HALO (and 'Fire') ....

Currently Blaze allows adjustable forestays but very few still fit or use them,  shroud adjustment on the water is not allowed.

The rig is VERY different to a Phantom - we have a (smaller) but taller and highter aspect sail/rig with a considerably shorter boom.  The technique down wind is very simple - if it is too light for 'dog-legging' which is faster in some conditons then you simply ease the kicker - the large roach is supported by the full length battens up top and 'rolls forward' - you don't need floppy rigging to allow th eboom further out for the rig to be very effective in this mode.  The Phant needs to ease the leeward shroud because the boom is so much more dominant being part of a more traditonal 'triangle' sailplan.  If the boom is restrained by the boom the sail is also restricted to a much higher extent than on the Blaze.

We also depower in a different manner.  Cunningham is used first to open up the upper leach and it blades off - if more wind still then add kicker etc.  Again slightly different to a Phant  (and we avoid 'boom in water' issue with heavily raked rigs - mostly due to reduced boom length btw)

Different boats, different strategies .... 

Mike L.

Thanks Mike and Paul. I avoid the boom in the water issue by keeping the boat flat, but I know what you mean. I'm heavy enough to get away without doing masses of rig raking, I just get in it and sail. Keep the boat simple. Tried a finn once, nearly nice but I couldn't be bothered with the arsing around to get it all set up properly to go the speed you should do. That what galena when you are brought up in smods I guess

I will bring the d one to Burghfield sometime. It will be interesting to compare it with the Halo.

I've sailed it single sail round the cans, but the py stuffs it and it's just depressing not to be using the kite.

Well I would expect the blaze to be faster. But not staggeringly,  not sure what it would prove anyway? Maybe a drag race against an rs300 would be a better comparison?