Originally Posted by pgp
Originally Posted by scooby_simon
Pete

As timbo says, be carefull tensioning the Jib halyard.

As for wind speed and 2 trapping, 15 kts you should be de-powering !!!!

Something very wrong here.

How much pre-bend do you have on?

what purchase do you have on your main sheet?

How hard are you sheeting in?




Prebend is still to factory setting, whatever that is. 6:1 on the main. I think the next outing there will be very little downhaul.

With 180kgs trapped out, I'd think we'd need full power. But what about rotation? 20-30 degrees? Also, it's probably time for a split-tail main sheet.


Pete,

You need to find a tune-sheet for your mast. with a 6:1 I'd suggest you need to pull real hard. but not over sheet. Time to scatter some tell-tails over your sail. I'd start witha like of about 4 about middle of the sail for the top coupe of panels and then about 60-90cm from the luff and also a settof leach teltails. I would also stick some teltails on your mast!

I would also think you do not need much pre-bend, but still plenty of tension in the diamonds to get some power in the rig!

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