tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post8951623845200688316..comments2024-03-29T02:13:08.192-05:00Comments on Windtraveler: The ATN Gale SailWindtravelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-72426201132098294722017-12-15T08:47:48.975-06:002017-12-15T08:47:48.975-06:00I really liked your article on secure with IT for ...I really liked your article on <a href="http://helpmesolutions.com/managed-it/" rel="nofollow">secure with IT for small business</a>. I was recently facing some issues regarding this matter. So hope they will be able to give me some solutions. I heard a lot of good feedback about them. Lets see what happens.jaqulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09855085722402484691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-38758161543367369132012-01-02T22:06:22.377-06:002012-01-02T22:06:22.377-06:00As a sailmaker, I'm always interested in heari...As a sailmaker, I'm always interested in hearing people's experience with the Gale Sail and other products we work with. I'm glad to hear your experience with the Gale Sail was positive. <br /><br />I would love to chat with you before you modify your rig with an inner forestay. We work with cruisers around the world and feel there are some alternatives that you may want to have a look at. <br /><br />For instance, as Jan did with her Passport 37, you can go with a smaller headsail. For light air a cruising code zero flown from a foil-less furler powers the boat nicely. The code zero won't go hard on the wind but usually the smaller genoa manages that acceptably and as cruisers, we usually don't sail close-hauled all that often. In light air footing off and using the code zero will probably see us arrive at the destination quicker than we would with a heavy and inefficient 135%. <br /><br />Fair Winds,<br />Dave Benjamin<br />www.IslandPlanetSails.comDave Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346969599110725430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-27291871162904391242011-12-10T07:44:34.423-06:002011-12-10T07:44:34.423-06:00We have a Gale Sail and luckily or unluckily have ...We have a Gale Sail and luckily or unluckily have never used it. <br /><br />When we were buying a boat we wanted a cutter rig rather than a sloop. Robert Perry, our Passport 37's designer, told us to get a 95% jib (heavier cloth), use it for a year. At the end of a year if we still wanted the cutter rig, he'd give us the plans. The 95% jib has seen times furled to about the size of the gale sail and we don't have to go forward to rig it under nasty conditions. <br /><br />The downside of using the 95% working jib as your normal sail is that you're usually the slowest boat. Most boats have at least our 130% genoa, some larger. Sailing is always trade-offs. <br /><br />Cheers! Jan<br />CommuterCruiser.comJan and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207917519596525298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-7370086470894355452011-12-10T05:53:14.351-06:002011-12-10T05:53:14.351-06:00Hi guys,
We too are planning an inner forestay (ac...Hi guys,<br />We too are planning an inner forestay (actually a solent stay so we don’t need runners). We have a 135% lightweight Genoa which we can furl up and use to about 20-25 knots. After that, we plan to use a staysail and then a storm jib. Both will be hank-on on the removable solent stay.<br /><br />We’re going hank-on because it’s cheaper, bomb-proof, and it means we can remove the stay for regular coastal sailing. If it’s going to get heavy or we’re on a long passage where you don’t have to short-tack up a channel, then we’ll fit the inner stay pre-emptively and set up the sails in a deck bag, already hanked on.<br /><br />We will have to go forward to change sails, but only to the mid-foredeck, and we’re young and strong, so I don’t see any issue with that. I worked fore-deck on a race boat and I kind of like the drama. If you change early, then you’re safe and you have a cheaper, more flexible, more robust system.<br /><br />I don’t understand your objections to roller-reefing your genoa? This is common practice and works well, though it’s not perfect upwind if you reef in more than about a quarter of the luff length. CE moves forward, but it does that when you change to a smaller jib, so that’s normal. CE moves up slightly, but a classic offshore sale is the yankee which keeps the CE above the swell and the sail pulling (and out of the green water coming over the bow). You can throw the reefing line on a winch if you’re careful with it.<br /><br />Chriscwyckhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15370844974821071052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-13724998485789853822011-12-09T16:33:38.321-06:002011-12-09T16:33:38.321-06:00@Tytti - Ah-ha! Got it now...I was confused. Than...@Tytti - Ah-ha! Got it now...I was confused. Thank you for sharing.Windtravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-52921231039663484252011-12-09T13:54:05.110-06:002011-12-09T13:54:05.110-06:00Hi Brittany - You wrote:
"Getting caught in...Hi Brittany - You wrote: <br /><br />"Getting caught in gale-force conditions with too much sail up? That's a lot less fun."<br /><br />The news in English told about such a situation, just tought You might be interested.Tyttinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-51393983437101349672011-12-09T08:39:45.476-06:002011-12-09T08:39:45.476-06:00Tytti -
