9th May 1999
16th August 1998
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9th May 1999 |
Short rig, 10 to 12 knot wind.. | ||
| Straight from behind. Note the wake. | |
Beam reach straight towards the camera. Actually planing moderately quickly, but the low rocker means that the bow shouldn't be lifted too far out of the water. | |
| Photographer (standing on jetty) prepares to jump for it...The rolled up foot of the main can be seen. | |
The short rig is very stumpy looking - perhaps too low an aspect ratio? | |
| The boat was rigged with the leech quite open... | |
The wake seems long and clean. | |
| Charles Crosby, who gave me a lot of useful second opinions during the design process, made Island Barn S.C. the first stop on his U.K. holiday - two hours before this was taken he was still on the aeroplane! | |
I think I got the sums on wing angle about right (if nothing else!) | |
| Photos : (c) Alison Wilde | |||
16th August 1998 |
Full size rig, about 8 knots of breeze. | ||
| Upwind - Getting the most out of the boat upwind will be difficult because point too high and you stop, point too low and you're going at high speed with no VMG! | |
Twist in the rig. The intention is for the head of the sail to twist off readily in gusts to depower the rig. | |
| Putting the boat in the water for the first time. The wings are folded in, but the rig fully tensioned up. The boat has sufficient static stability not to fall over without the sail up. | |
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| Photos : (c) Alison Wilde |
· Page Last Updated 16 Oct. 1999
