D-One Dinghy UK

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Kicker Control

I have moved the pin on the kicker control to give me MAX purchase for the kicker so I can keep the boom down when I let the mainsheet tension off.

In order to tack I have the kicker taking up the tension when mainsheet is released, however on a reach without the spinnaker on you will need to play the mainsheet and so the kicker needs to be put on even more than you need to get under the boom.
In other words to get the correct about of kicker on for a reach you would probably struggle to get under the boom if you tacked, so remember to release it.

I have moved the pin right to the end of the adjustment plate to give me extra purchase, should I need it.
Attached is the recomended starting position from which I have now moved.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Racing Windsurfers

Funnily enough the windsurfer is my RS400 crew, Jason.

I think this shows that the Kicker needs to be on a lot more on the reaches.

It's wierd because from the camera angle I need loads more kicker, but from inside the boat the rig looked great.
Optical illusions...

Sunday Blast

I love this picture, taken by Alex Curtis (QM member)

Look at the way the D-One is skipping across the water.

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Spinnaker sheet take away

When supplied new the D-One has a piece of elastic stretching from side to side at the rear to stop the spinnaker sheets flooding out of the open transom area.....this works fine, although I have twice caught my tiller extension in it and so I have removed it completely.

Now I have attached a nylon ring to the transom knee and the sheets got through that....perfect!

5mm Mainsheet Track Car Rope (Purple Rope)

I replaced the mainsheet rope attachment with 5mm instead of the Harken Air Block 3 strand rope as it frayed twice, not sure why, however this 5mm has worked perfectly since October 2009.