Darryl J Barrett Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 If anyone is interested, I have DVD's of the Alpha Omega F14 sailing a variety of locations and courses over the three months from March through to May 2002. If anyone would like to have a copy of one, just email me your postal address and I will post one to you. My email address is ao14@optusnet.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 received my copy of the dvd yesterday .... thanks david i will share it around with all at the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 sorry ... darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoom Posted May 28, 2005 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 thanks for the fantastic dvd darryl It really hit the spot especially after a hard days work and a couple of coldies. is that a nacra 5.4 that you blaze around the mark? have you tried any other sizes of kite on it or is the asymetrical in the video the 'production' size? I would really love to get over for a test sail one day p.s. great choice of music too btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 It's a 5.8 NACRA, and that spinnaker is probably the "production" one, although, being a formula, any spinnaker is OK just as long as it fits within the "box rule". The box rule allows a larger spinnaker but "contrary to popular belief" I don't think that "bigger is always better" particularly in this case. This kite gives us very great versitility, easy set and retrieve, the ability to sail high with it as well as low, all of which seem to add up to more than you get out of a larger "deeper' spinnaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I totally agree. When I sailed on the 18 footers the designers of the sails used to just think that they would make everything bigger, make the wings wider for more leverage and you would go faster. Sometimes this worked and I once sailed in Brisbane in the Nationals on a boat called Bradmill and we had the wings measuring tip to tip 28 feet, with a 49 foot mast and three of us having to run at every tack. Very fast in the flat conditions. Very slow in the lumpy. The spinnakers were all different sizes and we often used the number 3 on the number 2 rig as it made us faster, even though it was much smaller. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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