Re: Okay, so how do I rig this thing?
While I am nowhere near an authoritative voice on boatbuilding, I ordered my
gudgeons and pintles from Glen-L marine. www.glen-l.com They also have
myriad other bits and pieces, and their website is up and running. Make
sure to email your request in and ask for an exact price on shipping. I
received my order within a week of sending off the money order. Very good
service, and the parts are Race-Lite brand.
Blake Sartin
Knoxville, TN
Building a Bolger/Carnell Featherwind
gudgeons and pintles from Glen-L marine. www.glen-l.com They also have
myriad other bits and pieces, and their website is up and running. Make
sure to email your request in and ask for an exact price on shipping. I
received my order within a week of sending off the money order. Very good
service, and the parts are Race-Lite brand.
Blake Sartin
Knoxville, TN
Building a Bolger/Carnell Featherwind
>www.common-sense-boats.com under "boat parts" sells Race-Lite. Very
>inexpensive.
>Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
>From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
> > Where's the best place to find the countless bits of brass, pulleys,
> > and other goodies? Order online, or shop locally.
I don't think it'd be a good idea to replace the wooden mast for a Gypsy
with aluminum. Gypsy doesn't have a lot of stability, so when the head of
the mast flexes and spills some wind in a gust it's real nice! If you
replaced the tapered wood with a straight piece of aluminum pipe you'd
either have a mast so stiff it wouldn't spill wind when you want it to, or
one that was limber all the way from foot to truck and flexed so much the
sail wouldn't set right.
The Bolger sprit-boomed leg-o-mutton rig doesn't need very many bits of
brass and pulleys. I don't think there's a single pulley in the Gypsy's
rig. West marine is a handy place to get good quality rope and hardware
that can't be found locally. You can probably find plastic cleats at your
local motorboating emporium or Walmart, they don't have any class, but they
work fine.
http://www.westmarine.com
Good luck with your project.
with aluminum. Gypsy doesn't have a lot of stability, so when the head of
the mast flexes and spills some wind in a gust it's real nice! If you
replaced the tapered wood with a straight piece of aluminum pipe you'd
either have a mast so stiff it wouldn't spill wind when you want it to, or
one that was limber all the way from foot to truck and flexed so much the
sail wouldn't set right.
The Bolger sprit-boomed leg-o-mutton rig doesn't need very many bits of
brass and pulleys. I don't think there's a single pulley in the Gypsy's
rig. West marine is a handy place to get good quality rope and hardware
that can't be found locally. You can probably find plastic cleats at your
local motorboating emporium or Walmart, they don't have any class, but they
work fine.
http://www.westmarine.com
Good luck with your project.
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 18:10:05 -0000, Landlubber wrote:
> the hull is coming along nicely on my Gypsy. However, I have no idea
> of the best way to rig this thing. I have seen the postings for
> aluminum poles to replace the Douglass fir called for in the plans.
> Where's the best place to find the countless bits of brass, pulleys,
> and other goodies? Order online, or shop locally.
--
John <jkohnen@...>
http://www.boat-links.com/
I cannot help thinking that the people with motor boats miss a great deal.
If they would only keep to rowboats or canoes, and use oar or paddle...
they would get infinitely more benefit than by having their work done for
them by gasoline. <Teddy Teddy Roosevelt>
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, dbartlow@c... wrote:
break the bank.
Or tell some supplier you want parts & line of the size for rigging a
Laser. The light plastic blocks they use will do fine.
Annapolis Performance Sailing (it's on the web - not sure of URL - they
will send you a free catalog) is a *great* source for hardware and at
very good prices. They're basically dinghy-sailing nuts.
Make your own cleats - bunch of patterns appear on my Cheap Pages.
(http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata)
-- it's also possible to make your own blocks ('dumb sheave blocks')
and sometime I have to put the pix and diagrams up there. Use PVC
tubing, epoxy to scrap ply side pieces.
> the hull is coming along nicely on my Gypsy. However, I have no ideaWell, on boats this small you can use Harken micro blocks, which won't
> of the best way to rig this thing. I have seen the postings for
> aluminum poles to replace the Douglass fir called for in the plans.
> Where's the best place to find the countless bits of brass, pulleys,
> and other goodies? Order online, or shop locally.
break the bank.
Or tell some supplier you want parts & line of the size for rigging a
Laser. The light plastic blocks they use will do fine.
Annapolis Performance Sailing (it's on the web - not sure of URL - they
will send you a free catalog) is a *great* source for hardware and at
very good prices. They're basically dinghy-sailing nuts.
Make your own cleats - bunch of patterns appear on my Cheap Pages.
(http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata)
-- it's also possible to make your own blocks ('dumb sheave blocks')
and sometime I have to put the pix and diagrams up there. Use PVC
tubing, epoxy to scrap ply side pieces.
the hull is coming along nicely on my Gypsy. However, I have no idea
of the best way to rig this thing. I have seen the postings for
aluminum poles to replace the Douglass fir called for in the plans.
Where's the best place to find the countless bits of brass, pulleys,
and other goodies? Order online, or shop locally.
Thanks
Signed,
Landlubber
Ankle deep in sawdust in the garage!
of the best way to rig this thing. I have seen the postings for
aluminum poles to replace the Douglass fir called for in the plans.
Where's the best place to find the countless bits of brass, pulleys,
and other goodies? Order online, or shop locally.
Thanks
Signed,
Landlubber
Ankle deep in sawdust in the garage!