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Lots of sympathy for the growers. I remember having 5000 zucchini plants shredded to pulp by hail a couple of times. No pay for 6 weeks, "suck it up". All part of my Certificate 4 in Applied Peasantry. TM. My own course description.'' You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. ''
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Went for a little sail on Pixie today. We circumnavigated Amsterdam.Comment
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Yep. That's the beastie. I get confused easily.
It also happened to be the day we finally got coordinated with a local drone photographer and I get to see what Pixie looks like under sail.
I'll post a couple more later.Comment
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Whoops... forgot to Photoshop out the Very Useful And Reliable yet rather ugly engine.Comment
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Very fine Mat but you're correct about the reliable outboard, it doesn't improve her appearance .'' You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. ''
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Do you like the combination of tan and white sails Matt? I think Pixie looks good like that. Masina's Saul's are all white but the staysail is tan and I have a spare main that's tan. I think for cruising I'll use the combination of yankee, staysail and main a fair bit.
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Lean and nosey like a ferretComment
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I fixed the photo. If you refresh the image the outboard will be gone... while still magically being Very Useful And Reliable. :-)Comment
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Apparently not.
'' You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. ''
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Do you know what your total sail area is Matt?Comment
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Do you like the combination of tan and white sails Matt? I think Pixie looks good like that. Masina's Saul's are all white but the staysail is tan and I have a spare main that's tan. I think for cruising I'll use the combination of yankee, staysail and main a fair bit.
Rick
(correction: I do have a staysail which is a 16' skiff jib, and white as white. I haven't set up sheeting for that one)
I think Pixie looks cute like that, but I'd most likely go all cream sails if I was getting new ones. She'd still look damn cute.
If modifying/reusing sails I have no qualms about using whatever I find. Wizbang's Woodwind does have a certain charm with the various coloured bits 'n' bobs each with its own story.
If my understanding is right, of the truly 'traditional' rig; the working sails were tanned to preserve them, as they were always on the boat. Main and staysail at the most, maybe only the main. Additional sails were untreated, as they were not left out in the weather.
That red jib on Pixie is pretty buggered. The leach and foot are nearly sunbleached off altogether. I removed a UV strip which was trashed by being left out forever on a furler (which I certainly contributed to), and the cloth underneath was well blasted too. It's hanked on now, and will do for the moment.
The main will be replaced first. It's acrylic/canvas blend and more than one passerby has freaked out because they thought it was cotton!
It feels like cotton. It evokes thoughts of old painting drop sheets. ;-)Comment
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