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redback
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Topic: Rooster 8.1 rig on Laser Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 10:43am |
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Now there's a good idea. I'm not over 90kg but if I was sailing regularly inland I'd give that a try. What particularly attracts me is that the sail looks like it will last longer and will set better. As a bonus its all a lot cheaper than Laser.
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 11:41am | |
I kinda think though, if you're going to rerig a Laser out of class why not do it thoroughly? Maybe have something like the new Byte rigs. Sail area and nothing else is one of the least effective ways to make a boat go faster.
I suppose, though, if you had a modern efficient rig sure you'd be able to have more rag and control it better , but the sailing characteristics would be quite different. |
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Rob.e
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 11:53am | |
Seems like an interesting concept to me; guess it's a case of "watch this space"... I wonder what Laser think of it |
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BBSCFaithfull
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 12:20pm | |
I Think its cool!
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Medway Maniac
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 1:36pm | |
You're thoughts were precisely mine, JimC, the moment I saw the thread title. In fact I've been wondering how long it wouldd take for someone to come up with a Byte C2 style rig for the Laser - a bit longer still, apparently. You could up the area over the Laser's 7.1, given the extra efficiency, as you say, Jim, but the problem is you never get as much as you expect - as you up the area, so you raise the centre of effort too. But 8 - 8.5 m2 would probably be about the right size, I guess...
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Rob.e
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 1:46pm | |
It strikes me that the new sail will last longer than a standard Laser sail, and that Mr C knows what he's doing with the boat, so it should work well. Good luck to them, I say!
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Medway Maniac
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 2:02pm | |
I see Rooster are claiming a PY of 1051 for it. That strikes me as optimistic, not least because it's rare for a Laser to win on PY anyway, but mainly because they're expecting a 2.6% performance gain from a 14% area increase, when the full rig only rates 2.1% faster than the Radial despite a 25% increase in sail area. Surely the efficiency can't be that much better? - the cut pattern is similar to the original, now superceded Byte sail. |
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radial179102
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 4:31pm | |
But the Blaze is 1047?! I somehow don't think they can make a laser go that speed... |
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Xpletive
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 5:15pm | |
Why not? Are you saying it couldn't match a Blaze for speed or that it couldn't match its (generous) PY?
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Norbert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 07 at 6:35pm | |
The Blaze is about 8 ft wide with a 10 sqm rig. The laser 8.1 PY might be about right, but around this way no one believes the Blaze handicap is anything other than soft |
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