I learned how to sail the Nimble better after it was gone. To learn more about

Posted By: norm lake pontchartrain
Date: 11/12/07 7:05p.m.

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sailing the catboat I got Phil Bolger's 100 Small Boat Rigs from the library.
What a wealth of good information. As he explains the pluses and minus of 100 different rigs, most in a one page narration and one page drawing, even dense people like me learn how all the different factors in a sail plan drive a boat.
His comments on ketchs and yawls really got me to be thinking about how I used the Nimble rig (inefficiently!). And yes, a rudder modification would probably do wonders for the boats handling.
But now I want a 15' junk rigged cat ketch

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I learned how to sail the Nimble better after it was gone. To learn more about -- norm lake pontchartrain -- 11/12/07 7:05p.m.

Cool - I'll go look for that. -- Ray Henry, Nimble Kodiak Yawl, "Seaweed", NC -- 11/12/07 8:02p.m.

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