Comments on: Nationals Wrap-up http://www.luka-damic.com/nationals-wrap-up-2/ :: Welcome to luka-damic.com :: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:00:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: luka http://www.luka-damic.com/nationals-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-142 luka Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:40:57 +0000 http://www.luka-damic.com/?p=306#comment-142 I think the bigger rudder makes for easier foil tacking for sure. Mind you, I don't put Amacs downwind pace to his small or large rudder. I had a small rudder too (cut down Lister design), I liked his centerboard though... Also, Amac is a fair bit faster than other Mach 2's I sailed against in Sydney. Credit to his design skills and ability to get more out of the boat than most. Like at Weymouth when he had the fastest production boat there too. A "special" Bladerider... I think the bigger rudder makes for easier foil tacking for sure. Mind you, I don’t put Amacs downwind pace to his small or large rudder. I had a small rudder too (cut down Lister design), I liked his centerboard though…

Also, Amac is a fair bit faster than other Mach 2’s I sailed against in Sydney. Credit to his design skills and ability to get more out of the boat than most. Like at Weymouth when he had the fastest production boat there too. A “special” Bladerider…

]]> By: SA reader http://www.luka-damic.com/nationals-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-141 SA reader Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:31:41 +0000 http://www.luka-damic.com/?p=306#comment-141 Brief report form amac on sailing anarchy front page: see full article "Plus Ca Change" at http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php "I was on standard Mach2 gear - although up to the the last day I used a cut down rudder hydrofoil that was possibly slipperier, but I could amost never foil tack. With the standard rudder on the last day I seemed just as quick and got lots of foil tacks. The sail was an out of the box MSL13 - no tweaks, not even to the battens." So a bigger rudder foil in marginal conditions, and chopped in heavier? is that the best strategy. Brief report form amac on sailing anarchy front page:
see full article “Plus Ca Change” at http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php

“I was on standard Mach2 gear – although up to the the last day I used a cut down rudder hydrofoil that was possibly slipperier, but I could amost never foil tack. With the standard rudder on the last day I seemed just as quick and got lots of foil tacks. The sail was an out of the box MSL13 – no tweaks, not even to the battens.”

So a bigger rudder foil in marginal conditions, and chopped in heavier? is that the best strategy.

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