I've been giving more thought to potential sail plans, the last version with its big main sail and long yard swinging aloft looked like it might be a bit cumbersome and I've been wondering about something a little different so here are the latest ideas from the Port-na-Storm Etch-a-Sketch.
Influenced by the fully battened rigs used by the ancients and their modern equivalents, the CoE is still in roughly the same place, the sail area is a bit smaller but probably a little bit more efficient, and I'd hope to build in an easy reefing system utilising the full length battens. The version above still leaves a lot of pole up when reefed so of course the natural thing to do is to make it a Sliding Gunter.
Just food for thought...........................................we'll see how many clicks this page gets.
Your clever, casual use of the mizzen has always impressed me. If it is fully battened, isn't it going to complicate your rapid furling process?
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