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CRUSADER SAILS


TESTIMONIAL Hi Paul, Roger, Andy, Vicky and Mark,


I'm very overdue to say a big thank you for my new 105% genoa. I've been too busy enjoying using it to sit in front of a computer and write about it! But I've enjoyed my best year's sailing ever on Phoenix – and that's because of the great headsail set-up with the new jib sheeted to the inner track, plus the Code Zero for great, instant, fun.


Not forgetting – of course – the great luxury of sailing during the week when everyone else is at work... some days it seems the Solent is almost empty, apart from commercial traffic and the odd cruising yacht. I had a great encounter off the Nab last month passing the 70ft trimaran, Musendam, Oman's flagship (we were going in opposite directions!) as she rocketed towards the finish line of the Round Britain Race in a record-breaking time of 3 days 3 hours! It's the only time I felt slow this year.


I should have ordered a smaller headsail years ago! It fits perfectly. It's shaped beautifully. It's so much easier to trim. And despite – or because it's 15% smaller – it's so very efficient. It's a thing of beauty and I often admire its sculptural shape as I sit at the helm. In anything above 8 knots, with a reasonable sea state, the boat will do 5 knots plus with all the laundry up. I put new Copper Coat on the bottom in April and Phoenix is regularly up to 8.5 knots, Not back for an old 1970s clunker with sold wing decks and some 2.5 tonnes weight!


With the Code Zero I've had 3.5 knots underway in 7 knots of wind. And the new genoa is so much easier than the older one to roll up in when underway in strong gusts. I was out with my daughter the other week in 34 knots under the reefed genoa alone doing 9 knots. I can tell when we're speeding by the volume of gurgling from the cockpit drains. Anything beyond 9 knots and things start to vibrate alarmingly! This was inside Chi Harbour... after we turned back from the Harbour Bar when we saw the white horses outside.


At the moment I'm using a sail tie as a strop to the bow fitting for the Code Zero, but I'm going to get something tougher, maybe a wire strop (?) to get more torque. I'm even thinking that my next project this coming winter might be a carbon fibre bowsprit?


Anyway, I just wanted to say a big thanks. I've shot loads of GoPro video this summer, which I plan to edit this winter. I'll send you a copy if it's any use for your website.


Meanwhile, here's wishing you a great time at Southampton Boat Show and loads of orders. I'm not planning to be there myself but if I am, I'll certainly drop by. Otherwise, I might just drop by at Poole sometime this winter.


with best wishes, Paul


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