Easy-to-Sail Catspaw Dinghy: Classic Small-Craft Construction at the WoodenBoat School The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.. a little bit.
Learn more about this boat in our December 2020 Issue of Small Boats Magazine: Why have I changed from the standing lug to a sprit rig? I had the following problems with the standing lug: 1. The roller furling
The title pretty much says it all. Matt Layden Paradox revised sheeting arrangement on sprit rig This Lug Sail Reefing Setup is a Game Changer
Offshore in an Oday Daysailer This is how to set up a lug rig boat to go sailing when arriving at your sailing spot. Links below to knots and how to set up the lug
A detailed process making your own Sprit Sail using a $15 tarp, a $5 grommet kit and a can of common household contact cement Does a Bowsprit Make it a Cutter? | Sailing Wisdom
Since I'm no longer using roller reefing, I can position the sheet anywhere I like on the boom. I have moved it well forward which We built a bow sprit on our sailing catamaran! We added a compression post and adjustable running rigging so we can stow the
Spritsail Tuning Notes Rigging a sprit sail on a small pram. - The WoodenBoat Forum
This article is about fore-aft sails. For a square rigged sail set under the bowsprit, see Spritsail (square-rigged). The spritsail is a four-sided, fore- Sprits and Snotters. Matt Layden Paradox with a Sprit Rig
DIY Rigging The Sprit Sail - YouTube The sprit halyard is one of the most important sail controls onboard an Opti. The more you can actively adjust the halyard tension Homemade Sprit Rig
The 21 feet sprit sail boat Ormen L氓nge with the crew Cecilia, Johan and the ship dog Tesla. Sailing in light wind conditions Pete Culler's Perfect Boat | Boat Profile
Sprit sailboat in Kalmarsund, Sweden Taken during wooden boat show.
Polytarp jib sail My new polytarp jib wing on wing. Cabin Boy Sailing Rig, Part One
DIY Rigging The Sprit Sail Sewed the last stitch on the Sailrite spritsail kit. Sail is for our Penobscot 14.
Basted the hem of the Sailrite spritsail with double sided tape. SailOar 8 with Sprit Rig Sailing in upstate NY on Great Sacandaga Lake.
Mastering Spinnaker Rigging for Beginners It is a great auxiliary rig for a nice pulling boat where rowing is primary and the sail is only used for a free ride off the wind.
Living with Sprit Sails | Small Boats We build a bow sprit on our sailing catamaran - you can watch the full video on our other channel! WATCH FULL VIDEO: Here are some ways to use your rigging knife and marlin spike. Let me know if you know other ways to use it! Thanks!
Building a BOW SPRIT on our boat! 馃挭馃徎 [RED SEAS SHORTS] Reefing a Sprit Sail static test
Today Gene is going to take you through the steps to rig a Sabot dinghy. We hope you enjoy this video! #dinghy. Sprit sails are notoriously difficult to slab reef. The reason is that the snotter, or sling that the butt of the sprit sits in, has to be Pounded the last reef point grommet, spritsail complete! Sailrite kit for a Penobscot 14 spritsail.
Making a Mast and Tarp Sail for the Dory Easy steps to make your own model spritsail skiff.
Optimist Sprit System | RIGGING GUIDE The rig is auxiliary to the oars, and since it is a spritsail, the spars can not only be stowed in the boat, but stowed out to the sides to be
Windward when Scandalised Notes on the spritsail brailing line and bridle on our Penobscot 14 ST. JACQUES. How to Rig a Balanced Lug Sail - Part 1
Sprit sail skiff "Carrianne" sailing on Long Island Sound. Sailing the river Alde in Suffolk. Sprit rigged thames barge boat. Built here at the WoodenBoat School, our Joel White & N.G. Herreshoff designed Catspaw Dinghy is an all-purpose boat that's
I'd suggest sailing the boat in some big winds to determine if there would be a benefit. A good sprit rig does a fantastic job of spilling wind In this excerpt from the 2025 Worldwide Classic Boat Show, small boat designers Clint Chase, Ross Lillistone, and John Welsford Brailing line on Sprit Sail can reduce sail area up at the peak, similar to a reef. Also good for securing the sail with the addition of a
How to easily reef a sprit sail without a halyard? First Try With the New Dinghy Sprit Rig.
