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Posts: 2899 		Post Options Post Options   Quote alstorer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 12 at 9:25am

actually, now I compare, I'm wrong, the panels are different  Embarrassed  LOL

However, in my defence, the panel layout that was shown in the artists impressions, when I was making claim that it was identical, DO have the same layout as the 900 main- so they've changed between that and the real sail 



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I think the 900 had a longer mast so it's not the same actual sail but near as dammit from  that photo.
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I think we could go so far as to say there has been major influence between the 2 sails, and why not? Shame to lose all that research.
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Posts: 2899 		Post Options Post Options   Quote alstorer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 12 at 11:16am
The photographed 800 sail is quite different from the 900/proposal image- for instance, the window extending above the lowest batten.
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Posts: 762 		Post Options Post Options   Quote ellistine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 12 at 11:40am
The sail in the proposal image was also much bigger than the current sail when you over lay them. I think they're trying to keep the sail area the same, although I'm not sure how. It does look narrower in this photo mind.




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Posts: 1028 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Mark Jardine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Dec 12 at 8:08am
Take a look the wing mast on Lumix during race 2 of the 18ft skiff NSW Championship

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Full report on the day's racing with another photo of the setup at http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/167169/18ft-Skiff-NSW-Championship-day-2
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I'd say the wing isn't really the novel bit of the rig. The novel bit is the jib top.

I do wonder though whether this will make trimming of the upper mainsail very difficult as there will be a strong vortex shed from the jib top that wont roll up the leading edge of the main.
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Looking at the report... that's a clever bit of end plating.
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Is the leech at the top of the jib connected to that 'end plate' thing?
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In the report pic there are definately some control lines running along the top of the endplate, which could connect the jib top to the endplate. My personal view is it wont work. The results don't seem to confirm a performance advantage at all.
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