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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Yachts and Sail => Topic started by: Hurricane on April 28, 2013, 01:29:13 pm

Title: Gaff rigged mainsail with topsail
Post by: Hurricane on April 28, 2013, 01:29:13 pm

Having just restored my childhood Milbro Ailsa yacht, 60 years old, I'm fired up and keen to try something more challenging.  I am thinking of getting an Orion Mouldings hull, decking and rigging that.  Two questions:  can anyone suggest a good book to show me how to rig a gaff mainsail with topsail and how to I gauge how much ballast to put into the moulding to achieve the necessary stability demanded by how much sail I put on the hull?

Title: Re: Gaff rigged mainsail with topsail
Post by: tigertiger on April 28, 2013, 02:36:02 pm

The best all round book is
An Introduction to Radio Controlled Scale Sailing Models
By Phillip Vaughan Williams.


This should cover 99% of basic questions on basic design, setup, and sailing.


Available from Traplet for under a tenner [size=78%]http://www.trapletshop.com/gb/p/11346/an-introduction-to-radio-controlled-scale-sailing-models-by-phillip-vaughan-williams (http://www.trapletshop.com/gb/p/11346/an-introduction-to-radio-controlled-scale-sailing-models-by-phillip-vaughan-williams)[/size]


May be a few second hand on Amazon.

Title: Re: Gaff rigged mainsail with topsail
Post by: rmaddock on April 28, 2013, 03:19:14 pm

Good for you!  All proper modellers like a gaff rig  :-))

Here's a book I found useful.  not a modelling book but it explains all about traditional boats and how they go together.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hand-Reef-Steer-Traditional-Sailing/dp/0713672242/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367158673&sr=8-1&keywords=hand+reef+steer

Title: Re: Gaff rigged mainsail with topsail
Post by: longshanks on April 28, 2013, 10:24:11 pm

I've got both books - excellent!
In addition I would recommend http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gaff-Rig-Handbook-Techniques-Developments/dp/1408114402/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367184114&sr=1-3&keywords=john+leather (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gaff-Rig-Handbook-Techniques-Developments/dp/1408114402/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367184114&sr=1-3&keywords=john+leather)
 
 

Title: Re: Gaff rigged mainsail with topsail
Post by: Popeye on April 28, 2013, 10:27:54 pm

(1). Scale Model Sailing Ships. Ed. John Bowen. ISBN 0-85177-111-4. Conway Maritime press Ltd., Greenwich. 1977
(2) Gaff Sail. John Simper. ISBN 0-85242-619-4.  Argos Books. 1979


These are probably out of print but you might strike lucky with Amazon.


Good hunting whatever takes your fancy.