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Step 6: Sail control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Step 7: Furling! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Step 8: Disaster! De-masting and happy coincidences... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Step 9: Wrap up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Image Notes 1. early sketch up, ended up being close, but hadn't thought about the traveler yet
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Image Notes 1. traveler bar 2. compound main sheet block with sliding carabiner and traveler sheet 3. main sheet cleat
Image Notes 1. ackerman steering 2. traveler bar 3. roller furling mast 4. step through beach cruisers
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Image Notes 1. welded the washer to end of beams then bolted to bike
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Image Notes 1. Welded Ubolt washer and bolted to bike 2. cross support!
Image Notes 1. welded the washer to end of beams then bolted to bike
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Image Notes 1. vertical bar, and eventual pvc-less mast step system
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Image Notes 1. mast step bolted to frame 2. vertical bar to hold up mast, with pvc tube not working so well! 3. down haul and jam cleat
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Image Notes 1. rubber sheeting and nylock nuts 2. steering beam 3. steering post welded to the bicycle stem.
Image Notes 1. this particular graphic i made for an earlier instructable that had six wheels, but the same principal applies here!
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Image Notes 1. main sheet cleat 2. basket for main sheet tail and gear 3. continuos traveler. didn't have enough line to cross it but still worked pretty well.
Image Notes 1. traveler bar 2. compound main sheet block with sliding carabiner and traveler sheet 3. main sheet cleat
Image Notes 1. tennis ball eye ball gouger protectors 2. main sheet block and traveler slider and sheet 3. traveler block
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Step 7: Furling!
I was really excited about the rotating mast and furling sail. I wasn't sure how much power i was going to have, but as a safety feature and for ease of use in just bicycling as well as going for "sail assist" furling was going to be key. I also didn't want to be taking the sail down and dealing with that every time i stopped. I also hadn't given the system a whole lot of thought, but figured id make it up as i went a long, which is pretty much what happened. I figured I'd mount a pvc tube to the fram to keep the mast upright, and let it rotate, but unfortunately in my last min search for material, I could only find a tube that was the exact same size as the mast at the bottom (since it tapered) so i was a little SOL as there are no hardware stores on the playa! So i ended up cutting the pvc pipe to try and just protect the mast from the frame and using hose clamps to keep it upright against the vertical part of the frame. I then mounted a jam cleat to the mast and attached a downhaul line to the tack in order not only hold the sail down but to give it some purchase to rotate around. There ended up being really the perfect amount of friction in the system to let me rotate the sail with one hand while riding, letting me furl and unfurl easily, yet also it would hold in its postion and not rotate on its own. So no line was ever needed to secure the rotation. Later as the PVC started to get out of position, then actually fell off while night sailing, i just put some rubber against the frame and used hose claps alone. which also worked pretty well. Next Disaster! De-masting and happy coincidences...
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Image Notes 1. mast step bolted to frame 2. vertical bar to hold up mast, with pvc tube not working so well! 3. down haul and jam cleat
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Image Notes 1. new shorter mast, and moved downhaul jam cleat to frame
Step 9: Wrap up
The sail bike was everything i wanted it to be, fast fun easy. For being a learning experience with not a lot of time or resources im actually very proud of how well it preformed. I met so many people at the burn who loved the idea and wanted to build something, so this is my effort to help you guys. Sailing it out on the desert at dust across the empty open playa was life changing. Sailing at night with my lady and friends in tow from party to party, was incredible. Biking with out the sail was also really fun, and it made a great ice hauler. I highly recommend building one. Hoep you enjoyed my instruct able see you on the playa! video coming soon.
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