Re: 1 ) Raising a Micro mainmast and 2) Amherst Galley open space covers
Ah! actually your system makes more sense now that you have said
that - don't worry, I'm just slow on the uptake.
Yes, I see what you are talking about and that does seem to be more
appropriate ; will have to put some thought into that.
Greg
that - don't worry, I'm just slow on the uptake.
Yes, I see what you are talking about and that does seem to be more
appropriate ; will have to put some thought into that.
Greg
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Waters" <dgw@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg
>
> I've heard the box section guide being described before, but I've
never seen
> pictures. Something of the sort could be made to work, I think,
but would
> clutter up the forward well. Once the mast is more or less
upright, aiming
> the heel into the step never gave me great trouble; rather it was
the
> clambering about while holding a [more or less] horizontal mast
that I
> struggled with, hence the cantilever resting point I described. My
cabin
> roof fixture ended up being a carved block of white UHMW, which
helps
> sliding the stick fore and aft.
>
> As to singlehanding, I basically singlehand ours, complete with
gaff rig
> halyards and lifts, and three sheets, but it's taken a while to get
> everything sorted out. Some of our earlier outings were [a] not
singlehanded
> and [b] horribly disorganised :)
>
> I'm always grateful for crew to step ashore with a line when
coming back to
> the ramp - operating the motor especially changing gear at the
last minute
> places me in an awkward position with poor forward vision. And the
mast is
> always stepped and unstepped on the trailer, nose into the wind :)
>
> cheers
> Derek
>
Hi Greg
I've heard the box section guide being described before, but I've never seen
pictures. Something of the sort could be made to work, I think, but would
clutter up the forward well. Once the mast is more or less upright, aiming
the heel into the step never gave me great trouble; rather it was the
clambering about while holding a [more or less] horizontal mast that I
struggled with, hence the cantilever resting point I described. My cabin
roof fixture ended up being a carved block of white UHMW, which helps
sliding the stick fore and aft.
As to singlehanding, I basically singlehand ours, complete with gaff rig
halyards and lifts, and three sheets, but it's taken a while to get
everything sorted out. Some of our earlier outings were [a] not singlehanded
and [b] horribly disorganised :)
I'm always grateful for crew to step ashore with a line when coming back to
the ramp - operating the motor especially changing gear at the last minute
places me in an awkward position with poor forward vision. And the mast is
always stepped and unstepped on the trailer, nose into the wind :)
cheers
Derek
I've heard the box section guide being described before, but I've never seen
pictures. Something of the sort could be made to work, I think, but would
clutter up the forward well. Once the mast is more or less upright, aiming
the heel into the step never gave me great trouble; rather it was the
clambering about while holding a [more or less] horizontal mast that I
struggled with, hence the cantilever resting point I described. My cabin
roof fixture ended up being a carved block of white UHMW, which helps
sliding the stick fore and aft.
As to singlehanding, I basically singlehand ours, complete with gaff rig
halyards and lifts, and three sheets, but it's taken a while to get
everything sorted out. Some of our earlier outings were [a] not singlehanded
and [b] horribly disorganised :)
I'm always grateful for crew to step ashore with a line when coming back to
the ramp - operating the motor especially changing gear at the last minute
places me in an awkward position with poor forward vision. And the mast is
always stepped and unstepped on the trailer, nose into the wind :)
cheers
Derek
Thanks Derek
That sounds good (I think I understand) Actually, the idea that I
remember being mentioned was, I think, a box section guide that was
to be placed vertically from the mast foot step up and used to guide
the mast down into place - does that sound right??
On the Dutch Micro of Peter de Boer there was a picture in the
Common Sense Newsletters once of him raising his mainmast with a
rope running from the bow transom side to the mast about 2-3 feet
up and then to the other side of the bow transom - but that doesn't
sound like much support to me
You are right Derek, I always get a little worried when the mast is
coming back down, although the last time we had the boat out it went
quite well with two adult males - how does anybody single-hand a
MIcro trailer sailer??
That sounds good (I think I understand) Actually, the idea that I
remember being mentioned was, I think, a box section guide that was
to be placed vertically from the mast foot step up and used to guide
the mast down into place - does that sound right??
