Ariel Cranberry

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Thanks, SO much!.

Took the Manual's lines drawings to Patt's Copy World years
ago, and we spent a little time enlarging them exactly to a
9.25" waterline --which is pretty easy to get accurate. 18.50"
would have been too easy, and too large.
It's certainly the cheapest way to get decent scale drawings
of our A/C lines. Also asked her to do the same to a 'doll's
house' ruler found on the internet (1" lined 12 spaces. Two
rulers 6' and 20'). A 5'5" female and a 6' guy in 1/2" scale are
2.75" and 3" tall.

I've used these copies extensively. And generally seem to have
been fairly accurate when applied to the boat itself. However,
the only lines in the Manual signed by Alberg is on page 144.

The sail plan, pg 146, is signed off by one J.L.Lee -- and shows
some liberties taken -- like the size of the cabin windows.
There are a couple lines representing the mast, and one
spreader that measures exactly 38", with our d.house ruler.
It is a small drawing enlarged, so we'd expect inaccuracies.

My actual tube spreaders were also pretty challenged, didn't
like the illfitting sockets, they were pasted on with a mess of
black epoxy... And the lower shrouds thru bolt hole was
noticably egg shaped.
Buzz Ballenger (Ballenger Spars) made up a set of aluminum
airfoils that are slipped over a precisely up-bent-in-the-middle
oval flat bar that pierces thru the mast. His spreaders, before
I get to the drum sander to carve the ends to fit the curve of
the mast, they're 36". He has complete sailplan data on A/C.

Have to make a decision. Those little spars up there cause a
lot of trouble with the sails... Keeping them short is the best
way to go.

As far as I know, this is the first time the length of the Ariel
spreader has been recorded in the Forum here, or anywhere.
Now it is official!
Can it be verified?
Do we allow for 50 years of 'shrinkage?'


Thanks again for the help ! !