Great video! Very informative and very well narrated! I am putting together my own balanced lug rig and this greatly helped me in understanding the various controls and rigging!
Remarkable little cruisers. I can see why they're so popular. Best demo of a lug rig setup I've ever seen. I have the rather odd habit of modifying Grumman canoes into "expedition" type trimarans. I just sewed up a lug kit and got it on the boat today. First lug sail I've ever had, so, thank you. There's not a lot of complete walk-throughs out there despite the many vids of luggers being used. Tomorrow, I'll be installing my lazyjacks. I got spoiled using them on my last three canoes with a gunter rig. Can't really reef one of those without lazyjacks. Epic wrestling match without them.
That was the best tutorial I have seen on a lug-rig sail. It was easy to follow and understand. (Even I could:) I have just built a GIS and hope to launch her in the spring . Thank you very much from a senior Kiwi, regards John.
Great instructive video, and it looks like the wee boat has some great features. The lug sail rig seems unusual (to me) when compared to many other similar sized boats. Do you know the reasons why that option was chosen? Just curious. Thanks
All rigs have trade offs. The lug has some key advantages being - great size for the mast height, shorter mast, very easy to reef, no kicking strap, can be eased by the downhall, amazing down wind as it 'gull wings' across the mast, and critically Gangsta Az when you cruise into a bay. Many of the advantages of a Chinese Junk rig with simplier rigging.
Sure, a Sunfish is faster. He was ready to raise the main at 14 minutes while taking time to explain everything. If you practice a couple times I'm sure you can rig it in 10 minutes or less.
