What I do know is that Berk and Robert set up the boat with a gaff-rig sail and a small jib. I don't know if it says more about our superb organization, or our inability to ever throw anything away, but even though it's been in storage in several different places for nearly 30 years, I was able to find nearly every piece of hardware and rigging. Of all the bits and pieces, the only things that are missing are one turnbuckle, and 3 bronze rings that attach the sail to the mast (and one of those was swiped for the windchimes you can hear in the background in Colonel Lewis: First Looks, which is a 26.3 MB QuickTime video).
In the short term, I will use a white nylon sail that
was given to me by Brad Wright, via Peter Lape. All I know is that
it was originally on a Bermuda-rigged 22' sharpie. Eventually, I
will stitch my own replacement sail, which is currently being designed
and cut by PT Sails.
But for now, I simply cut off the peak of the Bermuda rig and sewed it
to roughly match the outline of the original mains'l.
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the temporary replacement sail. Note the difference in size of the jib sails in the upper right hand corner of the photo. |
folded the reinforced luff down to become the head of the sail. |
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little bit too large in the replacement sail. Ah, well..... |