Hi Rob,
I am very interested in the performance of your new 3Di north mainsail? I am the owner of J92 Jack Flash #15, we race ORC3 on the Lake of Constance, Germany. Do you race with a Genoa 155% or a Foc? We race with a Foc ca. 20 sqm with no battens and a Mainsail, two full battened with ca. 29 sqm. Since most of races on the Lake of Constance take place <10 Kn wind speed, our light wind performance is improvable, that means against a X99 we are slower and we cannot keep the wind angle, that is very bad short after the start! What is your experience? I have to add that Jack Flash is equipped with a flatter keel, draft only 1,80m.
Thomas Wenk, Jack Flash, GER 7165
Lake of Constance
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I'm not a fan of black sails so I went with gold - a new choice in North's 3Di "Race" line. Quite a change from the gray 3DL's I've been racing with! I think it will grow on me.
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What was the quote for the Mainsail and Genoa 155%, since I am contemplating to buy also a north 3Di Main and Genoa?
Happy Christmas!!
Thomas Wenk, J92, Jack Flash #15, GER 7164
Lake of Constance
Germany
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Dezember 2016 17:18
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I have 1 season of regatta use only on a 3Di black 155% genoa (not roller furling) 760m. Overall, very pleased. It has a great shape and I think will be stable longer. I worry less about it when I get caught in more breeze than expected and can't shift down to blade as soon as I'd like for tactical reasons. Will definitely be paying the extra for this construction when time comes for new blade and main.
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On Dec 22, 2016, at 1:00 AM, 'Ragtime!' via J/92 Owners <j92o...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I'm not a fan of black sails so I went with gold - a new choice in North's 3Di "Race" line. Quite a change from the gray 3DL's I've been racing with! I think it will grow on me.
Rob Ferg.What is the fiber from which your new main is made?
What was the quote for the Mainsail and Genoa 155%, since I am contemplating to buy also a north 3Di Main and Genoa?
Happy Christmas!!
Thomas Wenk, J92, Jack Flash #15, GER 7164
Lake of Constance
Germany
On Dec 22, 2016, at 1:46 PM, 'Ragtime!' via J/92 Owners <j92o...@googlegroups.com> wrote:Rob Ferg is a good guy (I've talked and e-mailed with him, and I sold him a sail recently) - but I'm not him.Rob Ferg:Thanks mate.I saw Commodore on my dock last weekend and we talked about you. Were your ears "burning"?Bob J.
Rob,
155% sail works well on our J92.
When you describe your current sail, you state that it has a "weird curl" at the top spreader. I assume that the curl is inward. How old and type of fabric is your old sail?
I have an older UK carbon Tapedrive, and the leech of the sail cups or curls inward. It's my understanding that this is due to the shrinking of the mylar fabric over time . I've also observed this on an older North 3DL #1 that I have as a practice sail. The cupping or curling causes disturbed air flow off the leech of the sail. This loads up the leech and can increase the heeling moment. It will also direct the flow into the back of the mainsail causing backwinding. In Bob's picture of his new mainsail, you can see a nice straight exit at the leech. In a perfect world, the leech of the #1 should mirror the leech of the mainsail in regards to twist and exit profile.
Bruce
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Gorgeous pictures, very helpful for fast upwind trim. Do you use spinnaker or kite?
Best regards
Thomas Wenk, Jack Flash, GER 7164, Lake of Constance, Germany
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Gorgeous pictures, very helpful for fast upwind trim. Do you use spinnaker or kite?
Best regards
Thomas Wenk, Jack Flash, GER 7164, Lake of Constance, Germany
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Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Dezember 2016 16:23
An: J/92 Owners
Betreff: [j92owners] Re: 3Di North sails
Hey Rob (and everyone),
Here are the pics from a tuning session we had last summer with our 155. We have been very happy with it.
There are a lot of unedited pics but hopefully something is useful for you.
Colin
On Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 9:45:06 AM UTC-4, Rob Ferguson wrote:Just wanted to double check a 155% should be an okay size for the boat right...Thinking about it now.... my existing %155 gets (Which has an awful cut) gets a a weird curl around the top spreader.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 10:58:02 PM UTC-5, Rob Ferguson wrote:I ended up getting a good quote on a 3di 760 (North sails) %155 for my PHRF racer. I currently have a furler and would be leaving it on the headstay while not in use. I also looked into b sails laminate which is a moulded sail out of Italy. Does any one have any experience with these sails .
Thanks for any info .
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