Gaffs and their Saddles
Richard Gadd2024-05-29T17:09:16+01:00Different ships, different saddles In the good old days when gaffs lay at an angle of 45 to 50 degrees to the mast, [...]
Boom not Bust
Richard Gadd2024-05-29T17:09:26+01:00The next item on the agenda is booms. Those of you with sprit rigs, bawleys and Drascombes can skip this article with impunity. [...]
Shortening Sail
Richard Gadd2024-05-29T17:09:32+01:00The subject of this article is mainsail reefing. I’m just dealing with mainsails because I am still on the subject of booms, in [...]
Bits for Booms
Richard Gadd2024-05-29T17:10:41+01:00A reader of the last article on booms said that it was a bit inconclusive: he was trying to size a boom and [...]