tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18159856320209789872011-11-27T15:56:36.128-08:00How to calculate your sail area using the sailboat rig dimensions database.Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-20232821403345070462008-03-20T13:44:00.002-07:002008-03-20T13:45:09.038-07:00A mast aft rig is a sailboat sail-plan that uses a single mast set in the aft half of the hull to support a jib or multiple staysails, with either a small or completely absent mainsail. Mast aft rigs are uncommon, and found on few production sailboats.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-2023282140334507046?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-29490814497257527392008-03-20T13:44:00.001-07:002008-03-20T13:44:47.592-07:00Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which a sail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged item controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular, and as much as doubles the sail area that can be carried by that mast and boom, if a boom is used in the particular rig.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-2949081449725752739?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-8318316968340184402008-03-20T13:43:00.002-07:002008-03-20T13:44:20.234-07:00The rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast with its head raised to the top of the mast; its luff runs down the mast and is normally attached to it for its entire length; its tack is attached at the base of the mast; its foot controlled by a boom; and its clew attached to the aft end of the boom, which is controlled by its sheet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-831831696834018440?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-67715629437247117042008-03-20T13:43:00.001-07:002008-03-20T13:43:37.262-07:00sloops are designed to optimize upwind sailing. However, sloops also offer an excellent overall compromise acceptable, if not optimal, to all points of sail.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-6771562943724711704?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-38341431368432842782008-03-20T13:42:00.001-07:002008-03-20T13:42:59.139-07:00A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-3834143136843284278?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815985632020978987.post-61627200375346084002008-02-05T09:44:00.000-08:002008-02-05T09:58:28.772-08:00<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Making the right measurements is key in this process.<br />Find out your sailboat's approximate rigging measurements, in our online sailboat rig dimansions database. <b><a href="http://www.sailboatrigdimensions.com">SailboatRigDimensions.com</a> <br /></b></span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Mainsail Area = P x E / 2<br />Headsail Area = (Luff x LP) / 2<br />(LP is the shortest distance between the clew and the Luff)<br />Genoa Area 150% = ( 1.5 x J x I ) / 2<br />Genoa Area 135% = ( 1.35 x J x I ) / 2<br />Fore-triangle 100% = ( I x J ) / 2<br />Spinnaker Area = 1.8 x J x I</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1815985632020978987-6162720037534608400?l=sailboat-rig-dimensions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vicente Pimientahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692987840606730698noreply@blogger.com0