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I have twin jib halyards and am planning to replace a headstay luff
foil. The twin foil has some advantages but is more bulky, I'm not sure we will ever need to swap headsails on the fly. Another issue is the spinnaker halyard.... singular. This is a frac- rigged boat and the spinnaker halyard is run to a swivel block at the hounds then up to a thru-block just below the mast head. I've been thinking of taking the swivel block off and setting a masthead spinnaker, then mounting another thru-block at the hounds and re- routing the starboard jib halyard to become a second frac spinnaker halyard. Any opinions about the utility of these two configurations: 1- twin jib halyards, twin luff foil on headstay, single spinnaker halyard vs 2- single jib halyard, single luff foil on headstay, masthead spinnaker + frac spinnaker halyards Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Martin Baxter
wrote this crap: A sailing topic! How dare you? I'd question if the value of being able to do a quick head sail change is not in fact outweighed by the windage of the double foil, also I know it's not much but it does move some extra weight aloft. What windage of the foil? Racing boats use them, there is not much windage. In fact, using hanks probably is more inefficient. I'm Horvath and I approve of this post. |
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Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Martin Baxter wrote this crap: A sailing topic! How dare you? I'd question if the value of being able to do a quick head sail change is not in fact outweighed by the windage of the double foil, also I know it's not much but it does move some extra weight aloft. What windage of the foil? Racing boats use them, there is not much windage. In fact, using hanks probably is more inefficient. Indeed, a foil is probably better than hanks, but a double foil indubitably has more windage than a single foil. Cheers Marty |
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Any opinions about the utility of these two configurations:
1- twin jib halyards, twin luff foil on headstay, single spinnaker halyard vs 2- single jib halyard, single luff foil on headstay, masthead spinnaker + frac spinnaker halyards Bloody Horvath wrote: Good question. I race boats, so I want the twin foil, and as many halyards as is possible. If you lose one or it breaks, you always need a spare. Same with the spin halyards. Okay. How many times do you change headsails during buoy races? My observation is that it's pretty rare. Distance racing is a whole 'nother can-o-worms but we aren't planning to do any. Spare spinnaker halyard(s) would be nice but I don't think it's going to happen with this mast. Frac rig, internal halyards... it's not a closely controlled one-design like a J-24, but there are limits to how many holes I can cut in the mast. DSK |
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On Apr 1, 8:07*am, wrote:
I have twin jib halyards and am planning to replace a headstay luff foil. The twin foil has some advantages but is more bulky, I'm not sure we will ever need to swap headsails on the fly. Another issue is the spinnaker halyard.... singular. This is a frac- rigged boat and the spinnaker halyard is run to a swivel block at the hounds then up to a thru-block just below the mast head. I've been thinking of taking the swivel block off and setting a masthead spinnaker, then mounting another thru-block at the hounds and re- routing the starboard jib halyard to become a second frac spinnaker halyard. Any opinions about the utility of these two configurations: 1- twin jib halyards, twin luff foil on headstay, single spinnaker halyard vs 2- single jib halyard, single luff foil on headstay, masthead spinnaker + frac spinnaker halyards Fresh Breezes- Doug King What you have is side-by-side vs. something like this? http://www.tuffluff.com/images/6008_foil.gif More halyards are better... you might lose one. What do you sail and where? |
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:19:08 -0700 (PDT), wrote
this crap: Bloody Horvath wrote: Good question. I race boats, so I want the twin foil, and as many halyards as is possible. If you lose one or it breaks, you always need a spare. Same with the spin halyards. Okay. How many times do you change headsails during buoy races? Are you talking upwind-downwind? Around the marks? Or around the islands? Answer: None. depends on the wind. Really depends on the weather. My observation is that it's pretty rare. Distance racing is a whole 'nother can-o-worms but we aren't planning to do any. Spare spinnaker halyard(s) would be nice but I don't think it's going to happen with this mast. Frac rig, internal halyards... it's not a closely controlled one-design like a J-24, but there are limits to how many holes I can cut in the mast. I agree. But I've found that the more halyards you have, the better. Hell, I'd have three main halyards if I could. I'm Horvath and I approve of this post. |
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jakeraker wrote:
What you have is side-by-side vs. something like this? http://www.tuffluff.com/images/6008_foil.gif That looks like the old luff foil, which had several crimps in it. What I have now is nothing. More halyards are better... you might lose one. Up to a point. It's difficult and it weakens the mast to add internal halyards, plus there are limited options on where to lead them. What do you sail and where? Santana 23, coastal North Carolina. DSK |
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How many times do you change headsails during buoy races?
Bloody Horvath wrote: Are you talking upwind-downwind? Around the marks? Or around the islands? Answer: None. depends on the wind. Really depends on the weather. Sorry, must be different terminology. "Buoy races" = around marks, generally races of not more than ten miles or 3 hours. Generally the races include reaches, not just W-L. I'm not planning on doing any distances races, ie longer point-to-point races that may run offshore and/or overnight. Spare spinnaker halyard(s) would be nice but I don't think it's going to happen with this mast. Frac rig, internal halyards... it's not a closely controlled one-design like a J-24, but there are limits to how many holes I can cut in the mast. I agree. But I've found that the more halyards you have, the better. Hell, I'd have three main halyards if I could. You could have three main halyards if you wanted them bad enough. On those rare occasions when a crew loses a halyard, I let them know just how bad a F-U it is.... boats & lives have been lost that way. Haven't done it myself for many years but it's always possible to make a mistake. It's also possible to go up the mast after a halyard, even on a small boat. I went up the Lightning mast... while sailing to windward... DSK |
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