One downside of combining the 2 sails into one with the same AR is that the CE is higher so you have to reef sooner. Marchaj (ST&P p155-163)...
Possibly because the wing was designed to be more efficient that way. I don't have a wing.
Deleting the jib would be simpler just like a Hobie 14 but the H14 Turbos would leave them for dead. Eventually they would all end up in their...
Perhaps that is why it seems like a black art :) Over what? The only useful function for the pin end of a pin head is to support the part of...
That's OK, they must have some way to crank it up tight.
That's why the idea is to take the photos before everything gets broken or relocated :)
I'll try to find one, true enough about the fun bit. This is a photo of my F82, almost ready to go.
Great to see some serious experimenting. It is way easier to talk about it than to do it.
Would a 'big head' behave as well as a big roach if it was well supported? I speculate that the large headsails in those photos are not free...
Square head mains seem to have advantages over pin heads so how about squarish heads for head sails? My main interest in this is because I'm soon...
As has been suggested, the sun wakes up = warmer, the sun goes to sleep = cooler. Climate change? I'm still waiting for an accurate 2 day weather...
