Posted by katorpus (jrb@…>)
Earlier posts inquired about the staysail
Mine (either original to the boat or purchased immediately by the
original owner in 1981) was made by Ulmer
The sailbag is branded “Reaching Staysail”…the original owner never
put the sail up.
Stop salivating…it’s NOT for sale…I only posted this here to help
out those who may be looking for one.
As I stated in an earlier post, it has a wire luff and it tacks to
the car on the sailtrack that runs along the centerline of the
cabintop…or to the windwardmost toe rail (depending on wind angle).
If the wind is up enough, it’s good for a knot of boatspeed. If the
wind is up enough that you’re wondering if maybe you should have
already struck it, then you probably SHOULD have already struck it.
If you can’t keep the boat level, you probably shouldn’t be flying
it, since you’d probably break the mizzen boom (to which it’s
sheeted) if you were overtaken by a wave that filled the sail.
Posted by George Huffman (thatboatguy2@…>)
Cool beans. I’ll have to file this all away for further reference.
Again… no toe rail. Also add to the list of stuff we don’t have is
a sail track on the house. heh heh
But we did get one very important piece of equipment from a civil war
replica buff in southern Illinois… our Lewis and Clark cannon! 
I only bought the cannon though and I’ll have to build the carriage
myself (in my spare time [yeah right!]).
I’ll be ordering bronze replacement ports tomorrow… take pity on me.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “katorpus” <jrb@…> wrote:
Earlier posts inquired about the staysail
Mine (either original to the boat or purchased immediately by the
original owner in 1981) was made by Ulmer
The sailbag is branded “Reaching Staysail”…the original owner never
put the sail up.
Stop salivating…it’s NOT for sale…I only posted this here to help
out those who may be looking for one.
As I stated in an earlier post, it has a wire luff and it tacks to
the car on the sailtrack that runs along the centerline of the
cabintop…or to the windwardmost toe rail (depending on wind angle).
If the wind is up enough, it’s good for a knot of boatspeed. If the
wind is up enough that you’re wondering if maybe you should have
already struck it, then you probably SHOULD have already struck it.
If you can’t keep the boat level, you probably shouldn’t be flying
it, since you’d probably break the mizzen boom (to which it’s
sheeted) if you were overtaken by a wave that filled the sail.
Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
George,
If you order new ports, you may want to order a gun port hole for
your new cannon.
On my previous Freedom 33 ck I had 4 deadeyes on the coachroof to
attach two staysails to. If someone gives you the locations, that
would be an easy addition.
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:
Cool beans. I’ll have to file this all away for further
reference.
Again… no toe rail. Also add to the list of stuff we don’t have
is
a sail track on the house. heh heh
But we did get one very important piece of equipment from a civil
war
replica buff in southern Illinois… our Lewis and Clark
cannon!
I only bought the cannon though and I’ll have to build the carriage
myself (in my spare time [yeah right!]).
I’ll be ordering bronze replacement ports tomorrow… take pity on
me.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “katorpus” <jrb@> wrote:
Earlier posts inquired about the staysail
Mine (either original to the boat or purchased immediately by
the
original owner in 1981) was made by Ulmer
The sailbag is branded “Reaching Staysail”…the original owner
never
put the sail up.
Stop salivating…it’s NOT for sale…I only posted this here to
help
out those who may be looking for one.
As I stated in an earlier post, it has a wire luff and it tacks
to
the car on the sailtrack that runs along the centerline of the
cabintop…or to the windwardmost toe rail (depending on wind
angle).
If the wind is up enough, it’s good for a knot of boatspeed. If
the
wind is up enough that you’re wondering if maybe you should have
already struck it, then you probably SHOULD have already struck
it.
If you can’t keep the boat level, you probably shouldn’t be
flying
it, since you’d probably break the mizzen boom (to which it’s
sheeted) if you were overtaken by a wave that filled the sail.
Posted by George Huffman (thatboatguy2@…>)
It’s all coming together now! We do have the attachment points for
the staysail on the coachroof. We previously thought they were for
jack lines (and we will use them for that also). If they serve no
other purpose than flying a staysail I may as well take them down for
now and stow them. Maybe next year we will get us a staysail.
