Update
Three staysails? Given the limited space between the mast and the tip of the bowsprit, we decided to move the medium (middle) staysail tack not only out- board but also further aft. The aft position in turn allows room for a third staysail. This has the same effect as sheeting the sail wider (the tack and clew aligned more across the boat). The medium and small staysails can be trimmed tighter while flying closer to the rig and further away from the spinnaker. This opens up available air space between the medium and large sail. When the wind builds and the boat starts to get ‘nosey’ the
largest, furthest forward SS can be furled. The remaining two stay- sails together provide the same area as the large SS alone, while their aft tack positions reduce heeling force and bow down attitude. When the wind drops we quickly furl the largest staysail as the
sail begins to blanket the spinnaker. With two smaller staysails set again we maintain sail area while increasing the space for wind to travel between the medium staysail (tacked aft) and the spinnaker. An added bonus was we didn’t need to purchase additional sails,
as the small and medium staysails are existing sails built for triple- head reaching with MH0 or R1, with all sails tacked on the centreline. Lastly, under Transpac rules there is no rating penalty for flying
three staysails. This alone could have been a deal-breaker. The small caveat is we can only use the fractional halyard for the large staysail (although it would set better from the 2nd masthead halyard). So after determining that extra sail area can fit in the available
space, the next problem was working out which halyards to use, how to tension the luffs and trim them without adding more winches. Warrior Won has eight winches. With five sails in the air some
new thinking was required. Our solution was to add purchase systems down either side of the boat. These are used for a few different things including upwind in-hauling the jib clew, adjusting the outboard jib leads up/down when reaching and tensioning the windward medium staysail halyard from the tack (the head is on the jib halyard lock) when VMG running. Couple this with a second mini-purchase system for the small staysail sheet and we are off (and er, running) with every winch earning its spot onboard.
DOWNWIND BY NUMBERS Traditional three-sail set-up: mainsail (104m2), spinnaker (270m2), large SS (68m2). Total 442m2. New five-sail set-up: main (104m2), spinnaker (270m2), large
SS tacked on centre max-forward (68m2), medium SS tacked to windward and aft (55m2), small SS tacked to windward (19m2). Total: 516m2. While we certainly didn’t sail the whole way to Hawaii in this
configuration we did plenty of hours sailing above our old VMG numbers to easily justify the small weight addition of extra padeyes. Final result: 2021 Transpac first overall.
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l Nice… Vendée Globe line-honours winner Charlie Dalin followed up his Yacht Design degree with an internship with Ed Dubois l Meanwhile… given new boats get priority entry into the VG… l Things are… getting a bit clenchy for those planning to use an existing design… with at least 10 new Imocas on the way l Two more being for… Sam Davies of Britain and Brittany and Jörg Riechers of Germany l Happily… VG organisers just increased the entry limit to 40 l Dude… Riechers’ countryman 19-year-old Melwin Fink watched ‘in amazement’ as most of his Mini Transat rivals in the Series class ran for shelter in the face of a 50-60kt forecast on Leg 1 l Fink… avoided the worst of the weather to finish the opening leg almost a day in front of runner-up Christian Kargl... l Handy… since he carries that advantage straight into Leg 2… l Or did… due to what the jury described as a ‘vague and imprecise’ warning to the fleet, 80 of his rivals received 24 hours’ redress… l Early Christmas… of that 80, only 19 had even asked for it! l Cutting… the German skipper’s lead into Leg 2 to under two hours l Meanwhile… full marks to Tanguy Bouroullec for winning the Proto division on his Pogo foiler after two years spent patiently developing his complex but today still rapidly accelerating Verdier design lThe Ocean Race… may be looking ‘thin’ but every other round the world contest – many are scheduled – is flooded with interest l Olivier Jehl… is the 36th entry for the Global Solo Challenge l Which race… that? (no idea – ed) l Meeow… ORC has unilaterally dropped IRC from the 2022 world championship slate l Nothing to do… with its failed attempt to muscle in on the world’s No1 rating system at the Maxi Worlds (that was too hard to resist) l As… Ben Ainslie becomes the first to buy a SailGP franchise l Ciao, baby… maybe... l With… Canada and Switzerland both also having signed up for next year’s SailGP, if the much hyped Italian team are still going to play then they will have to buy out an existing campaign... l The Coutts&Ellison show… it really does seem to be finding its feet l Helped of course… by ‘New Zealand’ (we use that collectively) fannying about organising a Cup defence l Wipe that grin… off your face, Sir Russell l US$15… 1983 America’s Cup winner John ‘Chink’ Longley piles into the debate about sailors’ salaries with a reminder of the daily stipend for the sailors of Australia II who actually won the thing l Trickledown… of the 18-boat Etchells Ice Bucket fleet in Cowes only three teams (that’s three) could qualify as non-professional l Mate… autumn weekend in Cowes, pollywolly dayboats, seriously? l And yes… plenty of pros flew in for the event l FLEW IN… gasps all round (almost all round) l And on that… note, fans of the Scandiwegian hob-goblin and admirers of her wind-powered voyage to New York, look away now… l The carbon footprint… of building one new Imoca is the same as... l Drum roll… manufacturing 1,425 brand new BMWs l Just… four or five of which equal the all-up weight of an Imoca l Cup news… Stars+Stripes were abandoned by the New York YC l Still, they… may also have no money but at least they have a clothing deal with Polo Ralph Lauren... l Or… did (ed) l Y’ever not… luxury yacht builders YYachts have launched Y On Watch to control your craft from the comfort of home via smartphone l Y… wouldn’t you? (sorry) l On it… Nic (son of) Baird and Eric Anderson, third at the 505 NAs l Small consolation… Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones narrowly missed out on Sailor of the Month but he did clean up in St Tropez to add to Magic Carpet’s win at this year’s Maxi Worlds… l It’s not much… but honestly, it’s better than nothing l Cornerstone… sadly this month we lost writer, sailing historian, contributor to this parish and benefactor of the sport Euan Ross l So much we didn’t… have space for last time... l Red Bull’s… Andrew MacFarlan reminds us of when Uffa Fox took his horse upstairs to his bedroom… l Albeit briefly… as Uffa’s ceiling began to trend south l Xmas is coming…
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