Bermuda Rig Schooner Vs. Bermuda Sloop | Boat Design Net
Sep 28, 2009 · Just read an '05 Post re Schooner Rigs, and have some follow up questions regarding a proposed 44' CB CC equal Ht. Fore and Main, high roach Bermuda Rig Schooner Advantages considered: -Sails smaller so easier handling ( single handed) than single large Sloop Sail?-Lower CLE = less heel than Sloop = Less Ballast ?
Most Weatherly Schooner | Boat Design Net
Aug 26, 2021 · Years ago, in response to a question of mine Tom Speer said that the true or effective aspect ratio of a rig was the height/length measurement of the whole rig, not the various elements. So a schooner is an inherently low aspect rig and therefore inherently slow to windward, compared to a sloop.
Small Pilot Schooner design ideas - Boat Design Net
Apr 2, 2012 · The large foresail was apparently a very handy sail. On a small schooner it is advantageous to have a larger than normal fores'l, it helps to overcome some of the in-efficent nature due to windage of the schooner rig on small boats. This is what I have read as I haven't experience with this rig yet. As to being a ketch, I can see what you mean.
Cat Ketch or Cat Schooner Rig on Trimaran... - Boat Design Net
Jan 27, 2023 · tropostudio. Any rig if correctly designed will work on a multi as well as mono. The only issue is how fast the multi can go. Cruising catamarans or trimarans that sails at EG 60% of wind speed can run a ketch or schooner rig just as well as a mono. The only variation is the sails may need to be cut slightly flatter.
Seaworthiness of Freedom 39 Cat-Schooner | Boat Design Net
Dec 29, 2011 · I would be interested in opinions on the seaworthiness of the Freedom 39 Pilothouse cat-schooner (not the Freedom 39 Express which is a cat-ketch version). How suitable is it for offshore cruising with a short-handed crew? Some areas of interest: 1- Comfort in heavy seas. 2- Suitability of the cat-schooner rig.
ketch- schooner- sloop, advantages vs disadvantages
Sep 4, 2012 · Rig choices, how many cup holders in the head, etc., literally every aspect is forced into a set of conflicting guidelines and eventually extruded out, hopefully meeting the design goals established early in the design process. A novice sailor shouldn't even think about a 65' yacht. Go down to the local yacht club and get a ride on some boats.
Overlapping schooner sail plan - Boat Design Net
Feb 3, 2024 · Instead of a schooner rig with masts in line and the aft sail receives bad air from forward sail, the forward sail will make in theory one sail. Also, easy to shunt. Forecaddie , Feb 4, 2024
Re-rig ketch to schooner - Boat Design Net
Dec 22, 2008 · William Garden designs were mostly drawn as ketches or schooners so there should be enough drag aft for a schooner rig, but because these are factory built ketch rig boats would there need to be hull and/or deck modifications to move the mast steps and chain plates to change the rig to a staysail schooner with marconi main.
Rig handling: Cat Ketch, Cat Schooner, Sloop, Cutter
May 29, 2006 · The most forward sail of any rig should never be brought in closer than 10 degrees to the centreline of the boat. Regarding sprit rigs and wishbones - IMHO (kids - my opinion only) they are not necessarily better than conventional booms fitted with a …
sail coefficients for schooners - Boat Design Net
Oct 18, 2015 · (PDF) Wind tunnel tests on schooner rigs and their use in performance prediction by VPP calculations - by - I.M.C. Campbell and G. Dijkstra Also see SNAME ---> Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium , the below paper comes from the 15th CSYS in January 2001 :