Main-less rig

[Manie B]

Spiv thanks a million for the post

they fitted a furling sail behind their masts.

promoters of parallel headsails for their greater efficiency

this is exactly what I am going to do with my micro
its VERY encouraging to read that other boats have done this AND they are HAPPY with the setup
whenever I had to explain my rig to folks they always gave me the cold shoulder = it wont work?

Jeeez it was nice to see the pics you posted
once again many many thanks
you made my day

[Pericles]

It is possible to journey almost anywhere with the Internet. Earlier this morning, I was travelling along the border between Spain & France, which is by no means a straight line and discovered Llivia, a 2000 year old anomaly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llivia

That led me to Latour-de-Carol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latour-de-Carol

From there to the Yellow Train.

http://www.countrycousins.co.uk/yelltren.htm

Ending at Irun where the SNCF 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge rails meet the 1,668 mm (5 ft 55⁄6 in) broad gauge RENFE tracks.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=irun...en&sa=N&tab=wl

There is a small patch of land in the Bidasoa river that has been a meeting place of monarchs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant_Island

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...05364&t=k&om=1

As you already know, I've even been to Fethiye this morning.

[oldsailor7]

John Hitches big catamaran has a single aft mast and three forestays, which enables a foresail on each. No mainsail. A variety of sail mixes is thus available. Narrow sheeting angles and flat cut sails enable good windward performance.

[Spiv]

[quote=Pericles;504743]Stefano,

I am looking at photographs of Fethiye on Google maps. What puzzles me is the plethora of crosstrees. They look like there are fleets of squareriggers in port. /quote]
Those are Turkish Gulets.
They are from about 15m to 25m and more. Most are just charter day boats, that carry thousand of tourists to little coves for lunch and blast pop music from large loudspeakers, a real pain till they leave and the peace returns.

However some are very well finished and would rival any western boat.
I visited one with 8 queen size cabins, all with luxurious en-suites, dvd player etc.
The black one below was just a megayacht.
However all these (from Marmaris) had more or less conventional sailing rigs, even though they seem to always motor as the wind here is very light.

The ones from Fethiye, on the other hand had the furling mainsails.

[TeddyDiver]

But.. isn't the main allways the biggest sail on the highest mast so the mainless rig is actually on a motorboat

[brian eiland]

What do you think, could we call this rig mainless...it certainly does't have what might be termed a mainsail in any conventional manner.

In fact I would say it derives the bigger portion of its drive from the sail in the front...the headsail



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MastFoil, opinions?

[Yobarnacle]

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