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Great stuff guys! I’ll be stepping foot on a j111 tomorrow for the first time. I’ve been asked to trim headsail and kite. Thanks for the awesome information and insight! Cheers from Seattle
You KNOW when that electronic gismo fails, or when that sail jams in the boom, it will be right when the shit starts hitting the fan. No thanks! Just a suggestion, but next time maybe you could do a video on proper mainsail trim?
Grab and Abruptly pull boom windward and downwards, if you had the battens stuck already do this with the tacking. In smaller, lighter boats crew shift may do the trick.
Hola, en el video de izada del asimétrico se ve un estrobo de unos sesenta centímetros que va desde el puño de escota hasta las escotas.¿ Podéis decirme qué función tiene?
far from sustainable, these are toxic nanoplastic fibers that disintegrate under sun contaminating the ocean and catched rainwater while getting into the body also through skin and breathing already a mix of hemp, flax, jute, pineaple, banana, etc fibers can be used in thin tapes to make CNC sewed tape sails with fibersim software or any open source alternative and natural adhesives more maintenance but 0 toxicity
also you can use twist to power (stalling the base) or depower (stalling the top=less heeling and turbulence drag) the sail top area this info is found in airplane wing twist, that is mostly used to control stall and parasitic wing tip drag
What type of nylon do you use, for sails N6 or N66 for taffeta fabrics ? what are the range of the fabric weight per sqm ? Thank you for this presentation. 👌
Couple of important points that were missing. For in mast furling what about spar weight. A closed tube is much stronger than an open tube so how much heavier does the spar have to be? Also on mainsails with in boom as soon as you roll any sail you no longer have an outhaul so cannot flatten the sail in stronger winds. On headsail furling they did not mention the limits. Never seen a headsail that can be reduced more than 10% without losing all effectiveness. Unless you have a multiple headsail system this leaves you stuck over a major part of the wind range particularly for sailing upwind. These systems may be good for short handed boats, particularly with families, where they need a big boat for accommodation but don't have the crew strength to run it and will only use the boat for short local trips where they can motor back to harbour if conditions deteriorate. For serious cruising particularly for offshore passages these limitations are very significant. I think this video glossed over the limitations far to much and implied that they are not significant, clawing off a lee shoe in a 30kn squall with only a furled 120% genoa you soon find out how significant they really are.
I cant believe that there are not 100's of comments Giving you A Big Thanks ...I am doing my RYA Ocean Skipper Ticket This week , your Presentation is Top Stuff !!! I havent seen a set of Better Examples~ plus so well detailed for Future reference✓✓✓ Cheers Mate👍
