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Calm Weather on the LIS
It's funny how someone like Jeff could know so little about weather. LaGuardia reported 17 knots steady Kings Point less, Execution Rocks quite a bit more. Well, unlike MOST people here, we actually got on our boat, left the slip and raised sail. Many of you, just to try something different, should try this. Winds were between 17-20 knots and there were occasional gusts to 30, turning the water green in spots. Whitecaps were constant as we sailed out further. Some big boats were out...a C&C 40 or 41 and a few larger J-boats. Like us, the J's did not hoist their headsails. The C&C was sailing with a furled down genoa (too much) and wasn't sailing well. Heart of Gold was quite composed...at least for that moment! The kevlar main is a like a GIANT BLACK JET WING!!!!! The 35s5 gybed and Suzanne said "holy sh*t" as the boat accelerated. I eased the main to calm things as we tacked a few times, watching the battens...and headed for Execution Rocks. Suzanne suggested we leave the genoa furled and I agreed. We were making 6-7 knots. I noticed that the #2 batten was ticking the backstay on tacks, but not on gybes. It's an easy fix. The Kevlar sail is more like a solid object. There is little luffing or any indication that the sail is doing anything less than transmitting maximum force possible. It's silent and heavy looking, though much lighter than the original main. Off the wind the new main felt amazingly efficient. I had always felt the 35s5 sluggish dead downwind, but not now! And then it happened. A fairly lumpy set of waves caught us on the port side. Suzanne was about to take a photo, holding onto the furled genoa and a nice wave broke over her. She was soaked from the belly-button down. The next wave added insult to injury and soaked her pretty much all over! No big deal except she had taken her clothing off the boat and had nothing to change into. Damn!!!! Well, she went below and warned up and I sailed back to are slip fast. It was fun while it lasted. Still waiting for a slightly calmer day to play with these sails....and running out of time. I'm hauling in two weeks! RB 35s5 NY |
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