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Sorry about that. Some strange glitch on our side prevented the email address appearing.

Hi, I don’t see the email there, but I emailed the address on your page. Hope to hear back soon.

Hi Cornelius,

Yes, we can do Tanbark sails by special order, and sails for other boats as well.

Please email me at storerm@storerboatplans.com

We will work out a price for making the sail and delivery.

Best wishes
Michael and Edna

Hi Cornelius,

The standard reefing points in the sail give you options. Which is nice.

The tradition of sailing workboats was generally they had very large sail areas for light winds (they still had to make money) but reefs for reducing sail in moderate and stronger conditions.

This meant that they sailed reefed a lot of the time.

There is no disadvantage. But it does mean there is more sail available when the conditions are light and you need to get somewhere.

Best wishes
Michael

Thanks for the reply! Are the reef sizes available for these two sails (105&89sqft)? I’m sure I like fast boats… What is the down side of reefing often?
Thanks!

Hi Cornelius,

The 89sq ft sail is quite a big upgrade in area. Unless you like fast and crazy boats I would stick with 89.

If you look at the page for that sail the spar advice is there.

Hope that helps

Michael

Hi again Steve,

The standard centreboard worked fine on John Lizardi’s Northeaster. If you want to change it, about the minimum size I ever recommend is for an area under the hull of around 2ft9″ and a width around 10 inches. This is a common size for boats from 8 to 16ft. Generally smaller boats need bigger boards relative to sail area because they are slower and the board will develop lift proportional to the square of the speed. So a 8ft boat at 3 knots will develop half the force of a 16ft boat going a bit over 4 knots.

Not sure if you mean the pivot arrangement and all or the cross section shape. If after a nice cross sectional shape (applied to a daggerboard) the OzRacer one is available with hte plans for $20.

Best wishes
Michael

Hi Steve,

the general rule of thumb I use is to put the middle of the leading edge of the part of the centreboard under the boat in the same position. We have seen the Northeaster Dory works well with the 89sq ft Oz sail – so different centreboard needs to replicate the existing centreboard position. As in the multiple centreboard positions in the image below.

IGNORE THE MEASUREMENTS ON THE DRAWING BELOW. MEASUREMENTS ARE NOT FOR THE 89sq FT SAIL

I’d like to use the 89 sqft Oz sail on a Northeaster Dory I’m planning to build. I’m thinking about putting in a retractable centerboard as well instead of a fixed daggerboard for better control. Is the original daggerboard position ideally suited for the bigger sail? What centerboard dimensions are ideal for the 89 sqft Oz sail? Do you know of a good centerboard plan?