We are going to put one little round portlight in the forward panel of
the house. Other than that we will just be replacing the plastic ones
(fuller brush company!) with bronze, probably from new found metals.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “michel.capel”
<michel.capel@…> wrote:
George,
If you order new ports, you may want to order a gun port hole for
your new cannon.
On my previous Freedom 33 ck I had 4 deadeyes on the coachroof to
attach two staysails to. If someone gives you the locations, that
would be an easy addition.
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@> wrote:
Cool beans. I’ll have to file this all away for further
reference.
Again… no toe rail. Also add to the list of stuff we don’t have
is
a sail track on the house. heh heh
But we did get one very important piece of equipment from a civil
war
replica buff in southern Illinois… our Lewis and Clark
cannon!
I only bought the cannon though and I’ll have to build the carriage
myself (in my spare time [yeah right!]).
I’ll be ordering bronze replacement ports tomorrow… take pity on
me.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “katorpus” <jrb@> wrote:
Earlier posts inquired about the staysail
Mine (either original to the boat or purchased immediately by
the
original owner in 1981) was made by Ulmer
The sailbag is branded “Reaching Staysail”…the original owner
never
put the sail up.
Stop salivating…it’s NOT for sale…I only posted this here to
help
out those who may be looking for one.
As I stated in an earlier post, it has a wire luff and it tacks
to
the car on the sailtrack that runs along the centerline of the
cabintop…or to the windwardmost toe rail (depending on wind
angle).
If the wind is up enough, it’s good for a knot of boatspeed. If
the
wind is up enough that you’re wondering if maybe you should have
already struck it, then you probably SHOULD have already struck
it.
If you can’t keep the boat level, you probably shouldn’t be
flying
it, since you’d probably break the mizzen boom (to which it’s
sheeted) if you were overtaken by a wave that filled the sail.
Posted by Alan Kusinitz (akusinitz@…>)
You can still get replacement ports and
parts for the fuller brush ports. They seem quite rugged with very thick
acrylic. Much more rugged then other plastic ports and were developed for
cruising specifically for Fuller’s own boat several decades ago.
Alan F-33 Hull #51 SEAPR
From: FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George Huffman
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007
7:02 AM
To: FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FreedomOwnersGroup] Re:
Freedom 40 Staysail
It’s all coming together now! We do have the
attachment points for
the staysail on the coachroof. We previously thought they were for
jack lines (and we will use them for that also). If they serve no
other purpose than flying a staysail I may as well take them down for
now and stow them. Maybe next year we will get us a staysail.
We are going to put one little round portlight in the forward panel of
the house. Other than that we will just be replacing the plastic ones
(fuller brush company!) with bronze, probably from new found metals.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com,
“michel.capel”
<michel.capel@…> wrote:
George,
If you order new ports, you may want to order a gun port hole for
your new cannon.
On my previous Freedom 33 ck I had 4 deadeyes on the coachroof to
attach two staysails to. If someone gives you the locations, that
would be an easy addition.
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com,
“George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@> wrote:
Cool beans. I’ll have to file this all away for further
reference.
Again… no toe rail. Also add to the list of stuff we don’t have
is
a sail track on the house. heh heh
But we did get one very important piece of equipment from a civil
war
replica buff in southern Illinois…
our Lewis and Clark
cannon!
I only bought the cannon though and I’ll have to build the carriage
myself (in my spare time [yeah right!]).
I’ll be ordering bronze replacement ports tomorrow… take pity on
me.
George
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com,
“katorpus” <jrb@> wrote:
Earlier posts inquired about the staysail
Mine (either original to the boat or purchased immediately by
the
original owner in 1981) was made by Ulmer
The sailbag is branded “Reaching Staysail”…the
original owner
never
put the sail up.
Stop salivating…it’s NOT for sale…I only posted this
here to
help
out those who may be looking for one.
As I stated in an earlier post, it has a wire luff and it tacks
to
the car on the sailtrack that runs along the centerline of the
cabintop…or to the windwardmost toe rail (depending on wind
angle).
If the wind is up enough, it’s good for a knot of boatspeed. If
the
wind is up enough that you’re wondering if maybe you should have
already struck it, then you probably SHOULD have already struck
it.
If you can’t keep the boat level, you probably shouldn’t be
flying
it, since you’d probably break the mizzen boom (to which it’s
sheeted) if you were overtaken by a wave that filled the sail.
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