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Sussex Lad
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Topic: Boat Bimbling Lark. Posted: 21 Mar 20 at 5:38pm |
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Tend to use outhaul a lot though. On off switch upwind/downwind and depending on wave direction on a lumpy beat.
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 20 at 5:41pm | ||
Kicker is king on the Firefly because the shrouds are left simply hanging. Cunningham might go on if very over powered, and used a lot singlehandedly. Outhaul adjusted if it looks wrong or the crew is bored.
Cant believe Larks are massively different, barring the rig tension. Only really sailed Uni ones, though, which weren't big on controls. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 20 at 5:42pm | ||
Well you would never have done it with a Baker ... Firefly all the time or you had the washing up bowl foredeck!
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 20 at 5:44pm | ||
Oops missed post #1000 but at least it was for you Clive
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ColPrice2002
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 8:48am | ||
With my Fireflies, you used as much kicker/mainsheet tension as you could.
The shrouds had to be slack, otherwise the mast wouldn't rotate.. The advantage of that setup was that you had a jib luff tensioner - upwind you let off the luff tension, pulled the mainsheet block to block (transom sheeting), the mast raked back and the boat went well upwind. Reaching and downwind, add jib luff tension, the rig moved forward. The outhaul wasn't adjusted much, but the luff tension/Cunningham was used. Guess it all changed with fixed masts! Colin |
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 10:47am | ||
Not as much as you think. Mast rake still vital unwind and down, sails are cut to suit, as rig tension would kill the fairey boats.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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patj
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 12:06pm | ||
On our Larks we always had kicker, cunningham and outhaul led back. Bridle was adjustable between races (dyneema strop). Mast rake was set before you go out but jib tension was also adjustable on the water.
Now on the Albacore almost everything is adjustable whilst racing and there's too much "head in boat" and forgetting to reset a control after a downwind leg. Life was easier with the KISS approach! |
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NicolaJayne
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 1:40pm | ||
the comment aqobut outhaul as on - off switch is both correct and incorrect - a lot of boats have binary positions for outhaull - tight for up wind and ' off' downwind - to the point i;ve actually seen boats i nthe past with a highfield lever und the boom for the outhaul ( set the position based on windspeed and themn flick on / off depending on point of sail
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getafix
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 4:44pm | ||
was the Lark one of those classes where there was a slot for the centreboard bolt to be moved fore/aft or am I thinking about N12's?
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Sussex Lad
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 5:27pm | ||
Not on the one I have as far as I'm aware. |
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