Hi all,
I've finished all the conversions (except the
radio reprogramming to US) and One World (2007 Mahe 36) is speaking
English, well at least American. Off on a sailing adventure here in our home waters, the lovely
San Juan Islands of NW US.
The boat came with a Yankee jib, pinhead main, an ASym spinnaker and a drifter (a light weight furling down
wind sail flown off the sprit). It really lacked some punch in the 40-90 AWA (apparent
wind angle) range.
I kept an aging screecher made by North Sail from the
Corsair F31R
race boat I sold. Today I bent it on using a spare
Harken single line drum furler with swivel. It is perhaps 3 feet short on the hoist but for a 15 year old sail, I could not ask for more. It appears to be a perfect mate for the Yankee, maintaining nearly the same gap at the exit as at the entrance and I'm delighted at how it pulls.
Now, I just wish I'd kept the old spare
Corsair flat
head, all carbon, full batten main.
To think, a Mahe with carbon and Kevlar string laminate
sails...my Corsair friends are keeping a close watch on their
racing sails and, No, I haven't topped 20 knots...yet. (Truth be told, I'll be glad to see 10 knots in less than a hurricane). Stay tuned and I'll share what breaks.
Btw, it goes up, comes down and furls flawlessly and even
sheets to the aft spinnaker blocks.
Cheers,
Martyn
Ps, Linda went below to take a nap and I flew the above in earnest. 90 deg AWA at 9-10 kn true wind and 1 kn favorable
current gave 8.4 kn over the ground on both
gps. I'm pleased with that on a fully loaded cat.
I just have to get over doing things quickly (let alone efficiently).
Cheers
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