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These clips are now hosted by YouTube which will give you a far better resolution than downloaded from my server and many more clips have been added. Back arrow to return to this page. Any questions please add to the clip comments area on YouTube and I will come back to you. If you need hands-on help or advice I am prepared to travel as I am very confident this rig will work for any cruising boat. If you are racing with a big crew then the twizzle rig is underpowered and not for you. |
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The rope universal joint after about 1,600 miles of use. No chafe on the 12mm Marlowbraid (polyester braid on braid) just blackened where it rubbed on the uncoated ally poles and oiled leather. The green insulating tape was added from new, in case there was chafe from the pole end fittings, but in the event it was not needed. A simple knotting of clove and half hitches with stitched and served soft eyes. Cheap, effective and easy to maintain.. |
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Demonstration of setting and furling the twizzle rig in the River Blackwater, Essex and using the rig in the South Atlantic. | ||||||||
The film was taken with a Sony TVR15 digital video camera using the miniDV format tapes. The camera battery was charged by its normal 240 volt AC mains charger 'brick' plugged into a 150 watt inverter 'brick' which in turn plugged into a 12 volt DC cigar lighter socket on ships supply. The setup drew a tiny amount of current while charging - too small to read on the ammeter. Stills were taken with a Canon Powershot A60 2.0 megapixel digital camera onto 256 Mb PQI Compact Flash cards. The camera uses 4 off AA NiMh batteries and these were charged in a day by a small solar powered unit purchased from Maplins. Mobile phones were charged from the ships cigar lighter or a tiny hand generator / torch my daughter gave me. Ships batteries were charged by an Aquair water powered tow generator which produced about 1 amp per knot of boat speed. The Aquair could be converted to wind power when at anchor. Alma also had a large Seimens solar panel and a Perkins M90 main engine when needed. More ...A
description of the setup, setting and striking...
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