Sorry, 249, I have never said that soft wingsail is more efficient than a rigid wing. Please read again my answer to you few days ago. I wrote...
Yes, I did say I hoped to do the sea trial against a sister ship. Unfortunately, it has not been done yet (we were very busy building the new WOW...
Thanks Yoakim for drawing my attention. You are right that there is a problem with downwind data. I'll check it. Right now I can think of the...
Look at the article "Consequences" in Seahorse magazine, Jan. 2009. Although the article is about rigid wing sails rather than soft wings, it is...
The main cost component is the carbon fiber mast. It is relatively expensive for very small boats and inexpensive for very big boats. When the...
Omer wing sail Hello every body, Just wanted to inform you that Omer wing sail mark II is out there sailing. In order to adopt the wing to...
Barend No. The boat is registered there. The work on building the wing and initial tests was done in Slovenia. We are now in Turkey. Ilan
Tom I totally agree. Back to soft wing sails; In soft wing sail, it is impossible to have very high CL numbers. You can't have this very...
Pericles I see that you really know all about Omer wing sail. Also you are right about less windage, however it is not only because of...
Bill, According to my experience (which is yet limited since I have just finished the last version of the wing sail), it is right to say that...
Down wind sailing with a wing sail The wing rotates spontaneously into the wind and the wings leading edge is always facing the wind. This is...
Hello Pericles. You are right. This is the way we usually use to compare efficiency, however, when dealing with wing sails there are some more...
Steve I don't know were to start answering your question, however: The #834 66' Frp. "Magie-Noire", is a free standing wing mast. It is not...
Omer wing sail How do your 'sliding spreaders' rotate with the rotating mast?? Brian, The sliding spreaders slide up and down along tracks...
No. Not yet. Just finished all phases of development. The polar diagram shows the official standard Elan 37 performance in blue and the...
Yipster: Mentioning less heeling for cruisers was for two reasons. 1. It shows less waisted wind forces and better water line, 2. most...
It took some time and some more battens to have a nice tensioned leading edge. It is now much nicer than what you see in the web site (don't have...
omer wing sail Thanks Yipster The wing is dual purpose. If you are a cruiser, you can either have a smaller wing or you'll just have more...
Omer wing sail Thanks to your invitation, I went through the threads and the web sites. I admit it was my first time to see it and I loved very...
Thanks. I'll look into it.