On the Dutch Micro of Peter de Boer there was a picture in the
Common Sense Newsletters once of him raising his mainmast with a
rope running from the bow transom side to the mast about 2-3 feet
up and then to the other side of the bow transom - but that doesn't
sound like much support to me
You are right Derek, I always get a little worried when the mast is
coming back down, although the last time we had the boat out it went
quite well with two adult males - how does anybody single-hand a
MIcro trailer sailer??
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Waters" <dgw@...> wrote:
>
> Re: 1.
>
> A couple of small guide posts and a reinforced bearing surface
atop the
> forward cuddy bulkhead allowed me to stand on the cockpit deck,
tuck the
> foot of the mast under the forward transom bracing and let the
mast sit in
> place while I got up onto the cuddy roof to walk the mast up into
place. Our
> mast weighs about 20lb less than yours, fully rigged. Overbuilt is
a
> possibility :) Stepping a 56lb mast will be easier than unstepping
it, I
> think.
>
> Bolger now offers a tabernacle for the original Micro design,
intended as an
> upgrade. For a number of [possibly questionable] reasons I'm
currently
> constructing a tabernacle of my own design on our boat. If I ever
get it
> finished I'll be sure to write it up for Chuck at Duckworks...
>
> cheers
> Derek
>
Re: 1.
A couple of small guide posts and a reinforced bearing surface atop the
forward cuddy bulkhead allowed me to stand on the cockpit deck, tuck the
foot of the mast under the forward transom bracing and let the mast sit in
place while I got up onto the cuddy roof to walk the mast up into place. Our
mast weighs about 20lb less than yours, fully rigged. Overbuilt is a
possibility :) Stepping a 56lb mast will be easier than unstepping it, I
think.
Bolger now offers a tabernacle for the original Micro design, intended as an
upgrade. For a number of [possibly questionable] reasons I'm currently
constructing a tabernacle of my own design on our boat. If I ever get it
finished I'll be sure to write it up for Chuck at Duckworks...
cheers
Derek
A couple of small guide posts and a reinforced bearing surface atop the
forward cuddy bulkhead allowed me to stand on the cockpit deck, tuck the
foot of the mast under the forward transom bracing and let the mast sit in
place while I got up onto the cuddy roof to walk the mast up into place. Our
mast weighs about 20lb less than yours, fully rigged. Overbuilt is a
possibility :) Stepping a 56lb mast will be easier than unstepping it, I
think.
Bolger now offers a tabernacle for the original Micro design, intended as an
upgrade. For a number of [possibly questionable] reasons I'm currently
constructing a tabernacle of my own design on our boat. If I ever get it
finished I'll be sure to write it up for Chuck at Duckworks...
cheers
Derek
1) I seem to remember some gadget that someone mentioned somewhere ??
regarding a device that he had made to assist in raising a Micro
mainmast, but can't, for the life of me, find that reference now - I
though it was in the Commonsense Newsletters but I have gone through
those with no luck.
Anybody got any ideas (or other suggestions for that matter)?? We
tried to weigh our mainmast one day on some bathroom scales out on the
lawn and it came out at around 56 pounds A tad overbuilt, perhaps?
2) Amherst Galley open space covers The study plans that I have seen
published for the Amherst Galley show some bi-fold hard covers for the
open space areas of that boat and I was wondering if anybody had
adapted that concept to any of the other Birdwatcher style boats.
Thanks all
Greg F
regarding a device that he had made to assist in raising a Micro
mainmast, but can't, for the life of me, find that reference now - I
though it was in the Commonsense Newsletters but I have gone through
those with no luck.
Anybody got any ideas (or other suggestions for that matter)?? We
tried to weigh our mainmast one day on some bathroom scales out on the
lawn and it came out at around 56 pounds A tad overbuilt, perhaps?
2) Amherst Galley open space covers The study plans that I have seen
published for the Amherst Galley show some bi-fold hard covers for the
open space areas of that boat and I was wondering if anybody had
adapted that concept to any of the other Birdwatcher style boats.
Thanks all
Greg F