Solution, trouble at mill?

So what is the problem you experienced with Blaze centreboards GRF ? ...   Not heard this one anywhere else in the past except from you.  They are fairly moderate for the boat in fact .. even at your weight surely ?    There are quite a few lighter than you and under a full F4 the lightweights do pretty well .. more than that and yes .. you may well struggle but that is exactly what the smaller 'Fire' sail was developed for..  I suspect trying to 'bully' too much sail area for the conditons  is the real issue here !.  You as an individual will be as fast or faster than trying to persist with the standard sail in those conditions. ... and just to be clear as we all 'get on' a bit the smaller/flatter 'Fire' (even those of us at 'normal' weight )  becomes that more attractive anyway.  Next time, if you must inflict yourself on the class yet again, do try a Fire sail.  Many clubs use a PN of 1065 for the 'Fire' version which means we race with the Aero 7's 'boat for boat' - what is not to enjoy !    You are always welcome back (with the usual reservations of course etc) especially if you join in at the Nationals etc ..


Edited by Cirrus - 11 Nov 21 at 7:39pm

.... and there I was thinking you were struggling with the size ..and assumed you were hankering after a smaller foil !!  Even some of the regular heavies would prefer a slightly smaller one when it blows in actual fact. However any foil has to work across the wind range and in a blow the Blaze is quite quick.  A 'compromise' is what most boats foils really are .. and have to be.  The foil section used is as I'm sure you know relatively 'easy' to engage across with the wind range.  I'd go for a more laminer flow type myself if starting from scratch but that might be a bit tricky in the ligher stuff .. for some tastes .... but I'd not bothered as much then myself.  

Problem with laminar flow foils is that they operate very efficiently in a very narrow bucket of angles or attack, whereas a 4 digit NACA section is more over a wider range.  That is forgetting that actually making a laminar 63 or 64 section accurately is not likely.  

Originally posted by davidyacht Problem with laminar flow foils is that they operate very efficiently in a very narrow bucket of angles or attack, whereas a 4 digit NACA section is more over a wider range.  That is forgetting that actually making a laminar 63 or 64 section accurately is not likely.   In the meantime there are literally 100s of thousands of dinghies providing plenty of enjoyment with foils that are no more than a sheet of ply which the edges chamfered off. On the scale of things the choice of foil section is high on the list of diminishing returns

Don't talk to me about foils, I'm in a world of over stock hurt here, as the kite/wing/windsurf world delves into foiling, race foils, surf foils, freestyle foils, even dock start foils, every few weeks a new release making the last release old news and redundant stock.

As for dinghys I'm not sure which is the worse I've seen, the tiller on a streaker, or that slab of metal under a Finn, but the Blaze comes into particular grief from me because it's hopeless at my forte, stuffing it in lightwind, and he's carried that into that prototype Hybrid/fireblade I've been messing with which is the complete opposite, works great in light, hopeless trying to kick it off in wind on the wire, one day I'll find something that works well enough across the board.
Well actually and back on Topic, the plate that comes with the Solution isn't bad, that can be stuffed yet also works sailed by somebody with enough weight to kick it off a bit in a breeze, so they are out there.

Err it’s less large elephant and more overinflated small troll