Setting sail

[Lebo...@aol.com]

Sounds normal.  Sails that use the luff rope for attachment are always' a little slower and harder since they have to be threaded in.  If you spray your luff trac with teflon (comes in a spray can and is clear) it makes it slide easier.  If you want to make it real easy, install track slugs on the mainsail. They slide up the track very easy and you can even leave the sail on and flake it on the boom like with larger boats. Either way you still need to point her in the wind and raise the sail as quickly as you can. if you use a motor then it makes it easier to motor into the wind while raising sail. If your really having a hard time keeping the nose in the wind while single handing, anchor off (it will keep the bow in the wind)  until the sails are up then raise anchor and sail off.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Leroy

 

In a message dated 7/30/2010 9:43:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, jbur...@comcast.net writes:

OK, my prior experience sailing was on windsurfers for many years.
After many years of no sailing, I obtained my Mistral 16 this spring.
I have sailed her only a few times and once the sails are up I am
generally OK and need to practice to get better. I was wondering if
anyone had advice on rigging order, so as not to get beat to death by
the sail as I try to rig it with only two hands. Here is what I
currently do:

put boom in place with all rigging

slide sail into boom

hoist sail up mast

It just doesnt seem to go as smoothly as it sounds when I list it out
here. How do you all do it? Is it easy to do solo or is it a challenge
for you seasoned sailors?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jon

[Albert Rietema]

Ohw, now I see that being busy and reply-ing to emails don't really go together. Should have paid better attention reading it. :-(

Not very familiar with the heavy hoisting. I usually loosen the boom where it is attached to the mast. Then hoist the sail, and when done, tighten the boom down again. Just to make sure I am never fighting the tension of the sail while hoisting (not always that obvious).

Seen some articles about trampolines on catamarans (sometimes same track system) and it was stated to only use non-water resistant lubricants. The trampoline you only install ones a season, so you don't care that it washes out right away, but the reason for not using any water resistant lubricants can be found in the reduced strength of the system. With lubricants the sail would easier pull out of the track. Anyway, some food for thought, as I am not sure how much this really applies to the sail with aluminum track.

Another thing is that non-water resistant lubricant has a much lesser chance on damaging the sail material.

Albert.

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From: Lebo...@aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:58:54 -0400
Subject: Setting sail
To: Sailing...@googlegroups.com

[Paul Mundy]

Hi All;

 

Does anyone have pictures of their mast assembly? I have yet to put my boat in the water because there is no seating/base to where the mast sits on the keel. The only stabilizing is the pivot pin through the mast and tabernacle and that is simply not enough to absorb the forces being transferred from the sails and mast. There must be some way to "seat " the mast and stabilize it preventing side to side movement during tacking maneuvers. Any suggestions? Or pictures to help me manufacture something?

 

Paul

[Bill]

We must all be doing it wrong if you insist that the 1/2" bolt thru the mast and the three shrouds are insufficient!!!!!

Seriously that is how it is done on the Mistral and on many larger boats as well! Some flexibility is key, anything engineered to be entirely rigid would be so massive you would need a bigger boat to float it!

Bill

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From: "Paul Mundy" <paul...@execulink.com>

Sender: sailing...@googlegroups.com

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:37:42 -0400

To: <sailing...@googlegroups.com>

Subject: Re: Setting sail

[Jim Murphy]

I agree with Bill. The only thing I noticed was the dress put on forward shroud I lost mine and put a caribeaner to hold it and that just snapped.    

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[Lebo...@aol.com]

Page 1 of the Mistral manual, # 8 is mast step. Only the 1 bolt. Mine has never given me a problem and She has been sailed hard.  The only weak link I have found is the flexibility of the transom on mine. If I push down fairly hard on the tiller, I see lots of movement (kind of a oilcan type movement) in the transom like the hull is separating from the deck section. I plan to add a rib or a backing plate on the inside. Has anyone else checked or noticed this?

[William Smith]

I sold my Mistral 16 but I still have the full spinnaker rig, halyard, downhaul, pole lifting line and pole. The rig has never been used.

 

If you know anyone that is interested. I am in the Manchester NH area and would sell it for $350 plus shipping.

 

The shipping difficulty comes in with the 8' pole, I do have a collapsible pole (4-12') that I could exchange for the solid 8' pole if desired to reduce the shipping costs.

 

Thank you,

Bill

[Matthew Hunter]

I trust that you sold the sails with it too?

Matthew