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Comment by Hans Hammig on June 13, 2012 at 1:18pm

The bush is near! Starboard hull. In the foreground some of the masts (4). They have a diameter of about 100 mm and are high strength epoxy with a complicated pattern of various glass weaves from 180 to 600 g/m2 per layer and up to 10 layers. Length: 9.4 m (main masts) and 8.6 m (fock masts). The rig will be square and the sails are all identical. There are from bottom to top on each mast: Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal, Skysail. 6 sheets per sail. Google 'Maltese Falcon' to see how it works.

Comment by Hans Hammig on June 13, 2012 at 1:25pm

Sorry, it should say 6 sheets per mast. There are 6 yards on each mast. Two yards share the same sheet on each side. The huge difference is that the wind is always blowing from the same side into the sail, namely into the hollow side. Phefo can be sailed single handed.

Comment by paul anderson on June 14, 2012 at 12:13pm

Hans the technical details and are impressive on your build.

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