Re: [Paddlewise] kayak sailing video

>I've ordered a larger blade for my rudder system - I'm curious to see if that
will provide more resistance to the kayak's tendency to pivot downwind around
the leeboard, and let me sail even further offwind.

It's ungratifying task to try to be a prophet, - but with larger rudder I
would expect better ppointing into the wind, but not much better resistance to
the lee drifting.  The size isn't everything - rudder is too far aft to
compensate adequately for what the keel or leeboard is supposed to do. But
everythng helps a little bit. www.watertribe.com folks have come up with a
good sailing rudder for a kayak - vertical, balanced, of proper size, and
hydrofoil shape (among commercial blades only Feathercraft has it
hydrofoiled). And they at Watertribe sell it for a reasonable price.

>The furling wrap for my PA sail came off shortly after I installed it. I
improvised by simply wrapping the lines around the furled sail, then pulling
them under a bollard on my deck. It worked even better than the line

I don't bother with wrapping the lines around the furled sail - there is not
enough spare length of the line to wrap it securely. I furl the sail as tight
as possible (wraping it around the spars as many times as possible), and shove
it under the bungey loop near the cokpit, about 3" from the top end of tthe
wrap.  May be I should add one loop one foot further (with webbing and
fast-release bucke, to open and close it). Bollard - is it something like a
horn cleat?
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