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Flatish water, we were beating upwind so the tide effect was irrelevant
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Sailing the GBE last night upwind with enough breeze to fly a hull. On one tack, helm was pretty neutral, with a bit of weather helm coming on when we started to lift a hull. On the other tack, there was a lot more weather helm before we even got close to getting a hull out of the water Any suggestions as to whats going on? Both boards were down, jib sheeting was the same, traveller trim was the same....
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And for upwind, you would usually wind it in until the leach is almost up against the spreaders and leave it there. If its windy enough to fly a hull, let it twist a bit and play the traveller to keep boat on its toes. There is a school of thought that sheets closer to the centre line, but that can get very sensitive to stalling out the main, espically if the main is a bit older and has a bit more draft.
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7 degrees seems to be the accepted wisdom Are you coming out to play on Wednesday night?
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Soon to seen on the waitamata harbour....except with an Orma 60, and a certain red and white colour scheme.....
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Predictwind, well worth the cheapest subscription of I think 19 dollars for the year, targeted at the sailor, also get wind contour map, observations with 48 hours history, isobar maps, really really good and a local company to boot No affiliation, just a happy customer
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The idea with these foils is to generate extra righting moment, rather than lift the boat clear of the water, so you get to eek a bit more power out of the rig. From what I understand the window where they show significant benefit is quite narrow, but that window is optimised for the wind angles expected due the round the world race. So round the cans, probably slower, doing what there were designed for.. the VPP's are says they will should be a couple of DAYS faster around the marble!
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Get a gunboat G4 for cruising...
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http://youtu.be/E3on5CYbZP4
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Grind off the zinc first, you'll get a better weld as well as not being poisoned, then paint with a high zinc content paint
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Bay week!
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Goto the rope centre in Henderson, they do heaps of proper industrial rope access gear and can should be able to give you some good advice. I just picked up a basic singing rock harness, about 200 bucks. Agree that the aloft alone kit is pretty good value if you price it all up separately. It's worth have a good practice before you go up the mast so you are completely familiar with the gear. Oh, and always use a safety line if you can
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This would be why I struggled to clean the gutters with the kitchen door, perhaps we need a government funded education programme for this....
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4 gold meals and a silver, more than everyone else in the competition put together I think Doesn't stop him being a colossal prat though
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The actual racing of 45' wing sailed foiling catamarans is pretty entertaining. It's all the associated political and commercial rubbish that's somewhat tiring
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From a project that stalled.... West System 105 epoxy and 206 (slow) hardener, 10l resin 2l hardener, unopened, plus west dosing pumps to suit, unused - $250 West 407 fairling powder 12L bag - $80 Corecell 80kg/m3 10mm 2.4m x 1.2m, 3 sheets, $70 each 200kg/m3 9mm 1.8mx0.9m, 4 sheets, $100 each Offcuts of both weights available as well, sizes up to half a sheet, pm and we can sort something out
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It's got a Gbe rig, hate to say it but its almost worth it to split for parts.
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Duralac is your friend when attaching ss to aluminium
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The GBE's and 8.5's are, by modern racing multi hull standards, somewhat under canvassed, and will carry full sail to 20kts plus. For crusing, a smaller jib with the full main would give you plenty of range without feeliing too underpowered. If you want to have a crawl round a gbe, Mine is on the hard at pier 21 doing a bit of maintainence this weekend, drop by and say hello