OK - now we're cooking! Sam :-)
On 2013-12-03, at 10:34 PM, "Ronald B. Frerker" <rbfrer...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sam, > While the draft change is minimal, the entry of the luff changes with halyard > tension in the newer materials. You can check this by experiment. Set the > jib halyard hand tight and note the angle of the luff entry; then tighten the > halyard a lot and note how the entry of the jib moved. > This entry change makes it overall flatter or less flat. > As you state, draft is mostly built in. > Ron > Wild Cheri > > > > > On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:06 PM, "sam.c.sal...@gmail.com" > <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got the book, one of many, and I understand and am an obsessive sail > trimer. What I don't understand, yet, is what pulling the halyard on a sail > that doesn't stretch do? > sam :-) > > > From: niall buckley > Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 5:59 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Reply To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Old Sails Suck > > Sam, > If you are really interested in this,(and you should be, if you want to get > the most pleasure from sailing your vessel), > find a copy of "sail power". > Halyard tension, backstay,lead position,boom downhaul etc are the gears that > accelerate your boat. > I'm writing on Wellness and Anti Aging now, so find the Book. > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:05 PM, <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com> wrote: > If the shape is factory engineered, and they don't stretch, what is adjusting > halyard tension going to do? > Tensioning the halyards on the old sails stretched the Dacron on the bias and > moved the draft forward. It can't do that on the kryptonite one! > A bit more explaining please! > > sam :-) > > From: niall buckley > Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 4:31 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Reply To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Old Sails Suck > > The main difference is that the new sails dont stretch and their shape is > factory engineered. > You will still adjust mail and genoa halyard tension according to conditions. > You will likely > not ever require a Cunningham ever again. > Have Fun. > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: > Meant to put this as an aside on Sam's thread. New main and #1 on Koobalibra > C&C115 this past summer. The difference between these and the 6 year old > sails is like high tech winter tires to bald tires in a snow storm .... > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > sam.c.sal...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:58 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Halyard Tension > > Reading the tread about halyards, and an earlier post about furlers reminded > me to ask a question of you racers out there: - > > I don’t race - only because there’s no-one racing on our lake. Although I > have done a couple of Swiftsures. > But I like passing boats and hate it when boats pass me! > My boat has been pretty well upgraded with all rope halyards; new adjustable > genoa cars; self tailers; new traveller; barbour haulers; and new Dacron > sails 5 seasons ago. > I sail with a 135% genoa on a furler. While sailing I adjust the genoa > halyard regularly to move draft in the sail as the wind changes. (I do the > same with the main too!) > Now the question: > Late this season I bought a new high tech, Kevlar, carbon, kryptonite, 135% > genoa. > I’m assuming I don’t adjust halyard tension with this new sail as I don’t > think the sail will distort like a Dacron sail. > Similarly, when I buy a matching main, main halyard and Cunningham adjustment > will become redundant. Am I correct with this assumption? > If this is correct, are there any trimming adjustments with these new high > tech sails that I should become familiar with? Do you trim these newer sails > any different than the old Dacron sails? > What new techniques do I need to absorb? > Thanks, > sam :-) > C&C 26 Liquorice > Ghost Lake Alberta. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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