erice 732 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 the wee Frank Blom "Sinope" schooner that was on trademe a month ago http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-m ... 554775.htm you got that! lucky thing i wanted to get to see it but keenly priced as it was it didn't stay "for sale" for long Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 erice, u're sharp! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Hey look MiniMe Schooners are great to sail and look sexy. If you see us around come over and say hello Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 wow, that's indeed sleek and sexy, looks fast too! whereabout? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Lives on a swing mooring at Opua, so we do a lot of our "weekending" around BoI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Schooners are great to sail and look sexy. Pity about their skippers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Careful or I'll print THAT PICTURE again. Back to the thread - that's a funky looking little boat, prepare for lots of attention. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 yes am aware, and so dithering about painting the blue lines white the next time round... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 the plan still on to sail back from japan? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 when i was researching wee schooners i learned about a "fisherman" sail high up between the masts you can see it dotted on the sinope plans if it didn't come with one it's something you could add when you got comfortable with the schooner rig pic here of 1 in use on a grand banks 28 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Better than that, I found a gollywobbler in the sail bin the other week (still a few bags I haven't opened yet), just need to install one more halyard. here's a photo of one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 397 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The idea of that sail is to just induce more heel ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The idea of that sail is to just induce more heel ? it's a hornblower thing flying every inch of canvas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Can't answer till I try it, but I've seen Ponsonby Scow fly one while racing. The nice thing is the boat performs just fine with working sails (passing boats under power while sailing in 6-8 kn true is a kick), so anything else is just for fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 109 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 We run a mizzen staysail on our ketch, something about where the sail is means it seems to punch well above its weight. Really easy to set and get down right in the centre of the boat... so much so we hardly ever bother with the gennaker anymore. Its our go to sail perhaps a fraction forward of the beam (if its light) through to about 165 say. 80/ 20 sail. 80 % of the result for 20 % of the effort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 yes, there is a fisherman in one of the bags, but i have not tried it yet. here is a page discussing the rigging, with pics: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread. ... a-schooner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 pretty all 4 corners flying free but doesn't look an easy sail to fly solo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 erice, the japan/nz plan is off... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 erice, the japan/nz plan is off... I was looking at a PIC that showed typhoon paths around southern Japan for the last 25? Years With about 25? A year the 750 tracks virtually blanked the screen I'd want to make that trip very carefully down through the Philippines etc, never too far from a safe harbour But even then with the 6m storm surge from that last phippines typhoon pushing big boats on shore like a tsunami it could get exciting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 u're right. lots of typhoons there. on the way up, we met the first two in the season. the first one arrived 8 hours after we did in okinawa, right on spot. the second, even more vicious, followed us from afar as we headed up the southern part of japan proper; fortunately we parted ways and it went to the pacific side and we went into the sea of japan. still, we were seeing 30+ knots winds on the meter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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