CRAZY SIMPLE SAILING RIG - Secrets of the Wharram Wingsail - Ep 104 Sailing Luckyfish

[@SailingLuckyfish]

Feel free to comment and ask any questions below and we'll do our best to answer them, Cheers!

[@itsmePassport]

Are there Many spots left on the big cat syndicate...?

[@ralphvandereb66]

nice one stew, great to see in vid.

[@reee_4067]

Can the wharram type wing sail be used in monos and multihulls?

[@clayfarnet970]

Gotta love the simplicity of the Wharram design. Well done Stu. 👍👍👍

[@MiQBohlin]

This whole rig is so clever and simple, it's a wonder why there are so few. Low masts and loose footed wingsails gives quite a strong attraction for these designs!

[@SailingLuckyfish]

absolutely.

[@39Thorns]

Very well-considered system, I like the simplicity. No boom, no kicking strap, no traveler, no downhaul or outhaul, Don't even need winches! Makes me think that the rest of the design is equally evolved.

[@garysenecal7683]

Wow! What a main sail! I could probably review this video a half dozen times and be proficient on preparing the main sail. Very educational ! Thank you for sharing.

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

Excellent video, Stew. Very well done and probably the most informative video on the subject I've seen to date. Thanks!

[@waughthogwaugh3078]

Thanks for another great vid. Just love the simplicity of these rigs. You do really well to talk to the camera in the manner you do I think.

[@rayallen1479]

Wow...so informative. Thank you! Cheers from Anacortes WA.

[@herbdesson6843]

Thank​ you​ Leo!! Very​ informative.

[@jodywarrender4284]

Now I have to remember it all! Super interesting and useful cheers Stewart!

[@johnguirguis2244]

Fantastic , informative , love it

[@BrunoWiebelt]

thank you for the sailing content ... longing for spring

[@randomtraveler3363]

I labeled the peak of the sails with an F and M, so I can tell them apart on PW. otherwise you do have to unroll then to figure it out. The main is 230 Sq Ft and the 228 Sq Ft. not a lot of difference If cut to plan, the foresail has a longer luff and shorter foot than the main. I have the 2 sheets system on the foresail, it allows me more flexibility to shape the sail with out a traveler. The rope traveler on the main provides the same ability to shape it. As shown, bending on the wing sails is best done on a day with little wind, as you have to hoist them to complete the exercise. The best part of this rig is the sails are small and easily handled. If you need to de-power the rig and maintain some control, simply drop the peak halyard and you take out over 50% of the effective sail area. Learned from years of sailing Gaff rigs. This rig is one of the main reasons I selected a Tiki 38.

[@SailingLuckyfish]

Great stuff. Yes you are right about releasing the peak halyard, good tip there. James W said, "you can always just drop the foresail". The simplicity of that comment really stuck with me!

[@randomtraveler3363]

@@SailingLuckyfish yup that will do it too, but if you just need to de-power temporarily dropping a peak is less work than wrestling a dropped sail, and easier o reset.

[@MiQBohlin]

This is what comments are for. Great read! Love conversations like this.

[@yuccaken]

Gotta be the most complicated, labor intensive, and numerous extra chores of a CRAZY SIMPLE SAILING RIG ! Fell asleep watching all those extra crazy simple knots, loops, and line threading ..........zzzzzzzzzzzzz Any tips on how to catch fish ?

[@SailingLuckyfish]

well, thats ok. take a look at a few other rigs and come back

[@dst1667]

Love your videos!

[@robvangelderen2359]

I like the way everything is being kept simple on the Wharram, if you compare it to the other boats these days

[@brianboys9015]

Very Interesting. Very dry in NZ everything but the south west of the South Island. Being on rainwater fun Ha Ha.

[@berserkerbros4741]

I love the Tiki rig offshore, but I have to say I'm digging the full batten rotating rig for racing and inshore ESP in light air

[@hoticesteve]

great ingenuity

[@sicchuckie]

What a Rigger!

[@RodMcLaren]

Great explanation, Stewart. As Miq notes, it is surprising the Wharram wingsail has not been adopted by other designers. I would be interested to watch you gathering the sail and tying it up after dropping it. Do you use sail covers when in port? I have considered using sail covers for the Mana and leaving the sails on, ready to go when I arrive at the Marina and thus eliminating one step in preparation for a sail.

[@SailingLuckyfish]

Yes, we leave them fully bent on and just cover them when not in use. We take them off the masts when put into storage for anything longer than a few months in wet climates. i.e. this video was the start of this season for us, a couple of weeks ago

[@patrickcoleman3]

Excellent video and I love the way the system works so well , I would like to know how well your design is in a big confused sea , is there any chance of a hull separating, I was was just watching recently happened to Zingaro and always worry about you guys.

[@betulegi8931]

Thank you for your great video and information about this rig.What is sail area of the main sail and width of the luff pocket(60-70 cm ? )? Where is attached to downhaul on luff pocket?Regards,

[@SailingLuckyfish]

yes, 60 to 70 cm about right. Downhaul is a simple block and tackle, dinghy size.

[@johnguirguis2244]

Hi Stewart ,great video informative as well, 1 Question can you or have you showed how to reef the Wharram sail

[@SailingLuckyfish]

I dont think we have made a specific video on it but show it several times... best approach in most cases is simply to drop the whole sail to the deck (or bimini top in the case of the mainsail), then tie the reef, then hoist again. Cheers, Stew

[@jwwjww2041]

great vldeo

[@MiQBohlin]

With all your sailing experience - is there any difference in life span for wingsails contra more standard type of sails? (I know there's more into the calculation then the design, but you know what I mean.) And if so how much of a difference?

[@herbdesson6843]

Slides.dont tear​ and​ batten.

[@williamralph5442]

You now have a double gaff rigged ketch cat. How many times were needed to figure it out. Great video ..thanks

[@helmshardover]

Making the collision regs a little more awkward to apply, it's actually a Schooner William... (Note at 5:20 Stew refers to "main & foresail.")

[@SailingLuckyfish]

@Scott Brown I have heard the Spronk designs referred to as equimasted schooners - I think we are pretty close to that too.

[@helmshardover]

@@SailingLuckyfish ​ Sure, if the Main is on the aft mast it's a Schooner. In congested waters this makes life very interesting. If you sail it as a Schooner, and given the main defines which tack you're on, running with Main to port & Foresail (foremain as opposed to headsail) to starboard you are on a starboard tack, but close-hauled port-tackers who aren't used to equal length Schooners stand on believing you are a ketch with main to st'b'd... I skippered Chris Dunn's Pahi 63 at Cowes Week for 6 years, with Corporate guests on board, and had some very interesting close encounters due to the Schooner rig right-of-way rules. My standard instruction was "hands over your ears ladies" as I shouted STARBOARD! at a fast approaching monohull and generally received historical shipboard language in response :-).

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Where are you and your family????

[@alistaircowley2]

No reef for night and send her up the mast at 2am, think about it wtf...

[@SailingLuckyfish]

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