Oh Lord, my prayers are answered. Sailing arrives on Hive.
Im fascinated by the mast and am struggling to visualise the sail arrangement, especially without a boom!
Id also love to know how this A frame affects the static righting moment, not a problem for your big fella but it matters on a smaller cat. I also noticed the A frame has a slightly forward rake as opposed to the usual backwards rake. Really fascinating, you should add the Stem tag too as the STEM commu ity would love the technical stuff.
This is epic and I cant wait read and see more.
Best wishes and fair winds. Welcome to Hive :-)
Yes, I hope to encourage other sailors to post on Hive. I've written to @millenial-falcon to encourage them to start posting again on Hive.
The current sail arrangement is a single foresail (either 170sqm gennaker or 270 sqm asymmetric spinnaker on a Nexfurl roller). This provides 90% of the thrust for 20% of the effort.
I have had up to 4 sails in the past.
The forward rake is so I have balanced steering with only a single sail I think.
Not sure re static righting moment. I am very stable and allow my passengers to safely keep a wine glass on the table even in rough seas.
Thanks so much for the reply. Amazing, I've never seen anything like it. I expect fully kitted out with solar she'll be a truly eco friendly motor sailor, able to go anywhere in any weather.
Look forward to your next posts and thanks once again :-)