Mast Rotation....

[paxfish 5]

Guys - Are you actively rotating your wingmast on various points of sail?  Similar to our Hobie 16,  my Wildfire/GBE mast seems to find a happy spot on it's own without me having to adjust the line on the rotator.  

 

When I say happy, I mean that the backside of the mast transitions nicely into the leeward side of the sail at various points of sail.   Are there any issues with this?  Certainly, on a broad reach, I can see that the leeward shroud (Dyneema) is touching the mast at the hounds (although from deck level, no apparent chafe.)

 

Do you all see any issues with this?

[erice 732]

on most points of sail rotating masts look after themselves

 

but if the win is light or the traveller way out

 

you often won't get the best mast angle

 

only then might you want a little more rotation

 

if you don't have the wishbone and tackle already it's pretty hard to justify the cost and hassle

 

of using the gear

 

like blowing all the gains by forgetting to release it all before a tack

[Clive 13]

on most points of sail rotating masts look after themselves

 

 

Not on Deeds or Tigre, I installed a positive mast rotation system on both

[Tim C 23]

The tail of my jib car pulls the mast around on each tack, and it's limited by a central rotation rope. So each tack it is automatically set and rotated. I can manually rotate and lock it if need be. But then no spreaders means it HAS to be rotated, and there is no boom load to rotate it, so it all took some thinking about...

[Clive 13]

The tail of my jib car pulls the mast around on each tack, and it's limited by a central rotation rope. So each tack it is automatically set and rotated. I can manually rotate and lock it if need be. But then no spreaders means it HAS to be rotated, and there is no boom load to rotate it, so it all took some thinking about...

That was a good idea.

[paxfish 5]

Thanks Guys - those comments are very helpful.

 

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