[MHml] Hard wing

[Captnlen]

Showing my age but.

At the NAMSA nationals at Stamford the first C class wing s showed up. 
Remember scimitar sailing up the harbor with virtually no wind and 
thinking that is the sail power for me.

But that night they put the boats on the beach and each had a night 
watch to make sure the masts didn't jamb and when a TS was forecast the 
laid them on there sides. Not a practical rig offshore even though the 
walkers crossed the Atlantic.

Kerry Thomas wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Apparently so. When one of the yards had a Walker wingsail tri up they 
> tethered it just in case, but there was no problems with the sail free 
> to rotate.
>
> I have some doubts about a real sea storm where you get random gusts 
> of wind from anywhere and just the mast is too much. We’ve needed a 
> drogue to slow us down under bare poles and that was on one of those 
> lead mines.
>
> Kerry Thomas
>
> Master FG Ship. MNZIM. CMRINA.
>
> www.altairmarine.co.nz
>
> *From:* multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com 
> [mailto:multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com] *On Behalf Of *Ted Grossbart
> *Sent:* Sunday, 1 February 2009 8:46 a.m.
> *To:* Informed discussion of multihull issues
> *Subject:* Re: [MHml] Hard wing
>
> Somewhere in their promotion they say that feathered it has less 
> windage than a conventional mast, so no need to reef or tilt. Is this 
> believable and the answer to the otherwise major dilemma?
>
> tg
>
>     All the same, I can't see it getting anywhere unless there is some
>     means
>
>     of reducing sail to give it a chance of surviving in a blow.
>
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