tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137810012036013226.post2163425216978223425..comments2024-03-10T07:03:43.915-04:00Comments on The Log of Spartina: still thinking....Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060896232365651376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137810012036013226.post-75686176322582814842011-11-22T06:38:39.616-05:002011-11-22T06:38:39.616-05:00Very good, Jalil. I'm leaning in that directi...Very good, Jalil. I'm leaning in that direction and the photo confirms the idea. I'll need to make my decision in about a week. Thanks for helping out. SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060896232365651376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137810012036013226.post-34792104514742663052011-11-22T01:21:23.238-05:002011-11-22T01:21:23.238-05:00Hi Steve, elongating the hole works great, especia...Hi Steve, elongating the hole works great, especially if you put a u-shaped coaming around it to act like a stop (to keep the mast from sliding forward). This was pretty common on English and French luggers, who would take their masts down while their drift nets were out. There's a picture of an enormous one here: http://glennmci.brinkster.net/zulus/zulus.html<br /><br />But I've had one working well on my little 14-footer too!Jalilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844070867850266153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137810012036013226.post-71718956151823868012011-11-13T19:30:09.314-05:002011-11-13T19:30:09.314-05:00It was pretty breezy today.
Thinking on somethi...It was pretty breezy today. <br /><br />Thinking on something for a while usually is best, I find. I often mentally design and re-design a project several times, envisioning how it will go together, how it will look, the steps required to get it there. So by the time I finally get to building it, it's as if I already have built it. <br /><br />Of course, some scaled drawings help, too - but I don't always do that. I probably should more often. <br /><br />I will be interested to see the solution you finally come up with.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950317902951463280noreply@blogger.com