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    Posted: 22 Mar 16 at 7:43pm
wow, what a lot of string the 5-oh has! Like a Persian rug

I wonder if all that string makes the boat faster? Seems excessive to me
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Doesn't look so bad to me...!



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I think they will say it's about control and with the control comes speed.

Five Oh is a powerful boat that appears to be capable of operating well over a wide range of conditions, racing consistently in big winds and seas.

Maybe all those strings do something for those who know which one to pull and how hard.
 



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....try looking at a Dutchman....
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I looked at a brand new Merlin on Saturday... I reckon there was more metreage (is that a word? footage if you prefer) of rope than of fibre in the hull!! The only adjustable bits I could see, that couldn't be adjusted on the water, were the spreader angle adjuster screws... Perhaps I should shut up and stop giving them ideas...
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Sure are a lot of ropes, however it always looks more organised when sailing when there is tension in the system.
As said earlier the boat/rig is very powerful and the controls make it pretty easy to adjust while under way, means you can change gear easily during a race and control the rig in pretty high winds.
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I do it every year, check out the five oh, see how much I understand, I'm getting quite good now, but it's been nearly ten years, so I'm feeling quite chuffed with myself, then I come across this black bitch of a Merlin stringfest.. straight back in the corner sporting the cone hat with the D on it.
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The 5O5's really are a lot less complicated than the picture makes it look! As said, when under tension and sailing they are all close to hand, run easily and give great control to the rig and sheeting set up. When everything is set up correctly the boats are fast and a joy to sail, when you get it wrong you can find yourself fighting the boat, over-powered and a handful. Hence the string!
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are they any more complicated than the cats cradle that is a modern merlin rocket?
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Originally posted by Neptune

are they any more complicated than the cats cradle that is a modern merlin rocket?


The Merlin is simpler than the 505.
But it's all just relatively simple systems, just quite a lot of them so it's hard to follow what's what.
The raking gear on a Merlin is the big deal, it interlinks shrouds, jib halyard, kicker, mast puller and lowers, so you can adjust rake without adjusting anything else as a consequence.
Keith Callaghan of this parish has drawings on his website:
http://www.bluelightning.co.uk/Merlins/MRTechnical.shtm
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