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#226
The RYA / ISAF seem to have their own problems and have decided to delay operation for the Solo class. See
http://www.solosailing.org.uk/mboard/msg_list.asp?board=1&id=9A3DCFE5-03A1-4176-8DA4-3B352F7BDA53
for more details.
#227
General National 12 chat / Re: N3326
10 Jul 2006, 09:35
Ian Cook's Feeling Foolish seems slower than 3326!
#228
The article is great but could have done with proofreading. Did Robin Steavenson really win the POW cup? I thought his best result was second with Sorcerer.
The article also implied that wooden centreboards came in in the fifties. Surely it was mid sixties?
#229
Try sailing on a reach. Once you get to 3 or 4 knots boat speed water flowing under the boat cant reach the transom flaps; then water pours out through the flaps and boat rises up and more water pours out etc.
If the rear decks are under water you need more stern buoyancy!
#230
The Pathe archive certainly has the 1954 and 1955 Burton Weeks as well
#231
Eileen Ramsay took some super photos in the 40s, 50s and 60s but I cant find out who now owns her archives. I think J Allan Cash had them but that company closed a few years ago.
#232
As far as I can remember the Holt rudder shape was like a Solo rudder with the leading edge raked at about 25 degrees. The rudder would have been fixed with the tiller fitting in a brass (upside down U) sheet that was screwed to the rudder top giving a taper over its 4 to 5 inch length. Solo rudder dimensions can be found on RYA web site.
#233
Don't worry about flexibility too much. Any sideways bend in the mast will not stretch the (fore and aft) glue surface. It is the fore and aft bend that could cause problems but I assume N1002 will have a deck stepped mast with little fore and aft bend anyway.
Just make sure the mast is straight when you glue it. Good luck.
#234
The original glue would have been caesin. I guess aerolite or epoxy would do. However make the surfaces clean and coat the hollow inside (where halyards go) and the luff groove with linseed oil or similar to reduce water absorption. Also remember to thread line in order to pull halyards through. It is an interesting exercise threading halyards in a wooden mast!!
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