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After successfully and effortlessly foiling on Elementarry with the kite, I am trying to sort out a system to make Bucket List foil safely under sail. The foiling part is pretty easy, the safe not so much, but progress is good enough that it will be launched with foils and we will see how it goes.
Apart from the foils the problem was rudders. Have come up with a system which can go both ways (front rudder only used in tight spaces) and kicks up in a collision. Should still be able to sail it in shallow water, but not as easily as the original.
I am working on rudders, foils, wishbone boom and some little adjustments to the windward hull prior to heading for Adelaide in February with the intention of finishing the lee hull, mast and beams and getting them up here for assembly and sailing. After successfully and effortlessly foiling on Elementarry with the kite, I am trying to sort out a system to make Bucket List foil safely under sail. The foiling part is pretty easy, the safe not so much, but progress is good enough that it will be launched with foils and we will see how it goes.
Apart from the foils the problem was rudders. Have come up with a system which can go both ways (front rudder only used in tight spaces) and kicks up in a collision. Should still be able to sail it in shallow water, but not as easily as the original.
Updates as they happen.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:19 AM, filsell@myplace.net.au [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
I'm sure everyone on this board is well aware of Rob's aversion to putting centreboards through the bottom of hulls yes ? Well, looking at the amount of appendage damage in the recent Sydney to Hobart i'd say Rob's leeboard style of mounting has just found another admirer. Me.
I have always been a bit cynical re the outside mounting, trickier engineering, not as efficient without the endplate effect etc.
Nothing efficient about broken unusable foils !
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Posted by: Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.com>
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