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- Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:33 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: New Otter owner - looking for a bermudan rig
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14532
Re: New Otter owner - looking for a bermudan rig
Hello.. Yep, I sail around Chich.Harbour. Used to be at Thorney, now kept near HISC. The Otter is great for sociable sailing, even in F3 you don't get much spray / wet! My other boats were / are always needing a wetsuit, the Otter is pretty much sail as is. It's easy to sail one up also. It would be...
- Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:13 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: New Otter owner - looking for a bermudan rig
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14532
Re: New Otter owner - looking for a bermudan rig
Hello. Hope you enjoy the boat. Why do you want to convert to Bermudan? if the class were a rcer, there might be a reason, but it's a bit of an old nail of a boat. Mine's gunter and in keeping with the rest of it, varnished wood trimmings, etc.. If you do go for bermudan, and have spare sails, I cou...
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:44 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Otter on ebay
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11714
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:28 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Rebuild possible?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6271
Re: Rebuild possible?
Look in charity furniture shops for unloved mahogany furniture for transom and thwart.
Gunwhale strips may be available in timber yards, or as I did for a small rowing boat, use lengths of used curtain track on each side of the gunwhale and bolt through....
GRP resin will bond most problems.
Gunwhale strips may be available in timber yards, or as I did for a small rowing boat, use lengths of used curtain track on each side of the gunwhale and bolt through....
GRP resin will bond most problems.
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:24 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Outboard for an Otter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6004
Re: Outboard for an Otter
You'll need to make sure the outboard clamps don't damage the transom, which is probably hollow on your boat. Consider fitting a board each side of the transom to spread the stress, The outboard needs to be really tightly mounted to prevent it working loose, and also fit a line so if it does drop of...
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Tiller extension
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5847
Re: Tiller extension
Extension length can depend on the tiller length...... If the extension is mounted at far end ( from rudder)of tiller, if too long then when you go about etc it may get caught in the sheeting off the transom. Imagine where you'll sit when sailing in a breeze, possibly sitting on the gunwhale and the...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: New otter owner
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7921
Re: New otter owner
Hello There are very few youtube videos on Otter sailing. You need to read up and learn the basic points of how to sail and the names of the parts of the boat and sails. Join your local sailing club (when possible) for advice. Do you know what rig for the sails you have? Gaff rig has a short mast an...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:35 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Centreboard
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18102
Re: Centreboard
Does your boat have the two piece stainless steel bracket that screws to the top of the centreboard case and the male and female pin join through the pivot hole together to form a pivot for the centreboard? If not, you probably have a centreboard bolt for it to pivot on. The cutout is / was probably...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:06 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Sails and Rudder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12179
Sails and Rudder
Apparently for a bermudan rig.
http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat.phtml?id=566165
http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat.phtml?id=566165
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:59 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: I may be wasting your time...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23000
Re: I may be wasting your time...
Niad..........
Looks conclusive! Thanks.
Looks conclusive! Thanks.
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:09 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: I may be wasting your time...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23000
Re: I may be wasting your time...
Niad.........
An interesting suggestion.......
I looked on the CVRDA dinghy database, they list the Heyland Swift and the Heyland Lugger, but there are no details on either.............
Do you have other information on either of these?
http://www.cvrda.org/wp-cvrda/dinghydata/heyland-swift/
An interesting suggestion.......
I looked on the CVRDA dinghy database, they list the Heyland Swift and the Heyland Lugger, but there are no details on either.............
Do you have other information on either of these?
http://www.cvrda.org/wp-cvrda/dinghydata/heyland-swift/
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:23 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Otter 37 for sale, £90
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20716
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: I may be wasting your time...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23000
Re: I may be wasting your time...
Rigging......... At the top of the mast (lower mast) should be a sheave / pulley. This takes the halyard (rope that pulls up the sail) on a bermudan rig, or the top mast on a gunter (your top mast) rig. One end of the halyard, the end toward the rear of the boat, is attached to the top mast, possibl...
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:15 am
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: I may be wasting your time...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23000
Re: I may be wasting your time...
Hello. I dont think that's an Otter................. When you say secure the yard to the mast, presumably you mean the top mast to the bottom mast? Haven't you already rigged it in the photo? Forestay....... Usually your local yacht / dinghy chandlery will make one, some on the spot if you tell them...
- Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:36 pm
- Forum: Otter Dinghy
- Topic: Help restoring an Otter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23710
Re: Help restoring an Otter
Okay,
You may as well see what Aptanet turns up with.
I'm often around Emsworth / Hayling.
You may as well see what Aptanet turns up with.
I'm often around Emsworth / Hayling.