I love it! Vertical stabilizers. You're trip to the Bahamas will be a great ride.
Sailboats get to go out in Blue water because of their construction.
Adding a mast to a motor boat does not change the vessels scantlings.
A parasail is easiest to rig , but simply slowing down to SL.9 will give low fuel burn,at no cost.
I love it! Vertical stabilizers. You're trip to the Bahamas will be a great ride.
This project makes no monetary sense, and possibly no sense at all for most people. It's just something I've wanted to do for awhile and so I just decided to do it.
I can't think of a better platform for a motorsailor. 1. Decent ballast (and designed for it), 2. hull already engineered in a highly successful sailing version, 3. nicely matched powertrain proven in tens of thousands of hours as an assist engine or primary power in the SP Cruiser versions. 4. Mack Sails is the ultimate rig designer for the job. They know Island Packetts and how to take advantage of the strong points of the design for that application.
Better to convert motorsailer to trawler.
Yes this is the sail plan the Island Packet folks drew up back when they were still Island Packet. Basically the same as the SP Cruiser, but with a little shorter mast and smaller sail plan due to a little less ballast in my boat, and because I wanted a low stress setup that would last quite awhile and be easy to single hand.
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Interesting project!
Can't wait to see my pics. I am curious to see how the sheets and blocks are set up.
Will you have the ability to trim the jib and main from the helm?
Jim
Yes. Self tacking jib.
Furling mainsail and self tacking jib make for nice relaxing motorsailing.
If it's all easy to simple and tack, you'll find you use it often. Windward as well, up to about 25 degrees off the wind. Not that it adds much propulsion at that angle, but it stables out any quarterly swell so much.
We cruised with a guy who bought Bruce Van Sants's Shucker after he removed the stick. The last time we saw him, he was on his way to St Martens to put a mast and rigging back on. He hated the way the boat rolled and went back to vertical stabilizers.
Furling mainsail and self tacking jib make for nice relaxing motorsailing.
If it's all easy to simple and tack, you'll find you use it often. Windward as well, up to about 25 degrees off the wind. Not that it adds much propulsion at that angle, but it stables out any quarterly swell so much.
I've never had a self-tacking jib, but had considered seeing about trying to set that up with my Catalina 400 for times when I was single handing. That boat isn't setup for it at all, but it would sure be nice.
Mark wrote;
"sailing rig is designed for reaches and downwind where it is the only practical use."
I thought the only practical use was steadying the roll. Of course when the engine becomes silent ... even the windage of the cabin and hull may be of use.
I've never had a self-tacking jib, but had considered seeing about trying to set that up with my Catalina 400 for times when I was single handing. That boat isn't setup for it at all, but it would sure be nice.
Do you still have your Catalina? If so, do you take it out for a spin when you miss sailing?