Should give a fairly good idea. At 5 degrees heel the leeward foil is at an angle of 45 degrees, half the force going to lift and half to righting. These low aspect ratio boards are not too efficient but enable sailing over mudflats while including enough buoyancy for static stability. The current boom is wide enough to clear the sail.
Noel
Last edited by NoelFuller on 17-Jun-2007 at 12:42 PM.
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@Plaz
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Plaz wrote:
Just like Amigaland members, half the fun is the other sailors. They're built for intercostal and lake racing. I can't imagine putting one on the open ocean. But then lasers and snipes do ok and they're similar sizes.
I hope you mean intercoastal, and not betweeen the ribs
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