Edition
-(1)-202408140552.gif)
Boats for sale
| Rossiter Pintail Mortagne sur Gironde, near Bordeaux |
 |
| Laser 28 - Excellent example of this great design Hamble le rice |
 |
List classes of boat for sale |
Hybrid ! |
Post Reply 
|
Page <1 34567 13> |
| Author |
 Share Topic Printable Version Delicious Digg Facebook Furl Google MySpace Newsvine reddit StumbleUpon Translate Twitter Windows Live Yahoo Bookmarks Topic Search  Topic Options
|
|
Guests 
Guest Group 
|
 Post Options
 Quote Reply
 Topic: Hybrid !Posted: 10 Apr 20 at 4:27pm |
|
|
Is that the Rondar Icon derivative intended for the US market? Is there any news on that front? Looks good by the way!
|
||
 |
||
|
JimC
Really should get out more 
Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 10 Apr 20 at 5:22pm |
|
It was a very common config in the early days of kite chutes, and you'll see it on a few classes still. Merlins for example. There are significant disadvantages though, which is why most classes have changed to having it further aft. Edited by JimC - 10 Apr 20 at 5:23pm |
||
|
||
|
423zero
Really should get out more
Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 10 Apr 20 at 5:28pm |
|
|
Switching tacks? Presumably it would foul forestay.
|
||
|
Robert
|
||
|
||
|
iGRF
Really should get out more
Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 10 Apr 20 at 6:55pm |
|
Significant disadvantages? Maybe on symmetrics where you need to recover the kite after the pole, not that I've got much of a clue about that ancient world, but Assyms? Can't see any, quite the opposite in fact, the kite needs to be close to the pole as it retracts. I have though often postulated about an alternative hybrid system between assym and sym using maybe a dangly pole so a system could be contrived to use round cans on lakes for a single hander, not fully thought it right through yet but I'm sure there must be a way. |
||
|
||
|
Cirrus
Really should get out more
Joined: 29 Oct 15 Location: UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 590 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Apr 20 at 9:48am |
|
|
Is that the Rondar Icon derivative intended for the US market? ..... In short and in part 'yes' and
this hull was the first out of the tooling - as a sailing test bed. The
new tooling can/could also supply the 2-sail Icon segment if there is demand with
a different ‘population’ of parts and fittings. It would even be possible as a prospective
owner to switch between 2 and 3 sail modes’ in a couple of hours. The underwater side is identical but the deck
arrangements have many many refinements.
We learnt a hell of a lot from the original Icon, not least that the
basics were far too good to be allowed to somehow ‘fail’ at the initial attempt.
In reality it is obviously not realistic
to put a time scale on anything much at the moment, at least not yet .. and
thank goodness the project was effectively 'frozen' a little way back due then to
brexit trading uncertainty. ...). Does not stop us dreaming and we
all need a few of those at the moment.. 
|
||
|
||
|
ttc546
Posting king 
Joined: 15 Apr 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Apr 20 at 9:55am |
|
|
Any reason you didnt keep the gnav for the current iteration?
|
||
|
||
|
Cirrus
Really should get out more
Joined: 29 Oct 15 Location: UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 590 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Apr 20 at 10:15am |
|
|
Any reason you didnt keep the gnav for the current iteration? The boat is a test bed... Advantages both ways as ever but nothing 'works' quite trying out all options and then making a decision. It is too easy to rush to market having made assumptions on what is 'best'... time spend checking is no luxury.
Edited by Cirrus - 11 Apr 20 at 10:15am |
||
|
||
|
Cirrus
Really should get out more
Joined: 29 Oct 15 Location: UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 590 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 13 May 20 at 5:26pm |
|
|
'Hybrid' moved to Burghfield earlier today .... prior to first water test planned for later this week. We can all manage without formal racing for a while ... anyway first task to to check basics and general 'balance' .... It could be a long summer  Edited by Cirrus - 13 May 20 at 5:27pm |
||
|
||
|
ttc546
Posting king
Joined: 15 Apr 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 155 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 13 May 20 at 5:32pm |
|
Very nice boat. Following your progress.
 |
||
|
||
|
Rupert
Really should get out more
Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Posted: 13 May 20 at 5:48pm |
|
|
Looking forward to seeing video of sailing, especially with a Blaze "sailing in company"!
|
||
|
Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
|
||
|
||
|
Post Reply
|
Page <1 34567 13> |
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy