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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Yachts and Sail => Topic started by: Netleyned on September 23, 2010, 10:22:49 am

Title: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: Netleyned on September 23, 2010, 10:22:49 am

I want to scratch build a Racing Sparrow designed RG65 this winter
as it is a nice size for easy transport.
The web instructions mention a swing rig version which is even
easier to transport.
Does anyone know a UK supplier or maker of swing rigs or will
this have to be scratch built as well?
Thanks in anticipation


Yours Aye

Ned

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: andrewh on September 23, 2010, 12:38:49 pm

Ned,

Don't know of any UK suppliers of RG65 rigs - but the usual suspects sailsetc, housemartin and nylet may welll have suitable materials, and maybe sails.

Are you familiar with
http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/forumdisplay.php?76-General-Discussion-(RG65)
There is bit of discussion of UK RG65s

BTW, Chris Jackson is one of the class experts; i believe he is editor of one of the comics, and may be able to help

andrew

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: Matt121 on September 23, 2010, 04:31:12 pm

PJ Sails is a good source of various things RG65 (hulls, keelbulbs, fittings, etc) but I don't think there is anybody doing swing rig kits in the U.K.

There is a detailed RG65 swing rig plan knocking about on the web - both in German and and translated version, although I can't find it at the moment - it may be on the R65 resource CD http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/showthread.php?5610-US-RG65-Info-CD-Now-Online (http://www.rcsailing.net/forum1/showthread.php?5610-US-RG65-Info-CD-Now-Online) (bit too big to download at work) or you you could join the US yahoo group as it's in their archive.

So far all the boats at Kingsbury have standard rigs - These are still fairly easy to transport even when set up, I can get two rigged boats into the back seat of a VW Lupo.

Cheers

Matt (GBR20)

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: martin-R on December 25, 2010, 06:48:55 pm

on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RG65SailboatsUS/files/ there's a pdf file called Bauanleitung_SwingRigg.pdf which is a translation from the original German and a very thorough guide to making a swing rig using readily available materials.

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: tony23 on December 25, 2010, 11:09:09 pm

As mentiomed PJ Sails sell all the parts to build swing rigs as also Sailsetc although a little dearer but an excellent posal service.
http://www.sailsetc.com/index.html
http://www.pjsails.co.uk/

 :-)

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: roycv on December 26, 2010, 08:37:42 am

Hi Andrewh, Chris Jackson retired a couple of years ago from editing the Marine Modeling Int. Magazine.
I am sure you could reach him through the magazine or perhaps through the Woodspring club at Portishead.
regards Roy

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: Netleyned on December 26, 2010, 08:55:48 am

Hi guys
Ive got the German Swing rig article from Yahoo Forums and it seems just the job

Thanks to all and a Happy New Year


Yours Aye

Ned

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: GBR 28 on June 29, 2012, 10:09:37 pm

John Tushingham of Graphite makes conventional and swing rigs for the RG-65, he is one of the best sailmakers in the UK, contact [email protected]

Title: Re: Swing Rig RG65
Post by: GBR 28 on September 25, 2012, 08:45:31 am

You can check out my Blog on RG-65's and the Break Back Swing Rig along with Conventional Rigs and Swing Rigs.
http://rg65uk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/more-photographs-of-break-back-swing-rig.html (http://rg65uk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/more-photographs-of-break-back-swing-rig.html)