Dimensions of the tinker tramp jib, Or the sail itself

Sidedrum

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I have both a Tinker Traveller and a Tinker Funsail (a rare beast, that) with sailing rigs. Dinghies and sailing kits currently lurking in a large container. I've never compared the two jibs or looked at dimensions. There is a Tinker association so you could try posting there, or asking Henshaw Inflatables, who made the Tinkers and I think are still in business albeit stopped making Tinkers quite a while ago. If you get nowhere, pm me and in a few weeks or months time when I shift the gear out of the container I'll measure both jibs and let you know the dimensions. Tramp/Traveller probably fairly similar.
 

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Hello, I have a Tinker Traveller with a total of 50 sq ft of sail.
The Tinker Tramp had a total of 37 sq ft of sail. Perhaps you can scale down the sizes:-

The T Travellers Mainsail is luff 3.60m, leech 3.94m, foot 1.86. = 3.35 m2 or 36sq ft.
The T Travellers Jib is luff 2.16m, leech 1.66m, foot 1.4m. = 1.15 m2 or 11.5 sq ft.
My sails were made by Saunders Sails - are they still going and can they help you?
 
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