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HELP! Need suggestions on making mast & sails
(sandy) wrote in message m...
We're not quite finished with our first try at boat building. It's a
10' nesting sailboat of our own design and for novices, I must admit
that it actually looks like a boat! Now I need help figuring out what
to do for a mast and sails. I'd hoped to find some cheap sails on
Ebay but haven't seen anything much of the right size. So I'm
currently considering making the sails and probably the mast too.
We're thinking of maybe a spirit rig. All the info that I've found on
the web on sail making seems to center on tarps. I'm not convinced
that that's the way I want to go but I also don't want to have to buy
a snazzy new sailmaking sewing machine for this boat (my sewing
machine doesn't like trying to go through heavy sail material). I've
been looking at some probably nylon material at Walmart that looks
fairly similar to the snark type sails. Do you think this would work
or do you have any other suggestions?
Also appreciate any suggestions or links on making a mast. We're
thinking of either aluminum tubing or using a good 2X4.
Appreciate any and all suggestions.
Thanks!
Sandy
If you get impatient you can visit Boat US or similar and look at the
sail rig for the "Walker Bay" series of small dingys, 8-10 feet. They
sell a sail package for about $300. A lot of money yes, but nice alum
mast, nice sail, hardware, etc. Just hook it up and go.
If you are going to build I would go with the camp that says go ahead
and make the mast of laminated spruce (from standard 2x4"s). For a
dink this will do as well as any "high tech" (read high price) mast,
however, I would still like something other than the cheapest,
dirtyest sail, where a few bucks can make a noticable difference in
performance.. Just my opinions here, Scotty.
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