Dinghy Cruising-Rigging a lugsail yawl trailer sailor.

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

Thanks for the tour of your sailing rig. Enjoyable to watch.

[@SailingKateLouise]

my pleasure thanks for watching

[@SheplerStudios]

Just love your boat!

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks, hopefully they will be available as a kit in the states,soon, cheers Paul

[@kimmccullough6802]

Beautiful boat. Looks a classic.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks mate, thanks for watching

[@ecnavttocs]

Hi Paul, thanks so much for another great vid and particularly for responding to my request. That was most helpful and as always you make it entertaining for us sail nerds. Really great to see how you rig her. You are the only one as far as I know to do such an educational vid on the Stornaway. Looking fwd to more great content. Cheers Vance.

[@SailingKateLouise]

my pleasure glad to be of help, happy building.

[@sailingavocet]

well this was absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. Fair winds ~

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching.

[@geoffreyshepherd5874]

Hi Paul,another great interesting and informative video. Always enjoy seeing your boat and learn something new every time. Looking forward to the next one already.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks again for watching

[@Fremulshmat]

Great video....really informative as well. Thanks for posting.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching

[@BobLinton]

Nice paddle! I like the mizzenmast wedge concept. Have fun!

[@sailingavocet]

same!

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching

[@afloatinawoodenboat]

Fabulous :) I adore her. I aspire to be able to sail a Stornaway 18. For now, Courageous and beach tents will do!

[@SailingKateLouise]

It's all about just having fun, thanks for watching

[@leemelbourne3297]

It would be great to see a video explaining how to actually sail a yawl. I am a bit baffled as to how you manage the two sails and what dangers the rear sail might cause (ie. catching the wind wrong). I understand the rear can be used to keep you on course when trimming the main, which sounds like a great advantage.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi, well basically in a small lug sail yawl only 18ft the mizzen is self tacking so you only worry about the headsail and the main as in a conventional Bermudan rig. However having said that, if you are overpowered easing the mizzen will reduce the weather helm. If you are still overpowered put one , then 2 reefs in the main. Still overpowered drop the main completely and sail with the headsail and mizzen. However it's much harder to tack, as not enough speed is produced while pointing high, but reaching or running with the headsail and mizzen is fine. Accidental gybes happen on any boat. Thanks for watching, cheers Paul

[@n2dabloo]

A lovely craft. Thank you

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching cheers Paul

[@TonyKeyes]

Fantastic work Paul, another great video! Very professional and informative.

[@ecnavttocs]

Wellsford designs.....love them...

[@robhosailor]

@@ecnavttocs But this one is not Welsford, but Scruffie: scruffie.com/stornaway18.html

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching.

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

@@ecnavttocs hi , I don’t think so as I looked at all he designs.

[@cdennisb]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching....check out my other sailing videos and also other timber boats

[@jaliljacallen4114]

Nice boat! I never saw a lugger with peak & throat halyards like a gaffer before… seems over complicated. A single halyard at 1/3 the yard length does both jobs fine. Some notes on lugger terminology: a balanced lug has a boom and a yard; both lay across the mast, and the luff is parallel (or nearly) to the mast. A standing lug has no boom and the tack is made off to the base of the mast, so the luff is at an angle leaning forward (like Kate Louise’s main). The dipping lug is also loose-footed but with the tack made off to the bow, so the luff is at an angle leaning aft. Incidentally, when tacking back and forth in a narrow channel one doesn’t typically dip the lug, so you have the typical “bad tack”; you dip the lug only when you intend to remain on the bad tack for some time. Kate Louise has a typical (except for the halyards) standing lug main and the mizzen is an oddity I have never seen - like a standing lug with a boom. Another thing I never saw before: battens in the lugsail. You said luggers don’t point as well as Bermuda rigs; I think this is only true when compared to racers with crisp new sails and all the trappings of travelers and fractional rigs etc. They get this advantage partly from the tech in the rig and partly from the very efficient airfoil shape built into the sail. But a simple working or cruising boat with old sails loses that racing efficiency and can’t effectively point higher than 45 degrees. By contrast, the lugsail is a flat sail with NO shape built into it, and a dead simple rig; it will always be able to point 45-50 degrees, regardless of the age of the sails and without any fancy tech. Your lack of center board is most likely the cause of your inability to point as high as the other modern boats. On a hull with a good center board, you won’t notice a difference in windward ability of your lugsail compared to an average (not new) Bermudan sail - providing your peak is sufficiently high. The ideal dimensions and shape of a lugsail were achieved through millennia of evolution in the sardine fishing boats of France and the herring drifters of Scotland. If you stick to those patterns you will have a boat every bit as weatherly as any Bermudan cruiser, and with far better off wind ability. The lug is immensely powerful off the wind - especially the dipping lug - which is why it was the best choice for towing and fishing for centuries.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks Jalil, for that. I have since lost the additional peak halyard and returned to the more traditional single halyard for both as you pointed out.But that was the original rig. Thanks for watching and check out my other adventures, cheers Paul

[@OldDadProductions]

Another great vid mate. Very nicely done. You should have done a vid on your paddle build! Any idea how many Stornoways have been built. I've been scanning the usual sites for ages but they never come up second hand...

[@SailingKateLouise]

I thought about a video on paddle making maybe later. I think there have been about 375 Scruffie boats sold but not sure how many were Stornoways. There are a few that come up in Queensland as they were often built by the Scouts and used for sail training. Contact Scruffie Marine they often know about resales....good luck and thanks for watching.

