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davidyacht
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Topic: So, just how important is a Boats PY yardstick? Posted: 24 Oct 19 at 5:22pm |
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I find the Solo fully battened sail to be surprisingly responsive in the light and fluky stuff ... the battens never stick through the tack and the front of the sail is easy to read; not as much of a PIA as a soft sail with a sticking top batten.
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Oct 19 at 5:29pm | ||
I have a FB main on the Spice, works fine but I'd still prefer semi-soft, owned a 'nova for a season but hardly sailed it as I really didn't get on with the rig, hard to read and feel. FB should be more efficient than semi but they don't suit me. OTOH I sailed Raceboards with FB sails for years and absolutely loved them.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Oct 19 at 6:13pm | ||
Me too. There is much, much more to a good rig than whether it is fully battened or not. No one would ever claim the Topper skiff rigs were good, but the Solo betrays the lie that they are necessarily hard to read and a pain to tack. |
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ian.r.mcdonald
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There is little faster than a Solo in 2 knots when multiple shifts (!) require lots of tacks!
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I'll take a British Moth or Firefly, but yes, it's pretty good.
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 19 at 9:42am | ||
Yes, definitely but FB has certain characteristics that are 'built in' like the inability to feather the sail and switch off the power. I know the Spice rig is only adequate, The square top ISO main I use is better but my Demon Design VG5 Raceboard sail is utterly wonderful so I know it can be done.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 19 at 9:46am | ||
I don’t know. The Solo sail is much more controllable than a Laser sail, across the whole wind range.
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 19 at 9:49am | ||
Simply not true. |
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 19 at 12:42pm | ||
If you are lying to, they will power up with windshifts more than a soft sail does. I find the soft front edge of a Europe sail, say, much easier to read than a fully battened one, specially if made from stiff mylar. This is one aspect of a sail. The fully battened rig has many advantages, too. |
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 19 at 3:41pm | ||
The joy of the Solo sail is that market forces, i.e. completion between North, HD, P&B and Hyde and development over 70 years, has created a durable product and once you have set up the mast as per the tuning guides, simple adjustments of the outhaul/inhaul, kicker and Cunningham give you control across the wind range. Something that OEM classes struggle to do ... because there is insufficient margin to hit price points.
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