The RS100 Owners Thread

No problem Nick. I was planning to send you and Rob a picture today explaining what I have seen. I am surprised this has not been seen on the prototypes as its quite obvious now I have experienced it. Its at the back edge of where the chute is attached to the boat with velcro and the kite downhaul simply snags the back edge and eventually pulls the velcro apart.

Cheers,

Keith

 

Here is a close up. Its a tiny issue and Im seeking perfection and it sounds like the refitting the chute and using the LPT may help this. We will see what the RS guys suggest.

 

Cheers,

Keith.

why not screw the end of the velcro down, 5/8" no.8 pan head should do it nicely (don't forget to seal it though). 

Keith,

Thats not the issue I have (not that I am aware of anyway !). Mine is the
top part of the sock where it fixes to the inside of the chute mouth, again
with Velcro. The sock is dropping off the chute mouth and then snagging
the kite on retrieval - not every time but when it does it requires a lot of
force to get the kite back in the sock. Having looked cant see anything
else which would cause this.

As Rob mentioned you need something very long to reach inside to press
the velcro back together.

Don't think it it is possible to photograph it though without some sort of
medical camera !!

On other boats I sail the Velcro is supplemented by screws and cup
washers through a webbing tab at both sides, which apply sufficient
tension to hold it place.

Will look at the boat this evening to see if its simply slipped off and can
easily be pushed back in place.

In truth, the RS200 chute uses 2 little self tappers either end of the velcro on the chute mouth, but so far it has not been needed on the RS100 - it would be nice to think it can be solved without fastenings! The velcro should be fine if there was not an edge to catch the downhaul.

Should get out this weekend unless Charlie books in another demo. We are at Chichester YC this saturday - bit of an old haunt of mine so I'll give Charlie a hand and then grab a boat for sailing on sunday. Like Phil at Parkestone, we have the odd Sprocket (MR) to yacht round with.

Nick.