Brailing line on Sprit Sail Part 2 Lug Sail The first sailing day, Rig and set up the sail boat to launch. Oz Goose Method
Setting the Sprit on Flying Cloud Lug sail rigging my GIS's for the second season!! People have asked me how I rigged my GIS, the lazy jacks and how I secure or
This video was uploaded from an Android phone. For transport, a bag sewn of light, slippery cloth keeps the bundled sprit rig 路 A small block tied to the throat turns the brail down along the
Here is all the rest of information of where to find us! :) Want to leave a tip? Become a Patreon today! Find Kourtney at For a really small boat (I'm guessing that's what you have) lace the sail permanently to the mast and remove the mast instead of taking the sail down.
Spritsail Crossing This is a detailed demonstration of how I rigged my home made sprit sail with parts from local hardware stores. How to rig the Allen Optimist Sprit system, which comes spliced and race-ready. This pack includes everything you need to
DIY Make your own sprit sail for under $30 Spritsail - Wikipedia This is a quick video that goes along with the post on my blog called 'Sprits and Snotters'. The project is to replace WABI'''
crossing from Estonia to Finland with 2 masts spritsails This video shows the spritsail rig I added to my John Atkin Cabin Boy dinghy. The only thing I've changed since 2013 was that I Rigging a Sabot dinghy #woodenboats #sailing #sabot #outdoorkids #dinghy
Hey guys! I get asked often how long it takes to reef my GIS's lug sail so I though I should make a quick video showing you, in real Things I've learn't so far: 1. Keep the sprit boom as close to horizontal as you can get away with. 2. Mount the yard and the sprit
Tuning and sprit Part 15 Rigging the Bowsprit and Sprit Sail Yard Spritsail Kit from Sailrite Reef Point Grommets
This video shows the modifications to the rigging, which enables me to shorten sail somewhat while on the water. Shortening sail Rigging a Spritsail Spritsail Kit from Sailrite Last Stitch
The classical rule for qualifying a sailboat as a cutter or a sloop relates to the position of the mast. If the mast is far forward, it's a Sprit Rig
How I reef my standing lug rig sail with a sprit boom on John Welsford designed Navigator. pointing tips w/ a sprit rig - The WoodenBoat Forum Sprit Rig Design | Boat Design Net
Spritsail Sail Kit from Sailrite Basting a Hem Various sailing movies of the skiff in good winds to light air conditions. Reefing the Navigator
Sprit-rig sailing dinghy The rig can be used with or without a boom. No hardware is required: the sail is simply laced to the mast. In small boats like our PK78, D4 etc., the throat is
Evening sail w new sprit-boom Upgrading the Opti Sprit Halyard
Sprit Rig Virtues and Details - Ross Lillistone Wooden Boats Furl a Sprit Sail - Builder's Forum - Chesapeake Light Craft
The Virtues of a Lug Rig in Small Boats Fun day sailing the dinghy.
The brail being run through a grommet about mid way on the leech then to the mast and then down. My rig has lower boom along the sail foot. It How to rig a spritsail rig.
Leeboard Sprit Rigged Sailing Reflection WE BUILT A BOW SPRIT ON OUR CATAMARAN! 鉀碉笍 [RED SEAS SHORTS]
Modified Rigging on Catspaw Sailing Dinghy If you can't reduce sail on a rig, then it's not going to be very useful! I'm trying work out how to reduce sail using the sprit rig and
Paradox with a sprit sail rig This is a detailed demonstration of how I rigged my home made sprit sail with parts from local hardware stores. It took less than 2 Core Sound Spritsail Skiff
Hi, I'm Alex, I started sailing around a year ago and dove head first into the wonderful world of yacht racing. So far, I've raced over A quick walk through on how i made a sprit sail rig for my homemade dory. The sail was also made from a cheap poly tarp, and
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