Re: [Paddlewise] Feathercraft sail images?

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From: "Craig Bowers" <craig_at_bowers.net>

> I've exhausted my search skills and wondered if anyone has seen
> images/articles online of any Feathercraft's with their sail (the
> spinnaker/genoa not the spirit sail) up.  Or anyone online writting their
> sailability.  The most I've ever seen is images with the mast up but the
> sail stowed, and authors discussing trips where the wind was insufficient
> for them to make much use of the sail.

> Just puzzled why Feathercraft owners seem to be less prone to write up
> about their sails.  The few images I have seen, mostly K1's, had batwings
> or some other homemade sail.

I don't have images of the Feathercrafts using their Genoa factory sail.
But I did two extensive articles with illustrations on the Batwing adapted
to the K1.  The Batwing, as you know, is not a homemade sail but rather a
commercial product from Balogh Sail Designs.

Feathercraft, to my knowledge, has yet to come up with an upwind sail.  It
has been talked about but not moved far yet.  People continue to try to
adapt sails like the Batwing to Feathercrafts.  The latest I know of, which
is still in the fiddling around stages, is to attach one to a Kahuna.  Its
likeliest mounting point will be behind the cockpit.  Something like this
was done by Mark Balogh with the Short Touring Feathercraft, a model
discontinued a while ago.  The rear mount was necessary because of concern
that the power of the sail would drive the bow into the water.  This setup
sailed surprisingly well once the person sailing got used to doing
everything backwards and developed a sixth sense of what was going on behind
him.

ralph diaz

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