Designs for old codgers

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  • wtarzia
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2007
    • 2104

    Re: Designs for old codgers

    Originally posted by tink
    I think it is just a long handle on the very long leeboard, it would be lovely to see more with explanation, there is a lot going on in the craft. This is an earlier version. Like the mainsheet cleat, the mast spanner which appears to have the vang control on it. It also appears that the pitch of the ama can be controlled. ...
    --- Yes, but there was a different photo of something I saw, but now I've lost it.

    I was talking to someone last night who knows more about Gougeon during this EC. Turns out it is even more amazing that this "old codger" finished the EC. A weird incident occurred and he fell out of the boat as the boat shifted at anchor. To get back aboard he gripped his chair and it popped out and floated away. He got back aboard, upped anchor in the night and searched for his chair, but lost it in the current. This was a big blow because the well designed chair is very important to his sailing-endurance ergonomic -- in this new version of the canoe, the chair also reverses and he can sleep with his head out of the wind under that hard dodger (you have seen the cool things he has used that dodger for -- storage pockets and compass, etc. up under its roof -- and now it is even cooler). He ended up using the dodger as a kind of seat back rest for the remainder of the event. What a sailor! -- Wade

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    • keyhavenpotterer
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2007
      • 4868

      Re: Designs for old codgers

      Meade for president of OCS

      how go we some how have plans drawn for his latest boat

      the ultimate OCS design

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      • wtarzia
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2007
        • 2104

        Re: Designs for old codgers

        In
        Originally posted by keyhavenpotterer








        --- In the first photo, what is that lever arm thingie sticking up from the base of the mast? A complicated vang? -- Wade

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        • Woxbox
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2006
          • 9923

          Re: Designs for old codgers

          I think it's just a quick way to rotate the mast to the desired angle.
          -Dave

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          • Matt young
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2015
            • 593

            Re: Designs for old codgers

            That makes sense Dave, while tacking for instance do you think?

            What do you guys think the twin centerboards are for? Micro adjusting the CLR?
            If I am reading this picture correctly.

            "Yeah, well, that's just, like your opinion man"
            -The Dude-

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            • tink
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 1386

              Re: Designs for old codgers

              Originally posted by Matt young
              That makes sense Dave, while tacking for instance do you think?

              What do you guys think the twin centerboards are for? Micro adjusting the CLR?
              If I am reading this picture correctly.

              I'm thinking some sort of custom anchor

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              • John Meachen
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2004
                • 10488

                Re: Designs for old codgers

                I suspect assymetry and maybe a need to raise one and lower the other when tacking.

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                • Woxbox
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 9923

                  But he's got a leeboard. I like the anchor idea.
                  -Dave

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                  • tink
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2011
                    • 1386

                    Re: Designs for old codgers

                    Originally posted by John Meachen
                    I suspect assymetry and maybe a need to raise one and lower the other when tacking.
                    If you look closely at the 'handles' the both have T shaped ends point the same way so boards seam unlikely IMHO

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                    • tink
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 1386

                      Re: Designs for old codgers

                      This is from 2014, think I am a bit obsessed with this boat, the format ticks a lot of boxes for me, sorry if you have seen it before.

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                      • keyhavenpotterer
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 4868

                        Re: Designs for old codgers

                        tink,

                        how about writing to Meade?

                        could say 12 people join to pay for set of drawings?

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                        • tink
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 1386

                          I am more interested in the an explanation and critique of the design rather than building a copy. At some point I will add outriggers or replace my 12' x 30" but that as a long way off and will depend on where I end up in my twilight years. Doing some capsize tests tomorrow, have a combo trolley and righting float I want to test.




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                          • tink
                            Senior Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 1386



                            2017: Keith Musto, founder of industry leading sailing brand Musto, has revealed an astonishing return to sailing at the age of 81, as he is announced as part of British Sailing Team squad and is looking to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

                            2017: Keith Musto, founder of industry leading sailing brand Musto, has revealed an astonishing return to sailing at the age of 81, as he is announced as part of British Sailing Team squad and is looking to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.




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                            • tink
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 1386

                              Re: Designs for old codgers

                              Originally posted by tink


                              2017: Keith Musto, founder of industry leading sailing brand Musto, has revealed an astonishing return to sailing at the age of 81, as he is announced as part of British Sailing Team squad and is looking to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

                              2017: Keith Musto, founder of industry leading sailing brand Musto, has revealed an astonishing return to sailing at the age of 81, as he is announced as part of British Sailing Team squad and is looking to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.




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                              Scratch that, I presume that it was intended as an April fool. Feeling rather silly

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                              • keyhavenpotterer
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 4868

                                Re: Designs for old codgers

                                good luck with trials. Like your rig. Very nice.

                                Will the box sort of flip from inside the hull, over the gunnel and somehow sit clipped creating the stability to climb back in.

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