Thought a furler was 3 seconds, not 6? Have to check our PHRF site. Less area but the higher foot makes it easier to skirt over the lifelines, too. When ours gets caught, I have the crew tension the sheet and I tap the lifelines from the wheel and the sail rolls right inside, and they fine tune accordingly.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 8:51:27 AM Subject: Stus-List Technical sail discussion I recently re-filed my PHRF certificate to get +6 seconds for a roller furler. Subsequently, I just had the luff my Mylar/Kevlar 155 cut down to fit on the furler. My sailmaker cut a bunch off the foot. I was chatting about loosing the sail area with one of the really good sailors in the club. He said it may actually be a good thing that the foot is higher off the deck. He said with the older narrow IOR designs, deck sweeper genoas may cause the slot to be less efficient. Might increase the bubble in the main. In my simplistic mind I kinda see where he's coming from. The slot gets restricted at the deck by the cabin. The lower part of the air flow would get pushed upward into the bottom of the main. A higher foot allows some flow to escape and keep the air flow lines smooth in the lower slot. Does this make sense? Dennis C. Touché 35-1 #83 MandevilleLA Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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