Thank, Bill, Ian

Of course, Danny. I should have perhaps started a new topic. I wasn't suggesting that you should have used a drogue in your situation. Sorry for not being clearer. Blessings Daniel Oronia #14

Hi Daniel, in my situation a drogue would have been totally out of the question. Imagine the loads with full sail up and 35 knots gusting to ??? and it would not have addressed my problem. Too much

Right Danny, yes. Sails a flogging, of course. Thank you for the in depth explanation. Regarding broaching. Are there many SMs with Jordan series drogues? Would it be so difficult to mount plates on

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Hi Daniel, no such thing as a silly question. Usually there are a whole lot of other people who are not game to ask it and are so grateful when you do. As to your motoring in circles

Daniel, Yes, if the sails are thicker there will be more line left on your manual furler. The amount of tension on your furling line to furl the thicker sails will be higher under the same

Very interesting. Although on my manual furling system: if the "wraps of sail" are thicker then the furling line would not be as highly geared. There would be more rope left on the barrel per turn.

Nick and all, This is an interesting discussion. The suggestion by Amel to furl twin headsails before 20 knots and to not use two genoas due to the stress being too much initially seemed confusing to

Hello! My Amel SM #75 has just one downwind pole and no ballooner sail. However, I do have a spinnaker and a code 0 but I would like to upgrade to the Amel way of downwind sailing. I'm evaluating the

I don’t know anything about the Mango, but if your forestay foil has two extra xtra grooves on the opposite side to the Genoa then it should have the ballooner furler fitted. It’s easy enough to

I would like to have a spare motor for my genoa. Iskra no longer manufacture their 24v 2kw motor but there are suppliers who claim to have alternatives. One is Rotating Electrics Ltd in Northern

Ian. This is great to know. I'm def considering the set up for my Mango. Is the advantage vs. wing/wing main/genoa, that the butterfly set up (with Bill Kinneys loosened "bags" of sail) that the boat

Thanks Danny for the explanation. And sorry for deleting my post. I get paranoid that I don't know what I'm talking about and that my questions are silly. Thanks Nick. I suspected that hull speed of

Daniel, My first real experience with our downwind rig was sailing from Morroco to the Canaries. We were 80 miles off the coast well away from the fishing fleets. Full downwind rig out and the wind

Thanks, Bill thats' very helpful information. I just loaded the latest firmware update to the WS 500 (Version 2.5.0) which was revised on Revised August 10, 2022 and see that it allows you to select

Ya , I got a very prompt answer back from Leece-Neville that it was positive. Doug, I think just find a wiring diagram to confirm. Hey Doug, I am in Deltaville at DYC on the hard. I'll email

Thanks Eric, that is the beauty of the forum Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Based on my experience with big boats racing, the APPARENT wind is what matters downwind. I'll give you an example, you are running at 10 knots, the TRUE wind is 25 knots, your APPARENT wind is 15

Thanks Danny for willing to share your experience . Not favorable but good to know . Things happen when you least expect it. It makes us all aware what can happen and take these situations into