[@joeh773]

I Enjoyed the very brief introduction to lug sail, could you elaborate even more, please? I am beginner taking lessons on bermuda rigged sloops, but thinking about building my own (simple like Oz Goose) and lot of people recommends lug sail, especially balanced one, although i wouldn't mind omitting the boom and go with standing lug like you and Roger Barnes. It's just quite hard to come by information comparing all of these (bermuda sloop, balanced/standing lug, cat...) rigs, especially the easiness to live with. I enjour your new vids but it's always fun to find something in the 'archive' ;) thanks for sharing!

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi Joeh, lug sails traditionally were used on fishing boats as they were simple and quick to rig. They also allowed for a smaller mast, which for dinghy cruising makes it easier to raise when solo sailing. There is also less heeling motion as the power from the main is lower down than a Bermuda rig. The disadvantage of the standing lugsail is that it has the yard on one side of the mast, so one tack is more efficient than the other, also doesn't point quite as well That's why the Bermudan rig is more popular for racing etc. But for cruising it's perfect. Thanks for watching cheers Paul

[@joeh773]

@@SailingKateLouise thank you for your reply, Paul. That helps. "Boat Rambler" channel had video on balanced lug with planing Goat Island skiff testing not much difference between tacks. I am a newb, so as long as standing lug can go into wind some then it might just be the easiest way for me. I have more research to do, outside of KZbin. "Leg of mutton" with the sprit/boom higher up also looks simple and tempting, there are likely more. Gotta get my hands on some good books. (Any recommendations? ;) thanks again, i appreciate your response.

[@paulstinson7505]

Great vids!

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks for watching

[@BadBillyH-k2u]

Great stuff, thanks for showing how it’s rigged

[@SailingKateLouise]

my pleasure...thanks for watching, cheers Paul

[@edgarnieminen1231]

Awesom, thank you for all your fantastic videos. Tried to find info on your sails. What material are they made from?

[@SailingKateLouise]

Dacron I think. Contact North sails they have the measurements, cheers Paul

[@vladabocanek3703]

Hello. That was very good introduction of your rig. As I understand - with my very limited knowledge - mizzen is there to calibrate "oversized" sails on front of boat, so it will stop boat from pushing stem to turn by side-wind. Am I right? Also it (would) means, that main mast is (by plan) more forward, than would be ideal, but it has some reasons (ofcourse), for example, because of interior desire.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Yes a mizzen offers more balance to to total sail area, but allows you to sail with just the Gib and mizzen in a balanced way. Thanks for watching.

[@AndyJarman]

I plumped for lug yawl because a straight standing lug has a pretty enormous sail. The stiff sea breezes we get in Perth would have me constantly agonising about reefing. I can let a mizzen 'fly' to calm things down a bit if things get hairy, drop the main then haul the mizzen in to point her into wind whilst I reef the main. I don't have a jib, and I'm hoping the mizzen will turn the boat into wind if I ever lose control of the mainsheet (went with yea Olde thumb cleats) and calm the situation, or I fall over board when lone sailing!

[@johnhaughey5347]

Great video Paul, In your experience, does a balanced lug yawl have any advantage on a balanced lug only dinghy regarding pointing and tacking. Thank you

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi John to be honest my only experience with Lug sails is Kate Louise as a Yawl. The yawl offers another sail option to reefing in stronger winds, but many people love Lug sails due to their simplicity when sailing single handed. Lug sails don't point quite as well as Bermudan rigs and with only a skeg keel my tacking is also slower. But lug dinghy's with centreboards tack fine. Thanks for watching, cheers Paul

[@robhosailor]

Great and very instructive video!!! But I don't like the diagonal creese in the mizzen sail (from clew to throat) and you need to tighten the tackline (or downhaul) to get it out. :-)

[@SailingKateLouise]

yep I didn't tune the sails as I was in a car park, thanks for watching.

[@marlonbrowne3391]

I notice with your rig the wood spar supporting the main sail at the top is one side of the mast. Does it stay on the same side during tacking or do you need to get it to other side for sail efficiency?

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi Marlon, yes it's a balanced lugsail so the yard (top spar) stays on the same side of the mast. In effect one tack is more efficient than the other because of this, but it's a traditional rig. If the spar was to swap to the other side of the mast on each tack it would be called a dipping lugsail. I hope this helps and thanks for watching, cheers Paul

[@MrBeracah]

Paul for the unlearned please explain a skate keel?

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi it's called a skeg keel. It runs the length of the hull to the rudder and is about 45cm deep. Mine has 60 kg of lead built in. Some boats with skeg keels have a fold down centre board from within the skeg such as an Investigator 563. The advantage of a skeg keel is that you don't lose any room in the cabin area to a centre board case. The disadvantage is a boat with a skeg keel is slow to turn as it doesn't have a centre board to pivot around and it can't run up on a beach as a flat bottomed dinghy can. Hope this helps and thanks for watching, cheers Paul

[@MrBeracah]

@@SailingKateLouise hi paul clearly explained, I knew about a skeg keel but it was my spelling interpretation of your pronunciation made me wonder was there another design peculiar to dinghy’s. Thanks again for great videos, I would like to get into dinghy cruising sometime, it looks great fun.

[@SailingKateLouise]

@@MrBeracah No worries...sorry about my accent.Do try dinghy cruising it's the cheap way to sail and have fun, cheers Paul

[@johnstarkie9948]

There appears to be a line between the top of the mast and the forward end of the yard. What does that line do?

[@SailingKateLouise]

In the original design it produced some upward tension on the luff. This has now been abandoned and the yard is just attached to the mast using parrel beads, and by moving the peak halyard closer to the mast this produces enough tension on the luff. Hope this helps thanks for watching cheers Paul

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

Hi Paul, can you please tell me the weight of Kate Louis and what is the weight of the centreboard if you have one. Thanks

[@SailingKateLouise]

Hi Kate Louise is about 300kgs with no centreboard but a 40 cm deep skeg keel with 80 kgs of built in ballast.

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

@@SailingKateLouise thanks very much for the information .