| Sail tuning on Nacra 5.8 #144355 05/29/08 04:45 PM 05/29/08 04:45 PM |
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | G'day have done research on sail tuning on the 5.8 and I know not to choke the main but can anybody tell me what is the ideal starting point for the outhaul? thanks in advance
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Posts: 195 White Bear Lake, MN | Hey Mate, found several useful 5.8 tuning guides from these folks. Right in your back yard (I think?). http://goosemarine.com.au/Articles%20|%20PhotosMine is a 5.5 Uni so, for what it's worth,upwind mid-point on the traveler track to begin with and then adjust according to wind velocity. Downwind, let her loose and travel out all the way. Sail fast, Tom G | | | Re: Sail tuning on Nacra 5.8
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | Thanks Tom I've been using that 5.8 tuning guide and it says that the blocks are nearly always hooked into the centre hole in the clew. Are you saying that the middle hole on the clew board lines up over the top of the traveller and that I can just start my outhaul there. regards
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | Thanks for the reply Rhino and Elias thanks for the offer it sounds like what I've been looking for. I've e-mailed back to that link regards
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Posts: 757 japan | thanks for that, good read, will print it off for further study
pity there isn't anything as detailed for the 5.2. goosemarine's seems to be the only 1 out there
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | Thanks Jim, I cant get that link to work and now I'm triply frustrated by erice's reply I'll keep working on it regards
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | I got it and its excellent. It already shows why I cant get enough rotation my mast spanner is behind the mast. Why would that be changed? I can see out the front would give heaps more rotation. regards
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#144365 06/25/08 08:30 AM 06/25/08 08:30 AM | Anonymous
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Posts: 308 Reno NV | I got it and its excellent. It already shows why I cant get enough rotation my mast spanner is behind the mast. Why would that be changed? I can see out the front would give heaps more rotation. regards The Nacra 5.8 has open control systems. So folks have come up with a million and one ways to do everything. That article just shows one guy's favorite set-up. Also, that's a 5.8 Original, not NA. Also, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Aussie sails are cut differently. So, that article is a good place to start, but don't take it as Gospel. | | |
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