Patrick, I'm sure Triton106 was kidding. Obviously, the Ariel is a later design by Alberg where he improved on all the short comings of his first go-around with the Triton.
Patrick, I'm sure Triton106 was kidding. Obviously, the Ariel is a later design by Alberg where he improved on all the short comings of his first go-around with the Triton.
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Hey Mike, I read that you are sailing a boat even smaller boat than the Ariel, a Sea Sprite 23, for the time being. What do you have to do to prevent your crew from falling off such a small boat?
I don't take crew.Originally Posted by Triton106
Hey Mike, I read that you are sailing a boat even smaller boat than the Ariel, a Sea Sprite 23, for the time being. What do you have to do to prevent your crew from falling off such a small boat?
After my little foray with the SS23, however, I did become quite infatuated with the function and looks of the fractional rig and spent all last winter with a spreadsheet trying to figure out how to put a Triton mast on an Ariel to add more sail area with a smaller headsail...
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Mike wrote -
There, another reason to upgrade to a Triton...After my little foray with the SS23, however, I did become quite infatuated with the function and looks of the fractional rig and spent all last winter with a spreadsheet trying to figure out how to put a Triton mast on an Ariel to add more sail area with a smaller headsail...
That is the way I have always understood it...Patrick, I'm sure Triton106 was kidding. Obviously, the Ariel is a later design by Alberg where he improved on all the short comings of his first go-around with the Triton.
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