Jaysen's V12 -- 'Lil Bit' of everything fun

[terrulian]

Looks OK from here. You're going to have to find out "out there," as Captain Ron says.

[Jaysen]

Fixed a bunch of rigging stuff. Completely relaced the sail. Bowline to mast top pin, shortened distance to throat fig8 knot, reduced the slack in the lacing, changed pace direction to keep sail on opposite side of sprit, corrected tack fig8, created a mast loop for tack, and set up better down haul to keep tension on the luff instead of the lacing. Didn't get pictures of that but much better leading edge on the sail.

Had to reset the snotter block to get the angle and tension directed better. The changes to lacing altered the overall height and position of the sail by several inches.


Went to West Marine. My wallet cried. Loudly. Found some small nylon blocks for the snotter and sail down haul.


Found a cleat that I liked for the anchor and tie off of "things".


I'd been thinking about how to do the mast mess betterer. My wrap on the mast worked well but tended to separate. I took a longish think while rewrapping the mast and figure I could put a loop of rope IN the partner. You know what? You can! The ends of the loop are aligned aft and secured with 1" screws. The front quarters are also screwed down. Mast rotates freely. Slides in and out freely.






And here we are ready (and hoping) to add to the fishing thread tomorrow. We shall see. We shall see.

[glossieblack]

Now if only I had the sailing experience that you, tony and all the other "old salts" have...

Us coastal sailors are not in the same league as round the world sailors like Tony. They are a class apart.

[Fuzz]

GlossieBlack me thinks you are selling yourself short just a tad.

What I want to see is will Jaysen or the fish spend more time in the water

[Jaysen]

GlossieBlack me thinks you are selling yourself short just a tad.

Yeah. Next he'll be saying skinnydip is a "work boat" build.

What I want to see is will Jaysen or the fish spend more time in the water

I give it a 50/50.

I would point out that green thing on the aft seat... life jacket. A real one. I'll be out in waters up to 60' deep "learning" and with several miles between shores. That sucker won't be sitting on the seat, it will be tightly attached to my person.

Luckily the best fishing for me is in the shallow water (< 3') so I'll be able to relax when it's time to get down to business.

[terrulian]

Jaysen,
Not only are your solutions to these issues very clever, they're beautiful. I have a weakness for this stuff.
Great work!

[Jaysen]

Thanks tony!

[Jeff]

Jaysen, innovative but really looks cool as well!! Nicely done!! Jeff

[Jaysen]

Thanks Jeff.

The v12 can do Big water. Out there it's about 2' &8sec but the wind picked up to 15kn. Had a jibe earlier that nearly put me over but managed to drop sheet and saved it. Changed shorts after. Here she is stopped for lunch about 2mi from home and just inside the waves.

Someday I may learn. Don't hold your breath.

[Jeff]

Very cool Jaysen!!!! Lil Bit sails!!! Jeff