Re: [Paddlewise] Junkrigged Klepper

-----Original Message-----
From: alex <al.m_at_3web.net>
To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net; kayakwriter_at_aim.com
Sent: Mon, 28 May 2007 7:07 pm
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Junkrigged Klepper


>There is no clip, -

Sorry about that. The link was there in my original email, but weirdly formatted so it was several blank lines down. It's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD6M0l6iABw

?>but I know more or less how it looks. Downwind anything
goes, you know... Do you find having 2 small downwind sails, 11 sq.ft and 8
sq.ft, spaced far apart, one fore and another - aft of the cockpit (if I
recall it correct), helpful in sailing closer to the headwind? (not
considering drift, which can't be helped without a leeboard of course).

I actually use a tossed leeboard http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayakwriter/338674185/ which seems to give me about 10-15 degrees further off the wind.
The two sails are both forward of the cockpit. They work best together on a broad reach (wind coming from over one shoulder or the other) so they don't block one another.
Even with the leeboard, sailing across the wind usually isn't worth it speed-wise compared to paddling. 



 


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