andy from victor’s site…
Length: 12"
Length w/Bowsprit: 15.75"
Height: 33.75"
Display Height: N/A
Sail Area: 131 sq. in.
Beam: 5.92"
Keel Depth: 8.50"
Weight: 1.4 lbs
Display Weight: N/A
so Ive added a lot more sail, and I think I’m only 1lb 2 oz based on the new rules…I’ll reweigh with the Code Zero and see. and I’m at a full 3 feet from bulb to gaff…
Honestly I think I’m screwed. In all but the lightest breeze its going to be over powered. and to step down from the 200+ inches to less than 100 for the 12" rig… its too big of a step. but we’ll see. now maybe if I plant a 10 oz bulb on it…Hmmmm all this talk of going lighter…I’ll go the opposite…
heck if it works. now we have a a good use for those stock victoria sails…
the hardest part of the MH rig is to get the assembly square…while not gluing it to your fingers or the table…
It doesn’t have an odor and I let it cure in the basement (60-65 deg.) I let it warm up in some hot water, and stir, before use. That way it seems to go on thinner (or thin it with a heat gun?) Maybe it would work well, and not chip if you hit a rock.
You can find plastidip and its competitor TOOLDIP in, well, big tool places. If you have a pair of pliers with bare metal handles, and may be handling that lovely 220 VAC you brits use. you can dip the grips in this stuff and, after drying overnight, have an insulated grip that win’t come off like tape or slipon sleeves. I have also found the products at marine supply stores - West Marine, Boating World,etc - don’t know your equivalent. I used to use the stuff for waterproofing servos and receivers b4 better products for that application came out.
Nate
I am interested to know what sort of bearings are being used for Footy swing rigs. From what I can see in this thread, a carbon tube rotating in another carbon or ally tube, may be with some form of shaped pin on the bottom of the mast, are used.
Does any one use some form of bearing at deck level too?
Does any one go to the lengths of using ballrace bearings?
On larger boats like 1metre or Marblehead, they use a pin on the bottom and a loose bushing at the deck level. On something like a Footy, where weight is kept to a minimum, only the pin is needed.
When you have a static mast, the boom can be achieved from a wire twist and gluing the carbon tubes to the wire and then have a PTFE block to allow the wire to run up the mast and turn against.
If the whole rig swings then using a 5mm fishing bead in the bottom of the mast tube and allows minimum friction bearing against pin or carbon tube
I always forget to ask, how well does the square Hoyt sail on your bottle boat work? Can you point well with it? If not, ould you expect it to work better on a conventional-design boat, like a razor, Cobra, etc.?
They’re still sticking with “Lithium explodes when it gets wet.” :censored: