No fair laughing

[bilsheryl]

"the homemade sail race" I love it!!! There's a challenge to build a tall sail to see how much stress I could put her through!!!!!!

 

[rgranger]

I think a home-made-sail race would be a lot of fun. You could sail what you brought but all sails would have to be home made.

I'm in:dance:

 

[Doc_holiday]

I think you are right about that.... I did a search for heavy duty white UV protected poly tarp and found this one...

http://www.maxtool.com/tarps/products/W012020.asp?cagpspn=pla&gclid=CKODwNzYgLICFcXb4Aod0HYAcw

It is only $31... and it would be the high end of the poly tarp scale.

I wonder if I could make a spinnaker with one of these? I want one but i won't likely get the admirals permission.

This of course, out of my ignorance, creates a few questions. My mast which is, as many of you know, a "Franken-mast". It's 26.5 feet tall. I use a MacGregor jib size and a custom or Clipper Marine" sized main. Originally it was a full masthead set up and when I put It it on the Mac, I made it a fractional rig using the mac forestay and jib halyard. So 1. My mast doesn't have as much mast above the forestay and 2. I still have 2 halyards at the top. (one is a spare and can be used as a topping lift).

Can I use this halyard to raise a spinnaker if I have a shackle on both ends?

If I do use a spinnaker, do I need an extra set of sheets or does one use the jib sheets? (I never used one) I assume spinnaker sheets will go outside the shrouds.

Do I need an additional forestay or will it just get in the way?

How long is the spinnaker pole? (I have an eye on the front of my mast for a whisker or spinnaker pole).

What would the dimensions be for a spinnaker?

 

[bilsheryl]

Is a asymmetrical same as a spinnaker?

 

[bilsheryl]

I have made a drifter for my n17,it work great but a pain to use! So I redesign sail and try to make a spinnaker, I couldn't cut it right nor tape it good enough and every time it caught wind and took the n17,right when I thought I had it, the tape let go and I was back at the drawing board. Now only if I could sew??????

 

[rgranger]

Here is a website I've saved for the past several years. It has some instruction for a Jimmy Durante spinnaker made out of Polytarp. It has been on my to-do list for a long time but I've never done it so... I can say if it works that well or how you might fly it.

http://www.seakayak.ws/kayak/kayak.nsf/0/0C2215CD0DD0C5E28525720D0052D6B5

 

[bilsheryl]

Thank you for the info!!!!!