fully battened sails

Looks quite nice

Eps sail looks nice, but how do you get in irons from a gybe??

Edited by A2Z - 12 May 17 at 11:45am

Originally posted by A2Z Eps sail looks nice, but how do you get in irons from a gybe??

First rig a new sheeting system and route the rope the wrong way through one of those one way pully blocks then, as usual ,forget to dump the kicker on a windy reach, then when your mate in a Laser in front decides to chicken gybe (wear round I believe is the correct term) call him a pussy, try to sheet in, fail, bang through anyway and over I go as the sheet fails to give enough thanks to the block. Jump on the mast get legover, dry capsize, recover, bearing in mind a certain panic since it had been very warm and relatively windless when we set out and a brisk cold wind from the East swept in making my choice of thin rash vest and shorts a bit careless bordering on downright stupid, then having recovered, struggle to bear away, try several times before realising the kicker thing is still on full...

In other words my normal procedure when the wind puffs above my pecieved ability level and enters reality check.

The supernova main; of which you have concerns about due to being fully battened is ugly as a junk boat but is very manageable in breeze, it does not suffer from some of the issues associated with the original blaze rig. I feel however that it's performance would be greatly improved with a switch to a semi soft set up. The boat simply isnt as fast as you'd expect upwind, it gains its positions on the reaches where it performs beautifully . That said it is very well mannered and in no way unpredictable in a blow.

If anything the dagger board is too long, most people don't sail upwind with it fully down.Perhap the what you have seen is due to the fact that the hull is very round so you have to brave to fully retract it, plus it's a relatively high boom so fouling has never been a concern.