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Isis
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Topic: Battened Jibs Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 3:21pm |
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yellowhammer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 6:24pm |
nice one - anyone feel there are signs of a trend away from SMODs and back toward boats with some individual character (no, don't go there) it was noticable at the ally pally dinghy show that most high performance boats now have batenned jibs, with the roach extended to the back of the mast, and the clew brough forward to suit a self tacker bar i wondered whether this was just to maximise sail area and fit the self tacker, but sounds like it might actually enhance the jib behaviour still concerned about the life of a mylar jib though, any experience? AND JUST NOTICED I'M PROMOTED TO POSTING KING !!! Edited by yellowhammer |
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5420
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 7:41pm |
its so you can have a biger jib and it is not flopy so it keeps it shap nomater how light the wide is this helps to give you more power but it can also be a bad thing in relly light airs where th4e sail will not react that well to gusts and shifftes so what you would want is for 0-7mph of wind a jib like a 420 fire ball ect but when it gets over that a fully batond jib is best
now this is consrtutive |
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Xpletive
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 10:45pm |
Amazing......I've just cut and pasted 5420's last 2 postings into a programme which reverses the entire thing, and guess what...........................it doesn't make any more sense like that.............................mind you, it also came up with the answer to the question "What is the meaning of life............and everything...?" Edited by Xpletive |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 06 at 10:54pm |
Battens help, but I think rigging the boat on its side helps loads because then it doesn't flog itself to death. That's what kills them. And the "cloth" itself is a whole heap better than it used to be. |
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5420
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 7:43am |
Xpletive you look like a new member so i dont mind telling you have been thow it all befor and there is no reson to go back there
yes my spelling is bad and no we dont comment on it any more see my thing at the bottom of my posts and i tell people that it is bad so no need to coment on it so then back to jibs |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 8:08am |
Leave him alone please. He's my friend! |
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Granite
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 11:23am |
I think that with a self tacking fully battened jib a mylar one will keep its shape better and last longer than a dacron one.
Using normal sheets and no battens I think that dacron is better as it survives flogging better than mylar does. |
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If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right
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ifoxwell
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 12:22pm |
so whats the competative life, and overall life expectbancy of a 29er jib?
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carshalton fc
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 06 at 12:33pm |
how long is a peace of string? it depends on how much u use it etc and if u have just begining in the class or have had a couple of season's in it.
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