[Amel Yacht Owners] Which Autopilot drive Rotary or Linear?
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Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Paul, When in the Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal we encountered a Cyclone with 50ish knots and about 7 meter waves. It's a long story, but we ran with this cyclone in an anti-clockwise direction for 5 days with the linear pilot. It operated fine. I prefer the linear because the rotary is noisier and because the linear seems to be quicker. Bill Rouse On Aug 26, 2016 7:50 AM, "osterberg.paul.l@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Thank you Bill!
That trigger an other question, What canvas did you use at that condition? We made very good speed at 30 knots of wind with half the Genua pooled out, but I guess it difficult to have it further furled I got the impression that the top will "fall" out and flog a lot if further furled: Paul on S/Y Kerpa SM#259 |
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Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Paul, We had a new ATN "Gale Sail" on board, but the conditions prohibited bending this sail on to the Genoa Furler. I sold the Gale Sail afterwards...it had never been used. We mostly used about 2.3 meters of the Genoa and about half of the Mizzen for most of the high winds. When winds subsided to about 35kts, we added about 50% the main and more of the Genoa. We preferred to keep the boat speed under 7kts. Bill BeBe 387 On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 8:44 AM, osterberg.paul.l@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Bill, that's the irony of storm sails. In building conditions we can be quite comfortable sailing with the big Genoa part furled, but those same conditions are beyond what we want to face on the fore deck handing that huge sail. A hard call. When having a new 150% headsail made I told the sail maker not to weight the cloth for the moderate winds the full sail would be used in, but for the strong winds it would be used in partly furled. Their first try was way too light and I sent it back and they provided the right weight at their cost. Sent from my Vodafone Smart On Aug 27, 2016 1:54 AM, "'Bill & Judy Rouse' yahoogroups@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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kimberlite@...
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Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Eric. Sounds like a good option. When we set off from Florida in 2009 we had super sail makers build us a heavy weather 90% Yankee cut jib. It is surprisingly effective in moderate conditions. But it does mean sail changes at times. Makes your 135 look an option to be considered. Sent from my Vodafone Smart On Aug 27, 2016 5:50 PM, "kimberlite@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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