Monday, June 1, 2015

More testing of the sails

The mizzen is useful when there is a lot of wind and the speed increases producing more heel pushing the center of lateral resistance forward generating the tendency to luff  that is compensated with the mizzen sail and rolling the main sail a little.





at No comments:
Labels:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Paddling to the San lorenzo island in the new kayak

After some exhausting hours of paddling, I finally reach the island. Taking advantage of having taken my very old  35mm analog camera I ta...

  • The Camotal
    The camotal is a small strip of land between La Punta and San Lorenzo Island, it is said to be a remnant of the old port of Callao, whic...
  • Design And Construction
    This blog is about the construction and design of a trimaran kayak called Ananda that was made a few years ago. Motivated by the need to ...
  • Repair Time
    The Ananda waiting for some renovations and necessary repairs, the first of which is to fix the bow that has some cracks and cracks resultin...