Re: Stretched Windsprint Launched
Hi Reed,
Jon
> A beautiful boat.Thanks very much.
> Did you ever sail your Fast Brick? If you've already posted about sailing it, can you point me to the message?My FastBrick remains under a tarp outside my shop, having never been launched. Since we won't be building the cruiser it was intended to tend, we have no need for it. I'm planning on trying to sell it as soon as I get a chance to pull the tarp off and make sure the interior is clean.
Jon
A beautiful boat.
Did you ever sail your Fast Brick? If you've already posted about sailing it, can you point me to the message?
Reed
Ventura, CA
Did you ever sail your Fast Brick? If you've already posted about sailing it, can you point me to the message?
Reed
Ventura, CA
After building what must be the ugliest birdsmouth mast ever constructed (hey, everybody has a first time), we finally launched the long Windsprint I built last year. Recall this is 25% scale up of the side panels only, with the molds turned into bulkheads. It comes out to about 20'-4" long on the original beam. I used the same sail as the original, moved the daggerboard to the centerline, gave it 20 lbs of lead, and braced the trunk with a rowing thwart. Dry stowage volumes are in each end. I used 3/8" MDO for the bottom and 1/4" ACX for the sides.
The boat was much stiffer under sail than I expected. In 5-8 mph winds, I had to sit on center while my wife reclined against the side, the boat with essentially no heel, both of us sitting on the floorboards. We could have clearly taken much more wind without reefing. She made good speed in the light wind, seemed close winded (better on the good tack), showed little leeway, but had a very slight lee helm. This is probably because the CE is a few inches forward of the daggerboard CLR, and the sail is sheeted at the aft end of the trunk via 3-part purchase, rather than coming down at the stern. More wind will be needed to see if this needs to be changed. The Bohndell/Payson sail set and filled very nicely.
All in all a very comfortable, low-stress, quick-to-rig boat. We're anxious to go out again. No pictures under sail yet, since it was just my wife and I aboard the boat and nobody on shore.
Jon Kolb
www.kolbsadventures.com/boatbuilding_index.htm
The boat was much stiffer under sail than I expected. In 5-8 mph winds, I had to sit on center while my wife reclined against the side, the boat with essentially no heel, both of us sitting on the floorboards. We could have clearly taken much more wind without reefing. She made good speed in the light wind, seemed close winded (better on the good tack), showed little leeway, but had a very slight lee helm. This is probably because the CE is a few inches forward of the daggerboard CLR, and the sail is sheeted at the aft end of the trunk via 3-part purchase, rather than coming down at the stern. More wind will be needed to see if this needs to be changed. The Bohndell/Payson sail set and filled very nicely.
All in all a very comfortable, low-stress, quick-to-rig boat. We're anxious to go out again. No pictures under sail yet, since it was just my wife and I aboard the boat and nobody on shore.
Jon Kolb
www.kolbsadventures.com/boatbuilding_index.htm