what > rigs do people like to use? parafoil kites? simple spinnakers? paddle > mounted rigs? Can the various rigs be used only directly downwind - or can > you quarter slightly? Basically, there are 5 brands that provide for both upwind and downwind sailing with sail area 24-55 sq.ft: Balogh Sail Designs (battened main sail without boom, free-standing mast), Fastyak (similar to BSD, but mast on struts), Folbot (main sail furled around free-standing mast to reef - unusual design, but not without drawbacks), Pouch Pacific Rig (main sheet +jib, mast on struts), and Klepper S4 (don't know this one too well, but it looks a little bit too traditional :-). First 3 offer outriggers for better stability. There are also downwind rigs by these and other manufacturers, and lots of kite rigs and V-sails (Sprit?), that provide for downwind sailing only, and are not too easy to handle. I think the easiest to handle and most effective for given size is BSD (most expensive as well). All these sport equipment prices are just unreasonable, but that's another story. All these brands have pretty detailed websites. There is also CLC rig, I think it should work upwind as well, but their outriggers are non-portable wooden; sail itself is pretty standard mainsail. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 13 2003 - 22:02:43 PST
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