Skii breeze

[Karl Vesterdahl]

On a related note. The "bail" thingy on mine is a little bit slippery. I guess it's dry maybe? From age?
I have a simple string between it and the end of the boom to keep it from sliding towards the mast when the main sheet loses tension in a tack or something. It works fine most of the time but the string has come undone a couple of times. Can get a bit stressful when it slides far forward and the boom gets all the leverage on me in strong winds.
Do you have any thing like this happen or does your stay nicely in place?

 

[printornaut]

Ah! Thank you!
Thats true. Similar on mine. Sounds like a good solution.
I tend to stay away from too strong winds and could always go with main only as a first step. But a solution to take me home from an island or something like that, if the weather should surprise me with very strong winds is more than welcome.
It doesn't need to be perfect, as I would consider it a last option anyway.
I guess this is not something you fiddle with on the go either? More of a thing to apply before taking of?

It works to lower the halyard and roll the sail once or twice underway. It’s a little clumsy, but with a bit of sea room it’s not so bad.

taking away the Genoa is a great first step. I jokingly call it “Laser mode” but then the wind usually picks up and overpowers quickly for single handing. Then I just make sea room, point up in irons and quickly tuck/roll another reef.

I’ve not yet capsized, but hope to try it one warm day to see how much she can take.

I did a lot of work reattaching the deck to the hull this spring so she should be a lot stronger. Maybe I should rig a trapeze ️

 

[Karl Vesterdahl]

Capsize? I wouldn't dare. I'm afraid the boat is too big and heavy to right again.
I'm not doing any racing, too scary for me. Although I've been at 6,5 knots in speed a couple of times, and it feels pretty fast and exciting.
Talked to daughter of the maker of these boats. They seem quite capable.
She said her father sailed over to Denmark one time and was not afraid of taking her out in stormy seas. She had sailed them too her whole life. Both her and her father were apparently dare devils going out in bad conditions. They broke several masts she said. She also said they used to compete successfully with them. Being able to plane they got very good speed.
I haven't used genua single handed yet, but I have a much smaller jib that goes up as standard. Much less dramatic when gusts hit and it needs no help passing the mast when tacking as my genua sometimes need.

 

[Karl Vesterdahl]

So you dont have to take the boom of from the mast to do it? I dont think my rotates in place like that, but I should check. Would make it alot easier.
How did you connect the deck again?
My is fine for now I think, but there might be need for such job in the future