Picture of the V3000 at Carsington SC

I thin ours are pretty much the simplest ones you can get, they are only really used for traning afterall.

Originally posted by mike ellis feva masts are pretty strong, having said that we did break ours today but it is old and coroded. agreed on the jib luff thing though, dont do it with the halyard though, do it with the bit of string on the bow, the halyard on a feva is the forestay and the bit of string that ties the tack down does the luff tension.

if the tack is as tight as it can be to the front the only way to get more tension on is the halyard, and the configuration of our club fevas means that the jib luff is the forestay, so if you tighten the luff, you tighten the forestay no matter which bit of string you pull.

(if you cant make sense of what i am saying, don't worry, i can't either )

Originally posted by mike ellis ok i think i understand. its easy to bend feva masts with the kiker, never realy tried to bend it forward with the jib, never seems nesecary.

no no you misunderstand me, a bit of jib luff tension is faster in my opinion, when it gets breezy. I was trying to get some more luff tension (pulling hard on the halyard) and the mast which obviously gets pulled forward by the jib luff inverted all of a sudden.  I then decided a little less tension was required!

I've been sailing the v3k over the last week and I don't THINK the mast was inverted.  Certainly looked dead straight sighting up it. Maybe a bit too straight, as only the top few feet bent back when the kicker was on - so only the top of the sail powered down, and always leaving some sag in the luff of the main, the luff never pulled quite smooth even with the kicker on in a blow.

Maybe a little too much tension on the lowers?  And maybe we had the jib / forestay tension a bit high.

I also thought the rake looked excessive - more contender than L3k - and might  make the spinnaker luff too tight if its hoisted right up to the top. Might it run deeper down wind with a looser luff? 

Wheras the standard laser setup feels to pull down wind a bit with the kite up and needs heeling to leeward, this one feels best sailing down wind totally flat. 

Also thought the rake may be robbing power from the main and pushing the centre of effort too far back; but the larger jib corrects it and it's both VERY well balanced and points well too. 

 

Waddyathink folks?  Rigging tips happily accepted.

oops was too slow posting  sorry