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Renzo
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Initially Posted - 08/18/2011 :  09:48:23  Show Profile
A few years ago I wrote an article for "Michigan Boater" magazine about some old shipmates of mine who built a boat and sailed across the Atlantic. This is a, recently released video about that boat and the people who contributed to her construction.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihRi7YPA4Ww
Be sure to watch part 2 also.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/18/2011 :  13:41:59  Show Profile
Great story. I wish the videographer had more images of the boat underway. That looked like a rather small "tall ship" It appeared to have an awful lot of canvas for so little lwl. That's not a criticism, it just piqued my curiosity about the boat itself.

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She's a 30' boat with a 22' bowsprit. I wonder how the lee helm is?
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 08/19/2011 :  06:19:18  Show Profile
She was modeled after a traditional Dutch costal cruiser called a "Schonker" (I think I spelled it right) and was flat bottomed but carried huge lee-boards, amid-ships hinged on an external piviot,on the port and starboard side. Because she is rigged essentially as a top-sail shooner she sails best off the wind (eventhough the skipper says she points pretty good) so I guess lee-helm is not as noticable.
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Response Posted - 08/19/2011 :  08:58:53  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Russell</i>
<br />I wonder how the lee helm is?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">On a gaff rig, it's common to have, in combination with a long bowsprit and several overlapping headsails, a boom that extends over the transom. This rig makes the center of effort on the main much lower and further aft. The headsails are typically relatively small (particularly since the mast is short). So the whole rig is balanced over a much longer horizontal and shorter vertical area than a Marconi rig. In addition, on this boat, a "topsail" is used like a spinnaker--generally furled when beating to windward.

The Marconi rig puts more sail up high where the wind is stronger, and facilitates better aerodynamic sail shape control through mast bending and and such. The most efficient "bend" of a sail is around a vertical axis (as you can do with the out-haul and a loose foot), while the gaff rig mostly bends around a diagonal axis between the boom and the gaff--not very aerodynamic.

Too bad the videos are mostly about music and wanderers, and not about the boat...
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 08/22/2011 :  05:37:12  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I suspect also that the huge rudder also is helpful in dealing with weather helm.

As a side note, Sikkens coatings originated as a Dutch firm supplying the Dutch maritime industry some 400 years ago. A tribute to the quality of their product.
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