Cutter Rig

[Talbot]

Have been considering changing to cutter rig to make foresails more manageable when singlehanding. I have seen a cutter rig where instead of using backstays to balance the staysail (and thus having to set them up each time you tack) the boat was fitted with twin tensioning lines on the front of the mast between top of mast and below the inner shroud positions. Does anyone have any comments about this rig (apart from small possibility of staysail fouling this set-up/forums/images/icons/smile.gif)??????????

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[ParaHandy]

(just an excuse to show youse all what a decent boat looks like .. !!)

i hope you can just see the staysail clew is rubbing against the inners. that limits you slightly but not done me any harm. you're absolutely right about the sail plan becoming more manageable ...

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[Plan_B]

Re: Action Pic

Brilliant action pic Para, wish it was clearer, I'd like to have kept it. A T35 was on my wish list. Often see the other one 'Barnstormer', up at Town Quay.

Dave D

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[jimi]

That boat's got really nice sails, the max draft looks some way forward of the leech, is that normal for T35s?

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To see oursels as ithers see us!

 

[ParaHandy]

oh ... and what aboot your foresail? at least mine fits ... !! ah've nearly got sanction from swmbo to replace it ... wheee ......

as claymore's stiffing me for a £5 having nagged on about the pair of grundies he flies as an ensign, wid you like to make a contribution as you've been doing the same .. you know, in proportion like ... say £***

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[Talbot]

ermm - nice piccie but do you have any advice on the stays?

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[Chris_Robb]

Great photo....

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[AndrewB]

GREAT action pic!

The sort the rest of us dream of getting of our yachts.

Even if you do look a bit over-pressed in what appears from the background sea state to be at least an F8.

But how and where did it get taken? Are you going through a harbour entrance, hence the particularly rough patch in the foreground? Or is it the wash of a stinkpot out looking for dramatic pics?

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[jimi]

Re: GREAT action pic!

Andrew, I think 2 foresails and a single reef is the standard config for a T35 in a F8 unless of course its on a beam reach in which case Para shakes out the reef;-)

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To see oursels as ithers see us!

 

[Peppermint]

Re: Not many Cutter Rig cats.

I'd need a really good reason to bother having the first one.



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[ashanta]

Re: GREAT action pic!

The picture is from the PBO about 5 or 6 years ago. A guy built waterproof compartments for it and there was a large artlicle on the subject.

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[BrendanS]

Re:Bugger

TCM causing wash problems again?
I'lll have a word with the harbour master

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