Seeking Rig tuning guide & tech specs |
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WJRyan
Commodore Joined: 12 February 2008 Location: Louisville, KY Status: Offline Points: 223 |
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Posted: 31 May 2008 at 2:43pm |
Greetings all. Hull 155 has arrived in Louisville, KY and I am hoping to get her in the water in the next week. I have the initial tuning guide found on page 16 of the owners manual (thanks Ken Hardy!) and sek guidance on whether there is anything with some more detail. I am also looking for the specs for items such as halyards (length, width, etc.) and other parts/pieces as the manual does not include that type of info within. Thanks again for all your assistance! :)bill |
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Bill Ryan,
Room4Crew, #155 |
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WarBird
Skipper Joined: 25 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 92 |
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Bill, I have seen headstay length suggested 30' 6 1/2 inch. Go 2" longer. Keep weight out of the boat except crew, gear bags and more beer than you can drink during a race is wasted lbs. (KEEP RUM IN THE APPOINTED SLOT) There is a local boat that does very (VERY )well floating the jib tell tales upwind. Get the tell-tales flying well, then lose 2/10ths pinching!!! Jib halyard is headstay length x2 plus your run to the clutches. Order them long and trim of what you don't need (or save for flipping halyards in a couple of years). Halyards under 5/16" don't hold in the clutches. If you race phrf and are looking at getting a main, consider telling your sail maker 9.5-10% draft not the customary 12%. This boat goes over powered early and a flat main with good shape is an ace in the hole. Compensate for the flat main in lighter air with a touch less pre bend in the stick, loose 150-200 on the loos on the uppers and keep the lowers where they were. E-mail me direct at warbird@bytehead.com on anything I can help with. |
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khardy
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I recomend browsing the entire fourm. There's alot of good information. Be sure to print and save the ones you find particularly helpfull. At a minimum I would read these:
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WarBird
Skipper Joined: 25 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 92 |
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Amend my earlier. Headstay 32 feet and change,not 30. I just found some of my old notes.
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