Focused on the 'push' to 40 knots.
Hi All,
We've emerged from the Sailrocket 'bunker' as the howling winds seem to have finally abated.
The last two days have been really honking down here. The forecast and tides for today look great.
Helena is outside re-installing the seat belts in the cockpit of Sailrocket.
PI RESEARCH have dispatched another Data logger and it has already been tried and tested on the shore. This is a vital piece of the days that are to come.
We only have four sailing days left until we simply have to depart. We will pack everything away on the fifth day and fly out on the sixth.
These next few days really count.
The wing has been re-skinned and the main foil and planing surface has been removed and reinstalled as there was asmall leak into the centre board case.
A new 'throttle' grip has been added to the hand steering to release the 'skeg-flap' rudder.
I have three runs in mind. The first will be a run with the big rudder down so we can measure the leeway accurately for future reference. I will push hard in this one and try and get he wing into 10 degrees with the main wing-flap sheeted in. I will check the flap deployment system on the slow down without easing the flap bridle line. The flap should pay out at 2:1 as it is also linked to the mainsheet system at that ratio. At the end of the run I will mark the flap bridle line at the cockpit cleat so I know where to sheet it to next time.
On the second run I will fit the small high speed rudder. I will trial the skeg flap steering before raising the big rudder... but I'm sure it will be OK and the small rudder will be there as a progressive safety measure.
The third run will be an all out run with all the 'spare' up/down haul rigging removed and focusing on sailing a clean and tight 500 m run.
I will try and sail in close on all the runs as you can never be too sure here if you are going to get another.
That's the plan I have in my head anyway. What happens out there will depend alot on the conditions. So.... like the conditions, it is all subject to change.
Please Mother Nature, give us a couple more good days.
Cheers, Paul.
We've emerged from the Sailrocket 'bunker' as the howling winds seem to have finally abated.
The last two days have been really honking down here. The forecast and tides for today look great.
Helena is outside re-installing the seat belts in the cockpit of Sailrocket.
PI RESEARCH have dispatched another Data logger and it has already been tried and tested on the shore. This is a vital piece of the days that are to come.
We only have four sailing days left until we simply have to depart. We will pack everything away on the fifth day and fly out on the sixth.
These next few days really count.
The wing has been re-skinned and the main foil and planing surface has been removed and reinstalled as there was asmall leak into the centre board case.
A new 'throttle' grip has been added to the hand steering to release the 'skeg-flap' rudder.
I have three runs in mind. The first will be a run with the big rudder down so we can measure the leeway accurately for future reference. I will push hard in this one and try and get he wing into 10 degrees with the main wing-flap sheeted in. I will check the flap deployment system on the slow down without easing the flap bridle line. The flap should pay out at 2:1 as it is also linked to the mainsheet system at that ratio. At the end of the run I will mark the flap bridle line at the cockpit cleat so I know where to sheet it to next time.
On the second run I will fit the small high speed rudder. I will trial the skeg flap steering before raising the big rudder... but I'm sure it will be OK and the small rudder will be there as a progressive safety measure.
The third run will be an all out run with all the 'spare' up/down haul rigging removed and focusing on sailing a clean and tight 500 m run.
I will try and sail in close on all the runs as you can never be too sure here if you are going to get another.
That's the plan I have in my head anyway. What happens out there will depend alot on the conditions. So.... like the conditions, it is all subject to change.
Please Mother Nature, give us a couple more good days.
Cheers, Paul.
posted by Paul at 7:01 am
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