Well, I guess *I* go the exercise. :)
Took the children out for a nice, leisurely row on the lake. We were out a couple of hours. Saw numerous egrets. heard some jays squawking from the trees and I THINK I saw a blue heron.
I had plenty of time to ponder two things sail-far related:
(1) - Ways I can fashion a sailing rig on my inflatable dingy.
(2) - Ways to Nano-ify the dink. Sure, she's a foot or so longer than Nano, and it's not like I can drill into the hull to mount hardware, but hey....I was trying to imagine such a tent-like setup.
;D ;D
Hey Capt.
A few years ago there was a company in Corvalis, Oregon, that was selling a sailing rig for inflatables.
The product was called the "Scully Fin," and the guy was named Jeff Jelten.
I couldn't find any recent references to his product, so I don't know if he's still in business.
You might try a more complete web search.
--Joe
Quote from: Oldrig on May 31, 2008, 06:20:35 PM
Hey Capt.
A few years ago there was a company in Corvalis, Oregon, that was selling a sailing rig for inflatables.
The product was called the "Scully Fin," and the guy was named Jeff Jelten.
I couldn't find any recent references to his product, so I don't know if he's still in business.
You might try a more complete web search.
--Joe
Thanks! I'll check into that.
What I was thinking about was something like a leeboard that is an inverted "J" shape, so the hook loops over the tube. Make a free standing short sprit rig mounted on a cross shaped support, and see what happens.
There is some rigs for canoes.
This site has some info -
http://www.watertribe.com/
There's also this one: SailBoatsToGo (http://sailboatstogo.com/catalog/product.php?category=INFLATABLE_RIG)