Nobody seems to of mentioned the Star

   That Star race was awesome.  As a skiff sailor I MUCH preferred watching that to that 49er medal race fiasco.
They look so complicated to sail, that rig and jib system is just bizarre!

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Iain C Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iain C Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Nobody seems to of mentioned the Star Posted: 21 Aug 08 at 12:46pm
	That Star race was awesome. As a skiff sailor I MUCH preferred watching that to that 49er medal race fiasco. They look so complicated to sail, that rig and jib system is just bizarre!
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HannahJ Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861	Post Options Post Reply Quote HannahJ Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 08 at 4:14pm
	Could someone explain how the jib/whisker pole system works? It looks like they loosen the foot of the jib about a foot and let it fly up like a spinnaker
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JohnW Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 17 Jul 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 552	Post Options Post Reply Quote JohnW Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 08 at 4:44pm
	The mast is raked forward going down wind, this (amongst other things) loosens the jib luff making the jib fuller. Clicky Also it seems that the jib works better downwind when raised about a foot http://www.starclass.org/artman/publish/article_16.shtml (see bottom of page) Edited by JohnW

KennyR Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 09 Jun 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 52	Post Options Post Reply Quote KennyR Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 08 at 6:45pm
	A few reasons for lifting the jib up on the run 1) It stops it flopping around when the hounds go forward several feet on th erun 2) It lifts the jib up into the stronger breeze aloft 3) If the boat rolls [and they can be really rolly with the kicker off downwind] the pole end can easily end up in the water during a roll to windward. If this happens it can push the already inverted mast beyound the limit and break it. The pole is around 9' long BTW. Having the jib and hence pole higher can give the skipper a wider margin of error before disater strikes. It used to be that the jib was just lifted until the clew ring hit the pin on the forestay connector, some 16" up from the deck, but many boats are now using forestays that connect under the deck and allow the jib to go up to any height.

Jamie600 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jun 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jamie600 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Aug 08 at 10:34am
	A very tense and exciting race, but it looks like Iain and Andrew's winning move was made at the windward mark, they were behind up the beat and then just after the windward mark they were in front of the swedes. So WHY did they cut away at that point to Rob and Shirley talking about how wet and windy it is??? I can see it's wet and windy, show me the race!
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