F18: Phantom 2012 Testing Session at Quiberon
Macca and our recent french visitor, Antoine Joubert, testing the F18 Phantom 2012.
We will get one here in BA bought by a local known sailor, so I will test this machine hopefully before LA.
Nice shot, check the main it seems crosscut with no luff panel but I think is painted, and also a two cloth spi.
Click image to enlarge and full size without crop. More at Sail Innovation Fcbk
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On further rules issues, all already exposed in my behalf here and on the WC for the Record, so we’ll see, I’m out of the WC/Local Class right now. Please contact your local NA rep or the IF18CA for more detailed & updated info, no new official comments on IF18CA website at the moment.
Macca changes boats/manufacturers more than he changes underwear.
Not true! I have at least a dozen pairs of underwear and they rotate on a monthly basis 🙂
About the mainsail design. No prob to skip rotating the cloth or not using a special cloth along the luff. Just make sure to design and build the sail with a boltrope taking the loads. Alternatively install a 10.000denier luff tape to take the downhaul and top grommet loads.
We built and tested sails with this method using Maxx Pen 09 cloth on our Tornado.
Check out SI brochure on F/B and you will see that they have 3 different cuts in 2 power to weight modes of sails, and also arunner and reacher choise of spins.
Are there any on route to the U.K. would love a test, currently a AHPC Cap Sailor.
Ah ah good reply Macca! 🙂
Please update your blog more freq, I find yor writing about cat sailing very very interesting
Cheers from Italy
Dom
Hey Dom, I finally did an update…