Mast tabernacle...disadvantages?

[Greenheart]

How many people ' shoot bridges ' in cruisers ?!

Andy, don't give me ideas. Well, you have now, anyway.

The gaff rig side certainly hadn't occurred to me, in fact it had been off my radar for a year or two now. Might be time to review...

...something very appealing about the idea of all the gaffsome complexity of a small schooner's rig, folding back spontaneously on approaching a bridge, then bouncing back upright on the other side, perfectly formed like a ship in a bottle.

 

[JumbleDuck]

...something very appealing about the idea of all the gaffsome complexity of a small schooner's rig, folding back spontaneously on approaching a bridge, then bouncing back upright on the other side, perfectly formed like a ship in a bottle.

I'm thinking of doing the Nithraid in my Drascombe Longboat this year, which would involve being able to get the mast down and up pretty quick for three bridges in Dumfries. Many of the dinghies which did it last year were using Mirror rigs, which just pass through ... have you tried one on your Osprey?

 

[prv]

...something very appealing about the idea of all the gaffsome complexity of a small schooner's rig, folding back spontaneously on approaching a bridge, then bouncing back upright on the other side, perfectly formed like a ship in a bottle.

Well, the Broads boats manage it

Pete

 

[Greenheart]

Many of the dinghies which did it last year were using Mirror rigs, which just pass through ... have you tried one on your Osprey?

To be honest Mr Duck, if I needed to get the Osp under a low bridge, I'd just ignore a gust and let her lie on her side for a minute. :friendly_wink:

The Nithraid looks like fun though.

 

[JumbleDuck]

To be honest Mr Duck, if I needed to get the Osp under a low bridge, I'd just ignore a gust and let her lie on her side for a minute.

I don't think anyone did that coming up the Nith last year, but there is a respectable current and the raid is a sort-of race, so even if they good make headway while over on their side, perhaps they couldn't make enough.

The Nithraid looks like fun though.

Yes indeed. I got to it for the first time last year, watching at the finish, and it seems like a very jolly event. As I said, I'd like to give it a go in my Longboat, but they use a front-loader at full reach to remove the boats from the water in Dumfries as they arrive and plonk them on their trailers, and I suspect that it wouldn't be able to cope with half a ton of Drascombe. No ramps that I know of on the Nith, so it would be a matter of getting to Dumfries, turning round and belting straight back to Carsethorn, missing the fun.

 

[Seajet]

I don't think anyone did that coming up the Nith last year, but there is a respectable current and the raid is a sort-of race, so even if they good make headway while over on their side, perhaps they couldn't make enough.



Yes indeed. I got to it for the first time last year, watching at the finish, and it seems like a very jolly event. As I said, I'd like to give it a go in my Longboat, but they use a front-loader at full reach to remove the boats from the water in Dumfries as they arrive and plonk them on their trailers, and I suspect that it wouldn't be able to cope with half a ton of Drascombe. No ramps that I know of on the Nith, so it would be a matter of getting to Dumfries, turning round and belting straight back to Carsethorn, missing the fun.

Using fork lifts doesn't sound anywhere as much fun or spirited as shooting bridges with the rig quickly down then up again, or deliberately capsizing to get under bridges ?

NB the wind usually channels along things like canals, so windward performance - or good paddles / oars might be handy.

 

[ianc1200]

Three Rivers Race, dropping mast & shooting Potter Heigham bridge;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTmSIdhssU

 

[Greenheart]

How cool is that? :applause:

A whole lot more elegant than deliberately capsizing.

I wonder if Pinnell & Bax have a tabernacle section?

 

[Seajet]

How cool is that? :applause:

A whole lot more elegant than deliberately capsizing.

I wonder if Pinnell & Bax have a tabernacle section?

Oh I dunno; all my dinghies have ' Don't Panic ' in large friendly letters ( thankyou Douglas Adams ) on the bottom; when we did a test capsize of my Osprey a young lady ran down the slipway and took our photo - of course it may have been the sight of my wetsuit-bursting biceps, but I think it was probably the boat.