Hi Hans, glad to see your still sailing that modified 17 she looks good, the last time we spoke you were ski ing near a year ago i suppose, keep up the good life old pal.
Wow! Love the mods to the H17! I have a one design H17 in the US, in Texas. I'm envious of the power. I trust you lost the wings because the heel angle would drag them in the water? And how often to you trap two people out?
A friend of mine who is a real skilled sailor gave me the idea of removing my wings. They were comfortable but they had som drawbacks:
1. Weight
2. While on trapeze, it made the walking back and forth on the hull less easy. Now withou them I can move myself much faster back and forth som that I can have an optimal angle lengthwise....
... 3. If you have the wings and you are trapeezing in hard wind, you will press the hull down in the water instead of generating speed. Without the wings, in hard wind, you will generate more speed.
4. As you said, on high angles, the wings will drag in the water.
Im usually sailing alone (in winds about 10-15 meters per second).
Hi Hans, glad to see your still sailing that modified 17 she looks good, the last time we spoke you were ski ing near a year ago i suppose, keep up the good life old pal.
YODAKNOWSALL 1 year ago
Wow! Love the mods to the H17! I have a one design H17 in the US, in Texas. I'm envious of the power. I trust you lost the wings because the heel angle would drag them in the water? And how often to you trap two people out?
orion423 2 years ago
Hi and thanks!
A friend of mine who is a real skilled sailor gave me the idea of removing my wings. They were comfortable but they had som drawbacks:
1. Weight
2. While on trapeze, it made the walking back and forth on the hull less easy. Now withou them I can move myself much faster back and forth som that I can have an optimal angle lengthwise....
HansWahlquist 2 years ago
... 3. If you have the wings and you are trapeezing in hard wind, you will press the hull down in the water instead of generating speed. Without the wings, in hard wind, you will generate more speed.
4. As you said, on high angles, the wings will drag in the water.
Im usually sailing alone (in winds about 10-15 meters per second).
HansWahlquist 2 years ago
nice video, fantastic lake and nature
check our videos in the Czech Republic at my youtube catlada profile
catlada 2 years ago
Very good quality video. No wetsuit up nord? Ha! I'm going out to get a H17 on craigslist NOW!
divimon2000 2 years ago 2
Hi, thanks!
Well our summers are pretty warm but nowadays its drysuit time ;=)
Good luck with the investment
/Hans
HansWahlquist 2 years ago
Please comment if you want
HansWahlquist 2 years ago