Oughtred Gannet build - downunder

[PeterWidders]

Looks great Neil: nice hull colour and interior fit out. Well done!

[timo4352]

Looking very light and spacious Neil. Nice job

I agree with Andrew's assessment 100%

[John Meachen]

The mast chock fitted over the transom is a nice touch and shows the amount of thought that has gone into the project.

[neil.henderson]

After a lot of raising and lowering, adding some more fittings trimming lines, sticking and whipping sheets, etc.............................. we are now much closer to a launch. Must admit I'm rather happy with the look of a rigged Gannet.

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[WX]

Beautiful work.

[John Meachen]

It will look even better on the water-just make sure somebody is there with a camera to record the event.

[gray duck]

Beauty!

[Michael_Owen]

Two thumbs up!

[leikec]

Very nice!

Jeff C

[Rik van der Vaart]

Beautiful work. She looks to be a joy to sail.

[neil.henderson]

I haveleathered now Steve and applied Dubbin. Much less creaking and sticking now. Am going for a trial launch tomorrow with a friend so the lifejacket is ready :-)

[Steve TN 15]

Fair winds and following seas Neil

[Steve TN 15]

So is the Gannet gaff rigged like the one on the right in the pic below? If so I imagine that would be quite difficult to raise without manually pushing the yoke up by hand.
Mine is as per the one on the left and gives no trouble at all but then it appears my gaff doesn't go quite as near vertical as yours.

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[Dry Water]

Cannot wait to see her on the water. All the very best and fair winds!!!

[gypsie]

Beautiful work Neil, congratulations.

[gypsie]

So is the Gannet gaff rigged like the one on the right in the pic below? If so I imagine that would be quite difficult to raise without manually pushing the yoke up by hand.
Mine is as per the one on the left and gives no trouble at all but then it appears my gaff doesn't go quite as near vertical as yours.

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Yours looks like a 'Gaff rig', where Neils is Gunter rigged i think.
Gunter doesn't require throat and peek halyards, just a single main to a fixed point on the gaff. As in mirror dinghy's.

[Steve TN 15]

Yours looks like a 'Gaff rig', where Neils is Gunter rigged i think.
Gunter doesn't require throat and peek halyards, just a single main to a fixed point on the gaff. As in mirror dinghy's.

Iain Oughtred calls it a gunter sloop and the gaff is at a much higher angle than it would otherwise be. It's just not quite as near vertical as other gunter rigs. This may have been designed for ease of raising.

[neil.henderson]

My plan at the moment is to rebuild the gaff jaws and possibly revarnish the mast/gaff with slippier varnish. I have confirmed that the Gannet has been designed by Iain to have 2 halyards (though the plans are very unclear, and his book describes both single and double halyard gunter rigs). I would very much prefer 1 halyard for the mainsail as I want to be able to rig her myself and my hands are not as strong as they used to be for boring reasons..........................
So, I'm going to try for the 1 halyard and I want that gaff as high and vertical as possible. At the moment I am pretty fedup with it!! (I have leaks around the centreboard case as well).

Regards Neil

[Steve TN 15]

Sorry to hear of your troubles Neil, gentle considered perseverance will pay off

[neil.henderson]

Found the leaks at last - my own fault. I hadn't bedded the centreboard case properly when I installed it so there were 2 areas where there was a distinct lack of glue and hence the water spouts when she was in the water. Cut out some offending parts around the centreboard case logs , cleaned out usin ga chisel and a bit of multi-tool, cut some new spacers from Douglas fir, glued in with epoxy.
So, next step will be to put Plockton back in the water and look for any offending water spouts :-)

And on to the spars...............................

Regards Neil

[John Meachen]

A bit of a diversion but the much bigger Norfolk wherry has a single halyard for it's gaff sail.Some information here https://wherrymaudtrust.org/mauds-hi...ig-propulsion/ .A much more detailed description is in the book Black Sailed Traders.A bit of varying of attachment location and angles might be necessary.

[dalekidd]

Enjoyed your thread! Pick up a couple good tips. Sorry for the launch difficulties. I always worried about cb/db trunk leaks. Hey, in the long run those mishaps are minor. You're looking at years of enjoyment out of your efforts.