What are you talking about "boom and...Tytti -<br /><br />What are you talking about "boom and sail"? I am talking about a headsail here. How does one avoid sailing w/o a boom?!? I 'm confused.Windtravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-54031197043249683902011-12-09T08:34:47.298-06:002011-12-09T08:34:47.298-06:00Problem with boom and sail :
The problem with this...Problem with boom and sail :<br />The problem with this experienced crew on a Colin Archer in dark heavy weather-accident was that their boom had stucked out and after the man had got it in, he couldn't get the main down. <br />After all the struggle with the boom he was so tired he went for a rest. <br />His wife tried to steer the boat away from the open sea and they first hit ground which broke their rudder after which they hit another rock, which sank them<br />http://www.thelocal.se/37728/20111204/Tyttinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-43818247297694059952011-12-09T08:32:19.095-06:002011-12-09T08:32:19.095-06:00Thank you for your comment Ken, I'm happy you ...Thank you for your comment Ken, I'm happy you can follow and enjoy! It's always a fine balance - the whole "talking shop" and just painting a picture of a lifestyle...I try very hard not to be TOO technical, because god knows it can get confusing (and boring)! So I am happy to hear I am making things clear. It can be tricky! Thanks again and Happy Holidays! :)Windtravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-3975426990820917402011-12-09T08:23:34.673-06:002011-12-09T08:23:34.673-06:00As a novice sailor it's refreshing to her you ...As a novice sailor it's refreshing to her you talk shop Brittany. So many sailors use sailing nomenclature & vernacular interchangeably. You take the confusion out of it by relating it in plain English that anyone can understand. <br /><br />Reading your blog on a regular basis, you seem to have taken on the role of first mate. (Congrats to Scott for achieving his goal of Captain) While your blogs are always informative, entertaining and beautifully displayed, sometimes I forget that you're an accomplished sailor as well.<br /><br />You make sailing, and all it's technical aspects, approachable for common folks like me. <br /><br />ThanksKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492830639742182118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-7030220401305970902011-12-09T08:00:22.788-06:002011-12-09T08:00:22.788-06:00Hi Carolyn! Great point...our roller furling syst...Hi Carolyn! Great point...our roller furling system is actually NOT that easy to use and we don't "trust" it holding in conditions where we'd need to have just a scrap of the jib out. And it is totally adjustable as to where it sits. The tack line is adjustable as is the halyard, so it can sit much higher, or lower than the jib depending on where you want it. Plus, there's no risk of this thing unfurling...<br /><br />As for your notes on the cutter rig - thank you. We will take all this into consideration. We are not sure if we'd have a furler or not, or if ours will be removable. We're still in the planning stages but we do know we'd like a smaller jib - especially since we'll be cruising with a little baby next season.<br /><br />Sigh... as in everything sailing, there is no "perfect" solution, is there? haha...thanks again for your great comments. I might email you on this subject as we get closer to planning...for now, we'll just stick with the ATN.Windtravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933432135694020418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12630726.post-28050258373227135202011-12-09T07:45:19.236-06:002011-12-09T07:45:19.236-06:00I've never used one (we had that cutter rig) o...I've never used one (we had that cutter rig) or seen one in action, so I'm curious -- how is it better than rolling up the genoa so that just a scrap is out? Does it sit lower than where the "bit" of genoa would be? It seems to me that it has the same problem of putting the center of effort too far forward, and if you've had your genoa out and the roller furler fails, you have the same problem of how do you get it rolled so that you can put the Gale Sail on. <br /><br />BTW, there can be problems with a cutter rig, too -- as we discovered. We made the mistake of NOT putting a roller furler on ours (we were thinking about the possibility of it breaking . . .) and it was a PITA to go forward, run the sheets and then hoist the halyard, etc. Unless it has a removable forestay, you won't be able to tack or gibe the genoa except by furling it. And having a removable forestay (and sailing with it removed so you have clearance for the genoa) takes away the ability to switch sails instantly. We made our forestay removable, but after testing it a few times at the dock, we realized that we'd never be able to reconnect it while sailing if there was any sea running.<br /><br />We did like the cutter rig for beating -- we'd use the inner jib and the main and then we could easily tack when we wanted. <br /><br />Unfortunately, we never really came up with a great answer, but thought I'd at least toss out some things to think about as you're planning the conversion to a cutter rig.Carolyn Shearlockhttp://theboatgalley.com/noreply@blogger.com