Flat Stanleys new owner

[Banshee Ambulance]

Thanks, I will be in touch when I am nearer putting a rig on. Went for a sail in Beans at the weekend which was a great intro to cherubs and has given me new motivation to get FS finished, I am now totally hooked!

[Banshee Ambulance]

Hull finished! Did the last little finishing bits today and now have a respectful looking hull. My new main came in the post today which is fantastic. Thanks so much to Ross for giving it to me and the folks at Alverbanks who did an excellent job on it.

Ironic that a certain St. Valentine is getting in the way of cherubing this weekend! Still, it shouldn't be too long before I hit the water in force.

[Stuberry]

Looking good, well done team!

[simon_jones]

Nice job! Can't wait to see him on the water

[Banshee Ambulance]

First test fitting of the rig today. The boom seems a tad low.

[MK]

You need a strop round the boom from your clew eye, it should raise the boom up a couple of inches, and mean you can get lots of leech tension, the crew just has to duck, you know what beans is like, it is possible!

[Banshee Ambulance]

The bottom of the luff has two eyes. Am I correct in thinking the bottom hole gets tied round the goseneck and the top eye is for the down haul?

[Will_Lee]

Yes - but tie the bottom one round the mast too.

[Banshee Ambulance]

nearly there. Just need a few d rings to spread the kicker loads via a cascade.

[Banshee Ambulance]

this is the finished kicker, it is hardly the most elegant solution but should be functional. If it proves unmanageable I will get a second swivel and lead one to each side.

Question for the knowledgeable types: Where do the jib cars go? I'm a bit lost.

JimC can we arrange picking up that prodder fitting?

[Banshee Ambulance]

Due to Jim living further away from me than I had hoped I resorted to making a fitting. I had forgotten how nice aluminum is to work with. Just the Jib cars left to do now.

[Stuberry]

Careful that you don't make Stanley look too nice, you'll make Ross want him back!

And it's much less fun when you beat the SMOD's in something that actually looks like a boat.

But seriously, good work! The boat deserves it.

[Banshee Ambulance]

Does the prod still go to goose neck height even though I have dropped the boom down so much and please can someone tell me where the jib cars go? Im desperate to sail this thing now.

[ross_burkin]

Will knows the maths to work out the geometry. It's not hard. He talked me through it over the phone and I still cocked it up, hence the bits of sting with blocks on them. There are two circular wooden patches either side of the mast on the side decks, just behind the foredeck. These are where they were originally. You'll need them on the deck (not the foredeck) to get leach tension correct otherwise your pointing will suck balls. The string was a last minuet bodge at the nationals which worked but wasn't permanent. Don't bother with adjustable tracks for the sheets. It's expensive and waist of time.

I'll find a pic where they should be.

[Banshee Ambulance]

Launch date tomorrow! If everything works that is.