Athene V30
Active member
As a follow up to clicky I have now had the chance to play with my Sea Feather.
There is only one word that almost describes it..........WOW!
Ok it was only in F3 to 5 and between Brightlingsea and Lowestoft but I could not fault it on or off the wind. At one stage I was running goose winged (admittedly no sea to speak of) and did not feel I was about to gybe. The only time it felt a little underpowered was when the apparent wind fell below 5 or 6 knots downwind on a very broad reach so the genoa was blanketed by the main. Maybe a spinaker would have helped but one thing at a time! To windward (well 60 degrees off wind) 18kts apparent, full sail & over 6kts through water no problem.
Downwind
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Upwind (ensign gets in way) and it was rougher than the picture looks, honest! [image]
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Fantastic bit of kit. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
There is only one word that almost describes it..........WOW!
Ok it was only in F3 to 5 and between Brightlingsea and Lowestoft but I could not fault it on or off the wind. At one stage I was running goose winged (admittedly no sea to speak of) and did not feel I was about to gybe. The only time it felt a little underpowered was when the apparent wind fell below 5 or 6 knots downwind on a very broad reach so the genoa was blanketed by the main. Maybe a spinaker would have helped but one thing at a time! To windward (well 60 degrees off wind) 18kts apparent, full sail & over 6kts through water no problem.
Downwind
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Upwind (ensign gets in way) and it was rougher than the picture looks, honest! [image]
Fantastic bit of kit. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif