Balance Lug Archives - Really Simple Sails https://reallysimplesails.com/category/custom-sails/sail-geometry/lug-sail/balance-lug/ Order a Sail for your homebuilt boat - Lug, Gaff, Laminate, Jib Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:16:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://reallysimplesails.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-ReallySimpleSailsLogo-square-Small-1-32x32.jpg Balance Lug Archives - Really Simple Sails https://reallysimplesails.com/category/custom-sails/sail-geometry/lug-sail/balance-lug/ 32 32 Types of Lug Sails. Standing Lug, balance Lug, Dipping Lug or Misainier https://reallysimplesails.com/what-type-of-lug-sail-is-that-standing-balance-dipping-or-misainier/ Wed, 03 May 2023 07:42:26 +0000 https://reallysimplesails.com/?p=1874 What do the different lugsail types look like and what are the basic differences? How to choose? Drawings and photos of Balance Lug, Standing Lug, Misainier, Dipping Lug and Gunter Lug.

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]]> Will RSS Stock Lug Sails Work on my Boat, check boat balance, spar lengths, sizes. https://reallysimplesails.com/rss-stock-lug-sails-other-boats/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:35:41 +0000 https://reallysimplesails.com/?p=1473 Fitting our stock sails to other boats. Check for compatibility and guides for spar sizes and setups for GIS, Oz Goose, Viola, Kombi and Canoe Sails

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]]> Web Resources for Lugsail Setup for Sail Boats https://reallysimplesails.com/web-resources-for-lugsail-setup-for-sail-boats/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:29:53 +0000 https://reallysimplesails.com/?p=1396 Lug Sails were our originally speciality before we moved into sailmaking 7 years ago. We started off with lugs in the late 1980s with an interest in finding how modern performance sailing techniques and setups would work with lugsails.

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]]> Buy Sail for Bevin’s Skiff – Two Sail Options https://reallysimplesails.com/buy-sail-for-bevins-skiff-two-sail-options/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 05:07:00 +0000 https://reallysimplesails.com/?p=945 We have two Sail Options for the Buy Sail Bevin's Skff - a large stock sail available off the shelf and the original standard sail that takes 5 to 8 weeks for our sailmakers to delivery.

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]]> RSS Stock Sail finds its way onto an experimental trimaran. https://reallysimplesails.com/rss-stock-sail-finds-its-way-onto-an-experimental-trimaran/ Wed, 08 May 2019 04:32:54 +0000 https://reallysimplesails.com/?p=908 This is simply the 89 square foot Oz Goose balance lugsail on a trimaran showing just how our simple stock sails can be fitted to a wide variety of different small boats.

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]]> News from the Texas 200 mile event – mast broken, fixed, boat continues https://reallysimplesails.com/news-from-the-texas-200-mile-event-mast-broken-fixed-boat-continues/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 23:15:04 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=840 We made a Expedition sail for Chuck Pierce. Chuck is a Texas 200 mile event veteran - sailed 5 days in enormous isolation. We made a tough balance lugsail for him.

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]]> Shawn Payment Turbos his Bevin’s Skiff – Frankenskiff https://reallysimplesails.com/shawn-payment-turbos-his-bevins-skiff-frankenskiff/ https://reallysimplesails.com/shawn-payment-turbos-his-bevins-skiff-frankenskiff/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2017 05:29:45 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=643 Shawn is an experienced distance sailor and wanted to turbo his Bevin's Skiff. He has put the Really Simple Sails standard 89sq ft lug on his skiff increasing the sail area but still allowing adequate reefing to smaller than the original sail

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]]> https://reallysimplesails.com/shawn-payment-turbos-his-bevins-skiff-frankenskiff/feed/ 1 Three sets of Really Simple Sails at Lauwersmeer RAID, Netherlands. https://reallysimplesails.com/three-sets-of-really-simple-sails-at-lauwersmeer-raid-netherlands/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:35:04 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=414 Joost and Koos used three of our sails in the Lauwersmeer RAID event in the Netherlands. The 50 square foot mylar sleeve luff canoe sail on the Viola and Artemis canoes and the 105 sq ft balance lug on Joost and Viola's Goat Island Skiff "GISwerk".

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]]> Balance lug for Iain Oughtred plan Elfyn. https://reallysimplesails.com/balance-lug-for-iain-oughtred-plan-elfyn/ https://reallysimplesails.com/balance-lug-for-iain-oughtred-plan-elfyn/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:39:42 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=397 I guess the consumer electronics guys would call this an "unboxing". Boat is an Iain Oughtred Elfyn double ender. Sanders, the builder is happy with his sail - you can read his comments.

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]]> https://reallysimplesails.com/balance-lug-for-iain-oughtred-plan-elfyn/feed/ 1 Main and Mizzen Sails for Jim Michalak’s Haps Cut ketch https://reallysimplesails.com/main-and-mizzen-sails-for-jim-michalak-haps-cut-ketch/ https://reallysimplesails.com/main-and-mizzen-sails-for-jim-michalak-haps-cut-ketch/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2016 07:36:44 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=372 Photos and short review of Mainsail and Mizzen for perhaps the most famous of Jim Michalak's Hapscut cruising scows. Tested in an extremely blowy Texas 200 event.

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]]> https://reallysimplesails.com/main-and-mizzen-sails-for-jim-michalak-haps-cut-ketch/feed/ 3 Echo Bay Dory Skiff – Lug and Sprit Sails for Clint Chase Boat Plans https://reallysimplesails.com/echo-bay-dory-skiff-lug-and-sprit-sails-for-clint-chase-boat-plans/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:21:59 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=357 Sails for Clint Chase's Echo Bay Dory Skiff and his other plans and kits from really simple sails.

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]]> Up to date rigging guide for lug rig sails on opengoose.com https://reallysimplesails.com/rigging-guide-for-lug-rig-sails/ https://reallysimplesails.com/rigging-guide-for-lug-rig-sails/#comments Fri, 27 May 2016 04:56:53 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=347 A great article from the Open Goose website on setting up lug rigs of all types.

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]]> “That Crease” on a balance lug sail https://reallysimplesails.com/that-crease-on-a-balance-lug-sail/ https://reallysimplesails.com/that-crease-on-a-balance-lug-sail/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:31:56 +0000 http://reallysimplesails.com/?p=278 A crease in the sail is a common problem that is easily remedied. Here we go through a quick diagnosis and correct setup.

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