Hi Chuck,
The notes mention it's a 3 sail rig. Two mains &
a U-shape fore sail. It looks like they're on a batt car type of setup.
A wing sail will work well on a monohull until
you want to go off the wind, and then you're
right there won't be enough high speed like the
skinny hulls to bring the apparent forward .
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 07:27 PM 10/11/2013, you wrote:
That soft wing sail is interesting. A monohull
won't exceed hullspeed, so I'm not sure of the
application? Maybe they just want to test their
ideas regarding their strange mast? How do you
reduce sail or put the rig away? Hmmm.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
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From: "Ron Casciato" <rjcasci...@comcast.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:15:11 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Flying lead keel + New
Wing sail for monohulls ala AC72.
Gary:
If I saw the video correctly, from the force
images, etc., the surface areas of the hull at
speed are only about a quarter of the whole hull
and on the rear quarter where he has a big
rudder on each side. If the surface area of the
hull approximates a much smaller hull shape,
like a dinghy, then the rudder should be enough
to hold leeway to a controllable amount
..
/p>
Itâs the lift that our keels provide and Iâm
not sure he doesnât have some step or other
shape in the hull under the water that might do the same thing
â¦â¦
.
Iâm ready to fill out a APHRF handicap sheet
and send it in just to shake it up a bit
â¦
.
>
So now check out the web site for
Formula-marine.com and scroll down to their Omer
One Sail
â¦
¦ There is an article in the
British journal of Yachting Monthly , October
2013 issue that tests this âWing Sail â out
on an Elan 37â¦
.. . They have a short video
with some dramatic views of this rig set
up. Lots of good stuff going on out there
..
<http://www.formulamarine.com/projects-2/projects-carbon/omer-wing-sail>http://www.formulamarine.com/projects-2/projects-carbon/omer-wing-sail
The rest of their web sdite is also very interesting
¦
.
/p>
Best,
Ron C.
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