Finally,
After much fiddling and fashing, consternation and prevarication
FoamFollower has finally flown.
And with much relief I can tell you that nothing dropped off and no-one was drownded.
There's now the inevitable list of things to sort out, adjust and generally tinker with but the overall impression is good, which is a dour Scotsman's was of saying Bloody Marvelous!
She was a bit reluctant in stays, but that might not have been helped by forgetting to pull the rudder down, and like any new boat she'll take a bit to get used to.
Here's a short video I made thanks to Tom Edom who turned up just in time for the Photo Shoot.
Can't wait for the next outing.
5 comments:
Well done
Can you show the bits that make up the tack stop? I have Paradox plans, but after seeing this may adopt something similar for a double klepper, as now we live inland and something smaller makes sense for the little lakes nearby.
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by Tack Stop, maybe something has been lost in translation. I'll see if I can make a short video the next time I have the boat out.
Sorry "tack strop". It's the part that ties the front end of the boom down that guides the line around the spindle, allowing the boom to rotate. Matt Layden uses a bent bronze rod. Yours looks different.
Ah yes, It's just a steel pipe with a clip at the deck which attaches to a deck eye. The other end is attached to a swivel on the end of the boom. The important thing is that the weight of the boom is supported by the lazy Jack's. The tack strop is just stopping the boom flapping around. It seems to work.
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