Re: Quarantine Sunfish project
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Tom,
Attached is a pic.? Very simple to make and incredibly effective.? I put just enough tension on it ?where the tiller will not move by itself wildly.? It is helpful when tacking as I can push the tiller out about 40- 45- degress, and it
will stay there while I switch hands.? I also use it when I need an extra hand to get a drink or to relieve my bladder.? It is also great when I have to paddle up my canal.? I set it off center and then can do all m paddling from one side of the boat.? I have
them on all three of my sailboats.? Any hardware store will have what you need.
You can mount it directly to the tiller, but the relief for the eyebolt does weaken the tiller somewhat.? I used the same eyelet as ?the traveler ties to or you can put in new ones which I did on my Whistler.? Scribe an arc ?from the pivot
of the rudder thru the the eylets to determine the best place to mount the device on the tiller.
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Hope this helps.
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Mr Mike
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From: Tom Leone
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [SunfishSailor] Quarantine Sunfish project
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I'd love to get a description and/or a picture of your tiller locking device.? I've been thinking about setting up a bungee cord for that purpose.
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:59 AM Michael King <mrmike17@...> wrote:
Part of the fun (at least for me) is trying out new things. Maybe that¡¯s the engineer background in me.? I have made a telescoping tiller, a tiller locking device, eliminated the
crude vang arrangement, made a new tiller and CB.? I have also spent many hours trying to perfect my tacks and gybes and occasionally will venture out in strong winds just see how I can do when keeping the boat upright takes a lot of work? ??So ¡°Making something
out of nothing¡±, ?is part of the fun.
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Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 8:30 AM
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Your time would be better spent learning how to trim sails and set up the boat then trying to reinvent the sail plan. FYI?
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But I am never going to race.? I prefer smooth and easy cruising.? A couple of you sent me near-end-of life surplus
sails for a project: a cut-down version of the regular sail, even a little smaller than a Minifish sail. My "training wheels", you might say... ? With the extra at home time recently I think I'll have time to make one into a reduced-scale sail, and iIll make
shorter booms from conduit or plastic tubing reinforced with dowel, so when the lake opens back up, we'll try this out and report back. ? Once I get comfortable handling the boat with the cut-down sail, I'll put up the original.? Pity you can't roller-reef
a lateen rig:-)
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 7:44:16 PM CDT, turluck <gail@...>
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Higher boom is fine,? for racing,? lower is faster.? Just is.?
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Gail
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