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SueW 
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 Topic: Turning centre main system to rear main on a GullPosted: 27 Jul 20 at 9:32pm |
Thank you I am a member and they are really helpful, I am quite near (hopefully) to buying a boat and this one has rear main happily.
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Jubilado Jim
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Posted: 27 Jul 20 at 8:43pm |
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There is and active Gull owners faebook page. They shold be able to answer all your questions.
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JimC
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 8:13pm |
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I emailed them to let them know.
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Rupert
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 7:17pm |
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That was quick!
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JimC
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 5:36pm |
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Hartley Gull page corrected now:-)
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Rupert
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 10:53am |
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Blurb written by marketing people, not sailors, maybe?
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SueW
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 10:47am |
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Thank you I have looked at the photos and will look at a Mirror too which should help.
Yes I don’t understand how Hartley’s boat is 12 ft rather than 11ft, definite mystery.
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Rupert
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 10:37am |
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For years I sailed a Mirror with the triangular method JimC describes. It is very simple and works very well. You should be able to find lots of photos of Mirrors to copy on the web.
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JimC
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 9:56am |
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The standard (as in designer's drawings) system for the Gull was to have a fairlead bolted to the transom about a foot each side of the rudder, and a mainsheet dead ended on the port one, up to a block on the boom, down to a block on the fairlead on the other side, and to hand. A 3:1 seems way over the top, and even a ratchet block maybe an unnecessary luxury. By the look of it though the recent production boats are now fitted with fairleads much further apart, so a shortish bridle between the two fairleads with a block and
Edited by JimC - 21 Jul 20 at 5:35pm |
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Paramedic
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Posted: 21 Jul 20 at 7:06am |
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A gull is very small to have centre sheeting and aft main would have been a standard thing for many decades on these. A simple stern bridle would suffice - have a look at photos of N12s, Enterprises, Mirrors etc :)
Its very do-able.
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