[MHml] DynaRig, Mast-Aft, Bi-Plane sailing rigs

[Dave Culp]

Hi Brian,

These are beautiful photos of a grand and powerful yacht, but they do
not speak to Rob's points, as near as I can ascertain. Was there
something more you intended to say, which perhaps got cut off? Do you,
for instance, have any photos of Mirabella--or another large
sloop--sailing boat-for-boat against Falcon? Do we have any cost
comparisons for their respective rigs? Drive data? Maintenance
comparisons? Gorgeous photos of yachts we'll never afford make
compelling eye candy, but do we have any real facts?

Thanks,

Dave

On 5/24/07, brian eiland <beiland at usa.net> wrote:
> Rob replied:
> > You could have added that not only is it vastly more expensive and many
> > times heavier than the unstayed biplane, it is also much less safe,
> > unreliable, hard to handle, with very high maintenance and will not perform
> > as well on any point of sail, including reaching.
>
> Brian replied:
> The Dynarig appears to be doing very well in the St Barts trade winds
> <http://boatdesign.net/forums/showpost.php?p=142295&postcount=94>
> (I belive that 3rd photo might be a power reach). I could probably find a few
> more such photos as well.