Stavanger, Friday

Gary, yes, the link works ok. How do you do to make such a short link?

A little more on downhauls: The only downhaul I have used is a makeshift version on my dinghy Broremann. On Broremann there is a bungee tack-line which is attached to the boom with a hook. When I take a reef or two, I just move that hook to the batten parrel of the last reefed batten and then tension the halyard a bit. This gives a very good downhaul-effect and the bungee keeps me from tearing anything apart. If I were to fit downhauls to the bigger Johanna, I would actually attach the downhaul spans to the batten parrels just aft of the mast. This is partly because I don’t want to make more holes in the batten pockets, but also because the side-effect: When hauling down via the batten parrels, the battens will be hauled closer to the mast and thus reduce noise in light winds and old swell. Just an armchair-idea although it looked ok on Broremann.

Arne

PS. Your dory looks quite trim  -  what is her displacement?

                                                                   Stavanger, Friday

Gary

As you may guess, I think your rig looks good. Here are a few comments.

Yard and top battens: The short yard makes sense from a weight point of view. Just make sure it will not fall inside the topping lifts when furling the sail. If necessary a fairly light extension could be fitted to make it safe. The short yard also puts batten no. 1 and 2 under some compression so they may need to be made stronger than the others. If you see that these flexes when sailing in an ordinary breeze, then beef them up before going offshore. I would also have lengthened battens no 2 until their end are at least flush with the vertical leech of the sails (to avoid snags too often).

HK parrels: Try to attach their aft end closer to the mast than on the drawing so they get less in conflict with the camber in the panels. Up to about 45° steepness seems to work.

Downhauls: I have the same problem if I want to fit an ordinary PJR style downhaul on Johanna. I have wondered if one should skip the lead blocks at the mast and instead pass all the downhaul lines under an inverted u-shaped metal bar, made of 25mm ss-steel. That would let the downhaul spans too pass through. Even a wide hoop of thick rope may work. I also have thought of making each downhaul span with a 10mm bungee in the top third of it. The resulting flexibility would let the sail swing out to any side without overstressing the downhauls.

I hope some of this makes sense.

Arne