Square sail going to windward

[dylanwinter]

 

[prv]

Interesting - and though square, a very different sail from the later ocean-going square rig. More like (and probably the ancestor of) a lugger.

Pete

 

[Jim Schofield]

Beautiful, and the simplicity of it all.

 

[Jim Schofield]

The first thing I thought of, was Matt Layden's Paradox and his square lug sail with roller reefing.

Thank you for sharing.

Jim

 

[prv]

Beautiful, and the simplicity of it all.

Nah, s'got shrouds

A small lugger is the ultimate simple rig, using the bare minimum of materials. Instead of fixed shrouds, they take the halyard to the windward rail and let it do the same job. Luff acts as the forestay, and the off-centre weight of the yard acts as a dirty great lever to tension it. Beautifully elegant - as long as you don't plan to do much tacking.

Pete

 

[Kelpie]

Nah, s'got shrouds

A small lugger is the ultimate simple rig, using the bare minimum of materials. Instead of fixed shrouds, they take the halyard to the windward rail and let it do the same job. Luff acts as the forestay, and the off-centre weight of the yard acts as a dirty great lever to tension it. Beautifully elegant - as long as you don't plan to do much tacking.

Pete

I've sailed that rig on various boats up to 33ft. Yes, tacking is hard work!

 

[dylanwinter]

I've sailed that rig on various boats up to 33ft. Yes, tacking is hard work!

do y9ou have to re-set it every time

I spoke to Jimmy Green and he told me that the sprit barges are closer winded when the sprit is on the wrong side than when you have a nice single curve?

I must say I was really impressed with the way they performed

I came across the real big viking ship in Lerwick

it looked authentic form the oustide but it has a magnificent diesel engine installation

this ship had controlls all hidden away in a nice wooden box

they were sailing with a crew of 30 - and well packed in - but it takes 60 to row

man they must have been crowded smelly thangs


the bloke told me that the steering oar was lovely to use - but useless unless moving at three knots

sadly I never saw it sail as the mast had snapped -- it was brought down by the horrible chop we encountered between Orkney and shetland

D

 

[prv]

do y9ou have to re-set it every time

With a dipping lug, yes, although the canny Cornish invented the trick of inverting the yard and balancing the upper end on the deck in front of the mast, rather than lowering it all the way to the deck.

Not a huge problem as a fishing boat rig - go out on one tack, drift with the nets with the sail (and sometimes the mast) lowered, then come home on the other tack.

Pete

 

[sarabande]

neat video and touching and appropriate music - very familiar stuff, and stirs the blood.


You might like to find a copy of CA Marchaj's Sail Performance - Theory and Practice. In Ch11 he discuss in details the sail power of various rigs, comparing Bermuda, Lateen, Sprit, Gunter, Dipping Lug, and - his favourite - the Crab Claw.