Dwight, The best part for me is that I get the pleasure of using new sails without having to pay for them! Sails are much pricier on a 38 ft boat than on a 27 ft boat. Mike
________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:57 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Old Sails Suck Congrats...sounds like you guys got all there was out of the old sails and I bet the new ones do look much prettier...patching is definitely not the way to go on a regular basis ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike Sent: December 3, 2013 9:44 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Old Sails Suck Dwight We won our class in Chester this year. We also sailed a lot faster with the new #1 than the old one. In past years if we had breeze and could justify the #3 we did that at earliest possible minute and did much better in winds 15+ than in lighter wind. The old #1 we hated - we could never get it right because the draft was molded too far aft. We had to always run the jib halyard extremely tight just to get teh draft anywhere near where we wanted - also had to have forestay tension much higher than otherwise would be the case for same reason. The new #1 is just really really nice and a pleasure to trim. I have not heard Andrew swear at it once this year compared to the usual "I hate this sail" at least once during a race with the old one. Mind you the old one was likely a bit blown out. The main just looks pretty. It is very nice not to have to spend 40 minutes taping holes prior to a regatta or a major race, Despite that the old main still worked reasonably well but was still not as nice as the new one - because again it had lost some of its shape. Koob is in fact a pretty fast hull. Fun boat Mike crew Koobalibra C&C115 59115 ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:35 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Old Sails Suck So did Koobalibra place better and win more often with the new inventory? ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike Sent: December 3, 2013 9:29 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Old Sails Suck Meant to put this as an aside on Sam's thread. New main and #1 on Koobalibra C&C115 this past summer. The difference between these and the 6 year old sails is like high tech winter tires to bald tires in a snow storm .... ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of sam.c.sal...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:58 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Halyard Tension Reading the tread about halyards, and an earlier post about furlers reminded me to ask a question of you racers out there: - I don't race - only because there's no-one racing on our lake. Although I have done a couple of Swiftsures. But I like passing boats and hate it when boats pass me! My boat has been pretty well upgraded with all rope halyards; new adjustable genoa cars; self tailers; new traveller; barbour haulers; and new Dacron sails 5 seasons ago. I sail with a 135% genoa on a furler. While sailing I adjust the genoa halyard regularly to move draft in the sail as the wind changes. (I do the same with the main too!) Now the question: Late this season I bought a new high tech, Kevlar, carbon, kryptonite, 135% genoa. I'm assuming I don't adjust halyard tension with this new sail as I don't think the sail will distort like a Dacron sail. Similarly, when I buy a matching main, main halyard and Cunningham adjustment will become redundant. Am I correct with this assumption? If this is correct, are there any trimming adjustments with these new high tech sails that I should become familiar with? Do you trim these newer sails any different than the old Dacron sails? What new techniques do I need to absorb? Thanks, sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta. ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3629/6387 - Release Date: 12/03/13 ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3629/6387 - Release Date: 12/03/13
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