eerik mee wrote:
hi Arne,
Thank you very much for your input! You are right, of course with your concern... What do you think about this a bit towards Reddish design?
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Here I have drawn 2 different halyard lines: at mid point and at angle 20 degrees, I believe you have said up to 30 could be used, so it should be somewhere in this range...
I didn't plan to have camber on 2 top panels, in this design the third panel would be transitional.
Regards,
Eerik
Hi Eerik,
yes, I think this will work better. You only need to make a longish extension on the yard to keep it from falling forward of the topping lift as you reef.
Just for fun I made a sketch myself, using chapter 3 and then I drew up a sail, based on the AR=2.0 master sail (chapter 4), but with one panel removed so the aspect ratio dropped to 1.77.
The sail area with battens at 3.24m came out at 14.05sqm. Still, I am sure your new sailplan is just as good.
Good luck,
Arne
PS: So you think that the traditional top panels are flat? That depends how traditional ;-) ...