Wouldn't you work the sheets roughly similar to a spinnaker? Two sheets involved and you are balancing between them; pull the stern sheet to tighten up and pull the bow sheet to ease off - and of course the other sheet gets eased at the same time. Yes it is different but I think it isn't less intuitive once you/I get the tacking rig prejudices out of your/my head.
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From: harryproa@... [mailto:harryproa@...] On Behalf Of k_s_oneill Sent: Monday, 4 August 2008 2:50 p.m. To: harryproa@... Subject: [harryproa] Re: Dyna rig sailing test7 shunting manuevers, beam speed, sailing triangle cour
--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "Peter Southwood" <peter.southwood@...> wrote: > > Shunts like a Yoyo, but will have to be feathered by brute force. Not a forgiving rig. > Cheers, > Peter
I agree. I also, still, think the sheeting will be counter-intuitive. Have to pull in on the sheet to ease the sail, let the sheet out to tighten up. Hard to play puffs and sail on feel, perhaps.
Sailing in winds from 12 to 14 wind puffs to 18mph. Also sailed easy rig when wind decreased. Big difference in shunting and sailing over all. The easy rig was...
More great videos Todd. They keep getting better. How close to the wind can you sail? Cheers, Col. ... shunting ... more ... the ... easy ... tack ... attempt...
Now if we can work out how to feather the rig in case of a sudden blow. Maybe a tail plane at esch end. Loosen the front one so ti exertsts no effort and fix...
The rig does feather. Its rigid camber allows percise control of power. Sense the sail holds its shape and having camber at 50 % of its cord and pivoting...
G'day, That is seriously impressive. Well done. Definitely started me thinking. I worry about heaving too. Not a problem on small boats, but could be on...
Hey Rob, Thanks, I think heaving may have to be an enhanced modern version of what the old square riggers use to do possibly? I have the controls set up for...
G'day, Ta. Heaving too is not a huge deal, but locking the rig in a low or no drive position is, at least for bigger boats. A rough and ready full size...
... Very depressed at the moment as havent posted in a while and lost what for me was a long post,coupled with the fact a snail crawling across the letters on...
Feathering and Heaving-To. If it can be as good a junk, just relaease the halyard and drop the sail, as easy as letting the sheet fly on a bermudan rig, in...
Tim did just that but i think its to small I'll take a pic and post it for you. Also with the vane the mast has to be really smooooooth fiction free for it to...
Hey Rob did a test last knight winds were stronger still 14 to 18 with stronger puffs. The proa is 4 oz light to leeward the big winching servo used for the...
G'day, That will do nicely, thanks. I am going to put one on harriette, just got to finish building it. Will have a 3 part mast and sail with the battens at...
Hi Rob &al Not only do you reef the sail, you reef the mast as well. I love it! I take it that you will use the same logic as the Solitarry mast, higher...
... Not a forgiving rig. ... I agree. I also, still, think the sheeting will be counter-intuitive. Have to pull in on the sheet to ease the sail, let the...
Hi Kevin &al Wouldn't you work the sheets roughly similar to a spinnaker? Two sheets involved and you are balancing between them; pull the stern sheet to...
Kevin, Your comment that "sheeting will be counterintuitive" should not after a few min. be a problem. But, there will be no feel. Anyone that sails a proa...
G'day, I usually cleat the sheet and steer to the telltales/hull lifting anyway. One of the early harrys had reversed steering. Did not take long to get used...
Sure the rig could be nonforgiving so could a soft sail rig if not setup properly. Maybe someone can explain what the general idea shared by posters on this...
There is one point I am confused about with the Dynarig. The sail basically looks the same as the sail on a junk rig, but the junk rig is not set centered on...
The junk rig always has the same leading edge, so the sail is shaped to head into the wind from that direction, and has a good portion of the sail area behind...
... and ... Thats ... I ... I have. Heaving to beam on to the wind is much better, at least in moderate bay conditions. We were sailing my boat in good sized...
I find it hard to beleive you were comfortable beam two wind and chop with two to three foot faces . Sounds more like a rolling sea with a long duration...
-The more I think about it, The more I think it can work, especially if the load is at 5o% A possibility is radio controlled vanes on each end of the boom and...
After testing friction free test with rig off of proa hull in front of the fan. I may have found a solution but probably not buildable to full size . Using...
Hi Todd To me feathering is turning the sail so that the aerodynamic forces are minimised and the sail develops no thrust perpendicular to the wind direction. ...
Consider reefing like a junk rig. It would require tracks down the mast to prevent twist, but otherwise seems quite practicable. In fact with an elliptical...
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