Hi Todd,
Sangduennoi has 2 rudders, but they lift instead of rotating, so only 1 can be in the water at a time. It is located a little aft of the end of the main boom.
I think the original sail area was designed to be about 20m^2, but the mast broke last year and was shortened so now both main and jib are at the first reef. I would guess the total area now is about 14 m^2. Rob or Doug do you know for sure?
The shape of the jib is poor both because of the sag and because we rolled it around a plastic pipe to organize it, but I think it is affecting the shape and now it has to be pushed across during the shunt instead of crossing on it's own.
Hope to have useful pictures up next week.
Best regards
Herb
--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "tsstproa" <bitme1234@...> wrote:
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> How many boards where down 1 or two? What size sail area was up?
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> Todd
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> --- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "Herb" <squirebug@> wrote:
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> > Dear All,
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> > Sangduennoi (nee Sidecar) entered Thai water for the second time last Sat (8 Oct.)
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> > Only concern at this point is that we couldn't go to windward at all well. I estimate our best shut was about 120 degrees. This wasn't by compass or GPS, but there are several islands and headlands that make estimating angles pretty easy in the Ocean Marina area (Sattahip near Pattaya - about 12N 100E). Any suggestions on how to improve windward performance?
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> > Don't have any pictures yet as I accidentally deleted them from the phone.
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> > Best regards
> > Herb
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