Re: Equilibre - details (part2)

[dnomyarnostaw]

Blimey - imagine trying to do that shunt in heavy weather, or even at night, on that narrow deck and having to dip the sail in the water. Except for the poor islanders that didnt have a choice of materials, why on earth would anyone build a boat like that ?

[sammyF70]

@dnomyarnostaw I don't have to imagine it :) the deck isn't THAT narrow actually, so it's really no problem to do that by night (although a head mounted lamp really helps) and the boat is quite stable, even in heavy weather. We had a couple of people falling off the boat, but it was always during the day and due to carelessness, except for one occasion, while the boat was at a pier in a marina after a race and the person in question had enjoyed slightly too much beers :)

[sammyF70]

@dnomyarnostaw (sorry, word count exceeded). There are a couple of good reasons to lose the rudder and shunt like that. The boat gains in speed due to lesser drag (our sail is less than 40m2 big for 40 feet of main hull and ~1 metric ton of weight),and we easily outsail everything with our racing rating), you don't have to worry about fisher nets or low tides as much, as there are no ~lose~ parts who could get entangled/hit rocks or corals ... couple more. no space left ;)

[sammyF70]

@dnomyarnostaw last answer, I promise : concerning night and bad weather, our last return from Guadeloupe back to Martinique ended in 3m high waves, 20 knots of wind ... by night. It *WAS* scary, but shunting wasn't a problem at all ( finding out where we where, as the GPS's batteries had given up, on the other hand ...)

[dnomyarnostaw]

@sammyF70 - you have to be kidding !!!! walking out on that exposed deck in 3 metre waves would be bad enough, but having to do that to shunt sail ....... Were you wearing a safety harness ? I wouldnt want to be your insurer.

[sammyF70]

@dnomyarnostaw aehm .. yes. Of course. No need to become completely irresponsible. The narrowest part where you have to stand to do the shunt is approx. 1.40m wide, as the deck is much wider than the main hull (think airplane carrier). The point where the whole widthissue can seriously become dangerous is when you *have* to walk to the tips (when something broke for example), but there are very few damages which will result in an unmanoevrable ship (although due to the simplicity of the hull)

[soliv27]

C'est royal! en effet le flotteur est plus souple, et plus leger.

La première musique est bien sympa. (Sur la partie 1 c une coincidence "Harry correy, ...morning" ? Non c pas Harry je connais corey Harris, pas mal aussi)

J'espère que tu as décrit en details les modifs sur ton site.. a+

[alineth1]

Bravo Jeremy. Belle évolution d'équilibre. La nouvelle voile est plus grande que la verte?

[sammyF70]

non .. a peu pres la meme taille. Quelque chose comme 35m2.

[ggakahagasan]

Great video.

One question, are the sails straight or curved at the point at which they attach to the spars.

[sammyF70]

they are curved They used to be straight, but the sail ~looks~ better that way. (not so much from an aesthetical point of view than from an efficiency one)

Thanks for your comments :)