| DIY Snuffer hoop and bag #25505 10/27/03 09:50 PM 10/27/03 09:50 PM |
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Posts: 32 Victoria, Australia | Has anyone tried to make their own Snuffer setup? Any leads/tips on how to make one? What materials are best? Thanks in advance.
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#25506 10/27/03 11:24 PM 10/27/03 11:24 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Yeah....see the following link. I have some updates and photos that I'll probably post this weekend. I learned that the pelican striker on a Nacra 6.0NA bridle foil presents some unique problems to a mid pole snuffer.. hmmm. ("load torpedo bay number TWO!"). The Sailing Shack Snuffer Ring
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#25507 10/28/03 12:16 AM 10/28/03 12:16 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California John Williams
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Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California | There're some guys running around the Gulf Coast with a Randy-designed contraption using (no joke) a tennis racquet. Don't have construction details - looks funny (ha ha AND strange) but it seems to be working pretty well.
Any of you other PSTs have any details of how to build that thing?
John Williams
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#25509 10/28/03 09:01 AM 10/28/03 09:01 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | I am pretty sure that only works on a uni-rig. but it allows you to set and douse from either side.
Jake Kohl | | | Midpole Snuffer problems with 6.0 foil?
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Unregistered | What problems are you running into with the mid pole snuffer on the 6.0 foil? Thank for the info. | | | Re: Midpole Snuffer problems with 6.0 foil?
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#25512 10/28/03 01:14 PM 10/28/03 01:14 PM |
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Posts: 215 Ohio | Jake, what about using your pelican striker as the snuffer? Instead of making it round, make a triangular feeder with rounded edges that fits inside/around one side of the striker. That would get the bunch of sail in front of the foil.
Mike, Ohio Former H16, H18, N20, N17, M4.3
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#25513 10/28/03 01:33 PM 10/28/03 01:33 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Oooooooo! I never even came close to considering that....I'm off to the drawing board! The jib tack might lend a clearance issue but I might be able to work around that. Thanks Mike!
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#25514 10/28/03 01:36 PM 10/28/03 01:36 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | I've got another question too....why is it that most snuffer rigs are setup for a port tack takedown yet the hoops are on the port side (the side opposite the spinnaker on a port tack)? After looking at photos like this, now I'm wondering why I had so much trouble to begin with. The relationship of these bridle wires to the hoop is worse than that of my pelican striker. I wonder what I'm doing wrong?
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Jake Kohl | | | Re: Midpole Snuffer problems with 6.0 foil?
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Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,116 Annapolis, MD Mark Schneider
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Posts: 3,116 Annapolis, MD | How big is the chute you are trying to snuff? The T chute is 25 sq m.... the NE N6.0 is 28 sq meter (i think).... its a huge difference when going into the snuffer and sock.
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | I've got an Ulman chute that is probably much closer to the NE chute size than the Tornado (it totally eclipses the I20 chute). Can it be done?
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