HALO (and 'Fire') ....

Medway

.... exactly as implied surely .. I do think we can assume the vast majority here do appreciate that 'sail area' and 'pace' are not simply tied with some static ratio.  Though it might be interesting for forums if it were !

And maybe it could be called the 'Jeremy Clarkson relationship' so it is more easily understood.  

Mike L.

I am guessing 806 is the 'Fire' sail despite having Blaze written on it.....

Yup – Blaze logo was used initially during the course of R&D ....  anyway the Fire sail is 1.6m (15%) smaller than the Blaze sails around it.  If you look closely you will see it is 'short' on the boom as most of the reduction came from the back of the sail. 

This helps greatly to produce low sheet loads - the objective is for the sail to mostly appeal to those with less upper body strength ... as said before, young(er), Old(er), light(er) and females.   Keeping the luff length works well and ‘Fire’ is very very 'easy' without too much of a pace compromise... and certainly not by 15%. 

Both shots with late prototype 'Fire' sails - so effectively production ones.   The default Fire sail material is however the same stuff as we use for Blaze, Halo2, Blaze and Icon - but if you like the darker stuff it can be supplied for Fire - it makes not a jot of difference  - unless you like it.

We and the CA are talking with Y&Y and others about formal reviews of Fire .... and will be providing 2 boats - one a regular full width Blaze with Fire sail and the second a rather lightweight and 'special' Fire ... with fixed narrower wings.   It is also being suggested that whoever reviews it (probably at Lymington btw) is also accompanied by another tester .... someone from the demographic Fire is primarily targetted at ..... female, very lightweight, young or old(er).       

Edited by blaze720 - 24 Sep 14 at 11:30am

Originally posted by Roger Originally posted by Blue One Frensham is an ocean compared to where I sail. All I ever remember of Frensham is weed, weed, weed and more weed....

Originally posted by Kev M I aail at Foremark reservoir south of Derby. I thought it was a fairly big puddle and have contemplatd an RS100 in the future after reading Clive's comments about how they're not that bad to sail inland. That was until I went on google maps and realised that Frensham "pond" where he sails is anything but a pond and four times the size of Foremark.