Monday, December 31, 2012

Done!

My Argie 10 is ready to sail! In this picture the rigging is not yet finished, but before I left for home this evening she was ready to sail. Granted, it would be only sailing upwind, because the mainsheet is a little short, but it would sail.

Hopefully I'll be able to post a nicer picture tomorrow.

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Tensioning the luff rope.

The luff track is fitted to the top half of the mast, and I'm tensioning the luff rope to estimate the length of track I'll need on the bottom of the mast.

It's starting to look like a mast with a sail!

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Fitting the luff track.

A Cleco clamp holding the luff track in place. It's a miracle tool for jobs like this!


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Mast head

I've now created a mast head sail attachment. It's a fairly elegant design, but the main thing is that it is done now.

Now I can start fitting the track for the sail's roped luff.


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