Went to the Eckard College marine yard sale yesterday and picked up a sail for the dinghy. It's a jib for a larger dinghy but I think with a few mods and a little luck I can turn it into a mainsail. I made a mast extension from a 2" dowel, cut a slot in it, installed a nylon pulley for a sheave. About 30' of 1/4" line should work for the main halyard. Put grommets in the sail behind the leach line, hook up an outhaul line and I should be in business.
The whole point of this exercise is to give my dinghy a sail that I can raise, lower and reef when I need to. This sail with a sleeve is for the birds. If I want to heave to or just sit still at anchor for a little while and fish, I have to unship the mast. That can really suck when there's a 7+ knot wind. Hopefully in the next few days I'll have a chance to make a real fool of myself with this thing. Looking forward to it. Sometimes you're the audience, sometimes you're the show.
No one gets out of here alive, so live it like ya mean it.
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