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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PAD - Spritsail Dinghy
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:52:50 -0400
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Sonny - You infinite knowledge of all the important things in life  
amazes me.  I'd forgotten your boat was sprit rigged.

Regards,

Dick



On Aug 21, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> My P'dincle is sprit rigged, and the mast on the 17 foot boat is but  
> 8 feet
> tall.
>
> So, we usually row out past  harbor traffic, step the mast, raise  
> the main,
> stick one end of the sprit into the peak, and the other into the  
> snotter,
> raise the jib, and trim by the main sheet, jib sheet, then tighten  
> down the
> snooter to get a clean line on the main.
>
> If a blow comes up, all you have to do is loosen the snotter, pull  
> out the
> sprit, and you've effectively shortened sail by half!  As others have
> pointed out, no boom headachers.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at 
> comcast.net 
> >wrote:
>
>> ... with senorita.   That's pronounced spritz-zel, BTW.  This  
>> simple rig
>> goes way, way back to Roman times, was a common feature on Thames  
>> barges,
>> and was commonly used for small dinghies on Cape Cod in the early- 
>> part of
>> the 20th Century.  It's an easy boat to rig or stow since at the  
>> end of the
>> day the sail is "brailed" (rolled) up against the sprit and mast,  
>> everything
>> tied together and the mast unstepped and dropped into the boat.
>>
>> This one looks like a recent replica of an much older sailing dory  
>> design.
>>  Check out the low, curving tiller.  If that doesn't rise, (it  
>> looks like
>> it does but I've run across a few boats where it doesn't) this boat  
>> would be
>> hellish to hold down in any kind of a blow.  In the 5-10 knot  
>> breeze we had
>> this day the boat balanced perfectly with the senorita, er, crew  
>> sitting in
>> the boat.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/?g2_page=5
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/nbswky
>>
>> D300, etc.
>>
>> C&C always welcome.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>
>
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>
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> without a
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>
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] BOATING PAD - Spritsail Dinghy)
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