dylanwinter
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fair bit of tweaking and need to find out the best sheeting angles through the roll - maybe change the luff and leach tension a bit
but v pleased with it
but v pleased with it
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Red sail in action
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Uricanejack
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Very pretty.
I was curious about the other blue and yellow sail. cruising shute? were you flying it in place of the main?
I was curious about the other blue and yellow sail. cruising shute? were you flying it in place of the main?
dylanwinter
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it is a ghosterb that came with Katie L
so I tried it as a downwind sail
and as a little trisail
I am thinking of using it at night when there is a fair amount of wind
you can kill it without going to the mast
on Katie L I used a topper main when the wind is high
now I have had a little trisail made for Katie L - it is a chopped down squib sail
I am a great fan of trisails - they are very easy on the mast, very flexible when looking for a well balanced boat
being able to raise it up and down the mast, slacken the foot or the head allows you to introduce a very easy motion to the boat
we had the head sails up when cming down southampton water
the wind really chipped up
8 knots on the GPS - maybe a knot of tide running under us at the time
man it was a rough old squall though
D
bluerm166
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Much too subliminal.
Who made the new red sail for you Dylan ?
Who made the new red sail for you Dylan ?
dylanwinter
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I think it was crusader
the car is a polo
the boat is a westerly
the dog is a labrador
the camera is a panasonic
the wellies are dunlop
the antifoul is toolstation
the water[proofs are screwfix
the food is tescos
the car is a polo
the boat is a westerly
the dog is a labrador
the camera is a panasonic
the wellies are dunlop
the antifoul is toolstation
the water[proofs are screwfix
the food is tescos
sailorman
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2 minutes in is a clew also a clue
sailorman
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Dylan @2.28 the sheet lead is far to aft by the look of it, you only showed the foot never the leach
bluerm166
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A suitably adroit answer Dylan.
dylanwinter
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I agree
monday/tuesday was incredible - we had some amazing squalls come through
so track adjusting was occasionally running behind the adjusting of the amount of sail we had out
the little ghoster thing lifted from Katie L worked well
pretty pleased with that
I shall use that more often
monday/tuesday was incredible - we had some amazing squalls come through
so track adjusting was occasionally running behind the adjusting of the amount of sail we had out
the little ghoster thing lifted from Katie L worked well
pretty pleased with that
I shall use that more often
cindersailor
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Hi Dylan,
I managed to rip the leach line out of the genoa last season when unnoticed it managed to get itself securely wound round the shroud while reefed to the point where it was flapping in the wind close to it. When I let the sheet out it ripped the sail a fair way up the leach. Your dangling leach line looks as if something similar could happen - cut it off as short as possible.
I managed to rip the leach line out of the genoa last season when unnoticed it managed to get itself securely wound round the shroud while reefed to the point where it was flapping in the wind close to it. When I let the sheet out it ripped the sail a fair way up the leach. Your dangling leach line looks as if something similar could happen - cut it off as short as possible.