lift(s) should be nice and loose once the sails are
set!
Regarding your mizzen;hopefully the sailmaker cut this sail"flat"
otherwise you'll always experience excessive bagging.If the sail is
indeed cut flat,it should be evenly secured along the entire length of
the mast.Next,check the angle of your mizzen sprit.You can do this
easily while at the quay,first,ensure you have the wind on your
nose,then proceed with setting up the mizzen except do not attach the
snotter.Instead,simply push the mizzen sprit aft with your hands until
the sail is taut.Raise or lower the mizzen sprit until both the leach
and foot of sail are tight(taut).The point where the foreward end of
the mizzen sprit crosses the mast should then be but a few inches
bellow the small block used for the snotter or,rather,your snotter
block should be then attached a few inches above this intersection of
spars.
As to the sail appearing to be baggy on one tack and crossing over
the sprit on the other,this is to be expected....even with a nice
tight sail.Of course,your sail may not have been cut flat which
will only make things appear worse.Think of your mizzen as nothing
more then the feather on a windvane.In fact,a suitably cut and secured
piece of 1/4" plywood hung off the mizzen would be just as effective.
Now on to the mainsail;you have two options:A)if you reef by
looping the second reef pendant over the aft end of the main sprit
boom then you might want to consider raising the main back up to the
truck of the mast,or B) secure the second reef aways along the main
sprit boom toward the front of the boat ie;about 3 or 4 feet from the
aft end of the main sprit boom.Option A presumes sailtrack for ease of
hoisting and option B requires the addition of some small hardware on
the sprit boom.Both methods will help keep the main sprit boom from
going"boom" on your skull ;-)
Hope this makes sense to you and brings happiness to all who sail
with you!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,from the shores of the mighty St.Lawrence.........
P.S. Your topping lift(s) should be nice and loose once the sails are
set!
--- In bolger@y..., "mmeroberts" <martin.me.roberts@b...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 1) The set of the mizen alays seems very loose. No matter how hard
I
> try the top part seems to sag over the boom on one tack and is very
> loose on the other?
>
> 2) I followed the reefing instruction someone knidly point me too
and
> I notice that the boom became very low over the cockpit as the
reefed
> sail attached to the boom did not seem to be able to hold it very
> high. If I put the topping lift on the set of the sail was aweful.
>
> We setting these sails should I try to pull the sail tight on the
> boom with some slack on the snotter and then tighten it up?
>
> Thanks
Hi,
Second more windy sail yesterday in Applecross, I notived two
things that I need help with:
1) The set of the mizen alays seems very loose. No matter how hard I
try the top part seems to sag over the boom on one tack and is very
loose on the other?
2) I followed the reefing instruction someone knidly point me too and
I notice that the boom became very low over the cockpit as the reefed
sail attached to the boom did not seem to be able to hold it very
high. If I put the topping lift on the set of the sail was aweful.
We setting these sails should I try to pull the sail tight on the
boom with some slack on the snotter and then tighten it up?
Thanks
Second more windy sail yesterday in Applecross, I notived two
things that I need help with:
1) The set of the mizen alays seems very loose. No matter how hard I
try the top part seems to sag over the boom on one tack and is very
loose on the other?
2) I followed the reefing instruction someone knidly point me too and
I notice that the boom became very low over the cockpit as the reefed
sail attached to the boom did not seem to be able to hold it very
high. If I put the topping lift on the set of the sail was aweful.
We setting these sails should I try to pull the sail tight on the
boom with some slack on the snotter and then tighten it up?
Thanks