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Damn I am a simple guy and airfoils are complex
In Response To: I believe that diagram is an approximation, Tom ()
At least when I don't get it right the boat does'nt fall out of the sky like a plane with a clueless pilot. Tom Evans, also Tom in wa when I am on a strange computer and forget my new password
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- Tell me about the advantages of yankee cut jibs on a cutter rig.
- Our experience with cutters
- In heavy air and a wet seaway, the higher cut will tend to avoid catching a bunch of green water that might come at it.
- You won't be giving up sail area
- I think a Yankee is a great cut sail. It sets high
- Will your sheet leads move aft far enough?
- D`Arcy Thank You for that diagram
- I believe that diagram is an approximation, Tom
- I agree, the diagram is just a starting point.
- Damn I am a simple guy and airfoils are complex
- I agree, the diagram is just a starting point.
- I believe that diagram is an approximation, Tom
- Oh good question... I'll have to look at the sheet angles.
- D`Arcy Thank You for that diagram
- Gene, are you thinking about the staysail, the jib, or both?
- Yankee and stysl
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- John Harries is a big fan of Yankees with a cutter rig
- Our experience with cutters