No it’s not mine.will be interesting to see what happens would produce some nice boards
There are quite a few of the same type hereabouts somemuch taller and more girth……..luckily notnear our houseFallen Pine……what type of Pine is it?
Photos 3, 4and 5 make me think, European Larch possibly? Branch, Cones and Needle form look similar to the Larches here in my haunts...
. . . Would make a great mainmast for a lugger of gaffer.Will take picture as not sure of type…….Unfortunately in Galicia,although I have handy a main and foresail of a gaffschooner ,as you do
Assertive bowsprits cost money in marinas!A schooner rig isn't going to work on a Dufour 24 - the mainmast will be in the way.
A gaff yawl, though, with a decently assertive bowsprit, could be the way to way to go.
Ah but you then get the type that can be steeved up (is that the proper term?) vertically out of the way when you have to be in a marina, in similar fashion to the Heard 35 -
That would be great,thanks
Get behind me Satan I am a reborn Bermudian scooper I have done with bowsprits and sweeping sheers I embrace modern zfrench Design
In a Marina my boat became over a Metre shorter..
I understand it is also possible to achieve this by approaching the dock with sufficient momentum...
And all those sporty modern boats with retractable bowsprits for asymmetrics / code 0s think they're so modern! Sounds like you were well ahead of them.I had a telescopic Bowsprit on my steel Gaff Cutter. Made of box section steel, the inboard section was 4 inch square while the outer length was smaller. At sea the outer would be extended and secured with a 12mm through bolt. In a Marina my boat became over a Metre shorter..
It wasn't on the original sail plan, but after the first Med voyage and all that light airs or occasional breezes I realised a light outer Jib would be of value, and so it proved to be.
That photo is from the days of Photobucket I think it was called, and quite a few of my photos ended up of that size. As a complete Tech numpty I never knew why... If I try to enlarge them they get so blurred that I don't bother trying..
