On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 2:28 PM, doha720@yahoo.co.uk [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
Thanks Rob,
That's interesting to see how the sail and boom look.
Seems very high up at the clew.
So then at least visibility is improved.
The deck hugging booms, eg Sidecar was limiting the vision at least sideways to lw.
The boom is too high, will fix it with the complete sail. Vision is one aspect, the other is to keep it out of the water in an extreme hull fly. There is nothing worse than pushing on the main sheet to ease the sail which can't be eased because it is in the water.
So you lead the sheet back from the boom, not down to block first, is that better angle to control sail?
Yes, and because the mainsheet is too short. There is some development to happen here.
Luc,
The main luff is a lot shorter than the mast length (sailmaker error, but not a critical one at this stage) so there is scope for moving it up and down by adjusting the halyard lock. Will be doing this next time I sail.
The wind tunnel is out the front of my house. ;-) Hopefully next week i will be playing in it.
Doug
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Posted by: Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.com>
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