Some take sailing very seriously !

[alec]

Take a look at this site - http://www.onemetre.net/Build/Jibstay/Jibstay2.htm

interesting stuff ..................


Anyway, do you have a a bight of shockcord in your topping lift to save you having to actually use it ?

Would be interested to know if it works.

 

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Some people take model sailing seriously....

 

[forgotmyfrekinuserid]

I love sailing and I like to make my old Cobra go reasonably quick but the day I read my way through a link like that is a day I have wasted and should have been out on the water just enjoying myself !

 

[charles_reed]

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Anyway, do you have a a bight of shockcord in your topping lift to save you having to actually use it ?

Would be interested to know if it works.

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Scarcely ever use the topping lift, it's snugged away down the mast. Gas strut makes it redundant and a stowage for the boom, when the mainsail is stowed, on the cockpit arch make it even more redundant.

You'll see a lot of one-design keelboats with a quadrant of grp, doing the same job, with the added benefit of keeping topping lift away from roach of main.

 

[john_morris_uk]

We can't afford a gas strut and although we don't have a length of shockcord in out topping lift, I have used one in the past and it works very well.

John Goode at Southern Sailing always used to put a bit in the topping lift of his boats, and that's where I first came across the idea.

 

[Oldhand]

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Anyway, do you have a a bight of shockcord in your topping lift to save you having to actually use it ?

Would be interested to know if it works.

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Yes and it does work.

 

[snooks]

Lester Gilbert is well known in the 1 metre circles, I believe he used to be the technical officer of the IOM ICA (international One Metre Class Association)

His site is a wealth of information, technical speculation and theory. With all the yachts so closely designed, with minimum weights, maximum draft and hull length, any advantage however small can make a difference on the water

For more down to earth/beginners style knowledge of model yachting, have a peak at the Clapham Model Yacht Club website

It does have a very serious side though, some boats can cost upwards of £3,000, but the good news is it's blinding fun, it's cheaper than full sized racing, there's no mooring fees, no seasickness, no antifoul, and a new set of sails can cost you as little as £30.

Oh and it's not every day you find a boat who draft is 42% of the hull length and a lot of the fleet have Carbon Fibre appendages

There's also the Model Yachting Association for more information