Cockpit
The transom and aft beam Cockpit
360% visibility. With absolutely every line at
the helms fingertips, the boat may not just
in theory, but in practice, be single-handed.
halyard use. The headsail “working” jib or There is no brand specificity. The best,
The mast rotator port and starboard
Solent is hank on and self tacking and zips cutting-edge equipment has simply been
lines, the up and down lines for port and
neatly away into a deck mounted bag. While selected for each job. The result: sail control
starboard daggerboards and the mainsail
a Karver block is well employed for 2:1 main is as effortless as it could possibly be. The
track car pulley lines are all diverted to the
halyard purchase, the same Karver block on location of each piece of hardware has been
driving station and pop up neatly in front of
the jib sheet was prone to invert, but this is beautifully thought out to position exactly
the wheel, where they may proficiently be
easily rectified with bungee chord. On the what is required, where it is required. Save
pulled, eased or cam cleated.
prototype, the mainsail is a fully battened, from hoisting a code sail, upwind light air
light-weight Quantum South Africa piece reaching sail or spinnaker with a snuffer
of carbon/Kevlar construct with removable sock, the crew need never leave the shady
stack pack cover. From hull two onwards, confines of the cockpit making sail handling
a client can choose their own sail specs a proverbial piece of cake.The steering is a
and electronics preferences. On hull one, chain turned sprocket, where Vectran line
the first reef of the Quantum main is semi is attached directly on to each end of the
conventional, with only a second deep reef length of chain. The Vectran line runs over
to follow and like the Gunboats, the cringle two sheaves and back to the steering bar
arrangement is a spectra line. The line goes attached to the twin rudders. The whole
through a cringle in the main and then the setup is accessible at the stern through a
loop is slipped over a plastic bobble and hatch.
the halyard tightened up again. There is
one looped line and a bobble for each reef.
Performance (knots):
Mast rotation arrangement
Reefing is quick and easy with the mainsail
Main and headsail close hauled (less than
lazy jacks dead ending at loops that are built
30 degrees): 6.7kts Apparent wind, 4kts
Most of the deck hardware is Harken.
into a very discreet slider that runs down
True Wind Speed, 4.6kts Boatspeed.
Spinlock XAS clutches clamp down on
the sides of a park avenue-esque boom.
Main and headsail fine reach (45%): 5kts
reefing lines and halyards, mounted on
The mainsheet runs through the boom and
apparent, 5kts GPSMain and headsail
the gooseneck boom end and mast,
down through a clutch on the mast, with the
reach (60%): 4kts apparent, 5kts GPS Main
respectively. The halyard tails feed niftily
line tail led through a metal eye built into the
and headsail broad reach (120%)Main and
into individual holes in the deck, which
mast foot rotator arm.
headsail run (150%)Main and gennaker/
always guarantees
spinnaker – 75%Main and gennaker/
that the line feeds
Cutting-edge Karver
spinnaker – 90%Main and gennaker/
out without a
gear takes care of
spinnaker – 125%In 22kts of wind, the
hitch- a line storing
the high static loads
top boat speed of 26.4 kts was achieved
technique which is
experienced at the
with a .8 oz asymmetric kite, although
flawless yet rarely
head and tack of
Uwe admitted that this was “pushing it a
seen outside racing
the furling Code
bit!”The Moxie team claim that the boat
boats. Two #30
Zero and Screecher
tacks through 80-85 degrees, 90 in a
Lewmar winches
sail, while Ronstan
chop, which is entirely feasible with 3.3m
service all cockpit
is the mast track,
daggerboards, however on the day the boat
sheets, while two
traveller track and
was tested after the boat show in Annapolis,
#30s are mounted
mainsail batten
there was 6kts of breeze or less out in the
at the mast base for
slider supplier.
Chesapeake Bay and so a far test
could not be made.
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