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Dear John I'm at a point where I need to decide on sails and hardware for my project. I've been surfing but have found nothing that seems close to what I think are my sail needs. Would you have more detail plans or suppliers where I could go? I suspect I'm looking for a single sail mast that does not require stays. The hull turned out nicely. I'm including several photos to add to your collection of satisfied plan users...Charlie Patterson Note: Hi
Charles...The photos of your 12' Classic Dinghy hull look great! Looks
like you have done an excellent job of boat building up to this point. I
wish I could help you more with sailing plan information but I just don't have
much. The only information I have available is the sail plans in the
Classic Dinghy manual. These plans show all the technical info, dimensions and
areas you need for building one of these plans. Unfortunately, since I
haven't built one of these sail plans myself as yet, I don't have any photos or
construction details to help you with. I keep waiting for someone to
finish one of these sail plans and send me a series of photos and info that I
can include on the web site. Maybe you will be the first one to do that,
hopefully. You might try your local library section on boats and boat
building. Go through the different books that show sailing dinghies and
try to find a plan that interests you, then copy it. The sail plans in the
manual show you where the center of lateral plane is on the hull. Any sail
plan you build will work well if you keep the center of effort of the rig
forward of the center of lateral plane by about 6 to 8 inches. A
dagger board setup works well for any small sailing dinghy and is easy to build.
The dimensions and location for the dagger board are shown in the sail
plans. Of the different sail plans I provide in the manual I like the Gaff
Cat rig best and it is an excellent type of sail plan for a small dinghy.
One of these days I hope to get around to building it myself. Hope
this helps a bit and please send photos when you have them. Well.. I had already figured that the gaff rig would be best... also had figured out the center of effort/dagger board relationship. I can do it... was hoping that you might give me info that would require less hoops to jump through. Will send pixs of the finished projects with all hardware suppliers etc.. Charlie
Dear John, This boat is finished except for the sail that has been on order for a month now. It looks pretty, don't know
if it will sail as good as it looks. Haven't even had it in the water to try oars. I did a lot of research in trying
to come up with a good sail plan and specs. Mast, boom, rudder, dagger board, hardware, rigging etc.
I'll send these when I get the sail fitted. It may help someone else who is working on a similar project.
Charlie Patterson
charliepatterson@mindspring.com
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 Dear John.
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