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Home Forums Search Boat Show TSBB Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources More Fun About TSBB	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Wrinkle Posted By: Charlie, SunCat, Beeaufort, SC Date: 5/18/08 2:27p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines Got to get the boat wet on Saturday and it was a great sail. We went against the wind and current for five hours then turned around and covered the same distance in about twenty minutes. Can some of you gaff rig folks tell me why I have this wrinkle in the sail? It is most prominent when sailing close hauled. Thanks, Charlie

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 Wrinkle   -- Charlie, SunCat, Beeaufort, SC -- 5/18/08 2:27p.m.

Oops, that is Beaufort, SC -- Charlie, SunCat, Beeaufort, SC -- 5/18/08 2:34p.m.

wrinkle -- bob -- 5/18/08 2:43p.m.

Yep.....Had the same thing, -- Mark Milam , Nonsuch 33, Suncat cabinless, Holder 20, Lafayette, LA. -- 5/18/08 2:47p.m.

Mark is right -- Tom Ray -- 5/19/08 4:26a.m.

Easing the sheet is the key -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 5/19/08 9:59a.m.

A well-adjusted gaff...(see pic). Carl's Apteryx -- Travis Votaw; Pilgrim, the two-masted catboat -- 5/19/08 2:36p.m.

Yet another... -- Travis Votaw; Pilgrim, the two-masted catboat -- 5/19/08 2:38p.m.

Well, truth to tell... -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 5/19/08 3:41p.m.

Wrinkles & a long techie article about them -- Bill Dolan. Marshall 18, Placida, FL -- 5/19/08 3:58p.m.

here's one too! -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 5/20/08 5:13a.m.

And here is one of mine. Tho it took a while to find one that wasn't -- Norm BlackWatch gaff cat, N'awlins -- 5/20/08 11:08a.m.

Oh wait ... here's mine! -- AJ -- 5/19/08 8:50p.m.

I guess I had a "DUH" . -- Charlie, SunCat, Beeaufort, SC -- 5/19/08 4:33p.m.

When passing me on the BEER cruise......... -- Charlie, SunCat, Beeaufort, SC -- 5/20/08 2:25p.m.

 

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