Gunter rig - Wikipedia
Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and …
The Sliding Gunter: A versatile Traditional Sailing Rig
The Sliding Gunter is a traditional rig that has always been more popular in Europe than on this side of the Atlantic, but it’s hard to find a better sailing rig for small boats. One of the main advantages of the Gunter is the use of a mast and vertical spar to achieve the same mast height and sail area as the Bermuda rig would set.
Types of Lug Sails. Standing Lug, balance Lug ... - Really Simple Sails
2023年5月3日 · The gunter lug looks modern and is best known on the world famous Mirror Dinghy. It also has a high performance pedigree, being the dominant performance rig though much of Europe from the early 1900s.
Skerry: Gunter or Lug :: Builders' Forum
2020年10月31日 · The lug rig, being one big sail mostly behind the mast, can develop enough weather helm to overpower the rudder in stiff breeze going downwind (thus the need to reef). The gunter, with a small jib, may be more balanced downwind in a blow.
My Favorite Sailing Rigs: Gaff & Gunter Rigs, Spritsail, and Lugs
2015年2月5日 · Balanced Lug Rig vs. Gunter Rig . . . pros and cons for the Caledonia Yawl. I am one of the few, maybe the only, who built my Caledonia Yawl with both rigs; I started with the lug rig (main and mizzen) and converted to the Gunter rig (jib, main, and mizzen) in season two . . . here is why. After un-expectantly capsizing in August of 2019.
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The sliding gunter rig is ideally suited to small craft on which a triangular sail plan is desired, in which all spars must be easily stowed, and aboard which a skipper must be able to set and strike the rig.
The Sliding Gunter - Boatbuilding Guide - SchoonerMan
2023年9月10日 · The sliding gunter, it has been claimed, has all the advantages of the lng sail; has lighter spars compared with sail area, and is less dangerous. This may be true enough of the old-fashioned dipping lug, which no doubt is a dangerous sail, but we very much question if the gunter will ever be able to compete with the balance lug, in weight of ...
Gunter rig - Wikiwand
Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above
Lug sail - Wikipedia
The lug sail, or lugsail, is a fore-and-aft, four-cornered sail that is suspended from a spar, called a yard. When raised, the sail area overlaps the mast. For "standing lug" rigs, the sail may remain on the same side of the mast on both the port and starboard tacks.
Gunter lug - Practical Boat Owner
2009年10月16日 · A type of sail, the upper half of whose luff is fixed to a yard which rises bodily up to the mast and extends more or less vertically above it. The resulting short mast is welcome on dinghies which are left on open moorings, or are trailed on the road, or which are used on waters spanned by low bridges.