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earlethomas
02-11-2010, 10:22 PM
From the Canaries, what kind of tack/ sail/ rig is this??? You'll need to hang in for a little while to see what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TtcZjAuF4A

thomas :eek:
Bruce Hooke
02-11-2010, 11:28 PM
That's a new one...in some ways similar to a lateen rig, but in other ways quite different.

A little under-canvased and under-crewed don't you think? :D
Todd Bradshaw
02-12-2010, 12:09 AM
Canarian Lateen
Larks
02-12-2010, 01:10 AM
Great footage and music, some pretty hand crew work there as well.,
luckystrike118
02-12-2010, 05:29 AM
It's a evolution from a normal loose footed lateen. Looking not very handy, shifting the long "gaff" to the leeward side of the mast to become a clear, undisturbed airflow over the important lee side of the sail.

Look at the crew hauling the backstays and the poor guy at the main sheet!!!!!!!!

Great fun to look at!

Grrreetings from the North Sea Coast, Michel
Roger Long
02-12-2010, 05:41 AM
That would be a "Dipping Lug" with leading edge that has become so vestigial with evolution to increase speed that only about a foot of cloth unsupported by the gaff prevents it from being a lateen.

Very cool boats
Lewisboats
02-12-2010, 08:34 AM
That would be a "Dipping Lug" with leading edge that has become so vestigial with evolution to increase speed that only about a foot of cloth unsupported by the gaff prevents it from being a lateen.

Very cool boats

Yup...gotta agree with that. NOT your single hander rig there. I figure there is over a half ton of beef on the rail ...
ChrisObee
02-12-2010, 08:58 AM
Lovely video. They are certainly sailing on the edge there. I wonder how often they go over. Tacking sure does take a lot of coordination. Pretty amazing how fast they shift the sail around the mast when coming about.
esingleman
02-12-2010, 12:07 PM
Sure looks like one heck of a lot of fun!!!
CapnJ2ds
02-17-2010, 03:18 AM
This appears to be a "Settee" rig, although the freestanding luff is so vestigial as to make the sail almost indistinguishable from the usual lateen.

As with the lateen and lugsails, the spar is a yard, not a gaff.
Todd Bradshaw
02-17-2010, 10:30 AM
No, as I stated above in post #3, it is a Canarian Lateen. It's one of those localized sail types that has been somewhat standardized for racing in that area.

http://www.grancanaria.com/patronato_turismo/Sailing.467.0.html
Daniel Noyes
02-18-2010, 05:21 PM
nice video!
sailboy3
02-18-2010, 06:08 PM
I like those straps that they hang off of for hiking.
Michael D. Storey
02-18-2010, 06:42 PM
When the middle son was young, he would talk about the spot where moving air touched water. He would say that if you put a boat into that spot, then that is sailing.
So simple.