Runs 35 and 36 ... 4th and 3rd fastest respectively.
Hi folks... a quick one here as it is dark and we are cold.
Run 36 has just been completed and it was our third over 40 knots... in fact we averaged 250 meters over 40.
On run 35 we hit 39.4. I have been visited by an old nemesis I though was no longer a problem... hard spray in the face badly affecting visibility. I don't really know what has changed... but perhaps it is this... and this is good news... The temporary changes we made top the end of the beam and beam flap have managed to make the pod begin to fly clear of the water. Today it flew very cleanly. It is possible that this slight change of angle at the outboard end is rolling Sailrocket a little over towards the windward side and hence more spray is coming off the windward rail of the fwd planing surface. Maybe!
We have been setting up very clear 500 meter course with the SEAFLEX buoys but I haven't been able to get in close and hit the flat water due the visibility issues. So more details to be dealt with.
Of course it's nice to be effortlessly hitting 40's now with no real drama.
Anyway... like I said, it's late and we are cold. A hot pub meal beckons.
More later.
Cheers, Paul
Run 36 has just been completed and it was our third over 40 knots... in fact we averaged 250 meters over 40.
On run 35 we hit 39.4. I have been visited by an old nemesis I though was no longer a problem... hard spray in the face badly affecting visibility. I don't really know what has changed... but perhaps it is this... and this is good news... The temporary changes we made top the end of the beam and beam flap have managed to make the pod begin to fly clear of the water. Today it flew very cleanly. It is possible that this slight change of angle at the outboard end is rolling Sailrocket a little over towards the windward side and hence more spray is coming off the windward rail of the fwd planing surface. Maybe!
We have been setting up very clear 500 meter course with the SEAFLEX buoys but I haven't been able to get in close and hit the flat water due the visibility issues. So more details to be dealt with.
Of course it's nice to be effortlessly hitting 40's now with no real drama.
Anyway... like I said, it's late and we are cold. A hot pub meal beckons.
More later.
Cheers, Paul
posted by Paul at 6:50 pm
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