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GybeFunny
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Topic: R Speculation Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:47pm |
Seriously? If it were just the weight that was the issue then you have a point, its the 7 square meters of cloth flapping round attached to it in a stiff breeze that causes the problems.....
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:48pm |
4 kg mast plus windage from the sail on a breezy day, with the full length battens flicking from side to side, not flapping? Sounds hard work to me. Also, on a very light hull, the sail will blow the boat over.
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Daniel Holman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:54pm |
No it wouldnt
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Daniel Holman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:55pm |
getting mast in boat is all technique (and being arsed) like all these things
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Noah
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:56pm |
Not sure I understand how full-length battens would work on a sleeved sail. Won't they just 'push' the sleeve around the mast? What would / could stop this happening?
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gbr940
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:58pm |
jeez 10 pages and still not even a fuzzy photo to work with - spill the beans, it isn't a secret...car manufacturers test all the time and the happy snappers upload the photos
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sandgrounder
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 1:59pm |
That's your experience then? I'm a small adult and it's not mine. |
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Daniel Holman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 2:02pm |
Full length battens on a sleeved sail are commonplace on windyplanks. but you are correct, they can rotate around.
In almost any wind upwind unless using insanely stiff battens, the wind pressure in the sail pulls the batten back into a fill saily shape. The "rotation" helps to calm the sail down when sheeted out, but is a bit undersireable for light air tacks and gybes, and in heavily loaded battens towards the head, where a nice camber inducer works a treat. |
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Daniel Holman
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 2:03pm |
Maybe nobody felt sufficiently moved to photograph it?
Or maybe a shadowy organisation confiscated media devices from onlookers. |
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 13 at 2:14pm |
Was this an answer as to whether the boat would blow over? If you have a battened sail that can't be dropped when the boat is tied to the shore, why won't it blow over? The Lasers do, my Lightning does if I don't take the sail down, as does the Phantom, if he leaves his up. This boat will weigh less, but the windage will be the same, if not more. |
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