Why did they think it was a good idea?

[LittleSister]

Theop was talking about overlapping headsails and small mains……..

Since when has the forum felt constrained to address only, or even at all , the OP's question?

 

[Wansworth]

Since when has the forum felt constrained to address only, or even at all , the OP's question?

I rest my case

 

[capnsensible]

I rest my case

Is it one of those new style cases with wheels?

 

[justanothersailboat]

now when I am old and frail it’s a battle to tack

Wansworth, congratulations on the boat! I'm sure you'll get used to tacking her.

Oh, you meant hypothetically

I wouldn't let a big headsail put you off a perfectly good boat, not in the well-under-30-foot range.

Swings and roundabouts isn't it? Pros and cons to both layouts.

 

[Wansworth]

Is it one of those new style cases with wheels?

I am resting on the sofa after cutting a cord of wood,if the truth must be told……as always at the back of my mind are nautical problems

 

[Bouba]

I am resting on the sofa after cutting a cord of wood,if the truth must be told……as always at the back of my mind are nautical problems

A cord isn’t very thick

 

[Wansworth]

Wansworth, congratulations on the boat! I'm sure you'll get used to tacking her.

Oh, you meant hypothetically

I wouldn't let a big headsail put you off a perfectly good boat, not in the well-under-30-foot range.

Swings and roundabouts isn't it? Pros and cons to both layouts.

I had an Albin Vega about eight years ago and it was really a pain tacking in Chichester harbour

 

[Wansworth]

A cord isn’t very thick

We are now officially on hyper thread drift

 

[LittleSister]

How long is a piece of cord?

 

[Bouba]

How long is a piece of cord?

Obviously not very if it’s made of wood

 

[KevinV]

How long is a piece of cord?

Longer than a cord-less piece

 

[LittleSister]

I had an Albin Vega about eight years ago and it was really a pain tacking in Chichester harbour

Then don't tack the boat you no longer own in Chichester Harbour!

But in the off-chance there's an Albin Vega for sale near you and your local ria is as constrained as parts of Chichester Harbour, you could always just roll in some of your big genoa and tack easily.

 

[Wansworth]

Then don't tack the boat you no longer own in Chichester Harbour!

But in the off-chance there's an Albin Vega for sale near you and your local ria is as constrained as parts of Chichester Harbour, you could always just roll in some of your big genoa and tack easily.

They don’t go backwards and will be looking at a marina berth

 

[capnsensible]

How long is a piece of cord?

Umbilical?

 

[Marsali_1]

How long is a piece of cord?

It depends on the number of knots in it <grin>

 

[Minerva]

Bloody great headsails and small mainsails……..now when I am old and frail it’s a battle to tack or reduce sail even with furling gear which leaves a great lump on the forestry.My7/8 rigged mashford sloop put the sail area in the main but sometime in the 1960s racing yachts became the benchmark of yacht design.

Wait a minute?! Have you actually bought a boat at last?

Just as well as I’m sitting down! Congratulations - what did you go for?

 

[Wansworth]

Wait a minute?! Have you actually bought a boat at last?

Just as well as I’m sitting down! Congratulations - what did you go for?

No…..I was perusing thefor sale here in Galicia and anything Ican afford has that sail arrangement………actually for the ría de Vigo the summer breeze comes in mid afternoon giving a nice reach under headsail from the islands back to Vigo

 

[justanothersailboat]

No…..I was perusing thefor sale here in Galicia and anything Ican afford has that sail arrangement………actually for the ría de Vigo the summer breeze comes in mid afternoon giving a nice reach under headsail from the islands back to Vigo

There you are then, it's a good sail arrangement for your circumstances.

 

[Wansworth]

There you are then, it's a good sail arrangement for your circumstances.

Yes but if you want to go north to the next ría ……certainly just the headsail set is very popular to sail back.I probably don’t have any choice anyway

 

[KevinV]

I'm really confused by this thread - are you complaining about the sail plan on boats that you aren't going to buy anyway? Why not just not buy a boat with a sail plan you do like?