I am always much faster with a hang over than without so my pre-race preparation is planned nicely. Not sure what state Niki will be in but hopefully he will not be tied Naked to a tree in Hungry but you never know...
So we could see 4 moths sailing on the lake this weekend! Niki's BR, Walters new BR, Tomahawk, and Flashheart! Niki has sold his boat and ordered a new one. He will borrow Tomahawk till the new one comes. This is good because it gives me a kick to get her rigged and in a decent sailing state as I hope to get round to selling her at some point.
Here is a nice pic from Alan of me cowering at the back of my tramp 2 weeks ago. It was windy there is an air born surfer in the background.
5 comments:
An airborne surfer with a sail that is probably only 6m!
Has anyone (other than a Katherine Knight, I think) tried a smaller sail in lots of breeze? For us mere mortals, a 6m sail in 25 knots makes a whole lot more sense than a 8m. If good enuf for the sailboarders, why not for us? Just thinking out loud...
Joe
Try attaching wraps of electrical insulation tape above and below the corners of your prodder on the shrouds and forestay to hold the prodder in place relative to the mast. This will give more rigidity and less slop to the mast and sail allowing for a bit more speed
i put a 7 on my old wide skiff. It was often faster in a blow.
the same sail is ready to go on the foiler when conditions require.
Thanks for the tip Chris. My new rope shrouds are more slippy that the wire so I have to do some splicing as this is not a good look.
Small sails Keep popping up and disappearing. I am thinking of cutting down a very old Moth sail to try it, as this is easier to do that learning to handle the boat ;-)
Doug
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