MingMing 3

"getting North"

This

This is the question: Cape St Vicent and Cape Fisterra/Finisterre

Force to go or return uphill

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(a 1 Ton WindSurf board)

1) skull containing the rather burnt brain of an old sailor sitting quite comfortably and securely with a huge 50 cm high backrest

2) a solitary winch, for raising the big centerboard, for the anchors and for tensioning the halyards, and note that the Mast is quite close at hand, no need to leave the cockpit ... neither to drop the anchors nor to launch and retrieve the Spinaker (the Staysail is on its boom and has a reef)

3) a big handhold

4) racket of one of the two rudders

5) boom vang, mainsheet and preventer (3 in 1)

From 50 square meters to Zero, and from Zero to 50 square meters with comfort

Spi: 30 squared meters
Jib (Flying Jib): 11
Jib (StaySail): 7 ... 3 with one reef
MainSail: 2 x Jib = 14 squared meters: 14-11-7-4

Mountain bike

 

Bowsprit ...

turns and reaches the hands of the old sailor



Similar to this; but without cables, in a real SmallBoat/Dinghy you don't walk above the deck

 

Good layout. The "dont walk above the deck" can be a conundrum as something at probably the wrong time will jam etc requiring a trip out the cockpit. Im thinking a deck hatch aft of my tabernacle, where any pole jigging or bowsprit setting can be done while standing inside if needed.
I recall the Dheler "single winch system", and wondered why it was not more popular; makes a lot of sense.
Will your kites be launched and set into a hull tube or a sock?

 

The skull is quite a bit larger than mine....

 

Haha

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"Will your kites be launched and set into a hull tube or a sock?"

That was my first intention, because that system is very nice; but after giving it a lot of thought i gave it up.

The Spi is launched from its tied bag, and lowered behind the Mainsail. And similarly the nylon Flying Jib nice to the hands.

 

Although the small sailboat is intended for Downwind and Upwind ...

In the end I think it will be spectacular ... Beam (close, broad) Reaching

with Flying Jib, StaySail and MainSail, and with the windward seawater ballast tanks loaded ... And playing with Waves zig-zagging

 

Im good with that for about an hour.....I find it too mentally draining.....small skull issue i suppose!

 

Jib (Flying Jib)
StaySail
MainSail

Beam Reaching ... a sailboat can be very powerful as much of the Sail Force is well directed ... But balancing is difficult as it demands quite a lot of rudder blade force.

With a bowsprit we get a better balance and it sails beautifully. In addition with good wind it is nice to zig zag between the waves, it is pure fun because usually does not go anywhere because it is usually perpendicular to the coast.

 

Trailer-sailer BLUEEYES by Keith Callaghan (bluelightning.co.uk)

Not as well known as he should be, I think.

 

E x a c t l y

That's the kind of Rig I want.

Just the opposite of how it was in the last century: a guy with a lot of money, a bunch of burly sailors changing sails on the bow, the bow full of sail bags ... And a cook to feed them

Of course, that was back in the days when suitcases didn't have wheels. I remember how we dragged heavy suitcases through train stations. Was it so hard to put fuxxx wheels on them ? No !

 

(pormanteau, steamer trunk)

Yacths come from an era of travel trunks and an army of burly porters.

It's amazing the inertia, for example we can still read things like that in a 6 meters sailboat can sleep 4 people. WTF. In a 6 meters sailboat fits a grumpy old man, and a few cans of beer.

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In a small Sailboat of 1 ton a young adventurer can carry 75 liters of water and 75 kilos of food.

100 kg: 1 sailor, clothes and other things
150 kg: water and food

PayLoad: 0.25 Tons
Displacement: 1.25 Tons

164 D/L

 

(And the circle closes)

 

An Itchen Ferry. At that time, a simple build and can be left on drying beach, but with good for its day performance. Thomas Tangvald sailed for many years.

Putting wheels on suitcases put porters out of a job, but it saves having to tip them a half sovereign. Room for beer is important.

 

This was the swing keel i was reffering to....



The bulb cants to keep the same profile, putting weight where it is needed and also reducing drag when going down wind. It appears the design never took off, it was expensive for a 15ft plywood boat, but very well engineered.

 

"An Itchen Ferry"

Yeaah

An eye-catching saga the small Southampton trawlers

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In my case, the first time i saw a daggerboard with a bulb rising towards the stern was in Idea 19

IDEA 19 | pocket sporty sailboat | small boat plans https://www.modernwoodenboat.com/mwb_project/sailboat-for-homebuilders-idea-19/

It was an eye-opening moment, I didn't know such a thing existed, inaugurating for me a good possibility for a small sailboat: a large daggerboard to match the cockpit.