And poor performance for cruising is your holy grail. :-) What are you on about? No one. No one. No one sails at angles where the boom "swings...
Please not that this was the *FIRST* reply in this thread and still the proponents of the aft-mast and other wing-nut rigs have failed to respond...
I can't stand MA ... SA ... and Clean. :-) I was hoping to get less rabid opinions here. The boat I found was new 2010-11 and not sailed...
I'm sort of surprised not to see a thread on this boat. There are several examples sailing and many in build. Melvest built some to order using...
No It would be huge. Look at the thickness of airplane wings. If you want to be able to stand up inside the wing would be very large. Your...
As the little pirate comes to the door trick or treating ... the woman says "Oh a cute Pirate! Where are your buccaneers?" "Under my buccan hat!"...
The peoples foiler ... will be a sit down kite foiler with pedal assist for staring in light air. The heeling loads are thus easy to compensate...
"Sailing without the drama." Yep
Does anyone have a contact email for Ian Farrier? I want to ask him if I can put a $2500 Junk Rig on a F-22SJR
There are a half dozen foilers here in Banderas Bay. They are very impressive. I'm hoping to get invited back to PRO a kite event.
I think I have the essence correct. You implied you had a hull and a choice of rigs and a budget of $10,000. I correctly stated and you...
The S&S Swan 65: 65 LOA 47 LWL 213 nm/day average for 152 days (32,500 miles) in the Whitbread. You must have had truly poor conditions.
Wow ... total respect ... you set sail for a 500 mile passage with a F9 forecast to arrive in less than 3 days. Must have had a gaff rig?
Thanks. Racing rules and handicapping was a passion of mine for many years. No one has defined "Cruising Design" so it is hard to find one to...
Would just one of the people that keep repeating versions of this provide factual back up? "Cruising sailboat design is heavily influenced by...
There are too many people cruising around the world on a bare minimum budget to make the middle class marine market profitable. The way to make...
From here http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/navRules/Annexes/CGNAVRULES_20141118_Annex_1.pdf This is why you have to check. Many lights say "For...
If you use a boat at night there are two key factors. Running lights visible so that *other* boats cannot mistake you for something you are not....
The rig can be designed to store the energy without heeling the boat off her lines. The rig then pumps the energy back into the boat in the next...
That was my point. A 4 or 6:1 tackle to a small winch allows a person to safely control a larger sail area. Sails set on spars are much better in...