Thanks Charlie, but...

Posted By: Rusty Lillico, 1976 SF24, Kailua, HI
Date: 5/20/08 3:18p.m.

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In Response To: Go to this link for Sailrite, key in Seafarer 24 in the search (pic) (Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex)

it doesn't have my boat, it seems (I dunno, what's a "T/4 keel"?) It also doesn't have Bill Tripp as a Known Designer...
What it does have, otherwise, is IJPE dimensions, which I already have, not sail dimensions. Problem is, a 100% jib would not only be a deck-sweeper (caught behind the lifelines and pulpit) but would put the clew too far back to make use of the existing jib lead. Cutting the sail bottom off to clear the pulpit puts the angle from clew to lead almost straight down, 90 deg's to the deck, which is kind of what I have now, and it really bags the foot.
I'm coming to the conclusion that the original jib might have been only an 80 or 85%, perhaps even smaller.
When I get back to my own computer, perhaps I will send a diagram of the rigging, to show what the restrictions are.
~R

Messages In This Thread

Still looking for original S24 jib -- Rusty Lillico, SF24 Gypsy, Kaneohe, HI -- 5/11/08 3:16p.m.

8 yrs? You need some sails, bad ! -- Lee -- 5/17/08 1:11p.m.

Go to this link for Sailrite, key in Seafarer 24 in the search -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 5/17/08 3:08p.m.

Thanks Charlie, but... -- Rusty Lillico, 1976 SF24, Kailua, HI -- 5/20/08 3:18p.m.

Call them and talk to Jeff. They have the actual dimensions of many sails -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 5/21/08 5:24a.m.

By the way, that's our working jib in the picture. -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 5/21/08 5:29a.m.

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