Subject: [harryproa] Re: telescoping again |
From: "k_s_oneill" <K_S_ONeill@yahoo.com> |
Date: 5/2/2007, 12:57 PM |
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Reply-to: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
wrote:
>
>
> I'll have to contradict myself after having taken a look at some
of
> the Radical Bay 8000 photos at http://www.smartyac
>
> They have a swept-back una rig with a self-vanging boom that uses
> sails with luff pockets on some versions, and the system appears to
work
> well. It appears that between the arc of the mast and the battens
that
> they are able to properly support the sail for decent shape. They
are
> going with a soft sailcloth for previously-mentione
>
> The halyard arrangement seems a bit odd, though. I'm sure
Schionning
> and company have reasons for running the line outside the sails, but
> from the photos, it seems as if this would affect sail shape and
> efficiency in the precise location that the luff pocket is supposed
to
> be helping.
It looks to me as though the halyard is being used there to bend the
mast and flatten the sail when they're reefed; I guess that when
reefed the sail luff tension is not enough to bend the mast.
Kevin